New-York tribune., 1910-06-20
TRUNK MYSTERY DEEPENS
Detectives UnremittingIy Active,
but CiewS Fail to Develop.
CROWD AT SACKS'S FUNERAL
Younger Son Said TO Have Been
Robbed in the Crush-Two
Italians Still Held.

Dexrtte unrerraitting activity on the part
Of the homicide bureau at Headquarters. the
mystery OF the death Of Moses Sacks -
still unsolved. and. like other trunk rlys-
series. threatens 10 go down as one Of the
unpublished murders Of the greater city.
Captain Carey and his men yesterday
worked along every line that seemed TO
offer a clew. They investigated trunk fac
tories and express stables. and arraigned
TWO italians as suspicious persons, but
seemed no nearer the solution Of the crime
than they were half an hour after the dis
covery OF the trunk in which the body Of
the old jewelry salesman was placed on
Friday afternoon
The very simplicity Of the case seems 20
bafHe the detectives. Sacks was at Pietro
Lornbardi's store, No 17s Chrystie street
ar ! 80 O'Clock On Friday afternoon An
hour later the trunk containing his body
was placed in the vesibule Of the apart
r77ent in Goerck street Women were sit
ting on the doorstep Of the next house, Yet
10 one has been able yet TO trace the
movements OF the old salesman from the
tine he went TO Lon1bardis until he was
killed
Crowd at Sscks's Funeral.
The funeral OF Sacks took place yeste--
eoele Beth Hanreth Hagodel, No. 81 Nor
folk street. 70 which the dead man went
from his home on Friday. His wife and
the FIVE sons who are in the city attended
the funeral. and they manifested the most
intense grief and rent the air with their
wafling throughout the ceremony Rabbi
Simon Jeffe conducted the services. and in
2 memorial address he referred feelingly TO
the utety Of rhe' dead man and his devotion
20 the charitable societies Of the synagogue
Rabbi Mutt. Of Trey, added his mead Of
appreciation in q brief address The body
vas taken 10 Union Field Cemetery, on
Long Island The synagogue vas crowded
70 the doors, and the streets were filed with
curious persons Il was unoffcially re
ported abos1t Police Headqua rters that as
the corege was moving through the crowd
leaving the synagogue one Of the younger
Sacks brothers was robbed of some valua-
bic tewelry. No official report of the loss
was made at Headquarters last night.
The pa1rolnen OF the various East Side
rrecincts were alert all day for anything
that might lead TO the clearing up of the
trunk mystery. Early in the afternoon two
Italians were seen in Grand street carrying
2 trunk similar 20 that in which the body
Of Moses Sacks was jammed when he was
murdered on Friday. The police gave
chase, coming up with the two italians near
Hroa dway. The trunk was examined and
found TO contain only clothing. Il was
purchased the italians said. from n Man
delli who keeps a trunk store at the cor
rer Of Mott and Hester streets MandelH
was questioned and said he sold trunks
similar 20 that in which the body was
found but he was sure he had not sold any
such trunk on Thursday or Friday, though
he was not quite positive He will be oues-
toned more closely
The three brothers Rahowttz manufacture
trunks at No 15e East Broadway. One OF
them visited Headquarters and said the
rrunz there was exactly like those made
marks the different grades. He added,
however. that he could not identify Il as q
trunk ne had sold. and thought there was
= slight difference in the little knobs at
The corners. Harry Biegel, Of No. 8 Goerck
street. also makes trunks, but they have
brown bands. 50 thar he is eliminated from
TIC affair entirely.
1he lock on the trunk in which the body
was found Is from the Eagle Lock Com
paEv. OF Terryville. Conn. bur there does
rot appear 70 be any particular mark by
which ir could be identified. On the
wooden hand 81 ore end are the initials
p. y P" in purple ink. ard when Cap
tain Carey was asked whether that mark
had been put on the trunk by the police he
merely bowed. but did not vouchsafe any
explanation as 10 the meaning Of the let