, 1865-08-01
MYs1ERiGUs OCCURRENCE.
Man Run Over II ETanslen..P Probable M1rdel
or NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Of the RensIbs.

About n3dntght on Friday last the body OF q
msn lying ac,oee the railroad track OF the Chi
enEo and Milwaukee Railroad, a mile and half
tbs side Of Wicetka E,atiop, YVES run over by q
freight :rain travelling s3uth, and the head COM
ple,aly reyezed from the body. The decapitlted
uuuk wns f1fghtfn1ly msDgled, aud hurled nearly
i've hundred feet from the spot where II origin
ally laY. The shattered rtualns and fragm.nts
OF clothing were careful!y collatted and carried
On to EvsnstoDt Whefe tho ensuing day IN Inquest
yss held BY oaara, Esq, j. P. and acting
CofoI es.
Who'll, q % D.tuss s .',a Ct !nssne ssae
staye doubts over the originally formed sup3p4i.
gon that the engine was the cluse Of
Ss: '1d Ises ast e.h n npe purely aS. A. accidental :! "a
Jurors serious belief that the maueisd
cotpte, lying before ,hem. wa The vict1u Of IN
strocdo1s murder. and that eome miscresnt, alter
Of the locomotive TO conceal and dtszlIse his
crime, or esse, that the deceased had most delib-
efEtely committed eutclde. ...-
head over the rail and to the outsids. The face
VT directly facing the approaching train, the
o1e hundred and htty feet from tho engine. Tue
whfttle was instantly sounded, bat notwt hstaod.
IF IT. Alarm, and the rays Of The head-tght
body did rot mske the alieht st movement until
bt1nck By the - catcher Of the engine. This Gle
can1ttf &c, combined With the fact that the head
WIS nearly rigid ard cold when picked five
minutes after the occurrence, Cave rise to the
opit1on ttat lite was extinct before the collision.
By re2son this s1ppo=it1on the different seg-
meDts Of The corpse we're carefully examined, but
the Investigation failed to prove the presenca of
sny wounds which might not hare been peo1uced
b. the pss.aee Of the train over the body, Ger
tainly the fe1 rial condition to VII! eh the body
poteftiltty Of 80 peffect IN investigation OF the
wounds ~ might he desired, sua m injury eul1-
cifut1y seTe1e 10 produce death might have been
covered ana oblllerated By one ol the fearful
Eathes produeed By the engine wheela,
In the Absence OF any proof Of murder, the
31fJ considered II mcst probable that the dscets.
I'd WIS suicide, md had p Aeed h1mse'f uoou
the tr4sk for The pu.posa Of Terminating his life.
The name Of The unfortunate IL unknowa.
Fran tbs Bppf 1E;nce Of tue boiy, It II ahat OF a
Gtrnan, twsuty five or SIX years at age, five feet
stx iueho& In height, with dark brown or black
b H. 1t was dreuscd ID black coat. black soit
h4t, one cheek shirt snd = good luea bosomed
eslrs, two pktr1 ee pantsloo1s, oAs checked and
the other black, and si1air Of good, sEorr bsots.
fhels were no papers or money u3on the person,
excepting tvs cant postage currency noss.
A.ogethsr ths remsins presented the app9ar-
-ths good contitior 0. The cothtrg the absecce Of
any money is fonewhtt singular, though OF Itself
is natdly atutcleut g,cun0 for the bslief OF foul
The authorities are cpeaced In further invest
cstirp this mysterious affair, 2ad ere long wt1l
probably discover whether 1t II the reault OF q
coot 1nd bloody murder or one Of the most dellb.
eta.e and determlDtd suicides ever recorded.