The sun., 1892-01-25
WAS THIS MAN MURDEREDi !
ALIVE on DEAD. HE WAS RUN OYER
By AN EXPRESS TRAIN.


ME Cloth Ing OF Good MateFia1-H1s Pockets .
Tnrnea Wrone Side Out-A Piece sf Bias
Overaiis cIutchea In One Hand.
One mile west Of Dunellen. on the Central
Railroad OF New Jersey. is the water station Of
Greenbrook. All freight trains bound east or
west stop there for water. Tramps. knowing
they can easily catch train. are often seen
there. At 81 O'Clock on Friday night the
Blue Line fast express ran over man who
was lying on the track about 500 feet east os
the station. The engineer stopped and the
dead body was carried on the train to Dunellen.
where 1t was placed in the freight house to
await Identification.
All Friday night and tho greater part OF Sat.
urday IL lay on the floor. the head>pillowed on
bag OF salt. On Saturday afternoon DR.. Dom
ohue OF New Brunswick. the County Ply sican
took charge OF the body and turned It over to
Undertaken McDedo OF New Brunswick for
burial. The authorities believed at first that
the man was tramp who happened to have
clothing Of good material. aud they took no
steps toward an investigation.
Since the removal Of the body from Dunel-
Ion evidence has been discovered which
throws doubt on the theory of accidental
death. james Burke aud William Mcmahon.
two boys living in Dunellen. were down the
ralrohd near Greenbrook about o'clock on
Friday afternoon an hour and " half before tho
supposed accident. They noticed a we'll
dressed man. with dark hair and moustache.
walking slowly along the track toward Green.
brook. They paid no special attention to him.
nut turned nome. pass!n. several tramps on
On SATURDAY,, morning a rarty, Of men wont
ground carefully About 10 fres tis'fHm from W tie
spot wher" the man was struck thny found an
GHmrty Ha5ks,ho%k ,wissd ,Ty Wrons side out,
good condition except that the lacings wore
torn; ABOUT ten feet away they picked no
the, track was high l,at. size ~. Dunlap
make.
The body was examined while it lay in tn.
frcig ht house Mt Dune en. The face was
ia. ' q A. man ;.! r., aim, y y years od ieet
,lers. His lett sllos and hat were missing.
From w;,nt was left of his clothing. he had been
"f dark mntcr and s his wal wastcoat t'r was Mer% oi
brown tweed. Both hands were tightly clasped.
and in his right hand he, clutched a piece Of
torn by the wheels OF the train. and what pocE-
sts there wer. LETT were turned wrong side out.
ana y no papers. % Tie theory rvs was Sssfrn," formed
that the man was attacked BY tramps. who
tHnbed BIN , Of his money and rapefs throwing
railroad track What sransss 1n a%s
tireenbrook at 5 o clock in the evening no ono
knew Residents of Dunellen. Greenbrook.
anu mnny persons from lIulnli0IQ viewed tho
body. but no ono remembered such a person
either from acquaintance or from sight. except
the two boys. Burke and Mcmahon.
Undertaken AIcDede Of New Brunswick who
has cnarce of the remains. said last night that
no ono had AS vet identified the man.
I'VE have hold the BODY he said. "in the
hope Of its being cnimrd BY fricnds Tho
man was no tramp. What is left Of his cloth
ing shows that he was too well dressed The
great obstacle in the way of an Identification
is tho complete destruction Of tho features.
Unless the body is claimed tomorrow it will
be buried"