CHICAGO MURDER.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 311, 30 December 1912, Page 2

CHICAGO MURDER.

EIGET PESSONS ARSESTED. CHICAGO, December 23. Tout men and two -women have been Hrrrstfd by the police and charged with icing interested in the death of J. P. the "wealthy diamond merchant. who iras formd murdered in. his office on Friday. The crime had been committed in"broad daylight, and wiih thou-ea-ods of people harrying about their business -within a few yards of the scene. The police say that the medical examination of the body showed that Logiie wae Tnun-creihrHy tortured. His flesh ■wafi barnrt vrh-h acids, he was s-ta-bbed and slashed in non-vital parts of the body, and -was eho + - before his ekull tvus crushed m by a blow from a bludgeon. The police have been able to make tile arrests through a hicky chance. Mr F. A. Carnal, an attorney, entered the building shortly 'before the crime, and saw two men of emitter appearance ■waiting in the lobby. One pulled his cap down over hie eyes to hide his features, and that action made the attorney take notice of the appearance of the man and of his companion. When tiie-etory of the crime came out in. the newspapers illr Carnal immediately gaye the police <» description of ■She-men. "wiieh led ta iheir aTrest. Other were able to describe tspo-.-ntsn and two "women wh.o "were-eeen. sescr Xogae'e ofßce jnst before the mar-1 der took place. The lodgings of the Airested ipensona. •weib searched, and the police found 9Mirro-giT*cHrme, <iyiisxn tto, bur^jkus , out- ■ site, and a black petticoat, from •which a?e£rq> c£ cloth had-been torn. The doth coTTespoiKicd wiUi the which "was fonnd. in Logue'e mouti. A revolver <W3» aJao" found, ■wiich. tme-of the same calibre 43s the bnllet -which catered togne-'s body. Later. Two- mure ~woTmn have been arrested OTUa-charge oFheing'concerned inLiogne'a nmrder. The police found two skeletons m 3 flacfc ■which fne enspected "iroinen OCCTTpied.