The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-06-25
LOUIS BARGUS DIES AT THE
HANDS OF THUGS IN THE
BAD LANDS.
Crime Was Com mitted Last Night
or Early This Morning-No
Clue to the Murderer
Other News.
(PORTLAND TELEGRAM

a raiddle-aged man, employed as a
driller by the 0. r. & N. Co., was
found jammed between some old
boxes back of the Willamette Iron
Works at the corner of Third and
Glisan streets this morning. The
man bad been murdered and rob-
bed, or at least the circumstances
would seem to bear out this theory.
The police think he was either sand
b2ged or drugged. and then relieved
of his watch and money.
It was a few minutes before I o.
clock this morning when Charles
Wagner, CT 554 railroad street, AL
bina, discovered the body. Wagner
is employed by the Union Meat Co.
which occupies quarters next door
to the iron works. There is drive
way back of the iron works, rom
Third to Fourth streets. North Of
the driveway is yard where the
company stores its old boxes, frames
and discarded machinery.
The road is very sandy, and as
Wagner walked along he noticed a
track extending from the driveway
to the boxes, as if some heavy thing
had been dragged through the dirt.
He followed the track and came up
on the body of a man, almost hid
den from view between two
large wooden frames. Thinking
| the fellow vas drunk. Wagner
shook the form, whereupon be dis
covered that the man was dead.
About this time Grover Sundt, of
81 East Eighth street, north. came
along and Wagner called to him.
The two men threw some boards
over the track to keep it from being
obliterated, and then went after
Policeman E. A. Slower, who was on
duty at the Union depot. This Of
6cer and Detective John Cordano
were soon On the scene, and a little
la ter the coroner arrived.
There were 10 outward indica
tons that the man had been foully
dealt with. Not single abra-
sicn OR so much as a scratch could
be found on any part Of his body.
The neck and threat, however, were
discclored, and-had the mans eyes
and tongue protruded,- there would
have beeo good reason to believe be
had been choked to death. But the
features appeared natural and the
expression Of the face was that of a
person who had died without con-
scious suffering.
The dead man was about 45 years
old, 5 feet I inches in height, and
weighed about $50 pounds. He
had rather thick reddish mustache.
The rest of the face was smooth
shaven. The man wore neat black
suit of fclotbes, a soft checked shirt,
pair of badly worn shoes and a
black soft hat. The hat was found
about five feet from the place where
the body lay.
Two feet from the hat was found
a dirty handkerchief. and near the
handkerchief was a memorandum
book. In the book was a fashlight
photograph of the intarior of Bla-
zier's saloon
The mans vest was unbuttoned
and his pockets we're turned inside
out. He had unquestionably been
robbed. The back Of his trousers,
coat and head were covered with !
dust, indicating that he had been
dragged by his feet. A small purse.
which had evidently been given
him at the Bl3zier saloon as an ad-
vertisement for that resort, was
found in one Of the pockets in the
vest. It contained 35 cents. A
slip of paper from the Oregon En-
ployment Company, found in his
pocket, showed that he had secured
work from this concern yesterday
as a driller. !
Further search among the boxes
near where the body were found !
the officers by the discov-
cry of a second pocketbook with the
three compartments turned inside
out. It is believed the pocketbook |
belonged to the dead man, and that
twas the contents of this that the
murderer was after when he attack |
ed his victim. A SWede states that
he was in Bargus's company as late
as 10 O'Clock last. night and Bargus !
had been drinking heavily all evenA
ing. According to Paulson, the
Swede, the .dead man had a gold
watch and chain and considerable
money. g. Paulson says Bargus
left the Guttenburg saloon in com-
pany with negro whom he did net
know, at about 10 o'clock last night.
The police suspect negro who has
zbad reputation in the North End,
and they are searching for him.
A moot r,oortem examination was