The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-06-09
HELD WITH A STONE.
The Body of an Unknown Nan
Found at AIki Point.
LOOKS LIKE A CASE OF MURDER
The Corpse Was Lying Face Down on
the Beach With stone Tied 20
His Body.

Coroner Askam is row nas1y engaged
IN investigating one o. the sgrangest cases
that has e9me into MS Office.
Yesterday morning AZ o'cloek the body
a a nan uss discovered on the beach near
tie end CT TIE old wharf ~ AIki point.
Around tne 5ody ~ss rope, and attach
81 TO this rope by means OF another rope
and small cord was gooG-slzed rock
TIE hands OF the dead man we're free. but
from marks OF the wrists Il has been sup
posed that trey were confined 81 some
time by the rope. The body had 0een
stripped OF ali eiofhtng. except u<1dersnirE
and drawers. which gers Of good material
A par OF heavy and well-Haae shoes were
CT the feet
Save the general description Of the face
and body. the only clue as to the Identity
OF the victim was red flannel patch AZ
tie right knee of the drawers
There is a small wound OF some kind az
the outer edge Of the right eye. and from
this Coroner Askam has been led 10 De-
IleEe tszt the man was killed ard then
carried by his marserers 70 the shore Of
AIki point. where the body was pitched In
10 the water.
Many people who looked upon the corpse
~ & lay al ButterWorth's morgue last
nignt said thar they recognized the face.
bat could not call the mans name. The
face is not common one, so there IS
every reason 70 believe that the identity
wiii be- fully established today.
About o'clock yesterday morning Leon
ard Smith, son Of A A. Smith. one of the
old settlers at Ak point. happened 10 go
down 10 the beach near the wharf. locat-
ed about three-qgarters Of a mile from
the odd brick yard The tide was out, and
on the sand. high and dry. lay the body Of
a man, face down. Young Smith imrne-
d.afely reported the case 20 his father,
who Is FL The matter was then referred
10 X. Olsen. whose farm Is directly oppo-
site the place where the body was diseov-
cred. Mr.. Olsen sent word across the bay
10 Coroner Askam. II was supposed al
that time that foateT mad been found, so
the coroner instructed Bert Batterworth
70 go over after ID.
When he arrived at the old wharf the
tide was coming in. and although he had
no trouble in discerning the body as il lay
face down on the bottom. ii was covered
with six feet OF water. After considerable
trouble the body was hauled out One
glance was enough 10 establish the fact
that mysterious case had come TO light.
The moment the body was ont of the
water II commenced TO bleed on the riaht
side Of the neck. This will account for
fcw blood stains that are on the under
shirt. and when, otherwise than for this
explanation. might be looked upon as evil
denee OF a murder.
II was apparent that crabs had eaten
the flesh away from point under the
right ear. along the edge OF the jaw bone.
close mp TO the left ear. Each ear had
been eaten away TO great extent. At
the outer edge OF the right eye appeared
a small wound. Later in the day the cor
oner. after making close examination
of this particular wound expressed the
opinion that IL was important In account
n fnr fnss Al Heat he
were ali right. except that the incisor on
the upper jaw next 10 the left eye tooth
was missing. On the left hand were signs
OF the work OF crabs In all other
respects the body was in good condition.
1t had not been In the water long enough
for the flesh 10 peel, and il the crabs
had not eaten away the flesh on the Jaw
the features would have been In perfect
condition.
The principal identifying point of the
face vas a dropping, thin, sandy mus
taehe. which gave a peculiar appearance
20 the mans face. His nose was also
prominent feature. being OF the aquiiine
character inclined 20 the Roman type.
The forehead was well developed. broad
and ran wei back. The hair was brown
and rather thin. The skin Of the neck
was wen sunhurnt and wrinkled The
tape showed that the height of the man
was feet inches He would not have
weighed more than it5 or 80 pounds. APP
psrently. he was between s. and 80 years
old
The underclothes in which the body was
attired were OF gray color. rather heavy
but OF good quality. They were in good
condition. and the patch on the right knee
was vel put on. The sewing indicated
that woman had done the work The
color Indicated thar man had made the
selection, for a woman. unless pressed for
patches, would not have combined rea
with gray.
The rope that was around the body was
What is commonly called MANILA. Those
Who pretended 20 know something ahnoft
knots said that IL had been tied with a
''boi'n.' There was some slack. not much
and the hands could he pulled ont without
much trouble. Attached 10 this roz,e by
another piece OF rope was the rock thai
held the body down From the body to
the rock the rope was not more than
three Inches long. As the body lay on the
sand the rock was under 10 and a little
to ore side. The rock showed two different
kinds Of fasteninEs. one was a small
cord. such as Is used by fishermen. the
other was a rope. similar TO the one around
the body.
The way the rock was ''slunvs fnai-
Gated that the man knew his business. A
novice who attempts TO pat a cord around
a rock with the intention 81 Using n as
an anchor usually tinds out that TIRE rock
SLIPS out. In this case the rock did not
slip. The work was done properly. The
rock Il % peculiar interest because n Is
not ike other rocks found around Afki
poiat- That IS the result Of Bert Butter
worth's Investigation yesterday. He said
that be TOOK particular pains 70 discover
Il the character of the stone which hei9
The body down was nke that or ROCKS
found on thR shore. SEE said that the rock
had evidently come from some other place
one man SAID a. the ngorgne last n{eht
tina: the rock looked Ike that used nv
shtps "a ballast. II the rock dfa rot
cone from Alki point Il VIII establish
pretty clearly that the body was carried
20 that piace and dumped fn
The shoes found or the man were nearly
neN. size s. broad. thIck-solesa leather
lined. isce3 ana IN such a condition thar
they could nor have heea IL the wate-
a great lsngth az tire. TIE coroner thtnks
that she hosfy Asa not been soaking more
shan Eve or six dayw az the outside.
TREiag all things into consideration the
murder theory best MS she case. T-ha