The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-10-14
MYSTERIOUS MURDER.
The Body of an Unknown White Man
Found near Iron Hill Devoid of
all Clothing.

Found near Iron Hill Devoid OF
5 all Clothing.
;. The legal authorities of Cecil county
d are confronted by an uumIstakable ant
I mysterious murder case.
3 On Wednesday afternoon as Edward
Ou1cksell was strolling over his farm OF
t Iron Hill, accompanied by his brother in
law John KrewsoD, residing near Wilkes
, barre, Pa, they were Mortified upon dis
covering the nude body Of an unknown
white man ing i'll clump of bushes on
the property, a short dists nee from the
tracks of the Philadelphia, Wilmington
, and Baltimore Railroad. Mr.. krew
son, who was slightly in advance, was
} the first to make the CHASTITY find and
called to his companion who answered
him that it must be a neighbours calf.
They hurried to the object, which as
stated proved to be the entirely nude
body of man. Startled, they gave the
} alarm to gang of track workmen and
also notified the agent at Iron Hill who
| lmmeGlaIely Win WI
oner Litzeuberg at Elkton.
A number of persons repaired in haste
to the scene, and an investigation was
made of the surroundings. The land at
this immediate point is elevated, and
here and there are clumps of bushes and
cedar trees. The body of the unfortunate
mau, without a semblauce of clothing
Law on it's back in cluster of bushes, the
right arm outstretched at his side
and the left crossed over the breast.
| The head was turned to the right and 4
gaping and deep wound, had been
| inflicted directly above the right eye ex
posing the skull. This was the only
mark of violence, and the condition of
the remains indicated that they had
been lying in this position several days.
| The searcheIs discovered a blood
stained spot under cedar tree, thirty
| feet off in an opening, and on the other
side of the tee an empty white bottle,
which probably contained liquor, was
picked up A thorough search for other
evidences of the tragedy, and for the
| clothing Was made. Across the track a
heavy coupling pin was found lying OF
the bank, and upon it were detected
| spots Of blood. Nowhere could there be
found the clothing or any effects OF the
| victim.
| THE BODY.
Tie body is that of an American, from
| thirty to thirty five years OF age, about
| five feet inches in height, weight 145
pounds, light brown hair, full sandy
moustache. \ strong point for his
| Identification is an anchor tatlooed on
his left hand above the thumb and index
| finger, and his right foot is detected TO
the right.
THE WOUNDS.
The main wound, inflicted over the
right eye at the edge of the hair, was I
shaped, aud back of it an iuch above the
ear, was a second and smalle. wound one
inch in length. There vas fracture of
| the skull four inches in length, involving
the frontal and pIrIetal bones, and
a portion of the temporal bone.
Death was probably instantaneous from
the shock, but it may have occurred Don
| alter the assault from hemorrhage of the
brain. DR.. Bratton is of the opinion
that death took place between Saturday
and Sunday noon,
| THE CoRoNER's INQUEST.
The discovery was made shortly alter
| three O'Clock and Coroner Litzenberg,
Deputy Sheriff Harvey Mackey, Doctor
| Howard Brattou, the WHO reporter and
others were quickly on the scene. Every
point was carefully investigated and
| jury of inquisition was sworn.
Several witnesses were examined but
no light could be thrown on the case to
reveal the mans identity, nor could any
clues be found as to the perpetrators of
| the dastardly and foul homocide. That it
| is murder is beyond the shadow of
doubt. the legal evidence declares the
wounds not self Infected, but the Il amer
| and place of his death, how he reached
| this secluded spot and the whereabouts
of his clothing and effects, are as yet to
be determined. CoDjectural theories are
as usual advanced and discussed, and
these opinions on the case are varied.
MEN WERE SEEN.
| Mr.. II. Warner McNeal. one of the
witnesses called, testified that he saw
three men walking on the public road in
the direction of the tragic scene about
o'clock on Sunday afternoon, and when
| he saw the corpse it occurred to him that
\ it was one of the men he had seen, but
| his opinion was not definite, nor could he
| describe either of the mans companions.
| MIR. John Denver, one Of the members of
| the Jury, stated that on Sunday morning
| he noticed a man wearing an overcoat
hurrying up the track toward Iron Hill,
and that he openly carried clothing
which he however made no effort to
conceal. Mr. Denver thought the tramp
was well fixed in clothing for the winter.
| Inquiry made at Iron Hill respecting the
man seen by Mr.. Denver showed that he
| had not appeared there at that time, or
| however had not been seen. This clue is
therefore undoubtedly lost,
| THE PLAUSIBLE THEORY.
The most plausible theory is, that the
| MON ,y,U pour5arsJ while living under
the cedar tree where the blood was
found, and after being stripped and
robbed was carried to tho bushes for con
cealment. DR. Brattou testified that there
we're two wounds upon the head, from
which death resulted quickly. The
wounds could have been inflicted by the
blood stained coupling pin. Ga the line
of this theory the unfortunate man prob
ABLY nsver stirred after receiving the
stunning blows, as no marks indicate the
least struggle. The coalition of his
feet showed that he had not walked in
his naked state, and several scratches OF
Tags on the body also indicate that il
had been moved after being stripped
That not shred of clothing was found
is truly remarkable, and the case
throughout is one dark, and mysterious
and should be sifted and investigated tc
the bottom.
THE VERDICT.
TIE Jury re convened i'll E!ktou OF
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