Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-15
TlvERTON MURDER CASE.
Continued from Page One.)


She had been with the Human Fish,
Co, which exhibited at fairs in Maine
and elsewhere during the Summer, hav-
ing returned horne about six weeks
age She came to Fall River to live
With her father, Joseph st. Jean, on
eighth street while her mother is liv-
ing n WOonsocket.
Tiverton, r. l., Oct I-The absence
of the head of the body which has been
found scattered through the Tiverton
countryside is still an obstacle to the
efforts of the police to identify the
victim of the gruesome mutilatiOn. In
an attempt to discover whether the
body was that of Miss Amelia st. Jean
of Fall River, the police of that city
tonight We're grilling two men, one of
whom is said to have kept company
with Miss ST. Jean. The other is
man known as an Herb DOCTOR" Off
GERS tonight raided the latter's office
but found nothing to connect him with
any illegal practices.
Just as yesterday the minds of the
officials tended almost certainly to a
South Scituate young woman as the
victim, so today and tonight they
leaned strongly toward the belief that
the body was that of Miss St. Jean of
Fall River. And supports to their
theory were not wanting. AS in yes
terday's clue they were abundant.
Most important probably was the
identification of clothing contained in
4 bundle found in Mount Hope bay as
being that worn Friday by Miss st.
Jean. The identification was made by
Mrs Eva Lamerieux of Fall River.
who stated that the hat. shoes. stock
ings and Undertaking which the
bundle contained had been borrowed
from Her by her niece. Miss st. Jean,
Friday morning. Papers of the same
late as those covering the portions of
the body We're wrapped about the
clothing.
One man, whom the Fall River po-
lice submitted to an examination for
several hours tonight, was the same
whom they released after a short talk
last night. At that time they an
nounced that they would have detained
him had it not been for the fact that
the right foot of the mutilated body
was stiff and that the victim must have
limped in life, while Miss st. Jean did
not do so. Medical Examiner +. P.
StimSOn late today corrected his pre-
viouS statement as to the injured foot
He stated that the stiffness which he
found was undoubtedly due to the ac-
ton of cold, damp air on the leg when
it was hidden while the blood was still
warm. The effect would be the same
as if life We're still in the limb.
| An attempt of Joseph St. Jean. ia
| Their of the missing girl, to identify
the body here as that of his daughter
was without success. Although ex-
pressing the belief that the body was
that of his daughter, he still was I'M
able TO find any identifying marks up
on it. 1t was at his suggestion that the
! Fall River police originally turned to
the fact of Miss st. jeans absence as
a clue to the identity of the victim.
Mrs. ST. Jean. living in Woonsocket,
who has been separated from her hus-
band for several months, is to come
from Woonsocket tomorrow morning to
attempt to identity the body as that
of her daughter.
! Although they agree in results the
days searching was conducted on )
broad and well managed basis. The
blood despatched countryside adjoin-
| ing Bulgermarsh road. where have
been found the portions of the body
thus far discovered. was searched
systematically. The results We're 6
switch of hair of dark brown color anG
two blood stained handkerchefs. The
finding of the things in Mount Hop
bay late this afternoon was not a re-
1 suit OF an organized search, two Fal
River policemen who were detailed ny
general work in connection with the
case being the finders.
The autopsy performed late yester-
day showed that there was an attemp
at criminal operation. but there were
no signs of peritonitis or fever, indi.
eating. it is believed, that the attempt.
ed operation was not the immediate
result of death. 1t was limited las
night that death might have resulted
from the severance OF the jugular veif
and that the young woman died from
the loss of blood. the body being hack
ed up while it was yet fresh. "Wha
we want is the head" said Medica
i Examiner f. P. Stmson, after the au
topsy. I'VE may examine the stom-
ach later. We want the head"