The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-01-04
GORMAN'S FOUL MURDER.
There Has Been Some Little Thrown
on the Dark Mystery.


: Since the last number of THE
REPUBLICAN, reached its many
readers some little light has been
shed on the foul murder of the UNI
known man near German. and in
addition to the account as published
at the time the following informa-
tioh has been furnished us:
Coroner Gonder, assisted by DR..
W G. Drinkwater, made prelim-
mary examination of the body and
its surroundings. The autopsy
showed that the man had received Il
blow on the forehead in the opinion
of the doctor sufficient to produce
insensibility but not death.
Other marks of less violence were
found on the abdomen and right
side, the former supposed to have
been produced by the toe of Il heavy
boot or shoe on the foot of the as
sallant. The body was charred to
such an extent that wounds may
have been inflicted at the time of
death and not revealed ut the ex-
animation. The'lungs showed that
breathing had stopped before the
ySDo,s@g had been placed OF the fire,
otherwise, in the doctors opinion,
certain matter, the product OF
smoke, would have been found
within the lungs. No papers or
other articles were found on the
body whereby its identity might be
established; "a small pocketbook con-
tanning partly burned papers, but
OF no value, was found upon his
person.
His hat was missing. The jury
of inquest after a thorough exami-
nation of the body by the doctor,
and the position in which the body
lay upon the fire, the small extent
of the fire and its destruction, and
the surroundings in general, rem
dered the verdict as published in
last weeks REPUBLICAN. The
opinion in the vicinity of German
grows stronger every day that the
man killed belonged to the gang
who murdered Supt. Haldeman Of
the Franklin Coal Co., near Pied
mont on the morning of December
10th.
1t is known that a party consist
ing of three men came from the di-
rection Of Piedmont the day follow
ing the Haldeman murder and ate
supper at Schell, on Sunday night,
the day following the murder, and
had walked from the latter place to
German, arriving about 10 a. m.
Monday, 18th, and loafed about
the town until as late as 10 O'Clock
p. m, one Of the party drinking
considerably while in town. They
were looked upon as suspicious
characters from their general APP
pearance and actions, and were
watched closely by merchant of
the town, who feared they intended
robbery, about whose store they
spent part of the time until 10 p.
M, when they left town, walking
on the track of the West Virginia
Central railroad in the direction of
the spot OF the murder.
An hour later the same party was
met by a citizen Of Barrett one and
one-half miles beyond the scene Of
the murder, and only two men were
seen, while three men left German
in company. The two men seemed
excited and enquired OF the citizen
of Barrett the distance to Dobbin,
W. Va. On being told it was four
miles away they set out rapidly on
foot for that place, walking on the
railroad.
Between one and two o'clock of
the same night the night Waterman
on Rumbarger's lumber mill at the
above mentioned place was APP
preached by two men and they asked
for certain friend employed on
the works saying they must see him
at once, still talking in a very ex-
cited manner. They were con-
Quoted to a house where their friend
was boarding, and called him out of
bed, and the three held a secret au-
dienee. They afterwards retired
SPEEDING the night in the boarding
house.
In the morning the two spoke of
third member of their party and
said he had secured employment
kdQyn the road and had left them.
lhey also stated that they had
walked on the West Virginia Cen
trail railroad tracks from Switch
Back, near Elk Garden, West Vir-
ginia. 1t is said that the supposed
murderers left Dobbin the evening
of the same day via. Cumberland
accompanied by the particular
friend found at Dobbin. 1t is re-
ported that their home is near Will
Transport, Pa.
he theory is that the three men
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