The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-03
MYSTERIOUS MURDER. / !.
Corpse of a Man Found in tho
Lake at Chicago.
REMAINS TERRIBLY MUTILATED.

Besides Being Shot Several Times. the
Head of the Man Was battered out of
All scmbiance to Human fseing-So
Ciew Whatever for the Police to Work
Ubon-Ths Body in an Almost Nude Con-
dition When Discovered.
CHICAGO, March 3-Tho partially nude
body of an unidentified man was washed
ashore near tho Chicago Beach hotel, be-
tween Fiftieth and Ffty.arst streets,
Sunday, and the appearance Of the body
seems TO Indicate that the man was MUIR
dered. The body appears to be that of
man about rs years old. His head had
been battered beyond recognition by some
heavy instrument Both jaws were
broken his skull had been mashed until
the bones protrudcd In every direction,
and his features could not be recognized
as such. The right limb was broken
above the ankle. ana just above this
fracture was small round hole, evident
ly made by a 3S-caliber bullet.
Moro Bullet Holes Found.
The left arm was broken near the ell
bow, anl two other bullet holes We're
found ON the body, one on the right side,
near the hip, and the other directly under
the larynx The body was not that of q
laboring man, and the hands and nails
showed traces OF care and attention. The
body was entirely nude, except for q pair
OF enameled shoes, and tho torn remains
OF a blue flannel shirt hanging to the
right arm. The shoes were evidently ex-
| ,nsive ones, and the stockings we're OF
| black Isle thread, with white footings.
| On the dead mans head remained small
| tufts of dark hair, and on the upper lip
was discovered a portion of a sandy mus
| tache. The man had been muscular.
| and was about II. 0 in. tall. Tho
| bodysh had apparently been in the water
three or four days.
No Clew Whatever.
| Messages were sent to every police sta.
tion in the city for descriptions of missing
men, but mono was found which CORE
spondel to that of the dead man. In
| sp,ctor Hunt said Sunday: ave have ab.
solutely no clcw as tn who the man was.
| The body had been in the water at least
three or four days but Is in an excellent
state -of.preservation. There is not tho
least doubt in my mind that tho man was
| .nurdered The head shows that it has
| boon beaten by"a heavy instrument, most
| probablyan AK The murderer or muir
derers left no olew for us TO work on
They planned it deliberately, and even
| went So far rs to cuJ the mustlche of
with pair OF scissors, leaving only a
| small tufC Of hair at each corner OF the
| mouth +F
| UndercIothing Cat from the Body.
Misunderstanding had been cut off the
body, rs there were several glshes along
the lower-liulbs and around-thc chest evi'
! IDENTITY made by1a sharp knife. Captain
lAldrich examined the body as it lay al
the morgue and he says he Is positive that
4 f. isa case of brutal murder. The captain
! thinks thai tho head was crushed after tho
.iuau Nvassdssd and that it was done fol
parpose of hjdipg The Identity OF the vic
| TIM. One of the eyenulls was still intac'
.und hanging bya shred 10 tho skull. The
sand. and. .sdirt were carefully washed
away, but. the pypil of the eye was so in
Il ,nled that il was impossible TO determine
its color.