New-York tribune., 1909-10-13
TORSO OF VICTIM FOUND
MURDER STILL MYSTERY.
No Cte1C to Identity of Dismembered
Body.

Tiverton. r. L. Oct l2.-AIthough added evidence
'ot the fact that murder had been committed
was found to-day in the discovery Of the torso Os
the BODY OF the young the legs OF which
were found yesterday in the unoerbrush adjoining
Bulgermarsh road the police tonight were still
without clew as 20 the identity OF the victim or
OF those responsible. Deduction overnight. how
ever had led them look 10 Fall River. or
possibly Ttverton. the of the crime rather
than to New Bedford An Indication that Fall
RIVER was the place of the murder found in the
pencil written name and address, Frank Hill Cor
HID Pleasant street. Fail River" which appeared
on the inside Of the OF the travelling bag
the lower part OF which contained the severed
lower limbs found yesterday Inquiry at FaE
River. however, failed to attach any connection
win the crime to two men of that name in the
city, neither Of whom lives in Pleasant street
Medical Examiner Stimson tonight stated 4ba+
he had not yet examined the torso s,,e1c,~tI
to state whether illegal operation had bAer No.
FORMED II has been thought that the disnnenber-
iner' OF the BODY resulted from desire to hide
the crime The head. the arms and the right leg
from the knee down still missing The v,ctirl
Is described as being probably a mill operative
about FIVE feet in height. about twenty wears old
WlSh clear skin. The discovery OF the head would
undoubtedly lead in time to Identification. To
thls eno the local police will tomorrow organize
posse or searchers. which will closely exar,ine
the underbrush and thcIxets IN the ,tciri+, 80 60
ford and Fish roads, which run at right sng,o. 20
Bulgermarsh Road.
DOG AIDS IN THE SEARCH
The torso. which was found this afternoon ,vas
discovered by James B. Monroe. one OF the search
ers who was led 10 the spot by the barking of his
dog Tomorrow an autopsy will be performed on II
The torso was found about five hundred yards west
Of the footpath near which the limbs were die
covered. The cover OF the travelling bag was
found about fifty yards east Of the footpath The
torso lay fully twenty feet hack from the road II
had been supposed that the several parts Of the
body might have been thrown from passing We
hicle but the torso could not have been so thrown
Therefore, the authorities reason that the person
who sought to hide IT must have carried IT,
One Of the principal reasons for changing the di-
rection Of the search for the the crime was
in the fact that had the disposers of the body come
from New Bedford they would have found many
hiding places better for their purpose than those
chosen. The spots where the parts Of the body
were found are in almost direct route from Fall
River, permitted an easy return and, of course are
available TO any person in Tiverton itself
To the police came many stories of missing young
women throughout New England, and one from
New York; OF automobiles several OF them, seen in
the vicinity on Sunday afternoon. and OF men with
suitcases in the place. None were sufficiently
pointed. however, TO aid materially a clew, and
Developments
Whether the name the suit was Frank Hill
uncertain. although generally accepted. be
cause the final r. was impossible of clear de-
ciphering.