The Green Forest tribune., 1895-04-18
IS II GEORGE HARBERT !?

THE DEAD BODY OF A MAN, SUPPOSED TO
BE HIS, FOUND IN HUNT COUNTY, TEX.
Either Murder or Suicide. The Body Not Disoov
for Four Days. SAD News for His Parents.
The following letter, which ex
plains itself, was received by Post
master Wallace on last Tuesday
night:
Paris, Texas, April 10, 1895.
P NJ. Green Forest, Carroll Co., Ark.
Dear sir:-I write you in regard to
the inclosed newspaper clipping giving
an account of a man found dead in
Hunt county, near Greenville, Texas.
Will state that such a man arrived in
Paris on the $50 p. III. train and reg
istered as George Harbert. He left on
the morning of the /, leaving his trunk
here, and on today | met a man that
saw the dead man and from the dis
cription he must be the same man who
who registed at the Avenue hotel and
on looking for evidence l opened his
trunk, the lock being broken, and
found on the fly leaf of his Practical
Book Keeping that his address was
Green Forest, Carroll county, Ark.
/ also found in his trunk one Masonic
book and two aprons, While here he
stated to me that he was in the drug
business in the town where he left.
Please find out whether such man
lived in or near your town and if he
can be identified write me what to do
with his trunk.
J. T. HARGRoyE,
The newspaper clipping rofer-
red to appeared in the Dallas News
of the 10, and is as follows:
G eenvilIe, Texas, April 10.-A boy
blowing in the field of Mr.. Malone's
three miles from Celeste this morning
found a body of man lying on the
ground with his throat cut on both
sides. A physicians knife was found
twenty-one feet away with blood on
the smaller blade, both blades being
closed. Last Friday night man
knocked at Mr.. Malone's early in the
night, but when Mr.. Malone got to the
door he was gone. On the man was
found letter, some small coins and
three pieces of tobacco. The letter
was as follows:
Paris, Tex, April 4.-Mr. Walter
Dale, Ben Franklin: Walter the bearer
of this is a man looking for work.
Anything you can do for him will be
appreciated by him. He is stranger
to NE but think he is gentleman.
I cant do anything for him up here.
IF he comes there keep him all right
and will see that you lose nothing
BY it.
"From your friend in the field !"
1t is supposed that the deceased did
not go to Ben Franklin. He was
dressed in black, with clean under-
wear. There was no clew to his name.
The face had turned black, having
been in the field since last Friday
night. Whether it is case Of suicide
OF murder is not known.
Its possible that there is nothing
in the opinion that the dead body
above referred to is that OF George
Harbert of Green Forest, as the
evidence so far is not at all conelu
sivc, but II is highly probable that
It is only too true, and the belief is
generally accepted by our people
that il is. George lett here On the
1st INST. and doubtless arrived in
Paris is stated in the above letter,
and tAe information so far corrob-
crates exactly; he is known TO have
been in possession OF Just such
knife rs is mentioned in the above
dispatch.
But what puzzles Harbert's peo-
pie here is the fact chat il all took
place in the nciehborhood Of John
Aarbert, who is an uncle OF George,
and there are number OF other ro,-
a,ives and friends in that vicinity,
and not q word from any OF them
has been received II it is true,
this action OF his relatives can have
but one cSplallation-he never
reached any Of them, and they
were not aware of his presence IL
the country, although, it is said.