Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-18
A hYg|ER|OUS MURDER
William A. Bishop. Of waukeean.
Killed on Lonely Road Near
Rochester. N. Y.
Dead Body Found With Wound in
the Throat-.-Valuables
Not Taken.
Robbery Not Thought to Have
Been the Motive For the
Crime.


the 10-year-old daughter of Henry
Weis, farmer living on the Stone road
in the town of Greece, at 10 O'Clock yes
terday morning discovered the body Of
an unknown young man in the woods of
her fathers farm. Hurrying home, the
girl notified her parents. and Mr.. Weis.
accompanied by one of hie farm help
ers, ran to the spot.
The man lay in pool of blood just
over rail fence, with his throat cut. a
deep cash had severed the jugular vein
and the man had bled to death. A torn
handkerchief and blood on his hands
and arms showed that he had made a
desperate attempt to staunch the flow
OF blood. but had been unsuccessful
The dead man, upon the arrival of
Coroner Killip, was found to be William
a. Bishop of Chicago and Waukegan.
The wound in the throat was not large
and showed conciusively that it had
been made by a single stab of some
sharp instrument, possibly stilet,o but
more likely 9. small, sharp pocket knife.
From the blood tracks on the grounu
Il is supposed that Bishop was stabbed
several hundred feet from where tbs
body was found and that he had walket
and crawled to the fence alongsids
which the body was found.
Ten feet from where he lay poo
Of blood was discovered, and twenty fee
further away another pool of bioui.
showed where the man had fallen on.
his way toward the road. The man way
8 feet tall, smooth faced, and wore a.
dark coat, white vest, striped trousers.
and black overcoat. His underclethes
were q light brown and he wore a blue
and white striped shirt.
George Stone who owns the woods in
which the man wac murdered, says he
has frequently seen tramps in the vi
cinity. About Z o'clock yesterday morn
ing Stone says he heard some cries in
the woods, but thinking 1T was some of
the boys driving cows thru the pasture
paid no further attention to the matter.
Coroner Killip was notified as soon as
possible regarding the case, and, has
tening to the scene, made an examina-
ton Of the body. Papers were found
that Indicated the dead man was
William Bishop, an insurance agent OF
Waukegan and Chicago. Fifty dollars
In money, two gold stickpins, one gold
necklace, band ring OF Roman gold,
an eishteen-carat wedding ring, a wo-
mans blue enameled gold watch, q
mans silver watch. blank check book
on Chicago bank, q sleeping car ticket
dated Oct. 16. Chicago to New York, and
a membership ticket in the Waukegan
Country club was found on his person.
The finding of so many valuable leads
| to the belief that robbery was not the
motive, II murder was committed, or
| if 1t was. the dead man made such de-
termined resistance that the murderert
could not accomplish their purpose.
The work of solving the mystery has
fallen upon the sheriff and his deputies
az the body, when discovered, was out
tdde of the city limits. but the Rochester
police force is using every effort to find
out>the movement Of the dead man pre-
vious TO the finding Of his body in the
town OF Greece.
/ What took Bishop to Greece or ever
brought him to this city is as deep /.
mystery az ever. The persons who frs
saw the body are all sure of foul play
but nothing can be told definitely unit
after the coroner's INCEST. which is
scheduled for Saturday morning.
A careful search has been made evel
since the finding Of the body for the
knife which inflicted the fatal wound
but without result