The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-12-30
BODY IN TRUNK IS
PLACED IN GUTTER
Murder Mystery in New York
Victim a Laboring Man
About 40 Years Old.
BY International News Service.

| by international News Service.
| NEW YORK, Dec. 29,--Up to midnIrh
| tonight no satisfactory Identification ha,
| been made Of the victim OF New York,
| latest trunk mystery
AT AZ Pitt street there is a small cand,
stand, presided over by Samuel Trebel
About half past ten this morning s
short, roughly dressed, foreign -lookinl
| man, accompanied by another foreigner
but better clothed than his companion
| ambled through Pitt street pushing :
well-used. green push-cart.
On this cart was canvas trunk witt
galvanized Iron bindings, The men and
the cart came to "A staudstiIl in front o,
No. AZ. a few words were exchanged
man handed the other coin
Thereupon the trunk was deposited or
the sidewalk and the poorer dressed man
departed. pushing the cart before him.
For few moments the we'll dressed
man stood beside the trunk. calmly
smoking a cigar. Soon q crowd gathered
Then the man called to young Trebel,
the candy standkeeper, and said:
Watch this trunk until 1 come back
and l will pay you. See that no one
touches Il until I return
Then he started off In the direction
taken by the other man.
That is the story that TrebeI told the
police and his story Is corroboratcd by
other witnesses OF the events recorded
Trcbel stood by the trunk for half an
hour. The crowd. which had dispersed
began 10 gather again.
Let us open IT. said one Of the curl
Gus ones Thereupon began a contro-
NeTgy. with the Tesllt that DOIHpp1nr N
WAS finally called and the trunk re-
moved 10 the Clinton street station
house.
When the lid was raised a tain, un-
covered pillow OF straw was found. Be-
meath the pillow was a body bent double,
the head resting against the ankles and
tied there by several yards OF clothes
The body was partly clothed. The head
was wrapped in a black silk cloth and
the face covered with red bandanna
handkerchief
Expert opinion has Il that the body
had been in the trunk only short time
before it was deposited in Pitt street.
The Identification OF the body such as
IL is, was effected In a most unusual
manner Police Commissioner Dougherty
decided that tho body be placed on pub
street station house. AS soon as the
news OF the exhibition went forth into
the East side, there crowded into the
station house motley collection OF
sIghtseers. Fully 5000 persons. men.
women and children. passed In process
sion before the body. They eazed at the
features OF the dead man and passed on.
gravely shaking their heads.
Finally came Russian who called
himself Mike Molloy. He crept nervous
ly 20 the side OF the body.
DO YOU know hm?' asked Commits
sioner Dougherty. who stood near.
Yes. ] think So was toe reply.
who IL he?
"John kremeu-I worked with him in
the coal mines I'm West Virginia" said
Moloy.
But l Will make sure Of him." he con-
tinued. III he has q certain scar under
his riEh, arm he Is John"
When the arm WAS exposed there was
the scar
Notwithstanding t.iis identification, In !
spector Faurot says he does not believe !
that the victim IL kremen.
Information has just reached me-" !
said the inspector tonight. which ] be- |
l!evc will lead TO a positive Identification |
tomorrow. ! think. too. that I shall be |
able TO establish tho identity OF the two |
men who pushed the trunk Into Pitt |
street. Perhaps ] snail DO able TO arrest |
them: ! don't put much stock In Molloy's
dcntinca ton.