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Show " WOMAN'S HEADLESS BODY III A SUITCASE Mystery of Gruesome Find in Boston Harbor Is Yet Unsolved. ; BOSTON, Sept. 22. The identity of the young woman whoso headless and dismembered dis-membered body was found In a suitcase recovered from tho waters of Boston harbor har-bor at Wlnlhrop last evening, had not been established up to a late hour tonight. No arrest has been mado In connection with the tragedy thus far. Ecnth Due to Operation. Tho most important fact established was that the dead woman hud been the victim of an Illegal operation. Death waa duo to peritinls, probably duo to septic poisoning. Earjy today the Boston polico visited the apartmento of a physician to learn If any of his patients was missing, but nothing noth-ing was found that could In any way Implicate Im-plicate tho physician. Only Identification Mark. Practically tho only mark of Identification Identifi-cation on tho body was tho scar of a recently re-cently healed wound, which from Its appearance ap-pearance was probably made during an operation for appendicitis. Tho polico wero engaged tonight In looking up tho families of women, who havo ueon reported report-ed missing, In the' hopo that some light may bo thrown on tho case. "Word was received from Fall River tonight to-night that a young woman formerly employed em-ployed In a dentist's otflco In that city had been missing flvo weeks. Since her dlsappcaranco a young mas who was employed em-ployed In the same office has boon missing miss-ing also. Relatives of tho young woman will visit Boston tomorrow to view tho body, Polico Have a Clue. Deputy Sheriff Ncal of the Stato polico was Informed today that a man had been seen yesterday walking toward a bridge In Wlnthrop carrying a dress suit case which resembled that found In tho water. A good description of the man Is at hand. The Deputy Chief cxpresaed tho opinion that the woman was not murdered but that she had died at somo Boston hospital hos-pital as a result of an operation, the physician who performed the operation afterwards cutting off the head, arms and legs. Under theso circumstances, ho added, tho charge against tho guilty man could not be murder. Tho officer said that ho expected an arrest soon. |