The Lamar register., 1899-05-03

ago;
p. SchindeI. Of the clothing 6rm oi
Sehindel i Howard Of tins city re-
ceiyed letter from the Lamar Hard
ware Company of Lamar, Colorado,
on Monday evening. The letter Is
as follows;
L.AMAs, April 70. ISs0
GESTt.xMESs--We enclose 10 you sam
l pie taken from a suit Of clothes with
/ YOUR name in back Of coat collar II was
/ a i've button sack coat, pants and vest tu
match. IN good condition, also one hut'
ton. These clothes We took from the body
ot man found dead on the railroad track
three miles east of town. The body Nas
I ground TO pieees and no marks or paPcs
to identify IL by.
We thought by sending you this sam
pie YOU might te able To ideugifs the
man. This man wRs middle aged With
( hair of head sud inustaehe about half
grey and perhaps some one from ynnr
place was travelling in Colorado AMI gDu
might be able 10 locate him. The re
mains viii b., buried tomorrow. Please
investigate and oblsge
Respectfully yours,
T14g LAMAR H,EpNAKr Co.
PS He had neciiie bought from
the MAY Company 10 Denver There q ~
a handkerchief With the letters on onc
corner, &C A. r.
The circumstances in the case peiat
strongly to the conclusion that the
dead man mentioned in the Letter j.
Charles A Boioif Of this place. He
LEFT here about two months ago aud
recently wrote to his relatives ths, be
was travelling for the Nash Smith
Tea aud Coffee Company, OF Denysr,
on thirty days trial, and thst II be
made permAnsn, engagement with
the company he would be assigned
territory in Utah, with Salt Lake
CITY for his headquarters
Mr. Sehindel, on receiving the le,
ter, set to work TO discover to whom
he had sold the suit oi clothes OF
which the sample in the letter wAs
pattern. He remembered the transac
ton, but could not at first recoiieci
Rodolf, or the initials &C, A r." He
consulted some others and this morn
ing Dr. Mcslahan recalled the fact
Rodolf was in Colorado and that the
initials ou the handkerchief CORES
ponded with his, and on describing
him to Mr. Schindel, the latter re
membered distinctly selling him the
suit OF clothes last fall, when ROdOlf
was conducting the store at Ssney.
Chas. + Corkery was shown The let.
s.rs u,,l fb,,,.-,4,s =. ,,-s A.. R-4.VF
He sald that Charley Bodolf always
had papers in his pockets aud wore a
gold watch and heavy chain and also
invariably carried h p. charm. He
thought it peculiar that none 81 these
things were mentioned IN the letter
as being found on the dead body Of
the man, il il were Rodolf, which vas
likely to be the ease IL he bad met
with an accident or course IL he
had met with foal play these things
would be gon. He secuted the idea
OF suicide which was advanced by
some as he said Charley was doing
well and prospecting at lsst accounts
Mr.. Collins, of Seney, father in law
Of Chas. Rodolf, came to town on re
ceipt Of the news of the arrival of the
letter, which was conveyed to him iy
Mike Linden who goes daily to Senas
He was accompanied by his son En-
On reading the letter they both said
they felt convinced that the dead body
found was that OF Charles Rodolf. and
identified the piece Of cloth as a part
Of the suit he had on before going
away. They telegraphed to Rodolfs
hrother-i law, z. S. Hessler, who
resides in Denver. A half brother.
Harry Rodolf, also lives in Denver.
Mr.. Collins in reply to a query ~
to whetherthe body wonld be brought
here for burial IL it proved 10 be that
Of Rodolf, said he would leave all ar.
rangements TO the Denver relatives
He said that Rodolf has carried in
snrance on his life for some wears.
but that he thought in all probabili.