Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-08-04
Body Of An Unknown Man
Found at Clinton.
Beside Railroad Track, Chest Crushed
Leg Broken, Temple Bruised.
Discovered by Tramp, Who Has No
Further knowledge.

| about 80 feet below the big cuIvert
which is located almost opposite the tan
] merry. about O'Clock, this morning.
From the wounds found on the body
the cause of death is plain, but
Just how the injuries were inflicted
y rather q perplexing problem, al
though there seems to be little doubt
| that 1t was through some accident
The body was found by Il stranger
who gives his name as George Arthur
( Kennedy, ana who frankly admits that
ne was working his way through 10
Bangor by freights or 'shank's mare
when the former were found unacces-
sible. He says that he has been work.
! ing FOR a man named Clinton in New
London. Conn, doing general farm
work, but that he is Il barber by trade
He came through as far rs Portland by
regular passenger trains on ticket
| and admits that he has been working
his way through from there. He says
| that he arrived in Waterville, Friday
night and spent the night there in Il
box car, leaving in a cattle car on a
| freight at 5.15 the next morning for
| Bangor. He says that when the train
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he was riding was near the bridge and
| that he noticed man lying beside the
track. Thinking that it was funny
| place for 4 man to be Steering ne got
| out for the purpose of arousing him.
When he got near him he found that
| his face was discolored and that when
! he took hold of one of his hands it was
| cold.
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| station and notified man v no he sup
posed was the station agent and with
| him and the fireman of the train went
| back to investigate. He told the sta
| ton agent he says, that he was bound
| for Bangor and that if he was wanted
| for ANYTHING in the case he could be
| found there by writing him Il letter.
After the freight left the station he
| continued on his journey On foot and
had gotten something like two or three
| miles out when he was uvertaken by
Il man on a hand car and brought back
| to the town. This man was c. y.
Loder, an officer of Clinton. who took
| prompt and energetic measures to Sc
cure the stranger when his connection
! With the case was learned
| Coroner H. H. Smell of Waterville,
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| known that there had been an acct
| dental death and arrived during the
! forenoon. The body had not been moved
| from the spot were it was found, but
had been covered with a Iiece of can
| vas. The coroner made as thorough an
| examination as was possible under the
| circumstances and found that the
| mans left side had been crushed in
| directly over the heart one of his tenn
pies bruised and his right leg broken
| cleanly down near the ankle. The face
| was already considerably discolored
and the gas had commenced to rise
from the stomach and to issue from the
mouth leaving n quantity of frothy
| looking substance on the lips.
The man could not be identified by
| any of those who saw him and there
was nothing whatever on his person to
show what his name might be or where
he belonged. There was no money in
his clothes. but quantity of worthless
trinkets Including the fronts of some
cigarette boxes apparently picked up
lanG saved for the premiums offered Cor
them, n cartridge shell. some rocks that
glistened with some substance looking
like gold. good sized piece Of CHEAP
soap wrapped carefully i'll n piece OF
newspaper. piece of cheap broke
comb and the scattered leaves of a
calendar. Pinned to his coat was found
a bronze badge. inscribed m. V. NJ
Second Glass Marksmen. 1901 The
clothing itself was of 4 cheap quality
and considerab bly, worn. There was nc
vest, a negligc shirt and a white collar
The body was that of a boy apparently
IL or Is years of age, about feet.
inches in height and of sight build
The hair was red and the face ffeckieo
and smooth shaven.
nr. Shaw was Of the opinion that thc
man had been dead several hours, pos
sible all night When found the body
was cold and rigid. After Coroner
Smell had made his Investigation :
jury was impanneled to investigate tn
cause of the death. This consisted 81
n. Jacquth. a. A. Shaw. l.. Wakely
w. /. Cain Ruel Gerald. Sewell Brown
G.. A. Kennedy the man who found tn.
Eody. was examined and told his story
as already given.
Kennedy also stated that he did no
know the dead man and that he ha'
never seen MIN before. When aske'
why he .iidn't notify the town an
thcrities he said he didn't know then
as he had never been in the tow
before and he didn't know what to q
anyway. He said that the body wa
in a kind of side position and leoke'
as if IL had struck where it lay, q
there We're no tracks about it,
The man apparently told perfect
Ily straight and honest story. He wa
a willing witness and was fran
enough about some things some PEG
pie might be inclined to wish to hid
and showed no signs OF desiring '
conceal anything whatever. He i'm
pressed the majority as being perfect
square and sincere. and some circurn
stances backed up his statements |
q way that he might be supposed nc
to expect.
AS it was practically impossible
get some witnesses that were neede
the inquest was adjourned to 10 o'clocl
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