The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-12-15
From Fulton, Ky.
Comes News OF shocking Interest to
Logan People.

FULTON, KY, Dec. 1.-THE de-
composed body found in thicket In
Will Thompson's field, about 300
yards outside of the city limits, is
believed to be that Of murdered
woman. Hunters stumbled over the
corpse, which was laying in thick
ct not over 20 steps from the public
road.
There was little of the body except
the skull, hair and bones. The
clothing was well preserved. Drs.
Alexander and Yates expressed the
opinion that the person had been
dead for two months, or perhaps
longer. A garter was found around
one of the leg bones. The dress was
of dark goods and in fairly good con-
dition. The shoes were about No.
~ in size and laced. Some ashes
and few half-burned, charred fag-
OTIS showed that fire had been built
within few feet of where the wo-
man was lying.
The doctors examined the skull
and stated it was sound. They were
both of the opinion that the body
was that Of young white woman.
The hair of the corpse was light
brown. The entire affair is shroud-
ed in the deepest mystery. The off,
GERS know of no woman near hear
that has been missing. This leads
them to the opinion that the body is
that of some woman lured here and
murdered.-Cin.E Eng.
FULTON, KY, Dec. 12.-The de-
composed body of the woman found
here may yet be identified. At the
coroner's inquest small satchel was
produced which was found near the
body. 1t contained few toilet ar
ticles and some photographs. The
photographers name was left on the
card, but the postoffice address was
scratched. A close examination with
glass revealed that some of the
photographs were taken by G. G.
Clark, Ft. Smith, Ark; Dawson.
Little Rock, Ark; Martin Bros,
Logan, o.; James address erased)
and J. d. Mclean address erased).
On the back of one photograph, that
of an old lady, taken by the Ft.Smith
artist. is written, "His mother, but
a nobler--"
The photograph taken by the Ft.
Smith artist is that of group Of
three ladies, including the elderly
lady referred to above. The other
two pictures appear to be those OF
persons between 80 and 45 years of
age. Under the photo of the old
lady is written "Mary Baker Row.
an" The surname is indistinct and
may be Rowan. Under the picture
of the younger woman appears" May
grede and Loderskut," last name in
distinct, but thought to be the name
of the dead woman.
There is also photograph of ''Lod
erskut" taken by Martin, of Logan.
This woman appears to be about 81
or 40 years old, and is good looking,
There is another photograph of two
little girls between 4 and years OF
age. This picture is taken by F. J
Buckmyer, No. - address erased
but thought to be Cincinnati). On
the back of this photograph is writ
ten "Rea and Lillian James, to Dut
from Jen Cor Jess). James," Their
beneath this is written in another
hand, supposed to be that of the deat
woman, the following:
"My old schoolmate. How happy
she must be with two such pretty
and bright children, 1891, A."
Then beneath this is written in thu
same hand: sin 1876 her husband
was my sweetheart, and came 2
miles through the Rocky Day Hill
in the blackboard every third Sunda!
while was teaching at Blooming
ton" (Or Bloomingville, writing in
distinct).
There are four photos of men. On
taken by Martin, of Logan, Ohio, i
) that of man, perhaps 40 or 45 year
old. No doubt it was taken severa
years ago, from the style. The ma
has on a heavy overcoat of ligh
; goods with dark collar. He has on
sealskin cap, with vizor, and wear
, dark heavy mustache. On the bacl
: of this photo is written: "Bro Georg
brought by mother, 1891"
Another photo is that Of youn
man about l9 or 20. On tn Q back i
; written: "My nephew, Parsons, Kar
The mystery is still unsolved.
Mott Ayres, editor of the Fulto
: Daily Leader, is sending out letter
of inquiry, and hopes to solve tn
: mystery through the aid Of tn
larger newspapers.-CIn. Eng.
0 We reproduce the above article
which appeared in Monday an
: Tuesdays Enquirer owing to tn
s local bearing attached to the articl
by some Of the photographs foun
= in the satchel bearing the imprin
!. ofthe Logan photographers Messr
: j. d. McLain of Gallagher ave., an
i E. M. Martin of East Main st.
G AS soon as the matter wa
: brought to our notice we visite