New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-12
MYSTERY OF SUIT CASE
HELD PART OF 4 BODY.
Probable Hrrdcr Of Woman Re-
raaled bg c Find in the Woods.

'-ssvcr.on r. J. oct 1.-THE finding of the severed
less a girl dress suit case among
some bushes IN an outlying section Of this town
this afternoon brought q light what the authori-
sios say IS q case OF murder. Al late hour his
evening the police has zacc practically 10 progress
coward unTsvelling the mystery.
The discovery Of a Kew Bedford newspaper OF
yesterdays date with tho portions Of the limbs IN
he euii case is regarded a. the most important
csez thus far Obtained The authorities are OF the
oTiaion that ,he murdered in New Bed
ford, slR1 tie legs we're placed in the suit case
shs7e and brought by wagon automobile TO
Tiver1on last nch;.
according 10 the medical examiner. DR.. John
s-isnson. of TGverton. tie victim killed not
rnors lsan twelve fifteen hours before the suit
case was discovered. Or. Stinson said the cutting
had not been done ny the experienced hands Of a
surgeon or medical student He says that ap-
pa-ent,y common hand saw was use6 e sever
iegs from the trunk
0s search for the other portions Of the body in
ne 77o0ds near the place where the suitcase was
found Wss continued by the police and citizens all
night Should the search stil he fruitless to-mor-
row morning, EWaups in the neighboghood VIII %
dragged
The spot where the suitcase was found is about
twenty feet from the edge Of the Bulgermarsh
Road at a point between two hundred and three
hundred yards from Bliss's -Four Corners. IN this
1opr. = is about eight miles from New Bedford
55ugeru.arsh Road runs from Newport 10 New
Bedford. passing through the outskirts OF Fan
River. and is much used By automobile parties.
-sslecislly Sundays when various resorts along
tie read visited By people from the Massachu-
setrs factory city. well from Rhode Island
towns
srom Bliss -Four Corners for distance Of sew
eral miles north Across the Massachusetts line the
country along this road is sparsey settled. consist
ing largely swamp land covered with wild growth
The nearest house 10 the scene Of the hnding Of
the suitcase Is at Biss's -Four Corners.
The locality was apparently well suited for
oealing the evidences OF a crime. and. according
70 persons living in the neighborhooL, the body
might have lain there for days undiscovered had
not rGral letter carrier. George Po5se-. Glanced
TO go 10 the spot this afternoon He had scarcely
gone three PAGES from the highway when he came
upon The suit case The cover was missing.
Exposed 10 view were three parts Of hsnan
legs. partly wrapped IN newspaper Later iuvesti-
cation by the medical examiner showed thai the
suit case contained the upper part Of right leg
that from the thigh 10 the knee, and the entire
left Les. cut in two pieces at the knee. The foot
was quite small
The medical examiner, after taking some meas
urements. found that the leg twenty-six inches
in length and that the foot about the size for
a No. shoe and he estimated from these facts
that the girl probably feet 3
inches in height and would weigh perhaps 30
pounds
a large callous spot the bottom Of the foot
indicated that the girl accustomed 10 much
walking standing. and suggested that she may
have been & working girl.
There were no initials the case and no mark
OF any kind by which its ownership could be
traced. The material Of the case is strawboard,
covered with heavy cloth