Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-12-11
BODY In THE BUSHES.
REMAINS OF SAM KIMBROUGH
FOoND IN SOME uNDERGRowTH.
BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN MURDERED.
Had Been Missing Ten Days, ana
Was Drinking with Friends Wken
Last secn-Msy Have Been Poison
ed and Then secreted.

Henrico has another sensation. Another
murder has been committed in the old
county; Or at least there Is every indica-
tion that such has been done. Samuel
Kimbrough, "A negro. who resided in reai
OF No. IA south Laurel street, and whose
body was discovered in a clump OF bushes
near the New pump-house yesterday. waa
the victim OF the foul deed.
The authorities Of the county are hard
at work on the case. probing it to the
bottom, and they have summoned a num-
Der OF witnesses. who will aDpear before
Magistrate Lewis at the courthouse to-
day at IL o'clock. and tell what they know,
If anything, about Kimbrough's death.
Kimbrough was about 30 years OF age.
and resided with his sister In the kitchen
I'm rear OF the house mentioned. He was
employed as porter for William Rankin.
the west-Cary-street grocer. and mystic
riously disappeared on the night OF Mo-
vember 3Oth. He had only 80 cents In his
pocket when he left the store at the
closing hour, and robbery could not have
been the cause OF the murder Mr.. RAN
kin and friends Of the negro made efforts
to trace him and ascertain his where
abouts. but In vain. and nothing was
known OF him after he left the store on
Monday night week until his body was
discovered yesterday morning
WHERE 1T WAS FOUND.
1t was found lying hidden away in some
underbrush at the bottom of the Hill
about 200 yards east OF the New pump
house by two coiored men who claimed
to have been out hunting. The spot was
very difficult 10 reach, and there was
every Evidence 70 give rise TO the beief
that theobody had been conveyed to and
deposited in the bushes.
The negroes, as soon as they came upon
the remains. gave the alarm, and the
county officials were notified. Magistrate
Lewis. together with DIR. Clopton. the
county physician, repaired to the scene,
which they reached with much diiflcuity.
and after pulling aside the bushes found
the body lust as II was when discovered
a few hours before by the negro men.
There were no signs OF decomposition.
and vet IL was plain TO the physician who
made a cursory examination, that the
man had been dead for some time. No
marks Of violence were to be found on
the body save a cut on the right ear ana
a scratch on the neck, which Dr. Clopton
is positive were made after death.
This circumstance strengthened the muir
der theory. and led the authorities 10 De-
lieve that the man had been foully deais
with and his body conveyed to the SPOT
after death and s0creted In the Business
The head was resting on a hat, which
was crumpled up I'm such manner as to
make a very good pillow.
THE AUTHORITIES AT WORK
The remains we're taken in charge by
DIR. Clopton and removed to kimbroughs
home. on south Laurel street. where they
were left, with the understanding nat
they were not TO be disturbed unSn or
ders were given by the physician. In the
mean time Magistrate Lewis started the
county detectives TO work, and they man
aged 10 trace Kimbrough from the ums
he left Mr. Rankin's store, about g CLOCK
Monday night until l2 o'clock midni9ht
During that time it was ascertained tnat
he visited several bar-rooms on Cary ano
Main streets, and the names or his asso~
ciates during those hours We're ascer-
tained.
From the midnight hour until his Dody
was found yesterday, almost two weeks
later no trace OF him could be secured.
but the authorities do not believe that no
was murdered that night. They are IN
clined 70 the belief that he was secrete1
somewhere while I'm an intoxicated condi-
tion and subsequently poisoned. pr'
Clonton has not vet made a thorough post
mortem examination, as IL was thougnt
hest to defer that until after the examina-
ton this morning. IL anything develops
today 10 strengthen the poison theory
the dead mans stomach Will be taken OUT
and analyzed.
THE MOTIVE.
Kimbrough only spent - cents on tne
nlght that he was last seen alive, as on
his body was found 35 cents OF the %
which he had when he left the store.
From what can now be learned. jealousy
was the motive which prompted his mur-
der. and there are reasons TO believe mat
the deed was committed in this city. rne
body could easily have been carried to
the spot in which It was found wltnouS
attracting attention, as there Is drive
wav on the brow Of the hill just above
the bushes under which the body was CON-
cealed. and il could have been carried
down the hill at night without being oD-
served by any one at the pump-house'
The case will be Thoroughly sitted ny
the county officials. and IL Is prooapia
tbat some arrests will be made to-day.