Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-09-04
CUTS WIFE 70 BITS
Trunk Contents Bare Terrible
Crime Committed by Actor
at Boston
cREMATgs HEAD AND LIMBS
Deposit. Torso in Trunk With lnten-
ton Of Buryins 1t in tho Ocean
Husband, Who Is Giant, Says He
Slew by Accident-1oston Shocked
by Brutal Crime.

q trunk In a boarding house at r1an
cock street, Beacon Hill, last night.
The head and bones of the Woman's
limbs were discovered later In the fur
mace Of the Jordan home in Somer-
sville while the scalp, hair, and other
grewsome members were taken from
the kitchen range.
Chester Jordan, her husband, is un-
der arrest on the charge of murder, and
has made complete confession. Jor-
dan is brother in Law of Jesse L..
Livermore, the cotton Spectator of
New York.
The crime is the most brutal one
committed in greater Boston since the
death of Susan Geary, a chorus girl,
four years ago, and one much resemb-
ling it In its details.
Jordan says he accidentally killed his
wife Tuesday night in a quarrel at
their home, and, becoming desperate
over what he had done, he cut up the
body and placed the torso in a trunk.
He planned to take the steamer Har-
ward last night for New York and
throw the parts OF the body over
board.
The fact that the Harvard was laid
of owing to an accident disarranged
his plans and he was obliged to hire
i1ackman to take the trunk to a Bos-
ton boarding house to await a more
favorable opportunity.
Cabby's Suspicious Barred Crime.
The discovery OF the crime was due
to the suspicious of the hackman,
George M. Collins, who had in mind the
numerous robberies which have taken
place about Boston recently and, sur.
missing from its weight, that the trunk
contained silverWare, notified the po-
lice.
Collins reported that he had taken
the trunk from the North station in
the morning, it having come In from
Somerville on local train. The hack
man stated he left Jordan and the
trunk yesterday afternoon at Han
cock street.
Sergeant Michael Crowley was de-
tailed to go to the house and investl-
gate Jordan was not In. but the OF
ficer was shown the back room on the
second floor which Jordan had en-
gagged. and found the trunk AT this
time the trunk was not opened. About
$50 Jordan returned and was COM
manded to open the trunk.
Jordan did not appear nervous or
alarmed, but hesitated to open the
trunk, and 1t was not until after con-
siderable argument that he produced
the key and inserted it in the lock-.
Turning his head, Jordan threw up the
cover Of the trunk and then sank back
on his knees. burying his face in his
hands and sobbing.
Sergeant Crowley staggered back
aghast at the disclosure, for. in the
open trunk before him lay a sickening
mass Of hacked flesh, a Woman's torso
filling the greater part of the trunk,
while pieces Of flesh from other parts
Of the body were stuffed into the cor
ners.
The entire anterior of the trunk was
spattered with blood. There was no
covering of any sort over the remains.
Jordan submitted to arrest without
protest and was led to station No. 3,
and locked up. Giving his name and
address, he declared the body IN the
trunk was that of his wife and said
he was willing to tell everything con-
corning the case.
For more than four hours he was
icloseted with the police officials and
time after time went over the horrible
details While processing that he was
dazed when the crime was committed,
the clearness and concisenesS OF MS
tale showed that whatever preceded
the killing, the most careful plans were
laid for the disposal of the body and
the covering up of the crime.
Mrs. Jordan was % years Of age and
her slayer is 30 4
Victim Was Married Before.
Jordan stated that he was married
in September, 1904, to Mrs. Honorah
Eddy, whose maiden name was O'Reil-
Nv. and whose home was in Somerville.
He did not know who his wife's first
husband was or what had become of
him.
The couple went on the vaudeville
stage. Jordan taking the part sof a
tramp and his wife that of nurse In
a sketch They went first to Butte,
Mont. four years ago, but remained,
only three or four weeks. Later they
went to Chicago and appeared in some
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ing three months.
About three years ago they returned
to Somerville and took fiat in the
house at 500 A Medford street Mrs.
Jordan, according to her husband, had
taken to drinking of late and he claims
was associating with other men and
he became jealous. 1t was in jeal-
Gus quarrel that the trouble started
which ended in the death of the wife.
Jordan declares that his wife struck
him first, and that he then knocked
her downstairs, and was terrified to
find that he had killed her.
This happened at 1880 o'clock Tues
day night Fearing discovery he con-
ceived the idea of cutting the body up.
taking it away, on one of the steamers,
and throwing the parts overheard. and
then reporting to the police that his
wife had left him.
Jordan went out and bought a heavy
butchers knife With. this and razor
and a pair of shearse he severed the
mead from the body, and after putting
the scalp and hair in. ssfie range placed
the skull In the furnace in the cellar.
The legs and arms were cut from the
body and the flesh sliced off in strips,
leaving the bones practically bare
Is The bones were placed i'm the furnace
and the chunks of feshi piled into a
trunk with the torso.
sIaysr ! Giant, Wifei Small.
/. Jsedsn i : giant, six feet four in-