The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-13
SUPPOSED TO BIZ A SUICIDE
Children Find the Body of a Man
With the Throat Cut.
Circumstances Indicate seif-De-
struction-No Means of Identified
ton - Evidently Person of Re-
fincment Unused to Manual Labor.

The body Of an unknown white man,
with his throat cut from ear TO ear was
found about 2:15 o'clock yesterday after
noon in a-ravine several hundred yards
north of a point on Pennsylvania Avenue
extended. about half a mile beyond the
eastern end of the Pennsylvania Avenue
Bridge. The body gave every indication
of having been there several days. 1t is
believed the man committed suicide The
efforts of the police to establish the iden-
tity of the dead man have so far been
without avail. The body is held at the
morgue.
The body was found by several little
girls, who were looking for flowers in the
woods. They notified Policeman W. w.
Andrews, who summoned the morgue
wagon, and went TO the spot to investi-
gate. He found the body partially COW
cred with leaves, which probably ac
counted fer its not having been discovered
by pedestrians who make use of a path
through the woods that runs within a
few feet of the spot where the body lay.
4 little bank at the head of the ravine
gave evidence that the man had seated
himself there and dug his heels into the
loose soil.
Near the body was found a white-han-
died Rodgers razor that had seen but lit
tie use. a piece of the handle had been
broken off near the point where the blade
hinged. Although the carotid arteries on
both sides of The throat had been severed
and the thoraX penetrated by the stroke
of the blade. the man had edged himself
about ten feet down into the Gulley from
the point where the fatal act is supposed
TO have been committed.
The place is rather a lonely one, the
nearest house being about half a mile
distant. This house is occupied by a Mrs
Howard. whose son Richard stated that
about two weeks ago the man whose body
was found called at their house and want
ed to buy a penny's worth of milk Young
Howard appears to be the only person
in the neighborhood who saw the man be-
fore his body was found.
Nothing was found in the pockets of the
dead man but pouch of finecut tobacco.
a package of cigarette papers. and one
penny The body was dressed in a black
diagonal GETAWAY suit. black shoes, black
derby hat, u new white shirt. a collar,
and a blue teck necKtie. The under
ciothing was of white balbriggan and the
socks were OF brown cotton.
After the body had been removed TO
the morgue Coroner hewitt viewed it and
gave it as his opinion that the man had
not been dead more tflcn three Gays.
The body is that of a man about thirty
FIVE years OF age. > feet 10 inches in
height, and weighing about $50 pounds.
There was about weeks growth Of beard
on the face, and the hair, which was re-
ceding from the forehead, and a heavy
mustache were dark brown The hands
ana wrists Were remarkably small for a
man of his size and weight ana gave no
evidence of manual labor An eye tooth
on the left side of the upper jaw is partly
decayed and broken of. At first glance
il gives the impression that the tooth is
gone.
for a time it was thought that the body
might be that of Lewis J. Marvin. who
escaped from the Government Hospital
for the insane about week ago but
this proved 10 be erroneous. Unless ad-
diJiOnal facts are brought to light by
the investigation which is now being con
Quoted by the police. II is likely that
Coroner Neyitt will issue certificate of
suicidal death