The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-07-31
TORN TO PIECES
REMAINS OF JOHN N. ENTWISTLE
FOUND IN THAT CONDITION
TUESDAY MORNING.
Question of Foul Play Still Unsettled ir
the Minds Of Many.

the city. The finding of the inquest yester-
day afternoon, however, seems to answer
that accident was the word to apply.
The body was first seen by the engineer
of special north bound freight in charge
of Conductor Hubbard, and was then lying
on the side of the track nearly a mile north
of the Main street crossing. From the con-
dition of the remains it would seem that the
man must have been lying on the rails be-
fore being struck by the train which passed
over him.
The condition of the remains was horri-
BILE; brains were scattered about on the grass
and portion of his skull was left near this
place. A little farther on, one hand. was
found and farther on both legs, while the
trunk was dragged two hundred feet farther
and so torn and mangled as to have slight
resemblance to the body of humans being.
The body must have run over by the
south bound night express, as that was the
only train south after Entwistle was seen
on West Main street, before the special went
north.
Conductor Hubbard at once returned and
reported the discovery. DR.. Arnold, Coro-
ner Monroe, Officers Cady and Hammond
and Prosecuting Attorney Watson were
soon on the scene. Several circums tances
seemed to indicate that there had been foul
play, but whether this was actually so or
not may never be known for certain. There
was not as much blood as might be expected
when man is killed by train, and there
were tracks leading through the wet grass
from the place where the body was found to
house occupied by the notorious Nellie
Hayes and one or two other wemen of her
stamp. When they were questioned as to
whether Entwistle had been there they de-
MED it, but their statements later were
somewhat confused.
Entwistle had been seen on the street
near the Wildermuth House at about twelve
o'clock by Fred Bienstedt. and had passed
across the street to Chas. Aliens restaurant,
telling him that he had found the house
where he boarded, 900 Corunna Avenue,
locked up, and came back down town rather
than to disturb the people. After eating a
lunch he started out with Allen when the
latter closed up, and walked up as far as
Aliens house with him. The last that AL
len saw of him he was walking westward at
brisk rate. 1t was two o'clock when AL
len entered his house, and the train which
must have run over Entwistle reached the
junction on time, or some after three o'clock.
AS Allen says he believes Entwistle to have
been perfectly sober when he left him, 1t is
hardly possible that the supposition that he
was drunk and laid down on the rails would
be true.
OF course all sorts of rumors were preva-
lent, some of which proved to be false and
others unimportant. The watch of the vic
tim was found. 1t had stopped at 2:57.
The rumor that his shoes were not found
with the body was false. They were badly
cut up and portion of toe was found in
one.
Post norton examination failed to shed
any light on the question, it being simply
impossible to determine whether the man
had been killed before being placed on the
track, the body was so terribly mutilated.
Still circumstances were such as to cause
many to believe the man to have been muir
dered and his body to have been placed on
the track to conceal the crime. 1t fact it is
hard TO conceive not only how he, railroad
NOR, oould bova hoap an oaraIaee &c IN boy va
been killed there, and also that if he had
been walking on the track how 1t could hap
pen that the engineer of the south bound
passenger did not see him when his engine
struck him.
Besides story is current that Abe Tru-
ak, notorious character whose name has
been mixed up with that of Nellie Hayes,
was at the Hayes house that day and that
Truax and Entwistle had had some trouble
over a week before this, at which time Tru-
AK had come out second best. This led
some to suspect that Truax made thorough
job of Entwistle this time, and then so eff
fectually concealed his crime.
A story which might partially support
tits was that of VIM. Stewart, travelling
man, who was stopping at 915 Stewart
street. He heard three men going by the
house at about half past two and one say,
with an oath, II gave him the whole length
of the knife" and "How the blood few,'
while with another oath his companion
warned him to shut up or some one would
hear him. Careful search of the Hayes
shanty, however, failed to develop any sign
of murder and the matter is still shrouded
with mystery.
The father and brother of the man came
to the city Tuesday and on Wednesday
took the remains away with them to Wood
stock, Ont, where they had all resided I'M
til recently, when they moved to Chatham,
where they were at the time of the death.
Coroner Monroe impaneled jury and
then adjourned the inquest until yesterday
morning. But little new matter was
brought out at this time, though converse
tion with EnOinear WaItera of tho eouth