The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-15
FIND MANS BODY BADLY
 MUTILATED
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clothing which might serve to iden- Hfy the victim The pockets were badly burned, but the few which es- caped the fire contained nothing. The man wore a. dark striped suit, a. khaki shirt which bore the label of the Congress anIfactlIring company, Boston," a pair of Douglas shoes practically new and Eight brown socks
 While the officers were examining the clothing, a man who gave his name as Harvey Mead of 213 Pros pect street, appeared on the scene with a cap which he claimed was found by him on the top of the bank about 6:30 o'clock this morning. Mead, with William Barry, of 116 Wall street and John Griffin of 65 State street, passed through the lane on their way to work this morning. Mead stated that he noticed toe prints in the banlz, but did not investigate after finding the cap. He thought that the head gear was lost by som meone who might have been drunk, last night Griffin and Barry sIlbstantiated Mead's story
 The cap, which evidently belonged to the dead man, bore the label of Meigs and company. It was of a mixed gray material.
 The dead man was of medium height and build, and did not appear
 
 about 30 years of age. His hair was black or dark brown. After the body ! had been examined by Medical Ex- | aminer Donaldson, photographs were taken by Corbit and the remains were then taken to Scott, Mullins & Red gates morgue, in Golden Hill street, where they await recognition.
 l The only clue which the police have as to the identity of the victim, was furnished by Joseph Ellis, of 394 l Railroad avenue, who reported at 1 headquarters this morning, that a man named Henry Mischel, also of 1 394 Railroad avenue, has been miss 1 ing since Monday. Ellis and another ] man who also knew Mischel, viewed
 the body this morning, but were not l able to identify it as that of Nfischel l When last seen. Mischel wore a black 1 mutsache, but the dead man was l clean shaven. Ellis made another at l tempt to Identify the body at o'clock i this afternoon at the city morgue in l Golden Hill street. He is not of the l opinion that the murdered man is ! Mische1.
 According to Ellis, Mischel board l ed with him at 394 Railroad avenue,
 and was employed by the Crane Valve 1 company. He did not report for work last Friday, but was seen by Ellis Monday afternoon. He told Ellis that he had been in a card game in AL 1 len street, and did not feel like work l ing. Mische1 has not been seen since
 his conversation with Ellis. If the deaS man proves to be Mischel, the
 police may adopt the theory that he l was killed as the result of a quar- l rel over cards.
 ] Another theory which the police
 are working upon, is that a woman | in which the body was mutilated by the murderers indicates that this theory might be a correct one
 MedicaI Examiner pr. W. H. Don | aIdson stated this morning after ex-
 amining the body, that the man was | probably murdered at the top of the
 bank and death was caused by the
 slash in the throat. The body was
 then dragged down the bank and
 stripped of it's clothing. From the slash es on the knees and abdomen, it
 is apparent that the nurderers at- 1 tempted to cut the body up for the purpose of throwing it into the river.
 Finding this too much of a job to be I undertaken with a pocketknife, the
 killers piled the clothing on the body ] and set it afire, evidently working in a great hurry. pr. Donaldson stated
 that the killing may have been the
 work of a degenerate.
 The local police have turned the
 case over to the Fairfield and state
 authorities, inasmuch as the murder
 was committed just over the Bridge .i port line. Sergeant Frank Verelli of the State sRolice, has started work