Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1858-10-14
Horrible Afair-A RTan Murder
cd a.nd Thrown on the Railroad
Track!

Horrible ATair-A Man Murder
ed ana Thrown ON tI,c Railroad
Track!
On Monday night, after the evening
train came in, the body of a man, so
shock ingIy mangled and crushed as al
most to defy recognition, was found On
the railroad track about half Il mile from
the depot, neal the crossing of the lie
banon road. The head of the unfortu-
nate man was crushed so that the face
Vas entirely gone. and the only means
Of identifying the rema rs with certain
ty was 10y the figure Of a woina printed
on QUE Of his arms. The name of the
deceased was thus asccrtained to be
Michael Ghormly. 1t was at first sup
posed that he had been killed by the cars
rum ng oTer him b u Examination sew
cral stabs were found on various parts
OF his body, one of which on his left
breast was about four inches deep and
two inches long. Drs. W. w. Holmes
and Kirby examined the wounds, and
both concurrod in the opinion that they
were produced by a sharp pointed knife
u dirk. The most probable supposi-
ton is, therefore, that the man was muir
Tered and thrown upon the track with
;hc view ~ofconcealing the crime. He
WAS incorporate at timesand- hadLbeeH
IN a spree d~urin%-the ~RnA-
lastaskeA afNeaDd saaAIAANthe
railroad, not far from where his body
was found, kept by a man named How
ard, who sells liquor. This was about
six o clock, only an hour or so before
he W is found dead. \ colored m IN nam
i H.. ., l-A1 a A.
inquest held over the body by Esq. Keys
but their evidence was confused and
coLtr ,dictory and sus:' c;oni is very strong
against them. There were spots of blood
on Killgore' clothes, which he s1id were
caused by his falling down and hurting
himself. Both Kilgore and Howard tcs-
tilted that deceased left the shanty and
went Gown the road shortly before the
u.ain arrived. The engineer, Charles
Brownel, Is confident that he did not
run over him in coming in, as he saw
the track plainly, by the headlight of
the locotive, and felt 70 jar to the train.
The fact that there is but little blood on
the cow-catcher, while the back end Of
the tender Was covered with it, seems
to confirm his opinion, and prove that
the body of the murdered mai was
thrown on the track after the train
came in and was backed down 10 switch
off the cars in readiness for the NOR
ming.
\ Young man mind Samuel thorn
burg was The first TO discover the body,
stumbling over it in the dark, as he was
going home along the track. He testi-
fled that as he passed Towards shanty.
Howard told him not to go down the
road or engine would catch him in back
ing down to siswitch off" The train had
passed a few minutes before, and was
then at the depot. Thornburg kept on
however, and found the body as Ghorm-
ly on the track, apparently deal. A
EARNED, he ran to the nearest house fol
assistance, bat before he could return
the train had backed down, and run O.
yer the body two or three times
Ghornly was about So years Of aee
and unmarried. He was good naturcC
and peaceable, and was generally liked
though rather reckless and addicted tc
low associations. He had no relative
except a brother, who lives in Cincinn.
att. He had been employed By Mr
Geo. Glenn, as a teamster, for SONS
time past.
\ few dollars were found upon hi:
person, which would seem to show thai
If he was murdered, money was not The
object Of those who pcrpetrated the
deed.
No arrest had been made wheh our
paper went to press, but we understood
that warrants would be issued for How
ard and Kilgore, whn were both report
ed to be missing.-HiUsJOrO"gh NetcS.
Oct. 4.