The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-19
ALIVE WHEN SEALED IN TRUNK
rom M NJ afTER y YEARS
.ytI ~ 4 uiN.
- !,r 'inn Uih iIsht or Red Isnir.
.'..r. 'tnh "a ''rrnl Dc>rr.p,Ion Ire
-.'. thEI ~ lewis. nho o. said
r.rr i.'i I-unN via Nraghcr.

SO i"'i I-unN VITA Nrashcr.
.. '...,I I..."G no,!y found in A
.....'..a.r r lr.."r!ent az so
... .-.T -tr't IN Thursday
..' ..''rtG' ny 'croacrs
... .. ~ rrrf .:ahn Meal
... ....j ;lai At W., hat of a
..' .., ,,c'IH. ned been pa. c-,.
., Tn,.kr receptacle. within
rr,u' -. Wa ~,iil Ghv" \ Ge-
''" a...n which IL" docicrS
.. 49, re,- II o"Gvcfion and
~ Irdg" ut ia" character end
~ .su Les -. thu waiter VINO
zoe. .t.. tr.nt jr. ~ III. police have
t.tr. .u -, ter "a, they reported they
,ut'I''l" progress ~ solving the mystery
Yesterday Dg; o. Ms said a. PolC" Head
.."-- 'h,' .ri.r'ur'iou had h..n re-
.. ..,' . 300 .u..H "uahl'' the detect ives
O.. ..a,. -.r, ,.iI.u "a few ho.r- whether
low. .- aU,, 90 NOT
t-.r..r.. ."atlIr, ut tn. case j. 'ka' the
..>.-.Ir.1u Il the murdered man hU.li
81 '." doctors talh-~ rather closely
with 'n" description of Lewis given the
fuhra Nv Phhp Mraghcr and his wife
Nth whom Lewis left tn. trunk The
auctrr- ~ay tha' m m. The man was tall
..l.t INN. had lIgnt or red hair and was
iarrly tad IN front. His teeth were
-1cd with the exception of broken
anne IN III" left I'D" and the second
uIct>yi IN the same sid. which was
flled with gold II" had slight mus
rArhs Ihs doctor. thought h" was about
s. wear, old
H. ~" d.s, rlpt.on OF Lewis sent gu.
fr ~" police the water - described as
- voar, obi > fee; : inches tail. blond
a
rutsta - hent rompieAson. ulIe eyes.
weight about l3o p,..ld%
The only clothing found with he houy
49, u"rtIon ut a niGht-hirt which bore
tho mar, Il = New York department store
Iur- was found Under the body when IL
~, uir.-i from th' trunk Ia which ac-
~,iinE 20 Mca .hcT story. IL must have
lara for "Ignt YEAR The doctors deduced
mat n" man wa- alive when the body was
'Ian-d IA the ir,.nk because Of the cond
'rn Of what remains u the lungs Tn.
,.nlIIIuu NJ rh- body was such that II
R.- uu ;,,,>ih'a To determine whether
olson hai h.- administered u bring
aro.t a -tIyoT There we're no marks oi
lIriruu. - tar a. the doctors could So"
, n" ..ru" that the bo,!v was rl4-'d III
tn. rr..ut !. i.Nti approximately by news
'..a.r- laced on top Of the zinc Ca-%"t
.,-,. w,r" dated ApUi !; and -. 1870
T., ~. box inside ih-sJrlnk Wa at
.,.,t'y tN'. ~ork ut an expert tlnsnl,h
... dye hat been bent and dovetailed
Yer and the cracks carefully -o!dered
ne, t.uD District ATTORNEYS Knott and
20. "n" examined ih" trunk and the
.-....n~ az tho Nc-gu. discovered "a
...r az a.rac ned - one III IN" tr'I:rk
- wa 90 covered with dus;
.. .., hi that they w"r. unaLe to deter
. r. '.th.r I9.. tag bore writing o. "A
.r...liamc DAVID Carvalho Tho writ
-. CERT viii examine the tag today
ul.r N,a.hor Lewis = friend. who ha-
go nd he-rrns since .sJc. was rall--i tU
.-rfIG Attorneys os'ic.. yesterday
... r..,. SrH he brew Hi ~ro-v d'Eare@s
T. .,'.. flr,.''t..-- tom hat %:.ich
.aRlsr roi! III r'''"' WHEN H- aiie'i
h., ~ to ,uiHi.r" n" ,NaIu.uatInn Il tn
trunk which he dropped n harry. h.
-.'d. Af''r g"'tns az lG-a - what might
Dc INSIDE
From n. stury tina; NsaEh"' tor:
Assistant District Attorney Rubin and a
a'.r Ne--loa gwen nur "a, III" -ntral
,t'-... II apu,ar- .La; Meagher had known
Lewis -.hle tloy w"rr boys together IN
t.-.-.a T,T,"rarv county Ireland
N."aGl.rr. accDta.I-g to hi- story, cam" 10
\.u York ~ 1889 and was living ~ 'S6
N.-t tor'y--"v-n'h street and working
.- a -t"aIn'.tt.r when Lewis turned ny
40 ar h l,,-n.-d from Lewis that the
yalr-r h. al t.".h IN New York sinc" 1891
Lows "a. --'i'I"n' caller a. Al"aHh"I
LnE-' ar. ~r-: h" asked u h" mlgh'
..p-" n. iar.. N-agh"r made no
-,.,cI wis brought rnr trunk in a
"-n az when M"agh"r "xprc--"d
,:,-r At III" tr'In< weight expiain"d
mat It contained a plaster cast belonging
q. An artist friend III his
When th.. M.agh-r~ moved to- the nat /
m Fifty fourth street ne went along and !
god move the trunk At this time the !
N.aghrr- understood that Lewis had |
.. . in q caf" called The Hub. -on"wh"r"
nr 1hlrty-rhIri street. they Thought
."v ala learned that Lewis had hv"d .
i.'rrr coming To them somewhere on .
fn street near Eighth. avenue
IN January. 1895 Lewis w"nt 10 board
arh the Meagher- II" was away
-'-i deal Of IN" time and he didn' appear
have steady WORK. often spending
nnn.. weeks sitting about reading the /
-.'--pnals- in IN. newspapers, Mrs
N.ighor says During the time he was /.
49, h"n h" paid only 8 board and Mrs
N". .'"r didn't cypress any regrets when
'..y 1915. Lewis -ah that lac had
H. 4 waiter AZ Manhattan Beach and
going TO i've DOWN there Lewis
p'f Il IN" story az that point Tor
Ma Lh.r- lay they hIv" never seen
h"ard from HIN. sine"
''f LOWS dI1n' take hl@ TRUNK WIN
.. AL Mica cher doesn't appear 30 have
.Z1' nv b about II. for II lay unno'ic"d
N,.a CHER. hin IN the cellar IT The Hat
100. rIutIi last "Wednesday when Neagher.
"I- getting ready 70 move. found II
..' way De"id!ng not 10 carry IN"
With him If - contents were of no
N"agh"r broke th" lock and lifted
VIM he saw that IL VA HE'D
..arIv with plaster h. CAV. rhe Job
49," time bong bat on ThGr-dsy
h.s ETDf m Cracked
,.'"r moment later he wa
e. fur a tsl.phOn" 20 ark the police
and continue the Inve-ti CATION
N'hg E"r when uI"'-'iOn"d yH-ter-
l"-y. gave y description which
Ply o-cl" with that huil' !p
tor. 'or rh- bDd-' in the trunk
....tu-trt described the man.
.-.La'..-l - moment and then
...r s. &. -. thu Lewis had