The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1896-12-04
q heRenlains!
OF a Well Dressed Man Found
in The Woods Near
Falrmont.

oacR OF. faiaune at the farm OF
Charles Gallabue, Marion county
and a boy named Adams, son Of
George Adams. in endeayoriDg
to locate a rabbit, discovered the
remains of man in the edge OF
the woods and between two logs.
Body. or skeleton, as but little
flesh was left on the bones, was
laying between those TWO logs.
and had sunk slightly into the
/ earth owing to the recant rains.
A fine suit of clothes covered the
skeleton but they were fast de.
caying and were torn OF by the
Coroner's jury mostly with sticks
although some times they would
find tough places where 1t was
necessary TO use a knife. An
excellent pair of No. q Congress
shoes covered the feet and the
soles had been but slightly used
when the man came to meet
death. His hand was stretched
out fat, the flesh had all decay.
ed, and one or two of the joints
had been severed. probably by
some small animal who had prey
ed on the remains. No ring was
found on the fingers of either
hand, no jewelry at all on his
person, and not single paper in
any of his pockets that might
give a clew by which he could be
recognized and his identity de.
termined.
In his pockets many articles
we're found, among which was
Sl.50 cents which shows he was
not entirely without the useful
aid to enjoyment. Here is a list
of the articles found in his
pockets
A barlow penknife a small
bottle in the left hand pants
pocket, with Jour well preserved
cloves in it. A silver dollar, a
half-dollar, two dimes and two
nickels. together with a small
pair of tweezers and a lead pen
Gil. His hat, good stiff derby.
lay near the scull. Its size was
i7s but no mark was in it which
would point to the identity Of the
maker or to who the owner
might De. The man had been5
feet, 6 inches tall and his clothes
would make him appear well to
do. He had false teeth both
above and below.
Hardly any flesh was left on
the bones when the remains
were found and the body had
laid there for some time. Just
how long it would take toreach
that state of decay has caused
considerable speculation among
those who would endeavor to
solve the mystery and the length
of time it had been there, has.
differed widely according to
various estimates, but it is gem
orally supposed to have been
there two or three months.
LATER-The skeleton found
in the woods has been identified
as that of Edward McAnany, a
young Allegheny mill-worker.
He had committed suicide on ac-
count of i'll health.
Henry Stoll. while digging a
well on the farm of Franklin
Burns. in Hampshire county,
met with a frightful accident,
which will surely result in his
death. he had gotten the well
down about twenty feet, when
he struck rock, which made
blasting necessary. With an as.
sistant, Stoll had drilled a hole
and inserted a blast, preparatory
to firing the first shot. The as
sistant had climbed out of the
well, and Stoll had lighted the
fuse and was climbing out. when
there was a premature explosion
Stoll was about six feet from the
bottom. The force of the ex.
plosion threw him out of the
hole and into the air fully ten
feet further. When he came
down ltwas found that both ewes
had been blown out, both jaws
broken, while his head, face and
arms uoro @o,..Lt-, - !.