Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-09-14
WAS HE MURDERED
THE DEC0MPOSED REMAINS OF A
Man IDENTIFIED
As ]. c. Treboul, Found Above the
Seventeenth Street Bridge---A
Coroner's Inquest to Be
Held this Forenoon

| North Moseley, made a CHASTITY discovery.
She, with her son, was up the Little river
gathering wild grapes, and when about
three hundred feet above the Seventeenth
bridge, in sort of thicket, was Mortified
TO see lying at her feet the decomposed re-
mains Of a man.
She Immediately returned to the city
and; notifying tho sheriff, an Investigation
was commenced. Those who repaired to
the place designated by Mrs. Staten found
the remains. The clothing WIS mostly
intact but the flesh all decomposed and the
skeleton exposed. The skull lay about
three feet away from the trunk and was
brought back to the sheriff Office for fur
Their examination. The body lay appar-
emily, face downward, upon the left side,
the arm beneath, as il the hand had
clutched a revolver which was lying there.
The coat tails were turned I'D, exposing
to view:the hip bones; the shoes were still
upon the feet, and nut-brown derby hat
lay some distance away.
In the afternoon the body was brought
by Mr.. J. w. Edwards, the embalmer, down
TO Dunbar's underta king establishment,
and there placed upon a stretcher for identi-
ication and preparatory to the inquest
which will be held by the coroner at 9
o'clock this forenoon.
The question naturally first asked was
whose were the remains?
Some time ago a young brickmason
Jewel c. Treboul disappeared from the
boording house of Mr.. Bliss, No. 423 north
Main. A search failed to reveal his
whereabouts and so those who were &C
quainUed with this circumstance began to
look around and see if they could find in
or about the dead man anything that
would serve TO Identify him as the missing
one. In the pockets of the deceased were
found s. 81 in silver, an oval watch check
with the following inscription watch. C.
c. F, 81" handkerchief upon which had
evidently been a name but which was now
almost entirely obliterated. In these there
was nothing to form much Of a
clue, but the hat came nearer solving
the mystery; 1t had band
upon which were the letters -. c. IT,
the initials of the missing man. Later in
the day Mr.. Bliss came down and identi-
fed the clothes as those worn by Treboul.
In the evening Mrs. Bliss and several men
who had worked with him viewed the re-
mains and all identified the clothes as
those worn by Trebould. The size of the
body and other things went TO confirm the
opinion that the remains were those of the
missing brick mason, and such without
doubt they now appear TO be.
Mr.. Bliss, in speaking of the deceased,
said that he left his house August 4, Just
after eating his supper. He went up to
his room, changed his working clothes for
another suit, not, however, his best,
and without saying word to
any one left He was never
seen afterwards by any one at the house.
He described the deceased as being a rather
good looking youg man of about y years
Of age, sober, industrious, hard working
and as always paying his board bills
promptly. Tue night that Treboul left
his sister, who had come fr ON Colorado !
called to see him, Mr.. Bliss said, but not
finding him at home, left, saying that she
would come back in the morning and sur
prise him. She came back, but failing to
find him, remained in the city for about
two weeks and then left for her home. He
had, too. brother, brickmason, at pres
ent engaged upon the Jail and living with |
his wife at 242 North Emporia. He was so
much effected by the intelligence that he |
the remains and thus his opinion of the |
clothes could not be learned
The skull had been pierced by ball, it |
entering on one side of the head, passing /
through and coming out on the other. As
the hole was the larger on the left side !
the officers are inclined to the theory usual !
in such cases that the ball had entered /
from the right side. This fact is an i'm /
portant one in determining how the man /
came to his death. That he was shot there !
seems, OF course, no doubt, put whether |
by his own hand or by some one else re-
mains mystery 10 be solved He was not |
known 70 have any enemies-although /
may develop at the inquest TO /
show the contrary-yho would have either /
followed him or induced him to go /
to such an unfrequented place for
the purpose of numbering him; kill /
him and then leave his revolver in such |
position as to indicate suicide.
He left nothing behind that showed he |
TO take his own life. His brother /
said that for two or three weeks previous !
TO his disappearance he had been in poor
health and frequently complained of feel
ing unwell. He was expecting his mother
times disappointed at their non-arrival. |
The further facts that will develop today
may have tendency to throw some light
upon the matter.
Several persons who have been UP the
river fishing have been attracted by the
stencil arising from the place where the
body was found. and it may seem strange
now that the body was not sooner discov-
cred. Only last Sunday" said gentle
man who was in the undertaker's shop
Il was fishing along the
liver when some one came up and said
hat he could catch some fish there If there
vas not such a stencil. / enquired what it
vas, and If we had taken the trouble 10
investigate would have found the body
THE EAGLES OF WICHITA AND ROME ON
THE TOP OF ST PETERS.
ROME, Italy. August IS, ISIS.
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