The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-08-28

The dead body Of an unkHDwn Italian
miner was bound in 4 secluded spot on
the Stone coal road leading 70 the Perry
coal Il Coke company,s mines at Adj
7aanston at an carly hour Friday morn
ing. The body had several bullet holes
in it, and evidently the man had been
foulIy murdered.
Enoch- B. Sullivan, ~lio lives near
the railroad crossing Mt Admission, found
the body Friday morning about .; 10
o'clock. while on the way taling his
cows to the Williams plsbure beyond
.Atiamston. The body was lying Mt the
foot Of a pile of timber and brush wood
Mt the side of the road, by Stone Coal
creek, which empties into Limestone,
This is about seventy tive yards below
the railroad trestle. which crosses the
road below the Perry minesr An ugly
bullet hole in the center Of the nose
and another one in the back Of Che neck,
told how the man met his death.
Later It was found that the front part
Of the body VISA riddled Nvftt, bmliets.
Four or five shots entered the ehest and
breast
A thirty-two cllIbre bullea was found
on the ground close to the eeld mans
face. 1t had fallen from the mouth from
the sHat that entered the nose.
Sullivan spread the news OF the diss-
covery ana little later in the day Act
ing Coroner NJ. S. Riley went to tho
scene to make an investigation.
Blood spots were found on the railroad
trestle above where the body was dis
covered. The man was shot up near the
railroad track and had walked. or was
carried. down the road TO the low place
where it was found. It looks as II the
body had been carried to the spot
It may have been that the man car
ried 4 sum of money, as some Of the
foreign miners do. and that he was mur-
dered for the purpose Of robbery. The
general appearance of the man now
ever discredits this theory in the minds
Of the coroner and the officers. No money
was found on the dead mans clothes.
Parties living in the neiShborhood say
tlay heard several shots fired in the neIgh
borhood Of the railroad trcStlc Thursday
,,f,,Lt batNyecn IL and II o'clock. II. \.
Nosb n resident of the neighbor-
hood saws ne heard nine pistol shots
fred in that direction, just about the
time 4he West Virginia and Pittshurg
train passed. Aloud shricking outcrS
followed in quick succession the hrs'
Eve shots. Then. little later the other
four shots were fired. but he heard nc
outcry following them.
sid johnson, who lives On the hill near,
nv heard the shots fired, but hcar'
4
mo oufcry. Mr. SullivHn's wife hls'
hoard the shots fred. but the train came
along about That time aud drowndeo
the noise and she could not say no"
many were fired.
The coroner found square piece "i
writing paper on the dead mans clothc'
with the following address written upor
n. .sNIr. Angelo Manfred. Boz -, ClarkS
burg. West Virginia" a page from ~
old note book also bore the name OF y
G. LINER. but no address. No weapons
wore found upon the body. \ brass cast
watch, still running. and several articles
such as men carry in their pockets, were
found on the body.
No one seems to know the man. III
i a stranger to the people residing II
the vicinity and to the miners who wor'
there. Mr.. +. w. Williams, the super
intendent of the Perry mines, did no
know the man and says he never worked
NJ the Perry mines. as far as he eo"l
remember.
The body is that of an Italian ''bo"
35 years Of age. From the appearance
Of the clothing aud othcr signs about tn
body the mad was miner.
steve Sabo, Il Hungarian miner VII
works ait the Perry mines, CLAIMS II
SOW the murdered man and shorte
man with n heavy black mustache 'ti"n
the rond near the rnilroad trestle abon
o.3O o'clock Thursday evening. lie SAY
the short man have revolver and n
cot o,lt df the way as fast as ne conl'
He says lie was afraid Of being held VI
"A it is said that several persons wer