The Daily Texarkanian., 1894-04-21
MURDERED AND ROBBED.
]. Il. 0'Brien, an Ex-SectiOn Fore
man on the Texas & Pacific
Road, Murdered.

Ats o'clock this a. m, the dead
body of man, subsequently shown
to be ]. H. O'Brien, ex-Section
Foreman on the Texas & Pacific
railway, near Fort Worth Tex, was
found in an empty freight car near
the supply house in the Iron Noun
tain yards in this city, by night
watchman Hall of the Union
Depot.
Examination of the body, of the
murdered man, developed that the
skull had been crushed by some
blunt instrument, in all probability
one of the heavy iron pins, used in
coupling cars, Further investiga-
tion proved that the crime had
been committed within a few hours
of the time when the discovery was
made, as the body was scarcely
cold, and time had not elapsed for
the blood, issuing from the still
gaping wound, to coagulate,
When found the body had been
entirely stripped of outer garments
which the murderer or murderers,
had, evidently appropriated, to-
gether with all money and other
valuables, which the deceased may
have been possessed of at the time
of his death, That the plunder, OBJ
tanned by the crime, was small is
evidenced by the fact that the de-
ceased has as late as Thursday,
pawned his watch with ex-Mayor
Larry for the sum of $4.00, the tick
ct for same being found near the
dead body.
The unfortunate man came to
this city, few days since, looking
for work., and had remained over
here with this object in view, when
he met his tragic end, The deceas-
ed was an Irishman, about 40 years
of age, height 5 ft. 6 or Z inches,
and weight about 140 pounds. He
was of fair complexion, with light
hair and sandy mustache, Had
made this city headquarters several
years ago, when working as bridge
foreman on one of our local roads,
The only direct clue to the murder
er or murderers, yet found, is the
arrest of one man, tramp, who
had in his possession pair of shoes,
not his own, and who was found
standing in the same car with the
dead body, but disclaims any know
ledge of the crime, or connection
herewith. He states that he had
noticed the form of another person
in the car, but supposed that the
other like himself, had crawled into
the car to sleep. Since, however,
the suspected man has made num-
Der of conflicting statements, claim
ing that he had three companions
on entering the city, none of whom
can be found, Hence his detention
by the authorities,
The car in which the dead body
was found had only been switched
In on the Mountain track, about
five hours before the murder was
discovered, hence the crime must
have been committed after mid
night. A pool of blood near the
car, indicates that the deceased
was murdered out in the yard, and
his body removed to the car, Eve
ry effort is being made to ferret out
the perpetrators of the dastardly
crime,
The tramp found in the car with
the dead body gives his name as j.
G. King, and home New York, Two
other tramps have been arrested,
charged with the crime; one who
gives his name as e, P Gam, had
an extra pair of pants, said to be
similar to those worn by O'Brien
yesterday; the other gives his name
as G. G, Simpson, and he had an ex-
ira coat like that worn by deceased.
The Coroner's inquest over the re-
mains, of the murdered man, will be
held at 3 o'clock this afternoon, In
the meantime, the body lies at b
A, Schicker's undertaking establish
mentt, on Broad street.