The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-03
WAS HE MURDERED?
| The Mysterious Death of VIM, Reed Still
| Being Investigated in Colorado.

| The announcement in yesterday NOR
ning's Eagle containing the news of
the death of William Reed was read
| with sadness by all. He was we'll
known in Wichita, and was a man of
| quiet disposition and one who never
drank or made friends with strangers.
What could have caused his death? %
| was a question upon eYerybodys lips.
| 'Was there a railroad wreck? Could
| il be that the man was murdered? and
| like questions were propounded by his
| friends
The dispatch published in the Eagle
| from Grand Junction, Colorado. gave
coloring to the idea that probably the
| unfortunate man was a victim of some
] criminal. The dispatch stated that
Mr. Reed had just received $500 from
| a produce company at Salt Lake City,
| and when his remains were found the
| money was gone.
Early yesterday morning dispatches
| were sent by his friends and rela tives
at Wichita inquiring as to the particu-
| lars concerning the death of the man.
In a short time a dispatch was receiv-
| ed which reads as follows:
Grand Junction, Col, Nov. 81. Ed
Petrie. Has Read sent money or draft
home on or after October so.
JAMES p. SWEENEY. Coroner
This dispatch was in fun accord with
| the one received by the Eagle in the
morning, and but convinced the men
| that the man had been a victim of foul
play.
j. C. Caswell Of the Pacific Express
company telegraphed to the agent of
the company at Grand junction to
have the body of the unfortunate man
embalmed and shipped by the Pacific
Express company tc Wichita, as all
eXDen SpS wOuld he Maid here
In a short time the following dispatch
was received:
Grand Junction. Col, Nov 2.-J. c.
Caswell-Reed is supposed to have been
run over by the cars. The coroner's
jury began taking evidence yesterday
and all night last night, and at this
time. O'clock. they have not returned
verdict 1 will try and ship the body
tonight by express.
A r. TANNER. Agt.
The question then arose among the
friends of Mr.. Reed. that the man had
met his death in a mysterious manner
and this would account for the long
time required by the coroner's jury in
arriving at verdict. Could it be pos
sihle that the man was murdered and
that his body had been afterwards
placed on the track by the murderers?
There was certainly something more
had been killed by the cars. L certain
ly was not train wreck. as if there had
been the account of the wreck would
have appeared in the Eagle.
Nj Daniel Jones. the father-in-law
of the man. was in the city all day
yesterday trying 10 ascertain all the
information possible But few men in
the county are better known than1Mr.
Jones. as he has served as one of the
mari in tam ar So,
Sedgwick county for the past ten
years, and he was beseeched on every
hand for information.
He could not explain just why all the
dispatches should be addressed to Ed
Petrie, unless the coroner had found
some letterheads of Petrie's IN his peck
cts
The following dispatch was received
by Ed Petry at > o'clock in the after
noon:
Grand Junction. Col. Nov. Send
fun description Of William Reed. An
sWer quick The case Is being inyestl-
gated JAS Z. SWEENEY, Coroner. |
Mr. Jones sent a telegram 10 an I'M
dertaker al Grand Junction. 10 get the
body and have il embalmed and ship
ped by express
The following answer was received !
by j. c. CaSSeu in answer TO Mr.. Jones
dispatch al 5 o'clock:
Grand Junction, Nov. 2-The cnro1-
er's jury Is not YET through with the
body and are sin prosecuting their in
VeStig7uon. / cannot get the body BE-
fore Sunday morning. The body csn
not be viewed until after il has beer
EN- aairnea- FRANK n DAW
On the receipt Of each dispatch the .
interest in the sad case became naare I
intense The poor wife IS SUI pros /
tr2ted with her great grief