The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-07-24

I surrounding the death OF the unlden.
| tineo young woman whose mutiated
BODY was found yesterday In a trunk al
the American Railway Express COM
panys warehouse here has been shifte
to Detroit authorities for solution,
Capt. Arthur Carey, head OF the New
| day.
Capt. Carey said that the trunk,
which had concealed the woman's body
for more than month, together with
rope used to fasten 1t and articles
or clothlng employed as wadding, had
been sent TO Detroit. from whence II
had been shipped here on June 10.
, should arrive there today, he said,
In time for detectives of the Michigan
city to begin t4sir search for the
owners.
No clue TO tho identity Of the slain
woman. was discovered in the examna-
ton OF the body by attaches OF the
coroner's Office here. Police oficlals
declined to say whether the marks on
the clothing were likely to prove mate
rial clues to the identity of the woman.
Detectives working on the case here
said today that the mystery presented
unusual obstacles in the way OF early
solution Chief among these is the
fact that the cause of death could not
be determined because all vital organs
except the brain had been removed
before the body was thrust into the
discovered yesterday
Brain viii Tell Much.
New York. July 24.--Chemical analy-
sis today OF the brain OF the unclad
body of an unidentified woman found
here yesterday In q trunk shipped from
Detroit on June 10. was expected to as
sist in establishing now the victim met
her death. The brain Of the woman,
who was said to be between rs and 80
years old, was the only vital organ left
that could be examined. all her internal
organs having been removed before the
trunk was shipped to "Mr. Douglas,
New York City"
II death was due to criminal opera
ton, the analysis OF the brain should
reveal traces OF chloroform, said DIR.
Charles Norris, chief medical examiner.
who added that II the victim was poi
soned. the same analysis should so in
dictate.
Police here have communicated to the
Detroit police all information considered
of any value obtained. Some OF this
information was not made public, but
they gave out the fact that the trunks
shipper was described on a tag as "A.
A. Tatum, Detroit, Mich"
Expressman Missing, Too.
According to Chief Libby. of the De-
troit office OF the American Express
company. an expressman by the name
of Depot" Lemon. hauled the trunk
containing the hacked woman from 105
Harper avenu to the Michigan Central
depot. Lemon formerly had stand at
the depot. but has been missing since
July 1. Detroit police today began a
search for him.
crack Homicide squad.
Lieuts. Frank b. Erp and Frank
Haig, OF Detrolt's crack homicide squad,
who are assigned to the trunk mystery.
said late today that tho New York
police had notified them that the trunk
with the clothing ana newspapers in.
tact. would arrive here late tonight or
Sunday morning. when they would
make an attempt to identify them.
Andrew J. Branlc, a local express
man, today handed the police letter
signed "A. A. Tatum," the same
as that on the tag attached to the
trupk. The. letter. addressed. to
5rAnlc was dated June II. 5ranle
operated the New York and Brook
Ign express on West Th'rty'tfth
"a. A. Tatum" Is the name of the
nan who shipped the trunk coffin from
Detroit. The letter said:
"Your express was recommended to |
ne by a former patron; | am sending |
my trunk to you prepaid. VIII you |
please get the trunk and hold It until |
come and 7 win pay carriage and stor- !
age when ! arrive
Another letter, signed by o. J. Wood. |
was dated Jan. l. last and asked Branic
to strip trunk left by Wood to T.. Lee |
roy. at the Y. NJ. c. A. Detroit Mrs. |
Lottie Brooks in charge of the apart |
nent at 105 Harper avenue, Detroit,
from where the trunk Is alleged to have |
been sent. has told Detroit police au- !
thorties that Mr.. and Mrs f. Leroy |
came to her apartment on June T. last. |
The woman disappeared on the night OF
June IA. according to Mrs. Brooks. and |
The man left the following day with his |
trunk and suit cases.
Can't He Chicago Woman.
Chicago, July 24.--Ofiicials OF Chi |
Cages police department today secuted |
the theory that the body of the young |
woman shipped from Detroit to New
York in n trunk could have been that
Of Chicagoan. They have been able
10 discover no missing Chicago woman,
whose description tallies with that OF
The body. !