Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-05-22
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The Body Of Murdered Man
EOpud in tho River. =

About eight o'clock on Saturday
morning, as a raft was passing 4 point
about half way between the washing
ton Mil and the old Ferry landing,
one Of the men on the raft caIlel to
Mr. William Miller, who was standing
on the river bank, that q dead buiy
had Just come up by or under their
rait, and that they would like zhila to
come and take it ashore. He. had 20
skifT and cpnsA not tto 40, 50 two men
from the rast took q skiff and brought
the body asAere. 9f&. Miller at once
went ,fvr Esq. Schultz. who called q
jury and held an inquest over the re-
mains. ...--r-... z.-s -,.se.. -........
Thejury gsye.it as their opinion that
the body had been in the water for
some eight or len, days, and although
their verdict, has not been signed, it
viii be is the effect that the man came
to his death from bruises on his head
naaGe by some person or persons pn-
known. These bruises are two; one
lust at the bridge of the nose which
has the appearance of being made by a
billy, and the other over the left eye.
The. one on the nose seems to have
shattered the bones for some distance
Oh either side, and must have. been
sufficient to cause almost instant death.
The other over the eye is not 50 severe
but was very likely made with The
same instrument. a lump was raised
as Large as an egg. g. ..-s-f -..,-
We herewith give full description
of,thel body. watch may lead 70 the d-a-
.covery of who the man was. -r.....
He was apparently about twenty
) ears Of age, full round face, forid
complexion, ne beard, reddish brown
hair cut close, iuil hazel eyes, small
nose, broad chested, a beautiful and
perfect set Of teeth, would weigh near
ly 1y0 pounds, had q greenish cross
iattoeed on Tie leii lQrea,rGni. He was
dressed in snort sack coat with side
pockets, made of fine blue cloth, vest
Of the same material, pants Of ofpurplish
cassimcr, linen shirt open in the back,
red neck tie, gr4yish blue woolen
socks, nearly new pair of Congress
CATERS, and undershirt Of cross-barred
flannel. In his shirt were three studs,
gold with squar2 camelian sets. There
was nothing in his pockets except a
half dozen linen collars, marked Gear
No. so, size IS inch" and a pocket
comb. There was nothing about his
person by which the name of the mur-
dercd man could be discovered; moth
ing in any of the pockets, nor name
on any Of the clothing.
\ gentleman who lives on the Is
land, hearing of the body being found,
went down and thought it was John
RayIin9ohd, of Marietta, but the cloth
ing Gid not CORRESPOND with that worn
by Raymond when he stsaw. him.
This gentleman was down to Marietta
a Short time ago, and was trying to
sell Raymond a farm whiti he owns
there. At that time he thinks Ray
mond was wearing boots, as he asked
fora boot,jack; but Congress gaiters,
when new often come off very hard, SO
that is scarcely any proof that he was
wearing boots. Ee also says that Ray,
mond wanted a collar, saying he was
out and. must get some, but the gentle
man could not accommodate him as he
wore No II and Raymond No. 10. As
| the murdered man had on his person a
half dozen new collars No. Is, that is
pretty strong evidence. f''
Raymond was known to come tC
Martins Ferry to look at a piece ol
property, and he had some 5000 witl
him. He was very quiet man and
never drank anything. ''
On Saturday dispatch was received
from Raymond's mother inquirine
about her son, so there can scarcely be
doubt but what the body. found was
the body Of John Raymond, Of Mari
i'etta, and that he was murdered for hi:
money and the body thrown into tht
river; Wheeling DaelLigeneer.~, -u.