Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-09
A FOUL MURDER
Body of An Unknown Man Found
West of MiSSOula GulCh.
HAS NOT been IDENTIFIED
The Body Was Terribly Butchered
by Some Unknown Fiend.
THERE IS NO CLUE TO HIS IDENTITY
The Man Was Poorly Clad so That Robbery
Could Not Have Been the
Motive.
THERE IS NO CLUE TO HIS IDENTITY

I %half-burned matches. The face and head
Of the man presented a horrible appear
ance and told the story of the cause of
death. Both eyes were bla and
swollen, Several of the teeth were gone.
Over the right eye We're two distinct cuts
that had gone through the bone. Back
of them was another deep cut an inch
and a half long. On the top of the head
was still another cut an inch and a half
long. On the left side of the head, above
and Just back of the ear, was another cut
that was of a large size and through
which the brain had oozed out. On the
left forearm there was a slight cut, but
it had not the appearance or beng 1resn-
ly made. The wounds were made with
a sharp instrument, an ak, pick or stone,
but no such thing was ound nearby. The
cap was missing, but from the place
where the body lay there were foot tracks
in a northeasterly direction, and follow
ing these for a distance of so or 60 feet,
the cap, 2 wooden one without ear bobs,
was found in a gully where it had been
thrown. From there the foot prints leo
northerly to the road and there were lost.
1t was evident that the crime had not
been committed on the spo where the
body was found and an effort was made
to discover from which direction the body
had been brought. Indistlnct blood spots
were found on the main road FOR quite a \
distance south of the body but no evil
dences of a struggle were found. AT one
place a small pool of blood and some
brain matter was found and a couple OF
depressions in the snow and the marx or
a hand showed that the man carrying the
bodv had fallen. Single foot prints led
from this pool a distance of so or go feet
where a deep depression in the snow
showed that the body had been LAID
down, probably to permit the murderer
to take a rest. From this point the body
had eviedntly been dragged to the gully
where it was found.
The dead man was apparently 80 years
of age: five feet, 10 inches in height; wei!
built, dark hair and mustache and had
f about a weeks growth of dark brown
l whiskers. In his clothing was found 80
cents in cash, an empty tobacco sack ana
, a slip of brown paper. There was noun
j ing through which the identity of the
: man might be traced. The remains were
/ taken to Tachell's undertaking rooms
and after an examination the Undertaken
:, said that the appearance of the stomach
E indicated that the man had not eaten for
= several DAYS. In addition to the injuries
: enumerated the undertaken found that
l the mans collar bone had been broken IN
. the center. This may have been caused
either by blows or by the body being
e thrown upon the ground.
1t is believed that the murder was COM
2. mitted Saturday night or early Sunday
y morning by reason of the fact that Henry
n Hansen, who lives in the neighborhood,
n had occasion to pass close by the Spot
1t Saturday evening and says that IL the
r BODY had been there at that time he
lie would surely have seen II mao IL oGe sn
If there at that time. Mr.. Callahan also
- passed close to the spot Saturday nlghl
but did not see the body. A number OF
boys played around the vicinity all DAY
y Saturday and it is certain that the BODY
would have been discovered had IL peen
there at that time.
n There are several theories as to why
Z the murder was committed, one being
thai of robbery. 1t is possible that tnf
man had a sum of money on his person
but his appearances did not suggest TINS
The open blouse and vest seemed to prove
l. that the murderer had gone through tn
= pockets but this act nay simply nav
been for the purpose of removing any
thing that would serve to give a clue a.
to the murderer. Following out tn
ii theory the murderer and the dead MAJ
n must have been we'll known to each otne
~ and were possibly partners. If this wa
the case it would seem that the murde
was the result of some quarrel and II SO !
e will be much easier to trace than if tn
purpose was robbery pure and simple
The robbery theory in view of the cir
a cumstances surrounding the case seem
to be u%ntenable. The question at ono
arises, what object would the robbie
have in packing a dead body around tn
country when it would only require
minute to rifle the pockets? The con
clusion is forced upon one that the mur
derer was eager to get the body w
~ from some certain district and to accom-
y plish this a wagon may have been EN-
N ployed. The employment of a wager
however, would have been eXtremel
hazardous and would nave been a rs
very few murderers would have care
l. to run. Then again, if the man had bee
dead any length of time there would HAY
been no pool of blood surrounding TT
head. The nature of the wounds indica
the use Of a pick and as a rule such in
. nlements are not carried O late
night or early in the morning. Once agai
a conclusion is forced that the murd'
took place at some house or cabin at I
great distance from the place where II
body was found
Miles Fuller, the man who cause tt