Shocking Discoveries by the River
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8 min readApr 29, 2024
In part three of the Western Pennsylvania Mutilation Murders Series, we travel the river south to Pittsburgh.
October 3, 1923, was a typical busy morning at the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad on Pittsburgh’s Southside. Around 9:45 am, Stephen Cass, a mill worker handling the derrick, was taking a break. “I had just walked down across the tracks behind a truck,” talking to Pittsburgh Press that day…
