New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-17
TRACE TRUNK SLAYERS
BACK TO NEW YORK
Police Close on Trail OF Four
Persons Who Lived in
Murder Flat.
TRIED TO BURN EVIDENCE
Remains of Woman's Clothing
and Hinges Of Big Box
Found in George
town Woods.

town Woods.
The police sent out general alarm
yesterday for four persons wanted In the
case of the murdered woman whose body
was found a week ago yesterday in a
pond at Georgetown. Conn. 1t calls for
the arrest of three men and, a girl Two
Of the men are wanted on a charge Of
murder. One OF these is thought TO have
been the woman's husband. and consider
ably younger than herself. The third man
and the girl are wanted as material wit
nesses.
The police say they believe the man
murdered his wife In order to marry the
girl, who was younger than himself and
more than commonly good looking.
Working back from the discovery at
Georgetown shortly after the finding Of
the woman's body that an unusually heavy
trunk had been delivered there TO two
Italians. the police traced this trunk back
through shipping receipts, and although
the trunk itself had disappeared II was
found that II came from New York The
charred fragments Of the trunk were
found In Georgetown yesterday. From
stool pigeon the police learned that
large trunk agreeing in description with
the one received at Georgetown had been
sold by Isaac Seigel, a second hand dealer
OF No. 736 Second avenue. TO a man by
the name OF Salvatore lombard, of No.
3l6 East 10th street. The date of this
SALE it was learned from selgel. was
Thursday. November T. The woman's
L. H., atttr
day. November ..
Left Broad Trail Behind.
seigel told the police that lombard
bought the trunk In person. and 1t was
delivered to him by a clerk in the store.
II proved to be too big 10 go into the door
OF the apartment. and WAS left in the
hallway. Going to the address to which
the trunk was delivered, the detectives
found that the occupants had moved.
They learned from the housekeeper. Mrs.
John Preston, that Il had been occupied
by four Italians. one Of them being Lom-
bardi. In addition TO him. there was a
woman known as his wife. about forty
years old, a girl known by the name OF
"Turiddi," said TO be the daughter OF
"Suciciado," another occupant OF the
apartment TIE fourth occupant they
found 10 be a man whose name Is un-
known.
Mrs. Preston let the officers into the
rooms, which were found stripped OF their
furnishings. There were found in the
rooms some boodstained bedclothes and
several large wire nails, stained with blood
also. The autopsy physicians at George
town had found that the woman had been
killed by some round instrument driven
through her skull into her brain.
These discoveries at once convinced the
police they had found the scene OF the
murder. and they Immediately went to
Georgetown with Mrs. Preston. As soon
az she saw the dead woman she Identified
her by means OF a gray lock in her hair
as her former tenant
According to Mrs. Preston. the quartet
engaged an apartment from her three
weeks ago. lombard is described as be-
ing about twenty-eight years old. while
the murdered woman, who was his wife,
was forty. The woman and the girl who
is about fifteen years old, were garment
workers. going out daily TO work. The
three men appeared 20 have no occupa-
ton All OF them were quiet and APP
parently respectable in their conduct, Mrs
Preston said yesterday. and she never
heard any sounds OF quarrelling.
Body Long in Rooms.
A week after they took the apartment
one Sunday night. i've we'll dressed young
men came, and although they Knocked re-
VlaNE IN, ah
obtain admittance, Mrs. Preston said. II
is supposed by the police that the woman's
body lay In the house at this time. as
the condition when found indicated that
she had been dead about that length OF
time.
Tracing the movements Of the three
men and the girl, the police learned that
on November lombard got Seigel. the
man from whom he bought the trunk. 10
deliver Il in his wagon TO the Adams
Express Company. near the Grand Cen
trail Station II was shipped by the ex-
press company TO Georgetown, where
lombard claimed II. Meanwhile, on No
yember 7, the girl and the man known as
"Suclciado" had gone to Georgetown.
where they were Joined by Lombardi the
day the trunk arrived. He took II to
house on a hill near the pond and later
on the same day. accompanied by the
girl and "Suciciado." took II away In the
direction of the pond
From this point the police have traced
them back 10 New York. and said yes
terday they were hot on their trail, ex-
Meeting to make an arrest at any moment
After leaving the body in the pond at
Georgetown, lombard came to Mrs Pres
ton and told her he and his companions
were going to move. He went away and
none OF them have been seen since by
Mrs. Preston. Subsequently an unknown
Italian woman came and took away the
furniture In the nat
Georgetown, Conn. Nov. ls-The frsg-
ments of the trunk which had been used
to transport the body Of Carmellna
Garacci from New York to a millpond
here before II was thrown into the water,
were found in patch of woods late yes
terday.
Lester Olmstead, OF Ridgefeid, while
hunting through the woodland west OF
here, found the remains OF a campfire.
Az he began to scrape over the ashes he