Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-06-03
MURDER OR SUICIDE.
Body of an Unknown Man Found
Near Ration.
THROAT WAS CUT.

The body OF an unknown man, aged
between 60 and 20 years, was found in
the arroyo, about mile north of town.
between and o'clock on Tuesday
morning, says the Ration Range. The
ghastly discovery was made by Fred
Rohr, the Second street butcher, and
companion by the name of Morgan.
The men were walking in the vicinity,
when Mr.. Rohr discovered the body re-
posing near the site of a dam which
had been washed out during the night
by the waters of the swollen stream.
The dnd was Immediately reported
to Mayor c. Nj. Bayne, who dispatched
Deputy Sheriff +. A. Hill and Under
taker Harry M. Fry to the scene. The
body was brought to the city and
placed in Fry's morgue. An inyestiga-
tion of the remains revealed the fact
that the throat had been cut by a
sharp instrument and that the arteries
of the wrists had been severed in the
same manner. The windpipe was
cleanly and completely severed, but
the Jugular vein was untouched There
are two scratches on the neck, appar.
emily made by finger nails, but aside
from this there are no traces of vio-
lence or evidences of a struggle.
The dead man was attired in fine
sack suit of black corkscrew worsted;
wore a white shirt, opened front and
back the bosom being caught in the
front by three plain gold studs. In the
vest pocket was found a solid gold
hunting case watch, which had
stopped. In the trousers pockets was
found $1S.32 in silver and gold, and in
the heel of one shoe 19 81 bills and in
the heel of the other five s. bills. The
shoes are comparatively new. They
re made of vici kid on a wide last. and
on the straps is printed "Hassell Il.
Van Buren," which would indicate
probably the makers name, or that
Hassell, a Chicago shoemaker, doing
business on East Van Buren street was
the manufacturer. No letters, papers
or other chattels leading to the dead
mans identity have been found, and
OF the hundreds of people who viewed
the remains none have been able to
give the slightest clue.
The general accepted theory is that
the dead man sought the seclusion of
the hills and deliberately suicided. Just
when the tragedy was enacted is not
known, but from the appearance of the
body when found the man could not
have been dead more than twelve
hours. The dead man shows marked
symptoms of having been in exceed
/ ingly poor health. Ii is possible that
he had been in California during the
past winter in search of health, but
obtained no relief, and growing de-
spondent while en- route to his home
/ in the east, left the 6 o'clock evening
train i'm Ration Monday night, wander
|rI IanlF in tho hillc and thnra with
sharp knife or razor, ended his suffer
|mgs, first destroying every article lead
/ ing to his identity.
1 The body was found by Fred Rohr
and a man named Morgan between z
and o'cock on Tuesday morning. The
men were walking along the bank of
/ the arroyo, when ROhr happened to
glance over into the gully and discoy-
cred the body of a man lying in the bed
/ of the stream. He called the attention
of Morgan TO the CHASTITY spectacle, but
one glance was sufficient, and horror
stricken, Morgan left the scene. Il am
| of the opinion" said Mr.. Rohr, that
| the body was washed down the stream
perhaps half a mile after death had
eusued. The man had either taken
/ his life or had been murdered consid-
cradle distance back in the hills and
when the heavy storm in the night
came in the creek rose and carried the
remains to where they were found.
/ The left foot had caught in the mud
and debris on one side of the bank
and the head and right arm in a SIM
| liar network on the other. The body
was completely exposed when | found
/ il, only a small stream of water run
ming under the lower limbs.