Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-02-28
FOUND FROZEN TO DEATH.
Along the 3. & 0. Tracks This
Morning By Track Foreman.
HIS IDENTITY is NOT KNOWN
Thought 10 be the Same Nan That Passed he
0pequon Target Friday Evening"
intoxicated.


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FRA s3tt e mile east Of YAM
sieve ll. an Il lealh fHlle body
was ias it tae sno@ aear
the t4ak 81 a - nm rasksr
about 5'elorg The 3 allO olHniais
in thi4 stv were r once aotid5d ana
left Oh 6le mona am fgf the seea
lie wa first thought tbet he had been
struck ~ 4 train during The night bat
upon estntGseioftt was found tlat
he hal 4tsl# ~ lst5n A3as l4td in
the snou ri niRht. When ID was re-
ported fiiat a body had been found,
the engineer on one OF the engines that
works out he nine mile hill, repol ted
that he had sssn what he thought TO
be the body of a person last night while
passing that point. AID stopped the
engine, but after q lengthy search the
body could not be found. so he Thought
he hal beet mistaken until he learned
that the body had been found.
The operator at the Opeqnon target
also e5atJed that a man had passed
there I9s5 evening IN a heavily %intoxi-
Gated condition aud from the descrip-
tion lie gave, this If the same man.
1t hes uot yet been decided what
will be done with the BODY. IT the
place where he was found is in this
county he viii be brought heIe but if
across the county line II will be taken
in charge by the Jefferson county
officials. AS the officials from here
have not returned it is not known who
will take charge Of the body.
The mar seems to be a stranger in
this community. as there has been no
one who has yet identified him.
LATER.
The body was found to be in Berk
eley coantv and was brought to this
city ON one of the helper engines and
taken 10 Wilen's undertaking estab-
lisnn ent where the inquest was
held. as the coroner had been notified.
Re WAS II man about 3 foot 6 inches
m height aud weighed about 1876
ponds. no had light hair aud short
light mustache. He had on very re-
spectacle clothes and in no way had
the appearance of a tramp.
REMAINS NOT IDENTIFIED.
The man who was found on Satur-
day morning near Vanclevesville
frozed to death. is still at Wilen's I'm.
dertaking establishment unidentified.
There was nothing on his person that
he could be identified by, he having
only a pipe and a sack of tobacco in
his pockets. There were no letters nor
anything that would throw the slight
est light on who he was or where he
was from.
The remains were examined by DIR.
S. n. Myers late Saturday evening and
it was found that his left arm was
broken uear the elbow. This in no
way caused his death. as death was due
to exposure, he being very lightly clad
for travelling this kind of weather.
The coroner was called but as the
circumstances surrounding his death
were so plain, it was deemed that
IAN inquest was unnecessary
1t was reported Saturday that the
man was thought to be the same one
that passed the Opequon target in an
intoxicated condition, but this proved
incorrect. as the mai who passed the
target was seen later. The man that
was found, is about 20 years of age
and of Irish nationality. He spent
Monday night in the barn belonging
10 Mr.. Mckee, of near Vancleves Vile
aud about a quarter of a mile from
where he was found. Mr.. Mckee gave
him his breakfast Tuesday morning
and he left, stating that he was on his
way east. This was the last seen of
him, until identieied by Mr.. Mckee as
being the same man that he gave
breakfast to on Tuesday morning.
1t is thought that he was walking
along the track when struck by an
& Sc bound train, and knocked into
toe snow and there he remained, he be-
ing helpless with his arm broken. 1t
is presumed the snow gradually drift
t.! over him u%ntil.it completely cover
ed she man and of course he froze. A
hat was found near the place on Wed.
nesday morning and as he wore none
when found, it is thought to have been
his.
When he was first discovered there
w3s nothing but a foot %protruding
f.o2 the snow but when examined it
Vas found that the shoe belonged to a
rugn. The snow had to be shoveled
OF before he coald he examined.
Although many persons nave ex-
amined the remains they have not yet
been identified and it is probable that
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