Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-08-11

THE MAN FOUND HANGING ON FRIDAY-A LARGE
HUM OF MONEY MIssINd-aRAvE sUsPIuIoNs OF
FOUL PLAY.
Correspondence OF the Commercial.l
New CASTLE, Aug 10.
Not a little excitement was caused here, on
Friday morning, by the intelligence that man
had been found in the woods OF Mr., Rogers,
hanged to tree by two silk hRudkerehiefs, and
that the body had to all appearances been in
this place for probably two or three days. 1t
was apparently plain case of suicide, and was
so reported in the Saturday papers, but careful
inquiry and dilligent investigation has, to our
mind, considerably shaken this hypothesis, and
brought to light the following startling facts,
which point strongly TO very grave suspicious OF
foul play 1t seems that about O'clock on
Monday last, a stranger, apparently Canadian,
came TO the place of MIR. John keigan, and de-
mAnded drink, in paying for which he exhibit
ed large amount in bank notes, and when
young Frank who was ct that time attending
bar, expressed some surprise he showed TO
him pouch fastened to belt, and secured 10
his person. containing gold sovereigns request
ingshim at the same time to feelits weight. The
boy said it was very heavy, and from his de-
scription, we should suppose contained about
81 600 dollars.
The men then went out. and little later he
appeared ct the tavern Of McGovern, and again
exhibited his gold and considerable Canada bank
notes. He was still alone.
Towards evening" the same man, but his time
accompanied by another stranger, came to the
saloon of Lewis Smydt. Both called for drinks,
bnt stating that they had no money they were re-
fused. The first stranger then deliberately
pulled or rather shOueLed from his pocket q
double handful Of glittering gold, and exhibited u
to the aztonished saloon-keeper: Ihey then poth @
went out and proceeded in the direction OF VIII
mngton. t,.7
Nothing had since been seen Of either, and they
would in all probability have been forgotten had
| not a farmer, Mr. E. Williams, in passing through
| the piece OF timber generally known as "Rogers
| Woods" and near this place, been horriied by
| suddenly coming upon a sight that sent the cold
| blood back quickly to his heart, and caused an
| icy tremor to pass through his body. There be-
| fore him, with bloody eyes and outstretched
/ arms. with swollen neck aud head, with his Feet
| lust touching the ground, hung the body OF q
| human being suspended from tree about eight
1 feet from tho ground by two silk ha 1dkerchets.
| At distance Of 800 yards from the body, were
/ hat shirt, and valise The last was rathel
/ upiaue piece of workmanship, being manufac
/ tured from the skin Of some animal
Mr. Williams immediately informed the negh
| bors, and the Coroner was sent for, Jury wa
| soon found, and the following facts elected
Mr.. Rogers testified that he saw the man oil
Monday, near his place, that he spoke to him
/ but received no response and that he acted lk,
man not in his right mind. Several others testl
fed to the same. In his valise, we're found sew
eral hne shirts, pants, Nesbi cohu, Nc'i nnu al
examination OF the body resulted in the discoy
err Of one piece of tobacco, penknife, and on
piece OF paper with the name Of Nichols, an
stating that he WAS from Canada. There wa
nothing more not one cent Of money. This wa
all that could be gathered concerning the mar
and the jury agreed upon verdict. The ques
tion very naturally presents itself, was this IN
man who entered Keigan's Saloon, at o clock
who left Smidts late in the day with stranger
neither OF whom have been seen since we al
| I'll. a,,If fha forta atna 4
our belief Young Keigan positively assert
that the dead man and tue one who showed ml
the gold are one and the same,
We have laid the bare facts before our reac
ers. They may use their own Judgment in dec
ding the pros and cons OF the case: AZ an
rate, it is very suspicious one, and should .
investigated speedily and with energy, Thel
seems to be no cause which would lead one
, the fact that the stranger had about his perso
a large amount of money when last seen, b.
when discovered nothing of the kind could
found seems to give rise to very grave susl
| cinnn nf foul Dlay,