The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-06-16
DISMEMBERED BODY
FOUND in STREET
Mysterious Stranger Left il and
Vanished. .


Vanished. =.
New York, June 13.-Carefully
tied up in two separate packages, the
headless body of a murdered man
was found by the police at 1880 last
evening in front of Public School
No. /, Henry and Oliver streets.
For nearly two hours these bun
dies lay on the sidewalk unnoticed
by the passing crowds and guarded
by a fourteen-year-old boy who had
been employed to watch them by an
unidentified man.
Yet each package, wrapped in black
oilcloth, was marked BLACK Hand"
in bold lettering-one in blue chalk
and the other in what was evidently
blood
Within two hours after the dis
covery of the body the entire Italian
Detective Bureau, directed by Capt.
Arthur Carey and reinforced by
dozen headquarters men, were at
work
Clues there were none, and up to
a late hour small progress had been
made toward a solution of the crime.
The contents of the two bundles
gave no hint either to the identity Of
the victim or his slayer.
One package contained the torso
and the other the lower half of the
body. The head was missing.
a knife wound in the right side of
the chest marked where the death
blow had struck. Another in the
palm of the left hand indicated that
in fight for life the doomed man
had clutched the assassin's knife
blade.
Evidences were plentiful that the
murderer or mul derers had made
haste to cut up the victims body.
They had not even taken time to re-
move any of the clothing save the
coat and shoes. Seemingly they had
dec eCapitated the dead man with an
axe or heavy-bladed knife, and then
severed the legs with an ordinary
saw. In performing this operation
the murderer had cut right through
the clothing.
The torso was still inclosed in a
| light-colored shirt closely striped in
black. On the feet were green and
black-striped hose. In the cuffs of
the shirt were cheap link buttons of
gaudy pattern.
There was no scrap of paper in the
pockets to provide a clue. Neither
was there mark of any sort on the
clothing.
Practically all the police had to
work upon was the story told by the
boy who had been hired to watch
the packages. He is Joseph Tataro,
of No. 81 Hamilton street.
He was standing at Catherine and
Madison streets, he said, when he
noticed man coming from the di-
rection of the Catherine street ferry.
The boys attention was caught by
the fact that the man was staggering
under the weight of two big black
bundles which he carried, one on
each shoulder.
Hating beside the boy the man
with the bundles said: DO you want
to make five cents?"
Sure thing" was the reply.
'All right said the stranger,
my bundles for a minute while | go
see friend"
They walked up Catherine street
to Madison street and along Madison
to oliver street. hating in front of
Public School No. l.
Here the man lowered his bundles
to the sidewalk, placed them close
to the schoolyard fence and walked
rapidly away in the direction of
Chatham Square.
"Pll be back in a few minutes"
were his parting words.
An hour passed, but he did not
return and the boy became uneasy.
1t was growing dark and the lad lost
courage. He was about to leave
when a dog came up, shifted at the
bundles and darted away.
what is in your bundles?" asked
the owner of the dog, who was James
Tobin, of No. 81 Madison street.
you can search me-" said the
boy I'm keeping them for a man
who promised to come back"
Tobin watched the antics of the
dog and said:
II guess we had best call police
man. That dog don't waste time
fussing about nothing"
So while Tobin and his dog mount
ed guard young Tataro looked up
Policeman George w. Hoffman and
told his story.
The bundles, the dog, Tobin and
the boy were all taken together to
the station house.