The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-04-18
ON THE T0w-PATH.

About o'clock yesterday afternoon the
dead body of man named James Marlatt
was found lying on the banks OF the Miami
Canal, adjoining the House of Refuge wall
His nose was broken and his face terribly
bruised up, giving every indication that he
had been murdered
A short time after the body of Marlatt
was found it was discovered that he had
been passenger up the canal during the
afternoon on the boat of Mr., G. II. Rabe,
the dstiller. The Cumminsville officers
Immediately went after the boat and ar
rested J. H. Rabe, Martin Graham, Thos.
Gilks, VIM. Mckay and Thos. Welcli, all OF
whom are employed on the boat. They
were taken to the Station-house and locked
up on suspicion of being implicated in the
murder of Marlatt.
When locked up the prisoners gave very
contradictory statements in regard to the
affair. They all stated however that Mar
latt, who was hand on the boat Cottage
Girl, got on their vessel at Vine street in a
very drunken condition, that he lay down
on the deck and went to sleep, that when
they got to Ruffins Bridge they picked him
up and laid him out on the bank, not wish
ing to take him any farther. One of the
men stated that during the trip Gilks
amused himself by picking Marlalt up by
the collar and then letting him drop. There
is no doubt but that in this way Marlatt
received injuries which caused his death
after being thrown off the boat.
The deceased was about forty years OF
age and unmarried. His parents reside at
st. Mary's, o.
The Coroner was notified, and, after
viewing the corpse, adjourned the inquest
until this morning.
Ben. Winters, colored man, was the
only witness examined this morning lie
testified that he resided in Cumminsvlle
that he was an employe on the canalboat
II. II. Lipman; he had formerly been run
ming on the river; he knew the deceased fol
about year; never saw the deceased drunl
or under the influence of liquor; tn,
witness saw the murdered man alive last a
st. Bernard on Wednesday, about o'clock
in the afternoon he did not seem to bt
drunk; the next time he saw him was ir
the House of Refuge yesterday evening af
Ter the man was dead.
Coroner Carrick had no more witnesses
on hand, and after ordering DR.. Carey tC
make a post mortem examination, ad
journed the inquest until 8 p. III. The sus.
pected parties in the meantime were locked
up in Jail for safekeeping.
The inquest on the body of James Marlatt
was resumed this evening. The post NOR
TEN examination by DR.. Thomas II. Kear
ney showed that the only marks of violence
were some clotted blood in his left nostril
In his opinion Marlatt's death was moi
due to violence, direct or remote but tc
congestion of the lungs due to the INSULT
cheney of the left auriculo-ventrculal
valve of the heart and that the event
might have been precipitated by dissipa.
| ton.
George Schleckter, saloon and boarding
house keeper at % Canal street, testified
that Marlatt would often get drunk, and
that on last Wednesday Marlatt was at his
house and drunk at the time; he knew the
deceased for four years.
John G. Wilson testified that he knew
Marlatt for about thirteen years, and that
the latter would get drunk whenever he got
money He saw him last yesterday noon
the man was sober; he intended to go to
work the next morning on a boat at ST. Ber.
nard the witness did not sec him since.
The testimony is still in progress at the
| time of our going to press.