Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-04-13
The BODY IDENTIFIED
MAN FOUND BEAD NEAR TWINryG
CITY wAlsssLEoNARD IsxER.
Was French Cook and Had Been In
AN
MorKrse Unclaimed.

This afternoon tiFe body of the man found
dead yesterday fl tthe woods near Twining
City, the throatshaTing been cut, was iden-
tilted as that ofppEsonard or Leon Isner,
French cook, who came here two weeks ago
to work in the kitchen at the Shoreham Ho-
tel. Papers found IN his room at 1870 18th
street give his army record which shows
he was born in 1864 in the province of AL
SAGE. He secured the position here through
an employment agency in New York. but
> upon his arrival here his health was SO
bad that he was unable to stand the heat
of the kitchen. He was then given a posi-
ton where the heat was not SO intense,
but as he had some lung trouble, he was
unable to perform the latter work.
Wednesday morning he left his room and
did not return. Friends became interested
In him, and today when inquiries were
made his body was found in the morgue
A number OF letters, written in French.
were found among his effects. They indi-
cate that he had been receiving money
from relatives abroad, while other letters
indicated that he had been asked for
money: His address was given in papers
found in his roon1as Boulanger a Rouffach,
AlSace. Letters of the dead man indicate
that he had at one time been employed at
the Ponce de Leon Hotel at St. Augustine,
Fla. Thus far nobody has called at the
morgue who viii take the body for burial
The ravine in which the body was found
is only a short distance from Twining City
and little to the south Of PENNSYLVANIA
avenue extended. Leaves more than foot
deep were In the ravine, and some of them
had been blown over the body. The wound
In the throat was a long one. The wind
pipe had been severed, but the jugular
vein had not been touched. 1t was appar-
ent that Isner had seated himself on a
little knoll near the ravine and had used
the razor on his throat He had dropped
the razor on the ground, and while suffer
Ing pain and fast bleeding to death the man
evidently rolled down the ravine a dis
lance of about ten feet. The leaves from
where he started to where the body was
found were smeared with blood. AS stated
in yesterdays Star, the body was found
by some children who were picking I1p
chips.
Supt. Schoenberger of the morgue reached
the woods near Twining City about 3:45
O'Clock, only short time after he was
fore moving the remains from the ravine
he made thorough examination of the
ground and expressed the belief that Is
ner had committed suicide. There was
not the slightest Indication of murder, so
far as he could see 1t Is believed Isner
was sick at the time he took his life. He
had several days growth Of beard on his
face. night key, one cent and package
of smoking tobacco were found in the
pockets of the clothing
During the investigation of the case yes
terday the detectives learned that a man
answering the description of the dead man
had been seen on the road about Twining
City. The party had stopped boy in
charge of milk, wagon several days ago
and wanted to buy a cents worth Of milk.
When the lad gave the information that he
could not sell SO small an amount of milk
the would-be purchaser suggested that he
might make the sale and put water in his