The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-07-23
NUDE BODY GIRL
FOUND in TRUNK
ExpreSsmen Open "UnCIaimed
Baggage Land
lady Tells of Couple.
N. Y. POLICE HUNT CLUE

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Now York July, 2S.-A brutal rim
per murder" the victim OF which is
believed to bq Detroit woman. was
unearthod herb today when tho mansled
corpse was found In trunk In ware.
house of the American Express com.
pany The body was found jamnicL In
a small steamer trunk.
II was first reported that no marks
OF violence were found on Tho body,
but this afternoon the police revealed
am', .nv poHy had been cut ami slnsned
as though by maniac. Thu vital or
guns and even the tongue Nera missing
i iho police said that the inutilatIon
Wss 30 complete II was difficult To tell
Mhnt had actually caused death. Marks
were lound upon the womaus thront
also. "''
Believing the trunk contained per-
ishable merchandise, one of the ex-
pressmen opened it and found the wom
ans body, The body had been jafnmeJ
INTO the trunk and the clothes appnr-
ently had been thrown In afterward.
| :, There was no marks OF violence on
| the body. express company employees
said The police Immediately took pos-
session OF the trunk and it's contents
| FOR investigation,
The trunk was shipped through the
American Railway Express company 10
this city by man giving the name
OF A. A, Tieturn OF l0b Harpcr street
Detroit. according to tho records nc-
Tompanying the baggage, the police say. |
: wns addressed TO James Douglas"
New York city they declare.
Express company officials said they |
had held the trunk nv the depot bag
gage room for several DAYS, but when
4 was unclaimed they had sent Il "a
the store room.
The police said they win Imme-
diStely request the Detroit police to
locale the man mentioned In the record
as the sender OF the trunk.
The report Of the discovery Of the
body was made TO tho police by officials
OF the express company. The body was
entirely nude and, according 10 n ply
slcian who examined II, the girl was
between 20 and 30 years OF age.
The body, which had been covered
over with feminine wearing apparel OH
good material, had been crnmned into
the trunk, which Ia ~ feet high and
three Get long The trunk, which was
crowded by It's contents that II bulgcd :
at the side.
The woman was apparently 20 10 80
years old, the police say. and weighed
about i50 pounds. had blue eyes and
had been fairly good looktnEL Two
trudcd, hut this believed 10 be nat
urnl deformfty.
Was Brunette.
The woman was brunette. the po-
lice say. Her body. which had been :
lsInmcd into the trunk with her head Z
thiown back aud her knees crowded
closely against her chin was wrapped $
IN newspaper and long piece Of cloth.
The newspapers were all Detroit cdl- ,
tons Of June and 10
chief Medical, Examiner Norris ex-
amined the body and said the cause OF .
mined. u wns ordered removed 10 the
morgue for an autopsy.
Police Reserves Called. \
News OF the discovery attracted
huge crowd In front of the express Q
building. and police reserves
had to he cummoned.
Theer were indications Of Ripper
police refused TO discuss their invcsti- G.
cation or give any additional informa- A
tion.
Investigation revealed that the wom- y
ans legs were broken. probably after
death 10 make the hodv NJ the trunk %,
There arc also indications that the
woman probably had been Strangled
The feminine wearing appurel round
~ the body. the pollce shy, consisted
" n complete outht, including silk neg
iRcc and high shoes. evidently Of an 81
.xnenHive grade. Al
The body. the police iater said. was
'ndly mutiiated. arnarently having been 81
Iln shed with n knife.
Peculiar Circumstances, n,
Detroit. Mich, July 2s.--Caroful ox- Al
animation OF police recordE- today show
hat only two Detroit women have been all
cported missing since June ana that
10Th these have been accounted ior, snd
is the belief that the trunk found IN
iew York today containing the body OF
young woman was brought TO De.
foit from some other city and reshippsd
rom here 70 New YORK, However ~, y,
Harper street brought forth some po-
uliar circumstances. M
Mrs r.. q. Brooks. proprietor 1T that
umhcr denied that any tenant named IN
B. A Toturn had ever lived In her a,
Mrs. Brooks told police that on June -.
a couple came TO the apartment ana '"
aid weeks rent.
Proved Fake Audfess. w
"'The woman disappeared on the nlEht ~
June ~" said Mrs. Brooks. and 10,
nd suitcase.
II went up 10 his rooms In the aft. Bo
moon OF June Is and found him with ~
In trunks packed and an express wagon l
aitinE IN the street to move them | HA
rmandod why he was vacatipg without
wing mo notice. and he said his wife
id Ind TO leave suddenly ~ the night NJ
rcauSe Of sickness Of relatives. lie
Il with me forwarding address 10
hihh ! wrote. and received reply that hu
> such party lived there ~
Tho iandlndy said that when she de- th'
Anded their marriage certificate when ial
cy rented the apartment thoy told her lns
had been left with the girls mother 60
he man was about IS years old aud WI
y wife ls He was about five feet p'l
n or eleven Inches ~ height. weighed ~
,out iG5 pounds, well dressed and WI
lOd looking Tho woman was about lh'
~ foct two Inches. weighed about los NE
undH and had medium brown hair.
hilo In the house for week tho Eirl w
rmod worried and continually *.
ed " T.,
Mrs Brooks said that sho had q rule
1uirinE tenants 10 clean an apartment q
fore leaving. Mrs Hugh Roland who fed
lowed the other couple into the ten 4 pf
~ Of the rooms stated today that tvs
Zen she came 10 the house she found ~.
=. Brooks acruhlinK some dark sub ere
Incc from the kitchen floor Mrs -,
oohE denied this empbaticrily. s,n
J. e. Hroknw. superintendent ~ the A.
lerlchn Railway EKpTeAs company. g.r
4 this afternoon that there was no a.,
iht that the trunk had been shipped -,
M Detroit. but he thought the man -.
u shipped u gave fictitious me a.
ELUoUs POLICE IS YEARS. -
Ala. July 2aa-After '
ding the police for fifteen years. dur.
which he funmed half the world ]