Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-25
THE MAN IDENTIFIED
It Was Alois Steinhauser Who Was Killed
Near Hyattsville Yesterday.
What the Investigation of the Deceas-
eds Effects Developed I'm Re-
gard to His Career.

road track yesterday morning near the
crossing at Pike avenue in Hyattsville is
no longer shrouded in mystery, but has
been established beyond the question of a
doubt. Justice Carr gave the baggage
check to MIR. Leakin, the station agent at
Hyattsville, who telegraphed the number
to Baltimore and found that it correspond
ed with a trunk that was there at the
depot, which had come by way of Pitts
burg. The trunk arrived at Hyattsville
yesterday evening on the local train which
reached that place at :3S An examination
Of the contents of the trunk proved the
deceased to be Alois Steinhauser of 3114
Portland avenue, Chicago, Ill.
Papers found in the trunk showed that
he was forty-one years of age and mar
ried man, with two children, but had got
ten divorce from his wife on the ground
that she had once tried to poison him.
The papers also showed that he had been
a sergeant in company ID, twenty-frst
United States infantry, and had received
an honorable discharge from the army for
having rheumatism and being deaf in both
ears, and that he was a pensioner on th1
government for SD per month. He had
a recommendation for the position of cor.
poral in the United States army signed
by General o. o. Howard, and an applica-
ton for that position signed by Colonel
III. A Morrow, and paper showing that
ne had also served in the German army;
an accident insurance policy for the sum
of s144 on the New York Accident Insur-
ance Company, paid up to October u, 1894,
as well as a policy for his son in the same
company, together with recommendation
for employment to Messrs. Nelson Nor
ris * Co., the beef packers of Chicago;
high recommendations from a number of
well-known business men, numerous Ger,
nj of DSa1f md
brother and statement that ne had
passed civil service examination for the
position of letter carrier in Chicago and
received 16 per cent were among the many
articles in the trunk.
Mr.. George n. Walker at the request
or Justice Carr, examined the trunk and
made report of its contents, stating that
all the papers had tendency to show that
the deceased, Alois Steinhauser, was q
man of some means and of good reputation.
The jury summoned was as follows
Francis Gasch, foreman; w. T. Barr,
Paul HiSdon, John Il. Bowles, A. Sakcrs
Fritz Damback, Alexander Vaughn Geo
A. Dorr, Moses Smith. Eugene A Fowler
VIM. A. Carr, Ben. +. Chinn.
1t was at first believed that the deceased's
name was Emile Steinhauser, as that
name was stamped on handk erchief found
in his satchel. Beside the sum of money,
amounting to between $1S and $50, that
was found in his pockets six $50 bills were
discovered in an envelope tucked between
his shirt and undershirt An envelope sd-
dressed to Mary Steinhauser care of Franz
Shear, Sheboygan, Wis, and another en-
velope addressed to Mrs. Minnie Stein
hauser, 3l14 Portland avenue. Chicago
were found.
Justice Carr telegraphed to the police au-
thcrities at Sheboygan, Wis, asking IL
they could give any information in regard
to Mary Steinhauser or Franz Shear, and
received a reply stating that they were
unknown. He then telegraphed to Mrs
Minnie Stelnhauser and received the fol-
lowing reply from her:
Message received referring to man get
ting killed Advise me what letter con-
tanned and what name was signed to IT."
The letter referred to was an evidently
unfinished one, which ran thus:
October !, 1S94.-AIinnie you will come, to-
morrow cor. La Sale and Randolph at 9
o'clock sharp, but be sure and -"
This letter was written in Ink and was
the same one spoken of in yesterdays issue
of The Star, the only legible letters on the
envelope being Stein. which failed to iden-
tify the deceased. There were found among
other things upon the person of the de-
with an account of expenses from Septem-
Der % to October 3, memorandum almost
illegible referring to Denver and Cripple
Creek, Col, and also to the Missouri Pa
chic road. A money envelope of the Saw
ings and Trust Company of Chicago, a
small envelope bearing the initials A. T.
81 s. +. r. r., In pencil a recent issue of
the Army and Navy Register, a memoran-
dunn book purchased at Portland, Ore, a
Kansas City, Mo-, street guide business
cards of j. A. Rose, Kansas City, and G.. A.
Fellows Chicago, railroad ticket brokers' a
pair of steel-bowed spectacles and a pack
age OF smoking tobacco. In the yalise
which was found some distance from the
body, was hair brush, the handkerchief
stamped Emile Steinhauser In the corner, a
percale shirt and flannel neckcloth
DR.. Chas. A. Wells made an examination
of the body at the jury's request, and testi-
ned that there was no evidence of foul
play, and that the deceased had suffered
from a wound on the head, the skull being
crushed, portion of the brain protruding,
and also wound which almost severed the
right leg at the ankle, either of which
would have produced death If allow
ed to go for any length of time unattended
There were a number of vague and peculiar
in the memora ndum book one
being, Police, Joliet am to be shot on
the S. Fee train for fear of reporting the
crew. Steinhauser. Another was, "Di-
yorce case disposed December Is, 1898. Fee
book, page 63-177;" another of the strange
references read, October 0, 1884, left home
on r. Isl. for Omaha; as L sat down in the
tar the conductor called me and cursed
me. They cursed me all night and called
me a fool. 1 hope to get to Omaha soon"
October 10, 1894. Took room and board at
u. d. Hotel. 1t is the same here. They
cursed me and called me Cd id fool
wherever l went" After these memoran-
dums were read it was thought that the
deceased had been of unsound mind
Among the memorandums were various
addresses of business houses all over the
from Portland, Ore, to Chicago
Kansas City, Omaha, Glencoe,
Mimi, Hillsboro, N. D., Chilon and Wis
consin, and also a number of personal &C
counts, list of bed room suites, a number
Of names with figures opposite ranging from
81 to $35, and page giving description of
land evidently situated In the west. After
examining the papers and other effects of
the deceased and viewing the remains the
Jury adjourned to meet at the office of
Justice Carr at $50 in the evening. 1t was
thought that some OF the crews of the early
trains would appear at that time and be
examined, but none of them came, and Mr..
his son George and Gatekeeper
Scaggs were the only witnesses examined.
Mr. Howard T. Markward testified that about
6 o'clock that morning, while on his way
to the station to take the early train for
he met an elderly gentleman,
who informed him that a man was lying
on the track who had been killed by the
cars. The elderly gentleman showed him
a revolver, which, he said, he had found
near the body. When the witness APP
preached the scene of the accident the dead
body was lying between the tracks with the
face partly turned upward and the right
foot over the west track. The head was
severely cut over the forehead and num-
Der of cards were strewn about the track.
The pistol was found toward Washington
and the valise was carried some distance
from the body. He had asked the elderly
gentleman to help him off the track with