Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-05-02

Michael NJ Miller, who lives back in
the county, was the man whose re-
mains were found cut to pieces on the
B. & O. track almost mile west of
Elm Grove. The remains were discov-
cred by William Rose, who lives near
that place. Rose pulled the body off
the track and sent Samuel Evans to
! notify the authorities. Evans return
ed with Constable ..ohn Anderson. who
removed the remains to Thornburg's
undertaking establishment in Elm
Grove and Immediately notified the
county authorities.
a minute examination by the under
takers revealed The fact that there
We're two clean holes n the head on the
right side. One extended from the
! cheek just under the bone through the
roof of the mouth and into the head.
/ The other was under and back of the
ear Neither had the appearance of
having been made by the train and it
was OF course suggested that the man
the track This supposition Immediate
ly gained credence and it was thought
| that Miller had been murdered and his
dead body placed on the track.
The post norton examination was
conducted yesterday afternoon at four
o'clock by Drs. Carter, of Triadelphia,
and Alexander, of Leatherwood. The
body was horribly mutilated. The scalp
was torn loose from the back of the
head and pulled downward, tearing off
one ear entirely. One arm was broken
and the other crushed. The left leg
was severed below the knee and the
| other fractured just below the hip. The
trunk was badly bruised. The fore
head was badly bruised and swollen.
The surgeons gave especial attention
| to the wounds in the head, which
| resembled bullet holes. rhe wounds
| were both carefully probed, but in
neither was a bullet found and the doc
| tors gave their opinion to the effect
| that Miller was struck and run over
| by a freight train. The condition OF
the track in the vicinity where the
| remains were found showed that the
| body had been dragged about seventy
| Ave feet as there was blood on the ties
for that distance. This accounts for
| the horrible mutilatiOn.
! AS soon as the result of the post
| nortem was learned the authorities
| discontinued their search for evidence
which might furnish a clue. The man
was last seen in this city at the Hotel
| Imperial on Main near Twentieth
| street. He left there sometime after
midnight 1t is now the impression OF
the authorities that Miller started
| to walk home, and laid down
| on the track and was hit. 1t is
probable that none of the crew OF the
! train were aware that they run over
the man or they would have reported
the matter. Another theory is that
| Miller had boarded the train In the
city and while making his way from
car to car, fell between two platforms
and was ground up under the wheels.
| while in the Imperial, the man talk
| ed for some little time with Joseph
Barum, the proprietor. After hearing
| of the accident Barum went out to
| Elm Grove and had no difficulty IN
/ identifying him as the man who was in
! his place after midnight. Mr.. Barum
| stated positively last night that Miller
was not drunk when he left his place
although he had been drinking.
One thing is certain, however, and
that is the man was not murdered
| The coroner VIII hold the inquest this
morning. lie viii be accompanied by
| several county officials.