The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-09-11

Boston. Sept. The most brutal
crime in Greater Boston
since the death of Susan Geary, &,
chorus girl. four years ago, and one
much resembling it in its details, was
disclosed by The discovery of the torso
OF Mrs. Holorah Jordan. an across.
aged % years, of S~omerville, in a trunk
in a boarding house at No. { Hancock
ST, on Beacon hill, this city. Later
the head and bones of the limbs We're
found in the furnace of the Jordan
home at Somerville and the scalp, hair
and other remains We're taken from the
kitchen ranEe of the house.
Chester Jordan, aged 90 years. an
actor of Somerville. who is held by the
police. charged With the murder, ac-
cordiag 10 the officers. mad a complete
confession of the crime.
According 10 Jordan's confession he
accidentally killed his wife Thursday
in a quarrel at their home and be-
done he Went out and bought a butch
cr's knife and hack saw, cut up the
body and placed the torso in a trunk.
lie then planned to tai the steamer
Harvard List night for New York and
throw the parts of the body o%verboard.
The fact that the Hartford was laid
off. OWING to an accident. disarranged
his plans and he was obliged to hire
a hacklnan to a X the trunk to a Bos-
tor boarding house to await a more
favorable opportunity.
The discovery of the crime was due
to the suspicious of the hackman,
JONES Collins. Who had in mind the
numerous rpbber!es which have aiken
llacc about Boston r%ecently and, sur
in's1nS from its weight that the trunk
contained silNerWare, notified the po-
llce. Collins re ported that he had taken
tse hunk from The north station train,
II having come in from Somerville on
a local train. The hackrnan stated he
lett Jordan and The fr,1nk al No : HON
cock ST.
Sergeant Michael Crowley was de-
taxed to go TO The house and investi-
gate. Jordan was not In. but the officer
ond floor. which Jordan had engaged
and found the Junk About 500 O'Clock
Jordan returned and was commanded
to open the trunk.
alarmed. but hesitated to open the
trunk. and it was not until after CON
siderable argument that he produced
the Key to the trunk and Inserted it in
the lock. Turning his head Jordan
threw up the cover of the trunk and
then sank back or his knees burying
his face in his hands and sobbing. Ser
geant Crowley staggered back aghast
at the disclosure, .eor in the open trunk
before him lay a sickening mass of
hacked flesh. a woman's torso filing the
greater part of the trunk, while pieces
OF flesh from other parts of the bodv
were stuffed into the corners.
The entire interior of the trunk was
oespattered with blood. There was no
covering of any sort over the remains.
Details OF Tragedy.
Jordan submitted to arrest without
protest and was led 20 station No. 3
ana ocked up. Giving his name and
address he declared that the body in
the trunk was that of his wife and said
ne was perfectly willing to tell everv-
thlng concerning the case. For moro
than four hours Jordan was closeted
with the police officials and time after,
time Went over the horrible details.
While protesting that he was dazed
When the crime was committed. Vet
by the clearness and conciseness of his
tale II seemed apparent that whatever
preceded the actual killing the NEST
careful plans We're aid 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 tina. his wife struck
him first; that he then knocked his
Wife down, and was Mortified to find
that he had killed her. This happened
at $50 o'clock Tuesday night. Fear.
ing discovery he conceived the idea Of
cutting the body up, taking 1t away
on one Of the steamers and Growing
the parts overheard. and then report
Ing to the police that his wife had left
him.