The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-09-10

Boston, Sept. THE most brutal
crime committed In Greater Boston
since the death OF Susan Geary.a
chorus girl, four years ago, and ono
disclosed by the discovery OF Ii torso
OF Mrs. Honorah Jordan. an acress.
aged % yenTs.Rof S~ornervllle, In q trunk
In q boarding houso at No. q Hancock
~. O beacon hill, this city. Later
the head I'M bones Of the limbs were
found / n the furnace OF The Jordan
home at Somerville and h scalp, hair
and other remains were taken from tho
kitchen n OF h house.
Chester Jordan. aged 20 years, an
police. Charged With the murder, &C.
corling TO b officers. made q completes
confession Of the crime.
According to Jordan's confession he
accidentally killed his wife Thursday
in q quarrel at their home and be-
coming desperate over what he had
done he went out and bought q butch
er's knife and hack saw, cut up the
body and placed the torso In q trunk.
lie then planned to take the steamer
Harvard last night for New York and
throw the parts Of h body overheard.
The fact that the Hartford was laid
off, OWING to an accident, disarranged
his plans and he was obliged to hire
q hackinnn to take the trunk to q Bos-
ton boarding house to await q mora
favorable opportunity.
The discovery OF the crime was due
to the suspicious Of the hacknan.
James Collins. who a In mind the
numerous robberies which have taken
Ilace about Boston recently and, SUR,
r'sing from Its weight that the trunk
contained silverware. notified the pos
lice. Collins reported that he had taken
the trunk from the north station train,
It having come in from Somerville on
aalooal train. The hackman stated he
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Sergeant Michael Crowley was do
tailed to go to the house and investi-
gate. Jordan was not In. but the ofilcer
was shown the back room on the Sec
ond floor. which Jordan had engaged
and found the trunk. About 500 O'Clock
Jordan returned and was commanded
to open the trunk.
Jordan did not appear ervou or
alarmed. but hesitated to open the
siderable argument that he produced
the key to the run and inserted 1t In
the lock. Turning his head Jordan
threw up the cover OF the trunk and
then sank back on his knees buryin9
his face in his hands and sobbing. Ser.
geant Crowley staggered back aghast
at the disclosure, for in the open trunk
before him lay a sickeninK mass OF
hacked flesh, a woman's torso filling the
greater part of the trunk. while pieces
lloIH olHST pdTlS OF the DOOy
We're stuffed into the corners.
The entire interior of the trunk was
despatched with blood. There was no
covering of any sort over the remains.
Details of Tragedy.
Jordan submitted to arrest without
protest and was led to station No. 3
n locked up. Giving his name and
address he declared that the body in
the trunk was hat of his wife and said
ne was perfectly willing to tell every
thing concerning the case. For more
thar four hours Jordan was closeted
with the police officials and time after
time went oyer the horrible details.
While processing that he was dazed
When the crime was committed, yet
by the clearness and conciseness Of his
tale 1t seemed apparent that whatever
preceded the actual killing the most
careful plans were laid for the DISPOSE
ton of the body and the covering up OF
the crime.
Mrs. Jordan, according to her hus-
band had taken to drinking of late
and, he claims, was associated with
other men and he became Jealous. 1t
was In a jealous quarrel that trouble
started which ended in the death OF
his wife.
Jordan declares that his wife struck
him first; that he then knocked his
wife down, and was Mortified to find
thai he had killed her. This happened
at 1880 O'clock Tuesday night. Fear
ing discovery he conceived the idea OF
cutting the body up. taking it away
on one OF the steamers and throwing
the parts overheard, and then report
Ing to the police that his wife had left
him.