The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1903-03-12
From Wednesdays Paper.
The Aftermath.

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ferro. the details of which was
given in Sunday 5 DISPATCH, was
inferred Sunday afternoon in
that portion of Friendship Gem
etery known as Strangers
Links" at four o'clock. A short
/ service was conducted at the
! grave by Rev A. j. Miller of the
Baptist Church, some fifty or
sixty of the dead man 5 acquaint-
ances being present.
The body had lain at Loeb's
undertaking establishment since
the day before, and every effort
was made by Chief of Police Hud-
son to locate the dead mans rel
atives and friends, but to no avail
/ The authorities have followed
every clew that was thought pos
sible could throw a ray of light
on the home of the deceased and
they may be briefly stated as
follows Ed Kelly. associated
with the firm IN St. Louis OF
whom Sloan bought some Of the
millinery goods, wired in re
spouse to inquiry: Don know
about relatives; native of San
Francisco, also Richmond, Va "
An inquiry to the chief of police
at San Francisco elected the fol
/ lowing Unable to locate Sloan
or his relatives. Ed Nelson, a
supposed friend of his, letter
from whom was found in the
dead man s effects, wired in re
ply to the usual inquiry, from a
point in California: Cannot re
call Joseph Sloan as known;
don I known him 1t was again
reported that Sloan had a lawyer
in Kansas City who attended to
his business, but an interroga-
tory to the chief of police of that
city only brought, Unable to lo-
cate any one who knows Sloan. !"
The mayor of Covington, Va,
which place was claimed by
Sloan as his home, said: Can t
find any Sloans; unknown here. !"
1t is from Lebanon, Ind, that
the little that is known has been
found, but even that is far from
giving any knowledge of the
dead man S home. A young lady
of that city, with whom Sloan
had been in correspondence, in
response to a request for infor-
nation Of the deceased s home or
relatives, or if he had any, re
piled briefly L do not know.
Frank " Rinehart, of the same
city. who was thought to have
/ been associated with Sloan while
there, replied: Il know moth
ing of his whereabouts he gave
to some persons here Covington.
Va, as his home
Ben f. Mickey & Son, Of Leb-
anon, Ind, publishers of the Pho
neer in that city, in a letter to
THE DISPATCH received last Mon
day, write; Sloan came here a
stranger last summer. bought
the best horse in the community
and formed many acquaintance
among our best people. He was
a very agreeable fellow, but we
| know nothing of him.
But Sloan 5 financial transac-
tions is another chapter of the
story
G, w. Henderson, representing
Thos. j. Fagin & Co. law, col
lecting and adjusting firm of ST.
Louis, arrived in the city Sun
day, in the interest of the Rich
ard Harlon Millinery Co., of whom
Sloan purchased millinery to the
value of g, 100; and the Progress
Manufacturing Co., of whom he
secured skirts to the amount of
$500. These firms will seek to
replevin the goods, claiming that
the title to them were never in
Sloan, inasmash as they were
shipped to him on his misrepre-
sentation and were. therefore.
fraudulently obtained. To these
! firms he made a signed state
ment claiming to have $4,000 in
bank here, and other property
j amounting to $1,000 He con.
tracted to pay for the goods on
their arrival, when the invoices
were checked and found correct.