, 1890-09-11
REMAINS BROUGHT IN
Inquest Hold on the Remains of
the Man Found on Moran
Mountain.
The Coroner Proceeds to the Spot
The Identity of the Man
Remains a Mystery.

Tuesday the body Of the man
found dead on Moran mountain
was brought to this city and taken
to the undertaking parlor of Hail
& Noble.
Sheriff Pugh, Fred Leghorn,
Harold Bolce, John =. Gentle,
Joseph Stoutenburg. Manager j.
w. Cookley, of Hall & Noble. aud
DIR. Werner, the newly appointed
coroner, constituted the party
who went after the body. The
searchers went about fifteen miles
from the city to the residence of DIR.
Reno, which is located in Ploot
gulch. Here the party got out of
the wagons and walked about four
miles UP the side of Moran noun.
tain. The travelling was quite dim.
cult, owing to the tact that the un.
derbrrish was so thick and the rocks
SO high that 1t made travel nigh
impossible.
After two hours of hard work the
marty arrived at the spot where the
body lay. The stencil was 80 bad
that IL nearly made one of the party
sick, but he braved 1t, "a all the
Others did. The skeleton, as 1t can
not be called anything else, was
living scattered In u space
OF ten feet, partly covered
with brush and partly exposed.
Portions of the clothes the man
wore were on some of the bones.
The head lay about three feet from
the body, and about three feet west
of this were found the shoes with
the feet in them.
The arms were detached from the
body and lay short distance from
the head. The work OF gathering
up the portions was then com.
menced 10y Undertaken Cookley
who had placed pair of rubber
gloves on his hands. AS each por
ton was gathered up 1t was carefully
examined, to discover any signs OF
foul play, but nothing was found
except the imprint of pair of teeth
made by some wild animal. a
large, rubber blanket had beer
brought along and IL was II lucky
thing that 1t was, as IL would have
been impossible to have got u colin
through the thick underbrush.
The locality where the reInaini
were found is "a most desolate one
there being no house nearer thar
Dr. Reno's. which is some four mile,
distant. Near by where the body
was found was also discovered
blank book, and in the pocket Of tn,
coat passport dated August, 'S7
from Germany, allowing - -
to enter the United States. The
! ,tt t.n la.
was not very lcgible, owing to hav
ing been wet 10y the rains
The Maine on the blank bool
was also written in German
but was en- tirely different from tina
written on the passport. Thes
were taken in charge of by Corone
Weems. In "a pocket of the vest wa
found small Roman Catholic
Bible, and one or two letters, tin
names of address all being different
From the appearance of the bod!
the man must have been 36 years 0
age, and must have been lyin
there, the coroner thinks, abou
six months. The hair wa
dark, and very long, ther
not being the least sign Q
badness. There was u striped cot
ton snlft Oh lle DOuS, ana u sNOr
distance away lay IA suit of clothes
the coat being OF IA dark brown twill
while the pants aud vest were of
dark gray. The shoes worn by th
man ARE what are called plow shoes
the soles of which were full of nails
Attached to the pants were an oil
cotton pair Of suspenders. A re
bandana handkerchief was hang
ing out OF the pocket of the coa
a search was made in hopes of find
ing the hat, but 1t was not discos
cred.
On returning to the spot whcr
: the team had been left Corone
Wcems inlpaueled the foliowin
jury for an inquest: Haorld Bolct
r foreman, Fred LeghorD, John )
Gentle, Joseph StuutenbUrg, j. II
Cookley and NJ. Smith. Alter tn
, matter had been fully talked over
( the entire satisfaction of each, tn
) jury brought in verdict that th
man died of causes unknown to tn
jury.
The remains were inferred Wee
ncsday.