Arizona silver belt., 1906-11-04
FOUL CRIME
IS COMMITTED
Joe Ludwig, Miner, Victim Of
Worst Murder in History
of Globe
KNIFE AND THEN DYNAMITE
Thought to Have Been Murdered and
Body Conveyed to Lonely Spot
Where Dynamite Was Used to Con-
oeal Crime and Identification.

ceal Crime and Identification.
From Tuesdays Daily
What is believed to be the most hor-
rible and most mysterious murder in
the annals of ella county, was disclosed
Sunday afternoon when the body of
Joseph Ludwig, a miner until recently
employ ed at the Big Johnny mine, was
found in canyon leading into the foot
hills about mile from the city, and
several hundred yards south of Bohse's
laundry.
The body had been almost cut in
twain by an explosion of dynamite,
which it is believed was used by the
murderers to destroy evidences of the
crime, as it is almost a certainty that
Ludwig was done to death bef' re the
explosive was used. The mos impor-
tant evidence in line with this theory
was the fact that his throat had been
cut. before the dynamite was employed.
The gruesome discovery VIZ made
shortly before dusk Sunday ey ling by
II. c. Houser, in charge of the circula
ton department of the SILVER BELT,
who nal been out hunting in company
with two small boys named Glenn
Schuck and Warren Davies. The sher-
ifs office was Immediately motif I'd and
the remains were brought to the under
taking establishment of F. l.. Jones 4
Son.
When the report of the find became
current it caused a sensation abont the
city, and many went to the undertaking
par ors to view the remains. There
was no identification, however, until
yesterday morning.
From all appearances the body had
been hurled som distance through the
air by the dynamite which had been
placed under it, and the abdomen had
been opened and mangled by the terri
fic force. Where the body had lain
before the explosion there was con-
siderable depression in the ground from
the dynamite, and nearby was found
an unexploded stick of dynamite. This,
it is believed, had been placed
at the head of tie victim, and had 1t
gone off, there is no doubt that there
would never have been any identitica-
ton. The body would have been blown
to atoms.
heart founu Unuer bush
Sunday evening Deputy Sheriff Cy
Byrne and William Sparks went to the
scene of the explosion and with Ian
terms made an examination of the
premises. Under mesquite bush they
found the heart of the murdered man.
On bushes and shrubs in the vicinity
of the explosion were found bits of
flesh and clothing of the murdered
man. but there was very little blood
near there.
How Identification Followed
The remains were directly identified
by piece of a bill from the Old Do
minion Commercial company which was
found on the body, and yesterday morn
ing Cashier A. 7. Hammons of that
company, when he had compared the
bill with the books at the store, learned
that the victim was Joseph Ludwig,
and at the time the bill had been made
out he had been employed at the Big
Johnny mine.
Then came the story of the finding
of blood stained bed clothing at the In
ternational lodging house on North
Broad street, and with each new de-
velopment the mystery surrounding
the ease became deeper.
The Suicide Theory
With the later discovery all interest
became centered in Room Is at the lodg-
ing house, and with it also came the
suicide theory. The woman who runs
the house, Mrs. John j. McInerny,
says that Ludwig had rented the room
from her Thursday evening, and on Fri
day afternoon she found his bed satu-
rated with blood The stained sheets
and covers were Immediately washed
in cold water and the bloodstained floor
scrubbed. A man had seen the occu-
pant of Room Is leaving shortly before
the discovery, but no inquiry was made
to account for the presence of so much
human blood. The authorities were
not notified.
The occupant of he room. who had
not yet paid for his quarters. did not
return that evening, nor the next
day and Sunday the roomer had not yet
returned and the police had not been
notified. A colored woman who lives
in the rear of the rooming house is re-
ported to have said that she sa~' Lud-
wig passing her door that af'e moon;
he had his coat collar pulled Up and
something tied about his TIN 1at; he
looked like mighty sick mar :"
Following these developments came
the theory of suicide; that Ludwig had
cut his throat in room No. Is and not
being successful, he had left Il house,
after washing himself, with towel
wrapped about his throat, and had
gone to the hills to complete the job by
blowing himself up with giant powder
Thrty-Nine Hours Unaccounted For
But where was Ludwig du ng the
thirty-nine hours which elapsed from
the time he was seen leaving his room
until the explosion, which occurred at
five O'Clock SurGay morning and which
was distinctly heard by number of
reputable witnesses?
On this hinges the actual solution of
the mystery. 1t does not seem possible
that man could disappear from the
sight of human beings for that length
of time in a place the size of Globe.
This interim accounted for, and the
officers believe that there will be an
end to the mystery.
According to evidence at the inquest,
Ludwig must have lived until Sunday
morning, 80 hours, after having lost
much blood and with his windpipe two
thirds severed by the cash mis- throat.
And according to the suicide, he not
only lived, but kept out of sight of his
fellow man in that condition during
that time, and had walked distance
OF two miles or more and then placed
himself over several sticks of dynamite,
lighted the fuses, and waited for the
explosive to put an end to his existence.
Murder-Not Suicide
When the body was found, wrapped