The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-16
Under the Rose

, removed, was the headIess and armless
body of young woman. petite in form,
nearly nudei The knees had been bent
double close 10 the chest and the inter
stices between the body and the sides
of the trunk were stuffed with sundry
articles Of feminine apparel, some Of
them torn in shreds to fit. Evidently
here was case Of foul murder, for IN
the left breast was deep knife or
stiletto wound that had caused death,
"Would you recognize that man
again7' questioned Valentine of Bar
ney Fogle
serted the expressman "Hope you II
give me a chanst t swear I th MUIR
derin villain!'
Gwen do our best said Valentine
grimly ''but YOU can see there s
mighty little to go upon until we find
out who she is. But l want that state
ment of YOURS again in writing
Calling a stenographer the Inspector,
by dint of question and answer, ar
ranged Fogle story in logical order.
At its conclusion he said: 50 m afraid
we II have to detain you, Barney. But
it s only matter of form, you know
merely as a witness. If your story s
straight you we nothing to fear,
So Barney was led away and lod~ed
in cell downstairs. Then a score of
plain-clothes men secured the city for
clues or for information as to any girl
reported missnr. all without avail, see
ing that it was impossible to furnish
a full description of the body.
Four days later came the second sur
prise. On pile of snow and refuse
ers under an arch of the Brooklyn
bridge there were found at daylight the
missing head and arms done up in
coarse wrapping paper. The face in
life had been that of a girl of about
two-and- twenty. fair OF skin and with
wealth of ruddy golden hair. The
hands showed evidences of menial toll
probably housework, Valentine decided
and it was upon this basis that his
sleuths; armed with photographs;
secured the city for clues that should
lead to exact Identification,
The case was so unusual in its bar
barous details and public clamor was
so inslstent that the girls slayer be
brought to Justice, that Valentine HIM
self went out on the case, and it was
he who rounded I'D the first definite evi-
dence.
He discovered that the murdered girl
was named Annie Greg. born in New
York. and that she worked as waitress
and mald-ot all-Work between tunes IN
restaurant in South Fifth avenue,
much frequented by foreigners of the
artisan class. Annie was good girl,
they all said; she had roomed alone
over II. work place, which was also a
lodging house, Because she was so
cheerful and dapper, so light-footed and
light hearted. some one had nicknamed
her "The Firefly.h 1t was testified
that she had few men friends, but had
been known 10 chat freely with one of
the customers whom she frequently
waited on at meal.times The descrip-
tion of this man tailed generally with
that given by Barney Fogle of the fell
low who engaged him to move the
trunk; he was foreigner-a "dago,'
in the current New York phrase applied
to all immigrants from the south of
Europe. But no one knew his name or
where he worked, and he hadn { visited
the restaurant for some DAYS, SO a
detective was stationed near by where
he could keep watch on the entrance,
and code Of signals arranged with the
proprietor should Annie Greg's friend
appear. When her room was searched
they had to force the door, the KEY
being missing was found
in applepie order; il looked as though
she had merely stepped out for awhile.
expecting to shortly return.
Meantime, of course, efforts had been