The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-12-17

have been murdered.
has been adduced which causes the author
tiles TO be skep.ical OF the accident theory
and TO give creience TO the theory of mIr-
DER
The body vas found a short distance
east OF the railway station. and the only
abrasion was an ugly wound at the base
of the skull. This was where the train
was supposed to have struck the man. but
closer examination is said to have revealed
that It could have been made by any blunt
instrument From the mans appearance
OF refinement and MS good quality or
clothes. il is now believed by some that
he was killed for his money and his bsdy
thrown beside the track to avert suspicion.
Tire body is that of z man about , feet
s inches in height and la pounds in weight.
His hair WIS lIght-co!o.ed and his face
smcoth-shaver. witn smallpox pits on hrs
face. He W1-e a dark cheyiot coat ard
vest. with dark-biue striped tro;sers. ON
the inside of the vest puehri was TIE iausi
Of the Hair CiCtf-HS Company. Fog: Dodge.
Ia The label d.so bore The name. written
in ink. l.. e. Larson lie woe. a dark-uiue
top coat. with velvet collar al.si satin ,ia-
ing. His nat was "a black derby. rs n
s.ze and has: tesn purchased from !. t.
Wright IL pes Moiaes. Ia. In Lis pockets
We're Il pair Of I'D =io.es. tie asa n".e
II black silk string tie. and lis linen Was
marked "R. Y" UD his body was fCCuf
the sum IF Ssi.n. of this amount STu wss
in bills. sswcd III the sleeve - ms ,I-.icr-
shirt, which was hiue-ritheti STa :isere-
lined. He was ABOUT $, years CT. Cvrlsc.
Streepsr has been ung bic 10 81 any t:acs
of the victims relatives.
The circumstance watch hts lately ne
velopeG ami uaici. led src fI.tnUrIt:ss IL
believe that the I1als VS. allied for hts
money Is the Iact that IT, Vas seen IN Az
ton and East Alton Tor two days previous
lon Ills ~ 81. q I - .Trv VI /. - ~ So
of about t1e same age. bat not SO tail. Both
men Were we'll dressed. ana cot.l wss-
drinking. the young man. however. appear
iEg TO he furnishing the money ior the
spree
Had Vi. -tertoua Friend.
The night beiore MS aeath the two ac-
Il night watchin:gn at East Alton
AMI asked to be objected 20 a hotel Soth
men were then under the influence of
liquor. In Il saloon at East Alton the fol-
morning the man who Is now dead
- said to have remarked 10 II bystandar
that drink was a fearful habit. and that
the desire came upon him periodically so
strong that he could not resis. it. He s.
also said to have remarked IS soon as he
got Strengthened up from this spree that
taste another drop, but that not for any
consideration would he have his family
know he was ON a spree At all the ga
looms as well IA the hotel he exhibited
sums of money In paying for his
rurchases. always footing tie ILLS for his
lES t1ecIS now auNditCeu - that the
man WAC knocked in the head for lis
money, and that sey eral hundred dollars
were obtained by the perpetrators. the
small sum in silver of $40 being left In
bis pockets II throw the finders of the
body OF their guard The body Is then
supposed to have been taken to the point
where found and placed beside the tracks
rs Il further bind. That the supposed rob-
bers did not find the SO in bills was prob
IDLY because the money was in the under.
sleeve and was not discovered by the
Coroner upon the first examination.
The dead mans companion has not becn
seen in the neighborhood since. and inquiry
revealed no trace of him. Coroner
Streeper announces his intention to hold
cody thirty DAYS for identificafiou.