Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-03-03
VERYLIKE MURDER
The Cause Of Frederick kusch.
mann's Death.
RESULT OF An EXAMINATION.

Injar1es Could Not Have Bssn Indicted
BY NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Of the wounds
Theory Of Foul PAY Seems sostainsd.
The preponderance Of evidence in
support of the theory advanced in
last evenings ARGUS that Frederick
Kuschmann's death on the highway
southeast of Milan Saturday evening
was due to foul means is strength
ening the more the facts envelop-
ing the case are probed. Notwith-
standing the verdict of the coroner's
jury attributing the young mans
death to accidental causes, hold
ing the view that while in q tit or
otherwise he had been thrown from
his horse and dragged to death. ex-
Aid. Robert Kuschmann this morn
ing took Drs. G. E. Barth aud j. r.
Hollowbush to the home OF Mr.. and
Mrs. William E. Kuschmann, parents
Of the deceased. in South Rock Isl
and, and an examination was held.
Strong Evidences Of Murder.
At the conclusion of the examina-
ton the surgeons gave it as their
opinions that the death of young
Kuschmann was due to a murderous
attack; that the injuries inflicted
could only have been sustained by
vicious and repeated blows from q
sharp-edged instrument, or even a
Ratchet. The most important wound
was one four inches long extending
from the nose over the forehead into
the hair. and penetrating the skull.
There was another cut running par
allel with the right eyebrow one inch
long, this one in particular bearing
every evidence Of having been in
fiicted with knife or Ratchet. The
left ear was mashed and back of it
was a long triangular cut. On the
back OF the head were four wounds,
with the appearance Of having been
caused by some blunt instrument.
Most Pronounced Wound.
The most pronounced cut running
over the forehead. the theory Of the
doctors is, could only have been
made by sharp edged club,
while other evidences in contr adic-
ton of the superstition that the
wounds were caused by being dragged
was the fact that there was no dirt
on them whatever. Neither did the
overcoat show any signs of having
been hauled over the ground, while
the clothes we're not in the least dis
arranged, as they would have been
had the body been dragged. MIR.
kuschmann, who has thus pushed
the investigation as to the cause of
his nephew's death, now feels entire
ly satisfied that he was justified in
the course he has taken and is con-
vinced that the young man was MUIR
dered for the money he had in his
possession, aud which is not yet &C
counted for.
should Have the Most Rigid Investigation.
The circumstances assuredly iusti-
fy the most thorough investigation
on the part of the proper authorities.
II it is q case Of murder. as seems
now to be ,almost certain, it is one
Of the most bloody and diabolical
crimes ever committed in the county,
and no time should be lost in ferret
ing out every incident connected
with it. The body was inferred this
afternoon in the Lutheran cemetery
after services had been held at the
South Rock Island home. Rev. Men.
nicke officiating.
States Attorney Searle this after.
noon stated that he would be guided
by the physicians investigation and
would inaugurate examination &C.
| cordiugly.