Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-09-09
MOST HORRIBLE MURDER.
Boston WOman's Dismembered Body,
Found i'm a Trunk.

brutal crime committed in Greater
Boston since the death Of Susan NJ.
Geary, chorus girl, four years ago.
and one much resembling it In it's
details. was disclosed tonight by the
discovery of the torso Of Mrs. Hon.
orah Jordan; an actress, aged 90
years, of Someryille, in a trunk at
No. Z Hancock street, or Beacon Hill,
this city. Later the head and bones
of the limbs were found In the fur
z mace Of the Jordan home at Somer-
Vile, and the scalp, hair and other
grewsome remains were taken from
the kitchen range Of the house.
Chester Jordan, aged 20 years, an
actor, of Somerville, is held by the
police charged with the murder, and
tonight, according to the officers, he
made complete confession Of the
cr:n.e.
According to Jordan's confession,
he accidentally killed his wife Tues
day niP)", In quarrel at their hoTe.
and becoming desperate over what
he did he bought a butchers
knife, razor and shears cut up the
body and placed the torso in a trunk
He then planned to take the steamer
Harvard last night for New York and
throw the parts of the body over
board The fact that the Harvard
was laid off, owing to an accident,
disarranged his plans, and he was
obliged to hire a hackman to take
the trunk to Boston house to await
a more favorable opportunity.
Discovery OF the Crime.
The discovery Of the crime was
due to the suspicious Of the hack
man, Geo. w. Collins, who had in
mind the numerous robberies which
have taken place about Boston re-
Gently, and surmising from it's weight
that the trunk contained silverware,
notified the police.
Collins reported that he had taken
the trunk from the North station this
morning, 1t having come in from
Somerville on a local train. The
hackman stated he left Jordan and
the trunk this afternoon at No. z
Hancock street.
Sergeant Michael Crowley was de-
tailed to go to the house and investi-
gate. Jordan was not in, but the off,
Ger was shown to the back room on
the second floor, which Jordan had
engaged, and found the trunk. At
this time the trunk was not open.
About $40 Jordan returned and was
commanded 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
in the lock. Turning his head, Jor-
dan 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 sick
ening mass Of hacked flesh, a wo-
mans torso filling the greater part Of
the trunk, while pieces Of flesh from
other parts of the body were stuffed
into the corner. The entire interior
of the trunk was bespattered with
blood There was no covering Of any
sort over the remains. 90.
Jordan submitted to arrest without
protest, and was led to Station 8 and
locked up. Giving his name and ad-
dress, he declared the body in the
trunk was that of his wife, and said
he was perfectly willing to tell every
thing concerning the case.
The Horrible Details.
For more than four hours Jordan
was closeted with the police Off
cials, and time after time went over
the horrible details. While profess
sing that he was dazed when the
crime was committed, yet, by the
clearness and conciseness OF his tale,
it seemed apparent that whatever
preceded the actual killing, the most
sal Of the body and the covering up
Of the crime.
Jordan's story Of the murder was
substantially as follows:
He stated that he was married in
September, 1904, to Mrs. Honorah
Eddy, whose maiden name was
O'Reilly, and whose home was in
Somerville. He did not know who
hia wifes first husband was or what