The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-12-15
BRINGS
NEWS OF TRAGEDY
HOW GEORGE WARD LEARNED
OF AN UNCLE'S DEATH IN
PENNSYLVANIA.

A newspaper clipping telling of a
Pennsylvania tragedy whose victim re-
mains unidentified gave George Ward
of this city his first news of the death
of an uncle. Ward is foreman for Lord
& Belser and lives at 4S2 Hotel street,
to which address reference was made
in the clipping. In the description in
the following from a newspaper of Ma
hanoy City. Pennsylvania, he recog-
nized his uncle John T. Doyle, as the
deceased, of whom he last heard in
Alaska:
The mystery surrounding the find
ing of the dead body of a man just
above the eastern end of the borough
yesterday morning by Charles Sells
grath, of Buck, Mountain, who was
on his way to town, is still unsolved.
! Two little boys, whose names could
not be learned, and who were on
their way to church also saw the dead
body and notified Deputy Coroner DR..
lG. w. Reese, who had it removed to
the undertaking establishment Of
James Haughney, where it was viewed
by many people, but no one was able
to identify the man or even having
seen him before. A post norton ex-
animation was held this morning by
DIR. j. V. Klock but the result is not
yet ready for publication. The differ
ent parts examined appeared to be in a
healthy condition and the contents of
the stomach will be analysed to find if
death was caused from poison.
THE body, stripped to the waist,
was found lying on the right side of
the face with the right arm doubled
under the body alongside of an aban-
doned Philadelphia and Reading Rail-
way track, known as the old German
siding. Other than the face was COW
cred with coal dirt and a wound over
the left eye, there were no other marks
upon the body, and there was nothing
/ to indicate that the man had met with
foul play. The mans coat with his col
| lar and tie i'm the pocket. vest shirt,
undershirt and two extra vests were
| found in a mine breach a short distance
from where the body lay. The coat
contained a number of letters address
ed to John r Doyle at Paterson, n. j.,
Wiliamsport and other cities. A re-
ceipt of recent date from the Pruden-
tial Insurance Company for twenty-five
!
sued to John r. Doyle, was on his per-
son. Also a pay envelope for $4.35 from
the Hamilton Trust Co., of Paterson,
N. ]. A letter, evidently written by
himself, dated July 8, 1899, to a friend
named Williams showed that he had
been a member of Co. X, Sth L. S. Inf,
stationed at Fort Robinson, Nebraska.
Other letters were from a sister Mrs.
Annie Ward, No. 4S2 Hotel street, Ho-
nolulu, dated 1892; one signed Lizzie
| Paterson, N. j., dated October ., 1903;
another from A. ]. A. West, of the
''White Rats" a theatrical organization,
recommending him to a friend as a
steady, sober and reliable man.
1.-THE dead man is about five feet eight
inches in height, weighs about 155
pounds, has light sandy hair tinged
with gray, short red moustache and
appears to be about 40 years of age, He
wore a brown suit of clothes and look
ed like a man of refinement and intel
ligence. There was no money nor val
tables of any kind found In his peck
cts and the supposton Is that he was
under the influence of liquor and lured
to the lonely spot where he was found
ana after being robbed was aban-
| doned."