The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-07-29

The Body Of q Man, Found in a Box
Il Car. k


AT the foot Of Fourteenth street. 10 the
yard of the Peoria Railroad. il was
noticed yesterday that these was q most
Iintolerab'e stencil, and this naturally led
to various remarks from those who had
occasion to be in the neighborhood. In
vestigation during the afternoon led to the
opening of box car No. 1927 of the Indian
apolis, Cincinnati i Louisville r. R.. and
in II was the body Of man in a most
horrible state of pusrefaction. The sight
was a.nost repulsive aud sickening one and
| the smell was such as to deter the curious
from too near an approach. The body
lay among a number of carbogs of coucen-
trsted sulphuric acid, intended for the
Glucose works at Davenport. and on It's
back with the face slightly turned to the
left. The flesh was perfectly black and
| thousands of flies were buzzing ab,ut the
face and coutending with the maggots
which were visible in every feature Be
side the corpse was a half gallon jar. in the
bottom of which was shout half tum bier
of the vilest rot-gut whisky. Coroner W.
G. Morris was Immediately telephoned TO,
to Moline and having arrived on the spot
got jury imrauelied Us sooa ss possible
The jury. composed OF Dr.. G. L. Eyster
| foreman, s. s. Hall. j. b Ellis. Robert
Murdoch. VIM. George and D. A Baker
viewed the body. which was removed by
Mr.. Knox, the undertaken. to his essab-
ment and the inquest commenced, Dr..
Eyster made an examination OF Tbs body
but found no marks indicative tha. tou
play had been used, though there was
slight mark on the forehead which look g
like a wound, when the body lay 10 The
car, ba: it did not amount to anything
The terribly dscon opposed state Of the bod,
!precludcd minute examination Of tn
stomach. from whioh nothing satisfactory
could have been Cleaned. The car il
which the corpse was found had come
from Cincinuxti and left that place on the
the 2lst instant. arriving here on
I2Gth instant. The first impression
on looking at the body was that it was
NEGRO but such proved not to be the case
on closer inspection. The deceased haG
brown hair, was we'll formed man abou
l2S years of age. and had the appearance
of laborer, He had on a flannel shirt
blue jeans pants. aud common shoes
There was nothing on the body to indicat,
what tho man had been, or anything con
cerning him. The coroner dismissed tn.
Jury till he should have ;ime TO communi
cate with the Chief of Police at Cincinnati
and said he would notify them through thu
newspapers when to meet, The body wa!
then ordered to be boxed up and buried il
The county burying ground, which va
done by Mr.. Knox 8 men who had all they
could do TO handle such q piece of corruption
Coroner Morris telegraphsd to the Chief o.
Police. Cincinnati, and will follow that
with letter giving full details, SO that.ths
matter may befpropsrly hunted mp. Ths
first impression vas that deceased haG
got into the :car alone. with the whiskey
and drank till he: succumbed from thu
effects, and had then been locked in anG
died through suffocation. helped by the
fumes from some of the sulphuric acid
the shoppers of some Of the carboys being
out, The opinion of the doctor was tha:
he had not touched any of the acid. The
theory that he was murdered and then
thrown into the car was also discussed
last night. and numerous other specula.
tions were rife. Till reply is received
from Cincinnati nothing. more will be done
and it is doubtful if any light will be
thrown on this CHASTITY subject, moro than
now glimmers