St. Louis Post-Dispatch
April 12, 1892

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4 2 - 4 - ei ap? cate mS . x ! | = 4 ‘The Price of » Want Ad in the SUNDAY POST-DISPATCH Is within the reach of all. Pa os = PRICE, FIVE CENTS. BY CARRIER, FIFTEEN CENTS PER WEEK. | ST. LOUIS, TUESDAY EVENING , APRIL 12, 1892. “T The Headless Trunk of a Murdered Young Woman Found, Her Lover and Supposed Slayer Under Arrest, HORRIBLE DISCOVERY OF A PITTSBURG EARLY RISER. Synchers Driven From the Cell Door of Their Intended Victim—Double Trag- edy in England—A Superintendent of Police Believed to Have Been Poisoned —Deeming at Halifax—Freight , Car Robbers—Crime News, PITTsBURG, Pa., April 12.—At5o’clock this morning the body ofa girl, apparently 17 years old, was found ina lonely spotona hillside in Schenly Park. The body was hor- ribly mutilated, the head being entirely sev- ered from the body. The body of the young woman was found about 6 o’clock this morn- ing by Fred Fulmer, lying on the frozen ground ona lonely hillside, near the main entrance to the park and about thirty feet from the tracks of the railroad. The head was lying in a pool of blood about fifty feet distant from the body, while her button shoes were found about half ~ way betweenthe body and head. The cut next to the trunk is as clean as though done witha sharpknife. The left side of the face and lower jaw, however, are terribly mashed and suggests the idea thatthe girl had been run over by a passing train. The police do not accept thistheory and believe that the girl was first murdered and then, perhaps, the head placed where a train would run over | it. The only other marks of violence area slight bruise anthe right hip and a scratch on the left elbow. When Fulmer discovered the body he notified the Nineteenth Ward Police Station and the officers removed the remainsto the Morgue. Detectives were sent out andabout 3 0’clock placed Ludwig Frewskoski, a Polander, un- derarrest. They also ascertained that the girl] was a domestic employed in theiamily of H. Tralisk!, a dairyman, and that her name was Mary Chertinski. : The story told by Tralisk! is that about 4 o’clock this morning his wife went to the giri’s room tocallher. When she opened the door Mrs. ‘Traliski discovered Frewskoski, who is employed ona neighboring dairy, in the girl’s room. Mrs. ‘Traliski drove them from her house. They started across the park toward the city. The police found Frewsko- skiat work at the dairy where he is em- ployed. He vigorously resisted arrest, and »rofessed entire ignorance of the ‘tragedy. lary Chertinski was 19 years old, 5feet high and weighs 125 pounds, ~Her Jong dark brown hatr is matted with blood and presents a sickening sight. Sheis said to have been a Very preity girl. The police believe that a murder has been committed. The Coroner has ordered a post-mortem examination, | IIE WAS POISONED, DENT OF POLICE WEIR OF PITTSBURG. PITTSBURG, Pa., April 12.—It has just leaked outthat Gamble Weir, Superintendent of Police of this city, who died suddenly three months ago, was poisoned. At the time of his death his friends had suspicions of foul play, butthey kepisthe matter secret inthe hope that some cyfew*might be discovered that would lead tqd/the discovery of the mur- derer. “o far, however, the work of ferreting out the person who committed the crime bas been one of difficRity. Whoever had given the fatai doze had covered his tracks so well that every effort to discover him has been a fail- ure. supt. Weir was ailing for weeks before his deatu. One day he would seem better and he next he would be seized with terrib‘e par- oxysms that baffied his physician’s skill. After. his burial several friends quletly went to Greenwood Cemetery, exhuwed the body and removed the stomach and spleen, after whichthe corpse was returned to the grave. She tmntestines were submitted toan analyst for examination. His work is not finished, but it. has been found that enough poison had been taken to _ kill several nen, The stomach had. heen. liter- ally eaten up witha poison of one kind, and there are evidences that another had been used. The poison was corrosive sublimate, and one other is said to bearsenic. The chemist was not informed whose stomach it was that had been submitted to him, and every eflort was made.to keep the circum- stances secret until some day the author of the crime might be discovered, but lately the matter has become pretty freely circulated, and itlooks nowasif the gulity person may go uDpuuished, BOY KIDNAPPED.” BTOLEN BY ATRAMP AND HELD CAPTIVE IN THE MOUNTAINS. ANNISTON, Ala., April 12.—A little boy 8 years old named Joe Swayne was stolen from his home in the southern part of this city yes- terday afternoon, bya tramp, who took him into the mountains east of the city, where he was found by some hunters this morning. ‘ihe tramp had tied him to atree after beating him almost to death and then left him there. This morning when found the little fellow was unconscious and almost frozen. The kidnapper has not been caught, but is thougut to be in town. The stolen boy’s father iswealthy, and itis supposed tbat it was for the purpose of obtainining mouey from the tather that the boy was stolen. ALMOST A LYNCHING. A MOB REPULSED FROM THEIR INSENDED VICTIM’S CELL DOOR. CoLuMBUS, O., April 12.—About 100 citizens of Newark, O., congregated about the county jail shortly before midnight and attempted to get possession of George Stoltzberry,a risoner who was arrested inthe afternoon or an attempted assault on a little 8-year- old schoolgir1. assed into the corridors and reached Stoltz- arry’scell. The greatest excitement pre- vailed and the crowd was sure of their victim. But at this time Sheriff Bell with a fresh squad of policemen came to the Deputy Sheriff’s relief and succeeded in clearing the buliding of the crowd. Stoltzberry’s victim was the daughter of A. T. Alward, and the attempted outrage took place in an outhouse at North School about 4o’clock. Hetore the child’s clothes and bruised and injured her, but was defeated in his object by the timely arrival of the teachers. HE LOOKED MEEK, ' Parts, Tex., April 12.—A negro named Mose Taylor was arrested here yes- terday, after being chased for some time. He was arrested once before and was so meek and remorseful for his crimes that a lax watch was Kept, and ho slipped off. A few days agoa crack United States Marshal was sent to Antlers, 1. T., after him. The officer met a meek-looking and the two set out on a hunt, Finally the negro said he would turn up with Mose two hours later, as he knew where to find him. The officer gmeek-looking ne was Mose, who had made good his escape. Curiosity led Mose to . ' Paris, however, and now he is locked up. PLOT TO MURDER. investi- yesterday. Fy The mob forced the doors,. plot to murder Deputy Sheriff Williams, who has-been most instrumental in securing valu- able evidence looking to the discovery of the perpetrators of the crime. The details of the plot were related by a woman, whose name is withheld. She relatesthe story of the plot as she says she learned it from two unknown men whom she overheard talking it over. rhe scheme was to waylay Williams at New York as he was returning home and after knocking him on the head witha club, cut his throat, ' FREIGHT CAR ROBBERS. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., April 12.—While a north- bound freight train on the Louisville & Nash- ville was taking water at Falkville, Ala., four negroes were seen trying to break into one of the cars. The brakeman went to stop them, and they held him up with revolvers. The engineer, seeing the situation, pulled out, leaving the negroes on the track. The brake- man got aboard urider a heavy fire. %* : : am > ~¥ s - 7 poe | ‘ 2 ;