Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-05-19


called him to the shore of the pond. To
gether the two men dragged the body
from the water and their instant conclu
sion was that the remains were those of
Pouch.
Had Shot Himself.
When the body had been stretched out
under the trees it took a very little while
for the news to spread and for the neigh
bors to flock to the spot. The body was
that of large man, young, smooth
shaven as to face and answering the
description Of the murderer as complete
ly as any corpse could after long INNER
sion in the water. The face was bloat-
ed. In the neck was a bullet wound.
and tightly knotted about the throat was
a white handkerchief 1t would appear
that the man had waded into the pond
shot himself and then fallen prone in the
water. No revolver was found, and the
weapon evidently dropped from the sui
cide's hand when he fired.
Bicycle Irons in His Pocket.
a bulky appearance about the breast
pocket of the coat caused an inyestiga-
ton to be made and a pair Of bicycle
trouser irons were brought forth This
removed any doubts that may have ex-
listed regarding the identity of the dead
man, for Pouch. when fleeing from the
scene of his crime, did not leave the
trousers guards with the bicycle which
he abandoned, but slipped them into his
pocket. No wound except the one IN the
neck was found. The body was clothed
in dark suit, with shirt, but no under
clothing.
Not Far from the Harris House.
Hale's pond, where the body was
found. is about one mile south of the
hamlet of Prospect and about two and
stead. On Wednesday Of last week
Farmer McNiel, who lives about half
way between the Harris place and Hale's
pond, found a suit of underclothing be-
side a little pond on his premises, and it
was Immediately surmised that these
clothes belonged to Pouch 1t seems
probable that the murderer, after leaving
his bicycle, went to the McNiel pond with
the intention of drowning himself there
but the water is not very deep and he
doubtless decided to go on to Hales pond,
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WE'LL and to commit his body to deeper
waters, where there would be less chance
Of it's ever being found. That he had
some such purpose in view is certain, for
in one of his pockets was found a large
stone, when the body was examined this
morning. The handkerchief was knotted
taken off his collar and necktie, if he
wore any such articles of dress at the
time of his fight and thrown them away.
The body was much bloated and the
hands were covered with mud from the
bottom of the pond.
It is practically certain that Pouch
went red-handed to his own death, and
that he plunged into Hale's pond immedi-
ately after leaving McNiels place,
where he made his first stop after leav-
ing the Harris house, for the appearance
of the body is such as to show that it
had been in the water for a week, at
least.
identified the Photograph.
Postmaster Winton of Prospect, who
brought the news to Milwaukee, identi-
fed photograph of Pouch as Il picture
of the man whose body he had see at
Hale's pond. Mr.. Winton says that
Mackold, the man servant whom Pouch
shot, is gradually failing and is almost
certain to die, but both of the women
are recovering. Mackold is a man of
sturdy frame and has made a brave
fight for his life, but he was so badly
injured that from the first there has
been little hope for him. He was shot
three times, once just in front of the
right ear, once in the forehead and again
in the face.
Coroner Holds an Inquest.
The notification of the finding of the
body was given, the coroner and Justice