The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-05-10
MURDERED FOR MONEY
A Dead Body Found in the Woods,

On Sunday afternoon as Sanford anC
Lewis Ollie, of Euclid, were out looking
over their farm, one ofthem chanced to
look down into little valley, through
which runs a small stream of water. "a
think there is a dead lamb down there in
the water" said one to the other. "No,
it is mani" was the instant exclamation
They at once proceeded to the spot
where, almost under the roots of tree
covered partly with leaves and partly
with clothing, they found the lifeless body
of young man, apparently twenty years
ofage. The appearance of the body
and its surroundings indicated murder
The head was bored through with some.
thing very like bullet, was badly crush.
ed about the forehead and skull, and the
brains were protruding. The face wore
an expression Of the most intense agony,
and showed that death must have been
hard. The body lay with the head
doubled partly under the right shoulder,
and when it was taken from the water
and turned over fresh blood began to
ooze from the nose and mouth. The only
clothes found on the body were an un-
dershirt, overshirt, coat and vest. The
boots, trousers, hat and other apparel
were missing.
A search was made in what clothing
remained upon the body, and several
articles which may lead to identified.
ton were found The first articles dis
covered was steel watch chain, one end
of which was attached to button hole
in the vest. To the chain was attached
a watch key on which was a copper
plate, bearing on one side Henry Rein.
hart, 422 Genesee street, Buffalo, N. Y"
on the other side was stamped the word
maker" No watch was attached, and
from the fact that one end of the chain
was hanging outside the pocket the
watch is supposed to have been unsnap-
ped from the chain and carried away
with the other articles. Inside the pock-
cts were found several cards. The
words on some Of those were not legible.
among them, however, were found one
or two invitations to a club dance, and
on them was written "Charles Lesser"
Whether this is the name of the murder
ed man, of course, is only matter of
conjecture.
The body is that of man about FIVE
feet and six inches in hight, of light
complexion and smooth round ace. His
hair is dirk and is cut short. He has
full set Of teeth, and they are very white;
in fact, the entire form appears like that
of a neat, well dressed person, though
it was stained and soiled with the leaves
and dirty water. A wart on the forehn-
ger of the right hand is very noticeable.
Around the neck was tied a handker-
chief.
There was not the slightestappearance
about the ground to indicate that strug-
gle had taken place there, and the mao
is thought to have been murdered else.
where and taken to that place for conceal.
ment. Whoever the murderer may be,
it is very evident that ne was well ac-
quainted with the ground where the VIC
tim ofhis awful crime was found. Had
he searched Euclid township he could
hardly have found better place for the
concealment Of the body, and it was
mere chance that it was found. From
all appearances the body was placed UNI
der the tree on Friday night and covered
over with leaves. The rain of Saturday
raised the water in the stream and wash
ed away portion Of the leaves, leaving
the body partly exposed.
Great excitement prevails among the