The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1903-09-04
UNKNOWN ITALIAN miner
MURDERED AT ADAMS TON

The dead body Of an unknown Italian
miner was found in a secluded spot on
the Stone coal road leading 10 che Perry
Goal & Coke company's Jmines at Adj
amston at an early hour Friday morn
ing. The body had several bullet holes
in it, and cvidcntly the man had been
fouliy murdered.
Enoch B. Sullivan, who lives near
the railroad crossing at Adamston, found
the body Friday morning about 6:l5
o'clock, M4lilc ON the way taking his
cows to the williams pasture beyond
Adamston. The body was lying Mt the
foot of pile of timber and brush wood
at the side of the road, by Stone Coal
creek, which cmpties into Limestone.
This is about seventy-five yards below
the railroad trcstlc, which crosses the
road below the Perry mines. An ugly
bullet hole in the center of the nose
and another one in the back of the neck,
told how the man met his death.
Later it was found that the front part
of tho body VISA riddlcd with bullets.
Four or five shots entered the chest and
breast.
A thirty -two calfbre bullet was found
ON the ground close to the dead mans
face. 1t had fallen from the mouth from
the shot that entered the nose.
Sullivan spread the news of the dis
covery and little later in the day Act
ing Coroner NJ. S. Riley went to the
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. 1t looks as if the
body had been carried to the spot.
It may have been that the man car
ried sum of money, as some OF the
foreign miners do, and that he was muir
dered for the purpose Of robbery. The
general appearance of the man, how.
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 neighborhood say
they heard several shots fired in the neigh
borshood of the railroad trestle Thursday
night between IL and 10 o'clock. n. A.
Nash, a resident of the neighbor-
hood, says he heard nine pistol shots
fired in that direction, just about the
time the West Virginia and Pittsburg
train passed. Aloud shmelsing outcry
followed in quick succession the first
1--WE shots. Then, a little later the other
four shots were fred, but he heard no
outcry following them.
Sid johnson, who lives ON the hill near
by, heard The shots fred, but heard
no oubcry. Mr.. Sullivan's wife also
heard the shots fired, but the train came
along about that time and drownded
the noise and she could not say how
many were fred.
The coroner found square piece of
writing paper on the dead mans clothes
with the following address written upon
it: 'tNIr. Angelo AIanfredi, Box IS, Clarts-
burg, West Virginia" a page from an
old note book also bore the name of A.
c. Liner, but no. address. No weapons
were found upon the body. a brass case
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. He
is n stranser to the people residing in
the vicinity and to the miners who work
there. Mr.. f. W. Williams. the super.
intcndent of the Perry mines. did not
know the man and says he never worked
At the Perry mines, as far as he could
remember.
Is years of cSc. From the appearance
of the clothing and other signs about the
body the mad was miner.
Steve Sabo. Hungarian miner. whe
works ut the Perry mines. claims he
saw the murdered man md a shorter
man with a heavy black mustache along
the road near the railroad trestlc about
0:3o o'clock Thursday evening. He saw
the short man have n revolver and he
got out of the way as fast as he could.
He says he was afraid of being held up,
as it is said that several persons were
held up Mt the point of revolver within
the past several weeks.
The coroner could ascertain nothing
definite about the mans death. Every
thing points to murder, and the whole
affair seems to be shrouded in deep mys-
terry.
The body was removed to the Clifford
Osborne Undertaking company's parlors
after the coroner had finished his In
vestigation, and prepared for burial.
When the body was dressed for burial,
FIVE bullet holes were found. There were
two holes in the head, probably made by
the same bullet. The other holes were