The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-01-05
UNDOUBTEDLY A MURDER.
The Victim Robbed and then Killed.

About I o'clock this morning the body
OF a man was found lying on the river
bank at the foot OF Broadway, with his
head in the water. He was stone dead.
He had on blue colored pants and red
flannel drawers. The pockets Of his
pants were turned inside out, and had
evidently beeu rified. The man was
lying on his right side, and with ona
hand was holding, with death grip, %
an iron cable.
There is pile OF planks at this plaoa.
and the boards were all covered vita
blood. 1t seems from all appearances
that the man, who can not be identified,
had u scutfie here some time last night
with robbers and was killed.
He wore mustache, and was evs.
IDENTIFY about forty-fye years of age. FHs
men who found him this morning ware
two labOrers, working on stOne-boats
just in front Of the place wnsre the dsAd
man was found.
When our reporter visited the scens
this morning he found a crowd of ab0ut
fifty surrounding the dead body, which,
as stated above, was lying on the right
side, with the face resting Oh the Ieis
hanu. This hand had a firm grip ON a
linked iron chain, and II seemed as IL
the man had done his best to resist the
efforts OF his murderers to throw him IA
the river.
About fifty feet from where the body
was lying is pile OF lumber and ad-
joining this another of Oak logs. Over
Two Of these plank had been stretched,
and il looked as if the dad man haa
been lying On it last night. Here, esi-
IDENTIFY, the assault had taken place.
Tie plank was coated from end 10 omd
with frozen blood about one-eighth
OF all inch in thickness. There
were no visible wounds on the body,
and as the Coroner had not arrived up
to noon the nature OF his hurts could not
be ascertained.
1t is beyond question, however, thAs
the man was cut In the abdomen ana
side. The inside OF his coat and the out
side of his vest were saturated In blood.
That the man was not killed outright iS
evident from the fact that marks oy
blood were found all around.
Hemust have had severe tussle with
his assailants, as he was a powerfully
built man. The blood marks show thss
lie was dragged over the ragged edges
of the logs, thence over ths
ends of the projecting pieces
Of lumber, and from there
DOWN Ln0 eMDaHkmSHt oa9tWaTuty 10
the place where he was found. He must
have been dead before he was dragged
10 the rivers edge.
Asking about the man, over one-half
OF the crowd were ready to AFFIRM
under oath that it was tbs
body Of German named Gusiei
| (August) Adams, a .woodsawyer, wis
niade his living by doing chores In the
neignborh0od ana along the wharf, The
other half even were in doubt but that
this body Was that oI Gustel. One locker
Oh, however, was certain that it wasn'k
he, and to be sure, our representative
proceeded 10 that worthy's place ana
lound him enjoying his pipe and fxinE
his saws.
He was quite indignant that he had
been considered corpse. He thOughs
be was lively enough yet, and wasnPt
afraid to find himself dead in the river.
This Of course settled GustePs identity.
and now it only remains tor the Core
ner's inquest to SETTLE the cause Of DEATH
il it can at all be determined.
The body was removed this atternoop,
and Coroner Stitch viii at once begin his
investigation.
There IL no clue whatever as to who
the murdered man may be. HIS clOthes.
which consisted OF u brown coat. pRnts.
faded anu yellow, vest, red nAanea
drawers anu white undershirt, may
alone be the only things to lead to mis-
Identification.