Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-01-23

rock wall. The ground ON the inside
has been washed up against the fence,
and is composed mostly OF tan-bark
drift that has lodged against it during
the winter ireshets. The men soon
found a place that gave evidence OF
having been disturbed, and on upturn-
ing the ground the spade brought to
the surface
MANS FOOT AND LEG.
A few more entries OF the spade in the
soft earth and another leg and an arm,
similar to the one first discovered, was
found.
By this time the news had spread,
large crowd collected, and Deputy Cor
oner j. G. Hood arrived. The mem
beers OF the body were not buried in one
place, hut scattered along distance OF
six or seven feet, and were only about
foot under ground, rs though the
party who did the burying desired to
reparate them as much rs possible.
The search was continued, about fifteen
feet from where the limbs were found
the spade struck something soft, and
upon its being removed terrible
stencil filled the air. In few minutes
the earth was removed and to the hor-
rifed crowd WAS revealed
THE HEADLEss, DIsNIENDERED TRUNK
Of a human being The sight was sick
ening, and strong men were forced to
turn away. The body was that Of
large man, and had been horribly mutt
lated and stripped OF all clothing. The
head had been severed close to the
trunk, one arm hacked off Mt the shout
der, and the other about three inches
from the shoulder. Both legs had been
cut off above the knees, and a more
horrible sight can scarcely be imagined.
The coroner and his assistants con-
tinued to dig, in the hope OF finding the
head, and thus atlording some clue to
the identity of this badly decomposed
remains, but without success. Dark
ness bad set in, and the coroner, after
learning what he could concerning the
finding OF the body, abandoned further
search for the HiSht and postponed the
! inquest until >l;a this morning,
by which time it is noped that the head
will have been found One Of the men
while digging came across what is sup
posed to be the shirt or some under
garment belonging to the remains, and
it is firmly believed that the clothing OF
the unfortunate being is buried in the
vicinity.
THE CORONER OPINION.
From the manner i'll which the body
had been mutilAted, it was thought by
some persons that it had been run over
on the railroad, hut Coroner Hood held
that the dismembering Of the body was
done with an axe or hatehet, and not
by the cars DR.. Joseph Tahler made
as careful IN examination, rs the decom-
posed state OF the body would permit,
but stated that it was that OF white
man, and that it had been buried about
ten days The remains were placed in
IL coffin and taken to Combs undertake
i,,,, n,Iol AZ, Il, xtrIora tl,o,r IN
main to await the result of the inquest
a STRANGE CIRCUMSTANCE.
While the crowd were assembled
around the first CHASTITY discoveries, it
was noticed by several persons that u
man who at first watched the work Of
disintermena began suddenly to make
his way out OF the crowd, and, after
reaching the street, paused and remain
ed watching the proceedings from that
distance. When the trunk was I'M
earthed, and the crowd surged forward
he was seen to slip off to the corner Of
the next street, and, casting nasty look
behind, ran through the bottoms as fast
as his legs could carry him. His hasty
departure was noticed, but so great was
the excitement that no remark was
made about it until aiterward. Who
the man was is not known and whether
or not he is connected with the terri
. bic crime that has been committed is
only matter of conjecture, but his
actions to say the least, were suspicious
and may serve as clue to the mystery
i HOW IT CAME THERE.
:, Various theories have been advanced
= as to how the INITIATED remains came
> to be inferred in such place, but time
. can alone solve the problem. Some
were inclined to think that it was sub
' ject from some Of the medical colleges
: but this theory was put to flight upor
y medical examination, which proved
y that the severing OF the limbs was no
10 done for the purpose OF dissection