The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-09-05
GUT NIFE'S body
TO PIECES
Chester Jordan Then Forced
Torso Into Trunk.
GONFESSES HORRIBLE CRIME

Aftsr Killing his Wife. Actor Dismer-
serea Her sody Wien a Butcher
KNIFE. Raz9r ara shears-Atteur.ed
e sar1 Heas and Bones In Furneoe
Sna ctasr ore~some Remains IN
tne Kitchen Range - Had Planned
70 Threw Other Parts Of Body Into
the Oeesn.
Boston. Sept 4-The most brutal
crime committed in Greater Boston
since tac death OF Susan Geary q
chorus rirl tour Years ago ana one
much resembling il in its details. was
disclosed by tac discovery OF the torso
ol Mrs. Hon1rah Jordan. an actress.
e-c3 twenty years. OF Somcr-
s.llc. I'M trunk in boarlinghouse Ut
q Hancock street. after the head and
bones ol the limbs we've found in the
furnace OF the Jordan home at Somer-
vile. ana the scalp. hair and other
srcps-ice remains were taken from
the kitchen range OF the house.
Chester Jordan. aged twenty nine
years. an actor. Of Somerviue. Is held
by The police charged with the muir
der. ana according 90 the officers he
made q complete confession of the
crime.
According 90 Jordan s confession. he
accidentally kiliod his wife Tuesday
nisat la quarrel az their home. md.
becoming desperate over what he lad
done BE went out and bought a butch.
ors knife. razor ana shears. cut up
Che body and placed tae torso in a
trunk. He ihen planned to take the
steamer Harvard for New York and
throw one parts O. tle body over
board The fact that the iaryari was
land OF OWNS 90 au accident disar
ranged his plans. ana Do was Obliged
Oh hire hackman % take tle trunk
So g Boston hoariinehouse 90 await .
rcre favorable opportunity.
The discovery of the crime was due
to the suspicious ot the hachman.
James Collins. vho had I'm mind the
numerous robhcries which have taken
g.l-e about Boston recently and. sur
missing from u.s. we. Eht tha. tae trunk
ron-a'rci s.lyCrvare. he notified the
police.
Collins reported that be- lelt Jordan
and The trunk 10 Hancock street.
Sergeant Michael Crowley was de-
tailed to a. -o Tire house and iuyesti-
gate Jordan was commanded to open
Che trauh- Turning his bead. Jordan
-arew up the cover OF the trunk and
.1el sank back 90 bis knees. turying
his face Ia his hands aul sohh.ng
Sergeant Crowley staggered back
aehaet On The disclosure. for In the
apcl trunk he,or. Aim lay a sickeninr
mass oi hacked flesh. a womau's torso
lllius tle greater part Of tae trunk
Rhle pieces of acsA from other paris
DO thc body we've stuffed into the
corners. The entire interior of the
r-rk was despatched with blood
T.-re WAS 10 covering OF any sort
over The remains
Jordan said his vile was assoclatiur
with other men aat be became Jealous.
Do was ln a Jealous quarrel taat The
trouble started which ended in the
death OF his wife
Jordan declares that his wife struck
-lAA A-Nts A-lt ne NLta NN..kN. his
wife downstairs and was terrified 70
lnd tLat De- bad killed her This. lamp
penet al 7.3D o'clock TUESDAY uI.At.
Fearing discovery. he conceived The
idea OF cutting the body up tak.nN il
away on one CT the steamers and
throwing the parts overheard and then
reporting Go the police TIE fact uat
Ms Wife had fafI hin.
Jordan. according 20 his COME SION.
went out and bought 4 heavy Butchers
cutting up knife. With this and q razor
and shears he severed the head from
The body and after putting the scalp
and hair in the kitchen range placed
DE skull in the furnace 10 the cellar
The legs and arms we're cut from the
body and the flesh sliced of in strips.
leaving the bones OF the limbs p acti-
,ally bare. The bones were placed In
the furnace. and the chunks OF flesh
piled into a trunk with the torso The
trunk was taken 20 the Somerv.fe sta.
lion and shipped to Boston some time
Wednesday