, 1873-05-22
4 Lonely Farmer Killed While Re-
turning to Ills Home. >.
Els Body Found Lying in tie Mid
die Of the Road.
His Skull Fractured, and His Heart
Pierced by a. Bullet.
The Victim as Yet Unknown, and His
Assassins Undiscovered. -:
The Tragedy shroudcd In IIorri-
BILE Mystery.

Tho Tragedy shroudc1 In IEorri-
BILE Mystery.
Tho body Of tho haploss victim OF m undoubt-
cd midnight assassination was found on Wost
Chicago avenue, noar the intersection OF Whisky
Point road, yesterday morning, ut I o'clock, by
Adm ", Cook, OF No. 500 Second street. Tho
"details OF tho shocking tragedy tho identity Of
tho murderors, and oven tho name and residence
Of their victim, arc rs yot unknown; but tho
wounds which appear on tho body romovo ali
doubt that, In tho dead Of Tuesday night,
HORRIBLE MURDER
WAS committed. Tho place whore tho body was
found in about ono milo west OF Wostorn avenue,
and the samo distance east from tho now city
limits, on highway much froquonted by farm
ers alter nightfa, On their return to thoir homoa
from tho city, which, therefore, has, at timeB,
boon intestod with assassinB, whose dark docde
have mado tho road, to some, q terror. Several
bloody encounters hayo occurred upon It, but,
unless tho dwellors on 1t arc deceived, d murder
has now, for tho frat time, boon committed
along Its route.
THE SURROUNDINGS
Of tho place wllere tho body was found arc lone-
ly md dogo1ate, there boing no house near by,
nor treeH, and tito road is scanned along by
bitches. As bnrore stated, the horrible discovery
was mado by man named Adam Cook, a alaborer,
who was proceeding to his work. As ho ap-
proachod tho body, ho supposed 1t to bo TINT Of
an inebriated man, and paid no particular atton-
tion to It. But, upon coming noarer, he waa ter
xiaed By the aigl,to
POOL OF BLOOD,
which 1ay all about tho head Of tho prootrato
man Tha ,lfo,osa condtion ~ t,,o hodv viii,
tho face all dlBcolorod and disagurod, and q doep
cut IN tho forehead, a. onco raisod the frighten-
fng supposition in his mind that tho prostrato
form before him was that Of n 1nur1erel rnn.
-s.-4 ~ -, - ~ NAAn'
ao lmmeo1ately retraceo ais stops, ana proceed-
ed to tho Eighth Precinct Police Station, whero
he reported tho discovery to Sergeant Driscoe.
That officer Immediately detailed of1loora
Korr and prIer to accompanv Mr.
0ook 70 TIC pleco waefe tho ooay was lying.
When they reached thcro, tho whole neghbor-
hood had been aroused, and the body WAS s,r-
rounded by a crowd of cnrioua and orcitoa
Poop!o. ihe poos nao nos posn "oles1ea' anu
was lying IN the same position
=, As WHEN p,ac9yEnEp;
1t 4 Was 1onna on the north sldo OF tho road, On
tie - fnt OF ,is its buck: Tho head 3D. 10y IL
3,lncd wIc1, extenf7ed Yrom tl,e hand fo a snot
mar }ho foncn m Hin an1no aida ~ tho roeJ
which n;catci cIthcr tint the 1nr,r7eroa ,y,",,
had staggered to tic spot where he was M found.
or had Roon carricd thero. Tlc far7nar annno. 1'
alton is moet likely truo. AZ a pistoI.shot vas
found in Ills breast, whicl, from its nature.
and was giyon to tLo moro ofYectualiy silonca il
h,m, es
rur munnEnEn MAN
was dressed plainly, snd, to ali nppoaraucos. ,vas
= farmer: He wore brown joan pants, a dark
wooden shirt. On Ills right hand was buckskin
gauntlet g1ovo. He wore noavy grayish wllia-
and OF tho same color, and bis forehead retreat
Ing. Ho was six feet in height, and was, appar-
entity about IS years old.
THE EVIDENCES OF MURDER
were cloar and un1niAtaAable. Tho back part Of
head, behind tlo loft car, waB crl1sed in
by tomo blunt instrument, and 30 dead
u was the effect That the skull was
laia opon,. and tho brains protruded from tho
wound. ovor the right eye there WIS cut, an
Inch in length. Which must have boon made by a
alung-shot Whatever weapon had been usod,
It had made circular fracture, which extended