The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1879-06-26
THE MURDERED NAN IDENTIFIED
AND LOCATED.

A LETTxR FRoM Hrs wyE 10 THK CITY
| MARSHAL WITH FULL PARTICULAR.
Our readers are well informed - TO the
foul murder Of stranger In or near this city
ON the night Of May 18th, whose body va
next morning taken from the river near the
west end Of the bridge, - also they are aware
of the subsequent proceedings and the ride.
ulous mistake Of supposed identity. There
is now no longer any doubt that the mans
name and residence are known. Some few
days since Marshal Cairns received . letter
from q woman in Missouri, inquiring for hel
husband whom she said had started for Colo.
RADIO, and who had written from this point
and subsequently from Dodge City At which
point he had determined to turn back home,
but after which she never heard from him.
Marshal Cairns made up his mind that the
murdered man was her husband, and imme.
diately telegraphed for full description.
Following the telegraphie description was q
letter which reached here Sunday morning
and which we copy verbatim:
| Mr. j. Cai,ns, Marshal:
My DEAR SIR-Your dispatch IL received.
I would like . fuller description OF the man
found as l am Of the opinion IL was my hus.
band, John Million. He left here on the 9Th
of April to 20 to Colorado. 1 got . letter
from him mailed At your place; another one
mailed ut Dodge City, May 3th. He stated
that he would turn back home from there.
That IL the last have heard from him. He
was In company with lot Of wagons going,
but when he turned back suppose he was
alone. He had team and wagon. The
mares were medium size. One was bay
with blaze face, the other was s0rrel with
q bald face. The harness was worn, but the
collars were new. The wagon was = Stude-
baker, painted over-the gears painted red,
the box a pale green, with new feed box
painted green. The bed Of wagon was now.
cred red, yellow and green. Mr.. Million was
a man A years old; hair turning gray; high
forehead chin whiskers sandy blue eyes
scar on left arm, caused by white swelling.
He had scar on his foot, cut with an AK; bis
left elbow was not in proper place, and the
skin on forearm was tight to the bone. The
boots he wore were full OF nails. A large
brass ring on his right hand. His teeth in
front were sound. He took two suits Of
clothes with him, one q heavy cashmere suit
striped with dark stripes and light stripes,
coat and pants the same. The other suit was
an old suit. The overalls were brown duck,
patched on the knee. The coat was light
coat with u slit up behind and straight
seam. His shirt was heavy brown eastern
shirt with box plat in front. His hair was
clipped close when he left. II you have any
Of his clothes, or the ring, or any thing found
Oh him, could tell them. Ii you will please
send to me will return them, il essential. at
my own expense. Ii you can get any clew
to the team, or any thing in regard TO the
murder, let me know ut once, rs l shall have
1t hunted up il II proves to be my husband.
So any thing you may do will be rewarded.
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any thing you have-if you think this man Is
the one found. II it Is not, let me know ut
once and relieve his family. Respectfully,
Mrs. CARRIE MILLION,
Webb City, Missouri.
His wagon sheet was drilling; the wagon
had spring seat; the hind end OF the sheet
was drawn together with light rope.
Marshal Cairns forwarded by Mondays ex-
press the clothes and such effects as were LEFT
of the murdered man. That he was Million
there is no doubt in our mind. lie had just
sufficient time after writing his last letter
from Dodge to have reached Wichita, and
the description tallies exactly with the de-
scription published in the EAGLE which We
reproduce so our readers can compare for
themselves:
Unknown was about five feet ten inches
high; sandy hair thickly streaked with gray /;
whiskcrs about two inches long, sandy,
streaked with gray, worn only on the chin !;
light complexion; rather thick set in build !;
forty-five or fifty years old; left arm had been
wounded or injured in some manner from the
effects of which the sinews and muscles had
entirely shrunken away, looking as though
il was nearly if not entirely useless; had on
n pair Of heavy boots the bottoms filed with
large nails; had on q pair Of brown jeans
pants, u pair of overalls, brown jeans round
about coat, dark wooden shirt, and had
heavy gold or plated ring on the little finger
of his right hand"
The Governor has offered an additional
$500 reward. Nothing has been seen Of the
team. Constable Cooper followed a wagon
from where it had been in camp on an island
below town-and where some clothing had
been burnt within night or two Of the muir
der-to the Medicine Lodge, but lost all trail
Of it. BY another week more developments
NAV be secured.