The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-08
MutilatedBodies
of Aged Couple
Found.
NO MOTIVE FOR
CRIME is KNOWN
Isaac Futterman and Wife
Wealthy Residents of East Side,
Are Believed to Have Been
Victims of Religious Ma
niac-Murders Discov-
cred by Son.

New York. January IA case .:
double murder found in an Eas, SidH
house to-day Is one o. the moot sack
ing in details Of any since the duiae:.-
suppe Acknowledgement, and he Jack
the Ripper" series of crimes Isaac
: Futterman, eighty years old AMI Ms
wife, Rachel. seventy-two years old.
were found dead in their rooms. ;hs!r
bodies terribly mutilated.
The police believe the aged people
~ere practically tortured to death, ana.
in the absence OF any we'll established
motive for such a crime. think the
Futtermans were Victims of religious
maniac
Futtermsn was retired maauflc-
turer. who had accumulated Il sm.ll
fortune, but always had refused TO
leave the Eas, Side ncighoorho sod.
wncre he settled when he came from
Russia many years ago. He was a
zealous church worker. and aided IN
founding the synagogue IN his dislri.t
which he and his wife attended,. The
couple lived alone. Their three ti.U-
dTen dwell. in other parts OF the city.
One Of these. Aaron Futtermaa, super
intendcnt of brass factory. iissov-
cred the bodies OF his weekly ..s!t 10
his parents. The fathers body lay on
sofa and the mothers on ba,i
Each was only partially dressed. Tnarr
were deep Gashcs across both face 5
and bodies. and the eyes Of both were
having bsen torn from its socket The
mans abdomen was terribly siash.j
and there We're cuts running length
Wise from head to foot. The nature
OF the mutilation led the police To be-
lieve that It had been begun while the
Futtermans were alive. and that death
actually had boon cauaed by blows oyer
the head. which fractured both skulls.
The bodies bore finger prints. Of
which the police experts took photo
graphs. a small mock bag. In which
Mrs. Futterman is snid to have carried
money and iewelry, and which Mr.
F,utterman Is said to have worn, could
not be found. The police, however,
scout robbery as the motive fo- the
crime.
Aaron Futtsrman said he did net
know that his father had an enemy.
His father kept practically all his
money in bank.
Tho police believe that the murder
occurred several days ago. as decon,-
position had set in. Neighbo-s do not
'IinoiloeF HdFIHS seen the aged couple
since January ..
Daughter rs Suspected.
As sequel to the finding TO-DAY
of the bodies OF Futterman and his
wife. Elka Futterman, the forty-ycars-
old daughter OF the slain couple, was
taken tonight to the Bellevue Hos
pital for observation as to her mental
condition She had become hysterical
when informed OF the double killing.
and search of an apartment In the
honse where she lived. some distance
from her parents home. revealed. ac-
cordins to detectives, a hlood-stained
shirtwa1st and various other articles
OF apparel stained with blood.
No charge was preferred against tn.
distraueht woman. who declared she
was tnn ocent OF tho crime
Eika Futterman's removal TO Belle.
vue was at the request OF Aaron Fut-
terman. her brother. who declared that
she was confined in an institution for
the insane several years ago