Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-09-10
EVIDENTLY MURDER.
Man Found by Hunters Evidently Met
Death by Violence.

A case which is undoubtedly one of
murder has come to light in the town of
Day. Two hunters were out on Tues
day last and made the ghastly find and
Immediately reported it to Marshfield
authorities, who could do nothing in
the matter, but later DR. Dickens, cor
oner, was notified by telephone. 1t
appears that the hunters were walking
along the banks of the Little Eau Pleine
river, which at this point and at this
season is nothing more than a creek,
when they thought they heard splash
ing in the water. Going closer to the
rivers bank they made the most grew
some find imaginable. Lying near the
bank was the head of man and near
by was a coat containing the arms, the
trunk being outside of the coat, and
away some ten or fifteen feet was a
pair of'pants containing the left leg of
the man, the right leg being gone. The
man had probably laid there four or
five months. The right side of the face
bones showed evidence of violence and
the left side of the mouth was crushed
in. The head was separated from the
trunk and all the vertebrae were dis
connected. All the soft tissues were
gone as was also the brain. Hair and
whiskers found showed him to be a
man past so years of age, and with the
cut of his clothing it is presumed that
he was Scandinavian. Away from
the body, some distance, was vest of
the same material as the coat, but not
as much worn. This was nicely folded
up and laid under a tree and a striped
percale collar was also found, but if the
man had on shirt at time of death it
had been removed since, and there were
no suspenders to be found. The coat
and vest were of blue cheviot, while tie
pants were of cottOnade material and
of foreign make. The pockets con-
tanned nothing by which deceased
might be identified, but a search of the
surrounding woods revealed book on
the opposite bank. This was an Eng
lish, Scandinavian and German lexicon
and on one leaf was written the name,
Mrs Miller, Conway, Mass. Up the
river, abont 400 feet, there was evidence
that some one had camped there some
time ago. There was a tin pail that had
been used for cooking purposes, but
this disappeared between the time of
the first visit of the coroner and a later
visit Wednesday with a jury. There
was also evidence that the body has
been visited at different times since
first laid where found. The scene is in
a dense forest three and halt. miles
from any dwelling, near bend in the
stream, and at a point very seldom Wis
4 tied by anyone. There is nothing to
show who the man was, and the neigh
bors living in the town know of no one
that has disappeared from that section
Of late, and none recognize the clothes
he wore. The coroner's jury, after
viewing the remains, reached the ver-
dict that deceased came to his death by
violence by blunt instrument applied
to right side of face and head, at a point
somewhere from 400 to 600 feet from
where body was found at time, and
by whom to them unknown, or in other
words they decided that the man was
murdered. The matter will be further
investigated and search of the woods
may reveal the instrument used for
committiLg the crime, for crime it
undoubtedly is, or some other evidence
may be gathered to throw some light
on the subject. The remains were bur-
led, by direction of the coroner,
Wednesday at Marshfeld.