The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1875-08-26
STILL A MYSTERY.
The Disappearance Of Lea en-.
worth Man at Wichita Still
Cnaccounted for.
The CHASTITY Revelations Of q
River Bank.

Some time ago, saws the Wichita Bsdcoa,
| whispers were uttered Of a murder that had
been committed in the Western saloon. A
citizen OF this town, here YET, was the hrst
to start the rumpr, and offered Tor 500 to
make the facts known. lie charged the
Walters, dark-haire'i, dark-visaced Ger
| man, tall, and wearing long curly hair.
About that time Joe Walkers disappeared,
but as the police put little reliance upon
the word OF the citizen, who was then dissi-
pated, and the companion OF vicious men,
and thinking ne only wanted to make
| stake, they suffered the matter to drop, nut
not before it had been openly talked about.
The victim OF this murder was German
doctor, from Leavenworth, who had been
keeping saloon on the corner of Broad
way and Chestnut streets, by the name OF
August Mantle. This doctor had separa-
ted from his family and made his way here
| en- route for California, according to his
own story. He was much in the company
of Walters, who pretended to be making
arrangements to go with him. Suddenly
Mantle disappeared, leaving his favorite
dog here. When the runor first began,
the Leavenworth papers came out with
long notice of the murder Of nr. Mantle.
claiming him as citizen, and detailing
the fact that Mantle left here with some
thing over $1,000 on his person. The
mystery OF his affair il was ut first thought,
had been cleared up. Last Monday, while
Street Commissioner Mccartney was exec
waiting in the river bank OF tie Eagle
House, he came upon rough box, which,
upon being dragged TO the surface and
opened, contained the putrid body Of a
dead man, covered with a grey blanket.
The body was in bad state Of decompo-
sition, the hair had mostly fallen from the
skull, and n bullet hole was plainly visible
above and back of the left ear. The body
was about Eve feet, six inches long.
The box lay Open all day, and
great many citizens called to see
this evidence OF dark and fendish
taking off. Later in the day, however,
the mystery was cleared up. Mr.
Charles Hill, Munger and Yigus gave adj
ditional light on the subject, and stated
what seemed to be confirmed on closer ex-
animation Of the body. The above gentle
men were a coroner's Jury in 1869 to view
the dead body of young man, aged eight
teen years, who had been shot by the wag-
on boss of Texas bull train, then camped
in this vicinity. 1t seems that the wagon
boss shot at Mexican, the ball passing
through bis neck and striking the boy,
killing him instantly. The wounded Mex
lean was taken with the train. Mr.. Mum
ger says the murdered boy was light haired
and was buried in rough sycamore coffin.
This coffin was made of sycamore, and the
hair light, and the age of the boy is con-
tirmed by the teeth, the wisdom teeth Just
appearing. Mr.. Munger says they are
positive, il being the spot upon which he
was buried, and their memory is sharpen
cd by the range OF the bullet lie says
that not a drop of blood appeared on his
face, or rme from the wound. So the
myste. iori disappearance OF DR.. Mantle
still remains shrouded