The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-07-10
FOUL MURDER COMMITTED.
Man Found in Dying Condition on a Train at
LOveIOck.

L0vel0ck.
The body of an unknown murdered man
lies in the Winnemucca morgue and the
authorities have presented to them for So
luton a mystery which,. from the evil
dence now at their disposal, will tax their
greatest energies and ingenuity in effect
ing the capture of the person or persons
who committed the murder.
To begin at the beginning of what is
known of the murder. the body of a man
was found lying In an empty gondola car
of Conductor Leonard's train at Lovelock
early yesterday morning. The man was
alive, but unconscious, and his head was
covered with blood, very apparent evil
dence of a terrible beating he had receiv-
ed. The man was first discovered by a
tramp who was beating his wa on the
train and he reported the matter to the
trainmen. The unconscious man was Ia
ken off the train at Lovelock and DR..
Ascher was called. When No. 6 arrived
the man was put aboard and brought
here, DR. Ascher accompanying him. The
injured man was taken to the county
by DR.. Samuels, who found that the skull
q Occn IaCtdI ~ III WV Pidtto obo tAiot
the whole front portion had been seem
ingly crushed in by a terrible blow from
some heavy blunt instrument. The frac-
lures appeared as though they might have
been caused by blows from an ordinary
hammer. In all there were eleven wounds
on the head and one side of the face was
considerably bruised. The case of course
was . desperate one, with not a chance
in a thousand of saving the mans life.
The doctors. however, ~trephined in two
places and raised the portion of the skull
that had been crushed in. The patient
died early this morning without recover
ing consciousness.
There was nothing on the mans body to
indicate his identity. 1t is said that Con-
stable Walsh of Lovelock took charge of
papers and other effects which may pos
sibly give some clue. The body is that
a young fellow about thirty years old. of
average build. smooth shaved and with
the appearance of a 1aborer.
Everything points to the fact that muir
der has been committed, but the questions
of where and by whom remain to be ans
wered. All that is now known. and which
throws very little light on the crime, is
the story told by the tramp who found
the man on the train at Lovelock. The
tramp was detained at Lovelock. From
what can be learned of his story he stated
that the man whose body was found, an
other tramp and himself were held up In
a car while the train was in the yard at
Reno or Wadsworth Tuesday night. The
tramp says he and the third man escaped,
lQ1 wing th cir QnmnQninn ATl1QRitnR
with the robbers. OF what occurred after
ward he claims to know nothing. The
man whom he found in the gondola car
was identified by the tramp as the one
who was set upon by the robbers His
story does not seem very plausible, but
he may have given more particulars than
are stated here. If he was concerned in
the crime II does not seem likely that he
would have said anything about the mat
ter.
The officers are at work trying to solve
the mystery from the facts they have.
Sheriff McDeid went down to Lovelock
this morning and will make as complete
an investigation as is possible.
This morning Justice Rougon impaneled
a Jury to hold an inquest over the body of
the lead man. The jury viewed the re-
mains, after which an adjournment was
taken until 3 o'clock this afternoon to
await the arrival of witnesses from Love-
lock. Constable Walsh and the tramp
who found the man in the car have been
subpenaed and will give their evidence at
the Coroner's inquest.
A dark murder has been committed at
some point along the road and nothing
should be neglected In the effort to fast
en- thee rime upon the guilty parties.