Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-10-13

: they went to Edgar and there made ar
: rangementS to have the body guarded
. during the night, two men volunteer
? ing to take the unpleasant job DR..
S Bachman, of Athens, was also engaged
. and when the Wausau physicians ar
2 rived in the morning an examination
: was made of the corpse. Arthur Kieffer
also went frem here as stenographer,
| to take down testimony, the statements
7 of several witnesses being taken. The
man had on new suit of clothes he
had received from the tailor at Athens
the day of his disappearance, also new
underwear and shoes. All of this cloth
: ing was identified by Hugo Beltz who
) sold the young man the articles, and the
identification was further established
} by the fact OF the corpse being minus
two fingers on one hand, Smith having
lost two fingers several years ago.
The clothing was ripped off with a
! pair of shears that an examination
might be made. Through the right
breast and back of tue dress shirt and
under shirt was a hole resembling a
bullet hole, the hole in each garment
corresponding as to location of the
Ecourse of bullet if the man had been
shot, as is the presumption. The verte-
brae were disconnected and the skull
nected from the body. 1t was found
that the parietal and temporal bones of
the skull on the right side were frac-
tnred. There was a hole about the size
of silver dollar, the bones crushed in
as if struck heavy blow from some
round faced instrument like a stone,
and leading from this were other frac-
lures. When the body had been placed
there the face had been covered up by
the dead mans coat, but the action of
the wind or pei haps other agencies had
partly removed this. A search of the
| pockets was made and all that could
be found was little pasteboaad box
with some names illegibly written on it,
three handkerchiefs and a $40 bill
tucked down in the watch pocket of the
trousers. AS Smith was known to have
| had at least S75 when he left Athens it
is clearly manifested that robbery was
the motive for the crime, the murderer
in his hurry evidently overlooking the
$40 BILL Smith purchased a new hat
the day he left Athens but this could
not be found anywhere. The pris-
oner, Young, had q new hat on his head
when arrested, undoubtedly Smiths,
and this has been confscated. Meas
urements were taken from the centre
of the body to the centre of the road
| Oou WLlCu SuOWCu lLftJ III was ylUG 1uSL
| 56 feet from the main travelled thorough
| fare and about ten feet from the log
| ging road leading to the skidway If
there ever were any evidences of a
struggle they are not now apparent, for
the rains and falling leaves have obliter-
| ated every yestige of such, even to blood
spots. There was no weapon of any
kind discovered, but working on the |
theory that Smith was shot, the officers |
will look into the disappearance of an
Athens mans revolver that Young is |
supposed to known something about.
As soon as the fact had been made |
known that the body had been found,
searching parties working in the woods |
were called in, and people from the viii |
lage of Edgar, Poniatowski and Athens |
began to gather to the scene. The sight |
of the body fired the blood of these gen
orally cool headed people, and expresA
sions were freely made that if Young
could be secured they would lynch him |
by any manner of torture, and there
was no doubt as to the sincerity of
those expressions The brutality of the
crime and the cowardice of its per-
petrator was CALLING to them. The
sight of the aged father, who has suf
fered weeks of suspense, weeping bit
terly, caused the hardest heart in that
crowd of men to melt with pity.
The body was removed to Wausau
and placed in the morgue of Ritter d
Deutsch, to be prepared for burial !
Yesterday afternoon the sheriff sub
poenaed coroner's jury, who, after
viewing the remains, took an adjourn
ment to Thursday morning at $50 a.
M, when witnesses, testimony will be
introduced. The jury was composed of
the following gentlemen G. j. Win
ton, l.. X. Wright, A. r. Bardeen, Geo
Halder, nj. III. Duncan and VIM. Water
house. Yesterday afternoon the father
attached his name to a warrant charg-
ing Arthur Young with the murder of
his son, which will be served within the
next few days, and on Friday the de-
| PENDANT will have his examination.
The story of this murder is one of the
most brutal and yet has some of the
saddest features connected with it that
lit has ever been our duty to relate
Let the reader picture in his mind a
young man twenty-three years of age,
full of promise, just ripening into the
bloom of manhood, dutiful son, a
support of parents and younger broth
ers and sisters, idolized by father and
mother and respected by friends, leav
ing his home for the first time in his
| life and going to a distant state among
strangers. He works industriously and
steadily, saves his money, writes home
to his mother every week, sending her
money and cheerful words. By chance
he falls into company with another
man. his senior by several years, ma
tive of his own locality He acts as a
friend to that man, helps him in dis
tress, loans him money and comes to
regard him as the last man who would
do him injury His mother falls i'll.
| The fact is made known to him, and
| like loving son he writes her kindly
| letter, stating he will soon be home,
setting the date. He leaves for home
with his supposed friend but never
reaches his destination. and after weeks
of agonizing suspense to the members
of his family, his decayed body is found
in wilderness, bearing all the evil
dences of a most brutal and foul murder.
Let the reader also picture lin his
mind once happy home now broken
by being deprived of one of its MEM
| bers, the mother lying sick, perhaps in
| her last sickness, the father mortgaging
the little homestead that had partially
supported them in years past, and sell
ling his horses and live stock that he
may be able to prosecute search for
| lost son, not caring to fall on the chari-
ties of strange people. That father,
feeble with years, aging daily as false
hopes of ever again Seeing his son alive
are shattered Necessarily, under great
expense, his resources are finally
drained to almost the last dollar, and
ne is compelled to accept the charitable
donations of a kindly people. Picture
all these things, if you can, and you
have the true situation of this family.
| A hat was passed around ar5ong the
men that had gathered around the body
hSuEday, and contributors to the
Amount of over $50 was rsised. A col
lection was taken up for MIR. Smith at
( Athens yesterday, which also Melted a
neat sum, and The people of Wausau
| will be asked by some of our business
men to make dopations. Any citizen
who believes in donating to a worthy
cause can leave money at the court
house with aBy of the county officers
| before next friday, and it will be turned
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