The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1895-04-25

| Ill. Lombard, to 20 to kennewick aud
take charge of a body found in that vii
lage Monday morning, near the railroad
track. Mr.. Lombard returned to Yak
ina on Tuesday, bringing the body with
him for burial; having been notified by
telegram from August I.abahn, of Newark,
n. j., to decently inter the remains Of
his son-whom the young man proved to
be. The body was that of light COM
plexioned, smooth shaven man OF per-
haps 80 years The clothing was neat
and OF decent texture, covering well made
under clothing, percsle, tinted shirt,
white collar and cufis-the latter clasped
with gold buttons marked wv" In the
pockets of the deceased were bunch Of
keys, a brier pipe, handsome cigar
holder, some lead pencils, die, 20 cents
in money and numerous letters and note
| books.
The first book examined by Coroner
Heg and a HERALD reporter contained
several ferry tickets for use between Port
land and Vancouver, and small paper
upon which was written: III anything
happens me, notify August Labahn, Ne
wark, n. j."
There were quantity OF letters in the
coat pocket. Most OF them came from
"Sadie," evidently Labahn's wife or
mistress, who is now IN Portland and
lives on Morrison street. All of these
spoke about lack of money, hard work,
and a trial and sensation in which the
woman had been mixed up with a man
who had given her stolen goods, the &C.
count OF it appearing in the Oregonian,
Sun and Mercury of April or 10. There
were also letters from one Rhodes, vet
Urinary surgeon, which implied that he
had found work in Pendleton for Labahn
in barber chop, and urged him to come
there. The latter was probably enroute
to that point when he met his deah
Labahn was evidently barber, because
one book in.his pocket contained pawn
ticket issued by a Tacoma shop for two
razors and two clippers, at $3.50; but he
also posed as a newspaper man, for upon
the flyleaf of a>morocco covered book
there was inscribed: "W Francis La.
balm, representative Of the San Francisco
Examiner" To accent the latter assump-
ton, there were dozens of notes concern
ing farmers and citizens OF Elensburg,
in which city he had evidently been
staying since April or 10-several letters
bearing that address. having been :re-
ceived there from Portland and Pendle-
ton until April 10.
Labahn was probably killed by the
regular east bound passenger train which
reached Kennewick at a. m. on Monday
or by the special bearing the Northern
Pacific receivers, which. passed that sta
ton about 3 a. m. Monday. He was
picked up after daylight, sone three
miles west of Kennewick, and there is
absolutely no means of ascertaining
whether he WAS thrown from the train
while stealing ride, or was struck by it
while walking on the track. His hat,
however, was found on the track some
four miles below the point where the
body was lying. A great jagged hole in
the head proclaimed the cause of death,
although leg had been broken and
twisted finger of one hand also demon
strated that other injuries may have been
suffered. The remains were in a state
of decomposition when viewed by the
coroner and HERALD reporter, and it
was impossible to ascertain how much
they had been mutilated. They were
buried on Tuesday afternoon from Lom
bard & Horsley's undertaking rooms.