Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-30


Of the ravine is. OF course. not known, but it
was left there for some time, as the murderers
covered portions Of the dead mans body and
bead with guano sacks and carpet.
From the ravine to the well, distance Of
fully half a mile, not a drop Of blood was to be
found, for to conceal the hiding place Of the
BODY the dead mans head and body had
been tied with sacking.
Half q mile below the ravine Is the Western
branch. where fishermen were working at their
nets Sunday evening. The murderers intended
to conceal the body there, but afterward
changed their minds and went to the we'll
SCENE OF THE MURDER.
The ground about the ravine as well as the
woods and fields were examined and the search
ers for the missing man had looked in every
nook and corner before it was suggested that
his body was in the we'll
lantern was lowered into the WELL but as
there was about eight feet Of water in it moth
ing Of course could be seen Of the body. Bucket
hooks were procured and even after they had
been lowered several times, without success
the searchers we're about to give up the task as
hopeless, but Constable Sweeney insisted that
the body was there and that the rope was not
long enough Another piece Of rope was OBJ
tanned and when lowered they hooked some
thing, apparently clothing. and when raised to
the surface evidence of wooden goods was
found on them. Again and again they were
lowered Then something heavy chung to the
nipulsting the hooks was unable to raise it to
the top of the we'll
FINDING THE CORPSE.
Something broke and there q splash
That splash conveyed something more than the
ordinary splash of well bucket or tin can and
when the hooks reached the top Of the well a
piece of the dead mans coat found at
tached to IL This satisfied the searchers that
the body was there. and Mr.. ". W. Cosden. q
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sent for, and, with the aid of his rigging he
descended the well and fished the body to the
surface. fastening rope around the body of
the dead man.
The fall and tackle were brought into play
and the dead body raised to the surface. II
presented CHASTITY sight. One blow inflicted
on the chin of the victim had cut the flesh and
torn it from the neck. LAYING it bare, the long
beard of the dead man hanging from the piece
of torn flesh that had been cut from the neck.
The other and fatal wound was Just above the
ear. and this blow had broken the frontal bone
and inflicted IN injury from the effects of which
recovery was impossible.
Following the finding Of the body the well was
cleaned out and it was then that q guano sack
and piece of carpet were found.
The well in which the body was found was
tightly covered and tits thought that Mr.. Bowie
stopped there to secure the bucket and chain
because it was so far from his house that he
feared thieves would visit it and carry off the
chain and bucket. The bucket had evidently
been taken from the well by the man who was
arterward so foully dealt with. for it was found
locked in the barn that he had visited when he
locked his cattle in the building
THE MURDERED MAN.
Francis VI. Bowie was about forty-ive years
Of age and probably the richest man in lower
Prince Georges. He had a number Of farms
and owned much property in Washington and
Upper Marlboro. A widow and eight children