New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-15
HELD In MURDER CASE
TWO FALL RIVER MEN.
Herb Doctor and Friend of bliss
st. Jean Not arrested.

ran River, Mass. Oct 15-After vigorous ex-
animation. lasting five hours. the Fall River police
announced. shortly after midnight that they are
hOiding Professor Frank HILL an herb DOCTOR
ana Nilfrid Thibeault. chauffeur, in connection
with the death of the whose body was
round at Tiverton. and whom they believe to be
MISS Amelia St Jean. of this city. II was stated
mat the men are not arrested. but merely detained
Thibeault admits having kept company with the
girl and Professor Hill admitted having
suited with her regarding an operation according
10 the police.
In separate rooms the men were submitted to an
exhaustive questioning from Gas p m to midnight.
Thioeault gave alibi. which, if true covers his
These included his attendance at services in his
church He slept in his fathers home on Satur-
day night. he said.
Professor" Hin, according TO the police adj
mitted having been consulted by the St. Jean girl
about an operation to which she had submitted
and stated that he had owned several bags such
as that in which portions of the body found
That bag contained the name of Frank Hnr'
written on the inside cover
Acting Marshal John Fleet said early to-day:
These two held awaiting a further investiga-
ton under the suspicion that they have some
knowledge of the murder of the girl whose body
girl is Miss Amelia St Jean Neither man weak
ened during the questioning, ana we will begin
ing the other. They arrested-just detained
Fds sS amelia ST. Jean who has been missing since
The The Human Fish e0mpany which exhibited at
ing returned about six weeks ago.
Tiverton. R. L, Oct. 1.-THE absence of the head
of The body parts of which have been found scat
tered through the Tiverton countryside is still
hampering the efforts of the police to identify the
victim
Even as yesterday the minds of the officials tend
ed almost certainly to a South Scituate young
woman as the victim so to-day and tonight they
loan 1ctHo
that of Miss st. Jean.
Supports to their theory were not wanting Most
important probably the Identification of cloth
ing contained in the bundle found in Mount Hope
Bay as being that worn by Miss st. Jean Fri
day The Identification made by Mrs. Eva
Lamerieux, of Fall River, who said that the hat.
shoes. stockings and undercothing which it con-
tanned had been borrowed from her by her niece.
Miss st. Jean. on Friday morning. Papers of the
same date as those found covering or near the
limbs. which have been found were wrapped about
the clothing
Z. p. StimsOn, medical examiner. late to-day
corrected his previous statement to the in
juTed foot He said that the stiffness which he
found was undoubtedly due to the action of the
elements on the limb where it was hidden while
the blood was still warm
An attempt of Joseph ST Jean father of the
missing girl, to identify the body that of his
daughter was without Although
pressing the belief that the body hers. he
still was unable to find any identifying marks
on it.
The spot where the bundle of clothing was found
Is several miles from the woods where the pOr-
tons of the dsmembered body were discovered.
Sheriff Deblois of Newport County and Chief of
Police Manchester, of Tiverton said tonight that.
while they would keep the clothing for possible
further examination and would investigate closely
for clews to the movements of the ST Jean girl,
they did not at present consider that there
any positive evidence to connect the clothing with
the mystery of the mangled body.
SEARCH FOR HEAD RESUMED.
Undaunted by the boys and rattlesnakes which
hindered their work yesterday the searchers
started in to-day the Bulger Marsh and Fish
roads to find the head. a crumpled up bundle Of
blood stained newspapers. picked up in Fish road
about half mile down from the Bulger Marsh
highway yesterday it thought to-day may
have wrapped the head, especially since 1t appears
that piece torn from one of the papers was
found sticking to the trunk when that part of the
body was discovered. night before last.
The autopsy performed late yesterday showed
that there were evidences of attempt at illegal
surgery, but that this not the immediate
cause of death. The medical examiner thinks that
the throat was cut and that the young woman died
from the loss of blood.
What want is the head" said the medical
examiner. I'VE may examine the stomach later
We the head"
The medical examiner received a call to-day from
Mrs. Sarah Grinnell. of Fall River who appeared
with babe in her arms. and said that the mother
of the infant, Mrs. Grnnells stepdaughter Julia
had been missing for time. The woman was
permitted TO look at the body pa found here She
Immediately became hysterical and declared that
she had identified them. but in view of her condi-
ton the physician did consider her claim con-
elusive.
SHOT WIFE, sIsTER-IN-LAW AND SELF