Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-01-05
UNKNOWN DEAD.

While G. N. Foote, of this city, was quail
hunting near the American river, about
mile and half beyond the beet sugar fac
tory, yesterday afternoon about 8 o'clock, he
found the body of a man hanging from the
limb OF large willow tree. It was cold and
rigid, and had apparently hung there for a
day or two. The body was dressed ordina-
rily, but a vest lay upon the ground near BY
The back of the vest had been torn into
strips, as also the lining of the coat, and from
these rope was twisted by which the man
was found suspended. 1t appears, if it is
case OF suicide, that the man put his coat on
to keep himself warm after the vest and
| lining OF the coat had been torn up and
| while he was constructing the rope. His
feet as be hung suspended were between two
and three feet from the ground. There was
also the appearance that he first at
tempted to hang himself with his sus-
penders, as they were knotted, tied
and broken, and lay upon the ground.
Mr.. Foote Immediately came to the city and
informed the Coroner, who went out aud
brought the body to the dead house. There
were no papers found on the body to identify
1t. His clothing was well worn and pockets
contained nothing except some plug tobacco.
some cigar stumps and an unbroken package
.
destitute condition from all appearances.
| Soon after the body was brought to the city,
it was identified by P. Newman, proprietor
of the Philadelphia House, and others, as the
remains OF Ernst j. Henschel, who was
formerly carriage trimmer and painter, on
Eighth, between J and K. The Coroner
made out the papers for the inquest in that
name, and at least four or FIVE, III addi-
ton to Mr.. Newman, stated that
3 h 4
were positive the remains were those of Mr..
Herschel. Subse luently a REcoRD-UNIoN
reporter who knew Mr.. Henschel, learning
from NJ. Steinauer and Mr.. Alexander that
they were certain the remains were not those
of Henschel, Mrs Henschel was sent for, and
late last night Coroner Vermilya was reused
out and another examination of the body had.
Steiuauer, Alexander and A. Sanders were
all positive the body was not Henschels.
Mrs. Henschel viewed it and also said it was
not her husbands body, though the features
strongly resembled those of her husband, and
the whiskers on the chin were too long. Her
husband wore red flannel under-cothing, the
body had white her husband never used to.
bacco; tobacco was found on the body. Her
husband had high, thin nose, but not so
high as that of the deceased her husband
wore heavy, new boots, so did deceased;
her husband wore striped pantaloons
in Shasta county working his ranch, and
she had letter from him three days ago, and
he was well and in good spirits, and she had
sent up, in answer to his ORDER money, goods
and farm supplies more than that conductor
Fisher called on her last night, and brought
message from her husband, whom he met two
or three days ago at Tehama where he had
been for supplies. The deceased resem-
bled her husband, and wore shirt like his,
but the lady felt sure her husband was up in
Shasta grubbing and blowing new land, and
preparing home for her, and that he had no
cause for suicide, and that he had not throt-
tied himself, and was as alive as ever. So
certain was she that, beyond the shock of
viewing dead body, she felt no emotion
indicating the remnant of doubt as
to it not being her husbands remains. The
RECORD UNION reporter agreed with Mrs. III.
and he knew her husband well-that the
dead man was not E. J. Henschel. This con-
fict between witnesses will be settled by an
inquest to be held to-day. Deceased is about
FIVE feet six inches in hight, would weigh 135
pounds has dark hair, brown whiskers nearly
two inches long, cropped mustache, high
Roman nose thin nostrils, hollow cheeks,
deep set eyes, and has on white knit under
clothing, a blue over-shirt, a suit of uniform
material, dark cashmere with little white
in zizzag lines, heavy new boots, and black
felt slcuched hat.