The sun., 1888-04-07
ANOTHERRAHWAY MYSTERY
A HAN FOUND DEAD IN A STONE HUE
WITH HIS THROAT CUT

C1ues That May Lead to the Cenclusien
That n Murder Bns Been Ceumittet-
The Victim Undsubtediy Was = seisier.
The dwelling house on the willick farm.
two miles north Of Railway, burned down set.
eral years ago and only the cellar walls re-
mained. The property was sold to ex-Con.
gressman Amos Clark. Jr., and the house was
not rebuilt. Tramps toro down portions OF the
walls and used tho loose stones to hem In
space in one corner Of the cellar. Old doors
and pieces OF lumber were patched together to
make q roof. and little room was thus formed.
Last Tuesday morning a tramp. who has often
done odd Jobs for tho farmers thereabouts. an
peared at the dwelling OF Farmer James Nolan,
half mile away, and asked aid for a sick COM
panion, who, he said, was III of pneumonia in
the stone hut. Farmer Nolan thought 1t q pre-
tence to obtain money, and turned the man
away. Later In the day he saw him leaving
the hut with companion, and concluded that
his previous conjecture was correct
On Thursday morning Farmer William VII.
lick, who now lives not far from his former
home. sent his farm hand Patsey" over to the
stone hut to investigate the story Of the tramp's
illness, which by that time had como to his ears
also. Patsey found lying dead on the straw In
the hut an Irishman apparently As years old.
His throat had been cut directly beneath the
chin. The cash was three inches long and ex-
tended up upward: None Of the larger 6lo9d . yes.
was very littlo blood on the black coat, which
bad bSsn Ssd and S assd S sSS ms
closed. Across the knees was thrown q
heavy brown oyercoat OF coarse material.
from the Wound M IL the % throat must have BEEN
Swond anf % the benz
Weakness. The features were not unpleasant.
Of beard: His hair and moustache were brown.
slightly tinGed with gray. Apparently he wa:
clad only IN a shirt trousers, and stockings OF
Chief Tooksr Of the Railway police inspected
Ths 70
when County Physician Westcott, and Under.
taker D. X; Ryno removed 1t TO the morgue II
In moment OF delirium or despondency. The
Brain aeo%s the At Ss It
| found that the dead man wore five shirts. four
pairs of trousers. and two pairs OF stockinEr.
outer pair of trousers was Of rough material
Next 70 them WAS pair OF overals. and = be:
assf ass 1' Sns SsF sSFss sss Of A
things found in these articles Of Of
ments OF an old memorandum book. The mill.
tnry y character met. q the newspaper clippings in IN.
the battle Of Gettysburg that Gen. HancoSk
meeting with a little girl who was iuggins her
dead fathers. nusket of the fsld. Another
seran showed in tabulated form The The mil military W
gether were lot OF campfire sketches 70
verse Another poem was Farewell to
from Ne New York the
Ranization OF the United Labor party. On tho
pieces Of the mem%9ranaum nora book appsn,;rs,SS p,;r,S,s
1KsTss GroSeshan fPGT Pafse e De H% camp % Haishs
WlcKham Wick; and MeIntvre 1t is supposed thsy
are the names Of former employers and that
the figures have some relation to his dealings
:, A SUN reporter visited the stone hut near 81.
GEORGES ayenge. where the suicide Or murder
overlooked by tho officers were still there,
among them the overcoat. coat. hat: and vest
oand Srs. With S ae
paper of brads: Near by the straw bed was !, e
the floor Of the hut and close to it the paper IL
came from the National Temperance Society
IS Mrs Pssrss s soF
beth. N. J. A small bottle. one-thtrd full OF q
rod liquid. a red silk handkerchief and 2 pair
Sorss sspsS III Thess With
the other articles to Mayor Daily at Halfway.
cepted In Railway It is argued TINT after out:
The razor and placed II where it was found:
thew the wound oa in tho throat that caused death:
The theory advanced by these is that . quarrel
stons hut o chem
was killed. and the wound in tho throat and
the bloody razor we're merely intended 70 con, r.
| his own hand.