The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-07-24
BY LLYoD LEHRBAs


rsrAsr CORRESPONDENT !. n. SERVICE
DETROIT. MICH. July -4N
hacked and mutilated corpse sh4ppe4
Fron, Detroit 10 New York N truhA
bv a. A Tieturn" on June ~
Chicago woman?
Detroit police. barled at very turn
for clue. VIII seek the cooperation
Of Chicago police today in an efIoft 70
unravel the mysterious trunk hlui
nv having them make seakch q theI
records for, a missing woman ahsWei
ing the description Of the girl founo n
the trunk her body sliced ny : sui
geon's knife and vital organs IsInoN 80
TELLS OF YOUNG COUPLE
Mrs I1ottie Brooks. proprietor OF the
apartment at los Harper avenue, the
address given by the shipper OF the
trunk coffin, told police today that the
Young couple. giving the name OF M
an5 Mrs. E. Leroy. who departed un-
der mysterious circumstances at about
the time the trunk was shipped. had
told her they~were from Chicago ana
had talked of that city
SHOCKING MUTILATION
Because or the fendish mutilation of
the corpse Detroit police are at loss
for motive for the murder AL the
vital organs, including the heart and
lungs. were removed, the tongue was
cut out and the knees broken. so that
the body could be pressed into the
trunk in the form of the letter =
leading to the belief that it was either
the work of a maniac or the cold blood
ed and purposeful blundering of some
one with a knowledge Of surgery.
BLoTTING OUT CRIME
Completely baffled for any other clue
II
On two theories First. that an IL
legal operation had resulted In the
death OF the girl. and the body had
been chopped and the vital organs re-
moved to blot out all trace of the or
iginaI crime. and secondly. that she
had been poisoned and the organs re-
moved for the same reason. The cut
ting out OF the tongue leads the hom-
icide squad TO place the most credence
in the poison theory. the tongue
might have shown poison traces.
SEARCH FOR ExPREssMAN
According to Chief Clerk Libby, of
the Detroit office Of the American Ex-
press Co, an exPressman by the name
of Depot" Lemon hauled the trunk
containing the hacked woman from los
Harper avenue to the Michigan Cen
tral Depot. Lemon formerly had a
stand at the depot but has been miss.
ing since July 1. Detroit police to.
day began a search for him.
SHIPPED on JUNE 10.
The trunk with its grewsome con-
tents. was shipped from the Michigan
Central depot on June 10 on a pre-
paid slip No. %. 41s at q cost 81
$3.50. according to the records OF
Chief Clerk Libby OF the express Of
fee. According TO Mrs. Brooks. Le-
roy had two trunks hauled away ami
the police believed the other trunk
containing the heart lungs. tongue and
other parts of the body was shipped to
some other fictitious address where II
is lying unclaimed.
REMEMBERS THE TRUNK
G. c. Brokaw. superintendent or the
Detroit Express office is said to have
found an express man who remembers
the particular trunk and he is to b.
questioned by the detectives this morn
ing Chief of Detectives Edward II
Fox. received a message from New
York today. saying the police there
were sending the clothing found in
the trunk to Detroit for possible iden-
tification.
ARTICLES OF CLOTHING
They also notified him that q blue
serge suit found with the body Had
been purchased in Pulaski Mich 9th
or clothing found in the trunk includ-
&c a woman's brown coat with q rur
collar black hat turned up wIth biack
trimming. lavender undershirt and al
old rose sweater coat Mrs Brooks
will be asked TO identify these as worn
by AIRS Leroy" together with bed
clothing missing from the Leroy
apartment
The wa-de-na apartments are loca-
ted at los Harper avenue. the address
given by the shipper of the trunk
WAS LEROY TIETURN
Mrs Brooks. the landlady. says nc
one by the name of A A. Tieturn was
ever at the apartments and police are
working on the theory that Iieturn
and Leroy are the same man and that
the body of the trunk murder girl is