Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-28
KILLED AT HIS POST,
A Coal Pit Engineer at Mo-
nOngahela City Shot by
an Unknown Hand,
HIS PISTOL AT HIS FEET.
All the Circumstances Point to Mur-
der Instead of Suicide.
A MISSING TRAMP SUSPECTED.
The Victim Is the Brother of One Who Also
Fell by Foul Play.
HIS PISTOL AT HIS FEET
A MISSING TRAMP SUSPECTED.
FACTS MAY DEYELOP AT THE INQUEST

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MoNoNGAHELA CITY, Dec. N.-An-
other murder in all probability, is added
to the already long list with which this
city is to be credited. What makes this
case the more notable is the fact that the
victim, Richard Reese, is brother of Will
lam Reese, whose dead body was found in
the Monongahela river near pumping
boat upon which he was employed only a
few months ago. the marks of violence on
his body showing the manner of his violent
death. Three men are now in Jail at WASH
ington, Pa, charged with that crime, and
if justice is done in this instance the assas-
sins of Richard Reese will soon be sent to
keep them company.
Richard Reese was employed by the Wat
son Coal Company, and was 21 years old.
This morning the company's fire boss,
George Mountain, noticed that the mine
fans were not running. He went to the en-
gine house about 6 o'clock, found the door
unlocked and inside discovered Reese lying
dead, with a bullet wound through the
head. the shot having entered behind his
right ear. Reese had not touched his fires
or any of the apparatus in the engine room
since the fires were banked and the engine
shut down the night before. These facts
were apparent in the condition of things,
and in the fact that he had not removed his
hat or overcoat after he entered the engine
room prior to the shot that killed him.
A pistol was found lying under his leg,
with two empty shells in the cylinder. Mice
had nibbled the dead mans face, which
would indicate that he was shot some time
during the night, and had Jain some hours
in the engine room where he has been en-
ployed.
The pit was not running yesterday.
fDick" Reese, as he was familiarly called,
had merry day of it and was in his usual
light-hearted mood when last seen. He
was not drinking man, and was not intox-
icated. There is nothing thus far learned
in connection with the case to show that he
had any cause for dependency, or that any
one had seen anything about him, or knew
of anything in connection with his affairs
that would support the theory of suicide.
The watehman at the brick works near
by testified to-day, in the informal investi-
CATION of the matter, that at midnight a
stranger came to the works and asked leave
to stay in the engine room. The wAtchman
refused him at first, but the fellow begged
so hard that he was permitted to stay there
until toward morning. The waUchman at
no time heard any firing at the coal works,
or anything to suggest the tragedy that was
enacted there some time during the night,
and at this time the affair is very much of
mystery.
Reese had taken the pistol out of the
house where he lived, as he said, to have
some fun, making noiseto celebrate Christ
mas The fact that this pistol wass found
his dad hndv ia the 0n lv thing tn war.
rant the theory of suicide, while the young
mans habits, disposition, circumstances
and the nature or location of the wound all
60 to discredit such theory.
Relatives OF the dead man have taken
charge of the body, and it is expected that
the Coroner's inquest will develop some
thing definite.