June 27, 1897.

A portion of a man's body, apparently dead but a few hours, was found done up in a neat-looking

package and floating in the East River yesterday afternoon. It was the upper part of the trunk,

the chest, shoulders, and arms only.

The head and all below the fifth rib had been sawed off.

The marks of the coarse-toothed saw were plainly visible on the flesh,

and in the opinion of the physicians who saw them,

refuted convincingly the first advanced theory

that the remains had been experimented with by medical students.

Anatomical students cut flesh and saw only bone.

The breast had been cut, apparently to remove tattooing marks.

The extended arms showed that a man had been tall,

and the shoulders and back muscles were well developed and powerful. The hands

were white, soft, and pliable, but not those of a man who had never worked. From fingertip

to fingertip, the measurement was five feet ten inches. When found, the arms were crossed,

the left and right hands being on the right and left shoulder and firmly tied.

Three boys, James McKenna, John McGuire, and Edward Curley were playing together at

the dock at the foot of East 11th Street yesterday afternoon, saw a bundle floating high

in the water.

McKenna saw it first, and claiming the right of Treasure Trove, stripped off his clothes,

and swam after it. It was only a few feet away, and he soon reached it and pushed it before him

to the piles of the dock, where the other boys were awaiting him. The package was about 14 by 10 by 8 inches.

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