The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-09
AND STILL IT'S A MYSTERY
No Certain Identification OF the De-
eapitated Man,


Guthrie, o. T.,Aug. S.-The mystery sur
rounding the terrible murder and decapta-
ton of the unknown young man at Okla
homa CITY is still unsolved. Even the
name of the murdered man is unknown.
Every hour Of the day people go to the.
undertaker's place to look at the head,
which is still unburied and a CHASTITY
sight, to see II they know or have seen
the man to whom it belonged. The body
has been buried for several days.
The TmesJ-ournal says: 1.-The most
probable clew to the mans identity and
the one which authorities seem to be fol-
lowing the closest is. that the murdered
man was one Of the many forces OF
threshing hands scattered over the coun-
try. These men have mostly come in
here from the adjoining states and are
consequently strangers to nearly every
one There are several reasons for be-
Heving this theory correct. The man had
several days growth of beard on his
face. He wore underclothing that indl-
Gated that he was a farm laborer. HIS
hands indicated the same thing. V. W.
Wheeler is the name Of the threshing
hand that is missing. This name does
not correspond with the initials found on
the mans shirt but that is not conclu-
sive proof that the dead man is not
Wheeler. The authorities have discovered
that the mark on the shirt is a newly
made mark. There were ink stains on
the mans underclothes and also on the
pillow slip in which the mans head was
found These marks, the authorities
think. were made by the people who did
the killing to make a false clew which
the detectives would follow. The marks
were made with common black ink and
not with marking ink. Another strong
reason is the almost positive Identified
ton OF the head by Mr.. Goldberg, who
runs the Ok. employment bureau here
and by Mr.. A z. Harp, one of the pro-
prietors of a threshing outfit, who both
say the body is that of Wheeler, who
worked for Harp &c Sparks threshing
wheat, and who came to Mr.. Goldberg's
office Thursday looking for employment.
He told Mr.. Goldberg that he had been
with threshing outfit and that he and
a gambler had put up a job on the
threshing hands by running fake crap
game and winning all of the mems money
The gambler took the money and left
without dividing with Wheeler, who ex-
pressed himself to Mr.. Goldberg as being
very sore over the affair. The man was
to call on Mr.. Goldberg the next day
but did not do so.
"a telegram came from Enterprise.
Kansas, today to DR.. satterfeld. the
coroner. rs follows: Wire description of
A J. E. found in the river and signed
"A. G. Eyeth.'
"a woman living in South Oklahoma
thinks the man is John Eagle who was
UP here with a thresher machine. She
took look at the mans head today, but
was unable to say positively.
This is the third atrocious murder that
has occurred in Oklahoma county in the
last year and no stone should be left
unturned that could help to bring to jus
tice the fiends who committed the foul
deed. Men are offering to donate money
towards making up a reward for the cap
ture Of the murderers. If in the next
few days the murderers are not captured
Il Is likely that another crime will go
unpublished"