Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-06-05
A MONTGOMERY COUNTY TRAGEDY,
A BODY Found and Supposed to he
Haviland's Leads to the Discovery Of
Another Murder.

A singular discovery was made yesterday at
the "Four Corners" or what Is known Is The
Cross Roads" on the 9TH street road, In Mont
gomery county, Nd, by two young men, Messrs.
batcheier and Hefner, who were hunting for
lost sheep. They found q detached human
skull, with q bullet hole through It, Soon after
wards the remains of the man to whom the SIX III
belonged were found under u pile of pine
branches and young trees, which appeared to
nave oeen cut tor the purpose OF hiding 1t from
view. The news Of the discovery spread rap
IDLY, and was naturally coupled at once with
the disappearance OF Philip Haviland, the
miller, who was supposed to have been muir
oered near that spot last December. The articles
of clothing found with the remains and the
contents OF the pockets were closely examined,
ana iouno not TO correspond with what should
have been found on the person of Mr.. Haviland
A pistol, some Cartridges, shoe and an old
body, and none OF these things correspOnded
with the belongings OF Haviland. 1t was dis
covered that the ball found i'm the skull fitted
tne pisa0i as Well as the bullet hole in the
skull. These facts served TO mystiiy still fur
tsrmin e u, IN that neighSorhood who de-
sides near the village of Sligo.
THE CoRoNER'S INVESTIGATION.
coroner Condict, accompanied by Mr.. Charles
Graeves, of Sligo, at once repaired to the scene
and jury OF Inquest was empanneled, con-
sisting Of iessrs. A. c. Flack, foreman, r. E.
Heff1er, q. Turner, VIM. Lincoln, George Cubit.
J. Baker, Alfred Lincoln, Burke Lincoln. and
James Clark. Eight witnesses, most of them
coioreo, were heard. 1t Was developed that
this case had nothing whatever to do so far as
yet Is known. with the Haviand mystery 1t
was SHOWN That larceny vi $45 had been COM
mitted at the house OF Allen Bowie, colored.
Another young colored man named Arthur
Bowie alias TOlliver was suspected OF the
larceny because he had been missing since the
Iact became known. The robbery was discov.
cred early in April. The pistol found on the
deceased, the ammunition, and gold plated
watca Chain were also recognized as having
been stolen at the same time the money was
stolen. The money was hidden in the yarret
story of Allen Bowie's house in an old pine
Dox, aud 1t was probably some time after the
tneit was committed before it became known.
arthur Ioiliver, who was suspected, it appears
was pursued by the owner, and as he was alter
wards missing, 1t was taken for granted that he
mad escaped, and had succeeded in keeping
nlmseu away ever since that time.
ALLEN BOwIE'S SONS ARRESTED
Allen Bowie has a number of sons. One Is
Clagett Bowie, another Sidney Bowie, another
Allen Bowie, jr., another Larim Bowie and
another Who will be in custody before the Jury
meets again to-day. The theory on which the
arrests nave been made Is that Tolliver was
pursued and suffered at the hands of his pur-
suers and that the matter was kept secret until
this time. The owner of the stolen property
testihed yesterday that he never recovered his
OF the jury was that the party In pursuit of the
thlei appropriated the property to his own use,
ana Kept the secret. Coroner COndict, after
hearing all he could yesterday of the contra-
dIctOry testimony, dismissed the Jury until to-
DAY al tpree O'Clock when other witnesses are
to be heard. These developments have again
shocked the entire country for miles around,
2nd IL Is freely declared by many that an effort
must be made to rid the community OF the
dangerous element residing there.
coroner Condict thinks this discovery may
mystery, and declares his purpose to leave
nothing undone to that end.