Butte Inter Mountain, 14 April 1903, page 1: Dead body in a barrel
DEAD BODY IN A BARREL: New York Has Another Murder Mystery - Woman in Case. SCENTED 'KERCHIEF. "Come, Come in a Hurry" Says Bit of Paper Found in Pocket.
- Paper
- The Butte Inter Mountain (Butte, Mont.)
- Date
- 1903-04-14
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- Page 1
- Headline
- DEAD BODY IN A BARREL: New York Has Another Murder Mystery - Woman in Case. SCENTED 'KERCHIEF. "Come, Come in a Hurry" Says Bit of Paper Found in Pocket.
- Rights
- A United States newspaper published in 1930 or earlier. Public domain in the United States. The Library of Congress serves the page from Chronicling America.
Front page of the Butte Inter Mountain, Montana, Tuesday, 14 April 1903. The headline reads “Dead Body in a Barrel: New York Has Another Murder Mystery,” with the decks “Woman in Case,” “Scented ‘Kerchief” and “‘Come, Come in a Hurry’ Says Bit of Paper Found in Pocket.”
The Associated Press dispatch, datelined New York, 14 April, says police found the body of a man, apparently an Italian, in a barrel on East Eleventh Street near the docks, with the throat cut and the body still warm. It lists clues: the letters “W. T.” painted on the barrel, an address in pencil, a scented handkerchief, and a note in Italian in a pocket. It says the dead man’s hands and shoes suggested he was not a laborer.
This is a same-day report and the victim and the killers were unknown. The page is filed as a record of the first coverage. Its speculation about the circumstances is not taken here, and its descriptions by nationality are not quoted.