Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1908-09-04
BOSTON IS STIRRED.
WITH HORRIBLE
T. TRAGEDY A
Hus. of an Actress Kills
WIN dts up Her Body
and Packs 1t In
a Trunk.
FULL CONFESSION
CONvINCtS POLICE
When Arrested the Murderer Tells
Details of the Crime to Police
and Dots NytAppedr Affect
ed by the ReCitdl--lnSanity
viii be Pleaded.

Boston, Sept. 4.-But few points in
and gruesome murder ever recorded
In the annals of crime in Greater
Boston-that of Mrs. Honora II. Jor-
dan, an actress known on the stage
as Irene Shannon, by her husband,
Chester H. Jordan-remained to oe
cleared up today.
The confession of the husband last
night, following his arrest during the
evening after the accidental finding
of the mutilated torso of his wife IN
trunk he caused to be placed in
room at No. Hancock street, Is be-
lieved by the police to be a substan-
tial trecital of the incidents of the
| crime, which, he said, followed
| quarrel with his wife, during which
he struck her and knocked her down
stairs. When he found he had killed
| her he went out and purchased a
heavy butchers cleaver and with this
and a carving knife and scissors he
cut the body into pieces.
Jordan's relatives say that he has
| given evidence of mental derange-
!
the plea will be made of insanity.
Jordan was arraigned in court today,
pleaded not guilty to the charge II
murder and was remanded to jail to
await trial.
| According to the story Jordan told
the police after his arrest yesterday
evening, he killed his wife Tuesday
evening. The couple had appeared to-
gether in a sketch of the vaudeville
circuit, he said, and several months
ago they came to Somerville, a suburb
of Boston. Jordan says that he dis
covered a short time ago that his
wife had begun to drink and that she
associated with other men, which
made him jealous.
Tuesday night they quarreled, M
said, and his wife struck him. HI
then struck her, knocking her dowr
; stairs. When he found he had killed
her he became frightened and decid
ed to cut up the body, wrap the diff
ferent parts in bundles and drol
them into the ocean from the decl
of a steamer between Boston an
New York.
For this purpose he went out an,
purchased a butchers cleaver an
with this, knife and a pair of scls
,, sors. he cut the body into pieces. Tn
! work was done in the kitchen of thel
home at Somerville, a suburb of Bos
, ton.
First he cut the head from the bod
and then attempted to burn the seal
and hair in the kitchen range, putin
the skull into the basem ent furnact
Then he cut off the arms and leg
and stripped the flesh from each liml
throwing the bones into the furnac
and putting the flesh into the trun
= with the torso.
He shipped the trunk to Bosto
:. Wednesday and intended to take
i boat to New York the next day, bI
found that the boat on which he II
a tended taking passage did not sa
c that day, He then took the trunk
South station and intended taking
train for New York, but changed h
mind and ordered a hackman ar
ordered him to lake the trunk TO Il
Hancock street rooming house, whe
| it was later found.
| The hackman complied but becan
suspicious and notified the police al
\. an officer was detailed to visit q
house. Jordan was not there VIII
he arrived but soon came in. !
opened the trunk at the request Of 4
}. officer and disclosed the torso, Will
D. was packed into the trunk with 4
re pieces of flesh stripped from t
al limbs.
be Jordan submitted quietly to ARE
w and when taken 10 the police stati
q expressed a desire to tell his story.
oy was closeted several hours with I
h officers and several times repeated I
al horrible details of his wife's dea
and the Disagreement Of her body.
We He does not appear TO Oe affect
OF by his horrible work and his demea
ng or may indicate the mental deranl
RS ment which his relatives claim.
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