New-York tribune., 1911-04-03
BOYS MAKE A FIND As
IN GULDENSUPPE CASE
Human Hand and Foot in a
Package Lads at Play Pick
Up in a Hallway.
MAY BE A MISSING BOY
Youth, Whose Mother Reported
Disappearance, Has Initials
Cut in Ring on
Finger.

FoNNS pa FIX III the street ldst iISh
brought to light what may prove to be
a crime I'm somewhat the same way as
the famous Guldensuppe bathtub case.
Of the 9O's. was discovered.
These boys. chasing one another in a
game Of tag in East 125th street. found
cigar box in the hallway of No. 176
One Of them picked il up and thew il
plavfully at one of his companions and
ss II struck the street the lid opened and
package which contained human
hand and foot rolled out
The package was carefully made. first
Of q part Of a German weekly publica =
tion and then wrapped in a new hand
kerchief Of cheap material and bearing
the initial r. in one corner
The box and its contents were taken
where the police and Coroner Holtz-
hauser made careful examination of
the hand. the foot and the wrapping
which was found about them. One of
the fingers held small gold ring with
q signet on which were the initials "A
bore the letters "A & W"
May Be Missing Boy.
ton at Police Headquarters, Alfred
Felly ffteen years old of No. 222 West
2Sth street. whose initials correspond
with those found on the ring upon the
dismembered hand. was reported as
missing to the police Of the West 37th
street station by his mother. Mrs Leona
FellY. on December -. 1910 A general
slarm was sent ont for the lad on Janu-
sry =. 1911. and according 10 the police
Of the West 31th street station and ac-
Cording TO tho records at Police Head
quarters. nothing las been rearo Of the
hoy since his disappearance.
Morris Aisenstein. of the jewelry firm
of Aisenstein & Woronock. No. ~ Ell
bridge street. when asked over the tele-
phone early this morning, at his home,
No. $50 Rugby Road. Flatbush. whether
he would be able 10 recognize Il ring
manufactured by his firm. said he prob
ably would When told of the ring found
u.
with the initials "A. & W. he said
that the description of the ring seemed
TO til the specfice tons Of rings manu-
fsctured by him He said it was the
custom OF his firm To- stamp all their
rings with tho letters A K W." and
that tho jewelry was generally sold to
retailers.
on that account. Mr.. Asenstein said,
il would bc difficult to trace the ring at
once although il might finally be found
% whom il was sold. He said that he
would go 10 the East 10th street sta
ton to-day and try and identify the
ring
Cutting Not Surgeons Work.
According to the Coroner. the hand
which is a right member. is the hand OF
one. The hand is cut off at the wrist
roughly as though il had been done by
q person unskilled i'm such work. The
palm. of the hand looks as though it had
been gnawed away. as if a rat might
have attacked II.
The foot is also apparently naltreated
and was cut off from the leg at a point
slightly above the ankle. The big and
middle toes have been amputated. the
cuts appearing to have been of recent oc-
currence. and on the instep the flesh had
been scraped slightly below the surface
of the skin. the blood showing through
just below the ankle bone. on the in
ner side. there is a long cut to the bone.
The bone itself has been sawed for per
haps quarter of an inch below the sur
face. None Of the wounds look as
though they mad been performed by a
surgeon. or one skilled i'm such work.
In the opinion Of Coroner Holtzhauser
the wounds ere inflicted within the last
few days
After tho police had carefully exam
ined the hand and foot they directed
their attention to the paper and hand
kerchief and q the cigar box. The lat
ter Is Of tho ordinary size and on the
top bears the name of the brand "Epi-
cure Cigar" Then appears the name of
the maker Theodore Muehling, Cigar
maker Rutherford. y. j.. 81 Park ave
nue.
ON the revenue band about the box Is
printed Factory No. 3J1 9TH District,
state of New Jersey" \ union label
bears the number "4579223l B" and the
date "OCtober-l91O.'
Thc paper is 50 badly sOiled that il is
dificult t. dccipher any of the print but
the detectives believe il is q weekly pub
ucation such as is read by the poorer
class Of Germans. The paper is covered
with blood as is the handkerchief. which
Il nov.
Letter Also IN Box
Besides the hand and foot found in the
lCN The detectives found bits of let
ter written in English and apparently
I'm womans hand
Tho detectives az iho East l2Cth street
LoIi.. .....a gftcr accumulatins j."
o.ts oi o.. ..-u letter. worked out the
fDlioa inG .ntencc. Please excuse TINS
writing as 10 is 50 hard 10 bc writine
m bed The detectives say that por-
tions Of torn postcard. written IN Il
German hand. wcr. found in the cigar
box The abbro.iation Mrs" was de-
c'phoicd lrr't ttc fragm'nt5 Of ros'-
card
Tho boy wiio found tho box was car
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