, 1906-07-03

some time after the blows were struck,
and inclines to the belief that he had
been dead but a short time when Sto-
rey's men found his body in the car.
Pockets Were Rifled.
Coroner Robinson and the members
of the jury and County Attorney Dow
ney paid particular attention to the
condition of the body, the clothing
and the surroundings. The man lay on
his back, with his hands naturally by
his side, indicating that he had been
unconscious for the whole time. The
face was badly swollen and blood was
flowing from the ears even when the
coroner reached the scene at Howell,
where the car had been detached from
the train and placed on a sidetrack,
blood having run through the floor of
the a and formed a pool on the gravel
underneath. The head of the man lay
against the smooth side of the car
and blood covered the pine boards for
a height of several inches above the
face. The pocket on the right hand
side of the pantaloons was turned in
side out and an empty purse was found
lying on the floor of the car, where ii
had been dropped by the murderer,
who secured its contents.
Left Blood-Stained Hat.
The murderer had opened Kauff-
mans telescope and evidently ex.
changed his own garments for better
found therein. A blood-stained coat,
evidently smaller than Kaufman
could wear, was found underneath
some of the agricultural machinery
with which the car was loaded, and a
dirty shirt and other articles were also
found. The grip contained a pair of
shoes, not very much worn, which the
murderer evidently found too large
for him. Kauffman's hat, also blood
stained, and with a cheap cedar pen
Gil sticking in the band, was found
near the body. The man wore a fairly
good suit of dark clothes. with a pair
of overalls over the pantaloons. His
feet were encased in gray cotton hose
and he wore low shoes, not old. He
hal on u coI5red cotton shirt and no
undershirt.
Tracing His Identity.
The coroner brought the body and
the property found with it to the city,
Mr.. Doescher of the j. w. Stryker
undertaking rooms going GU after the
valise and were examined at the court
house by the members of the jury.
Later Coroner Robinson sent kilograms
to Miss Lumbeck at Des Moines and
Miss Ashley at Adair, la. This orn
ing he received a telegram from Miss
Lumbeck, dated at Des Moines, in
forming him that Kauffman's father
and grandmother lived at Abel, Dallas
county. Nothing had been received
from Miss Ashley down to 2 o'clock
this afternoon. The local correspond
ent of the Salt Lake Tribune wired
to his paper last night the finding of
the body of Kaufman, n this morn
ing Coroner Robinson received a tele-
gram from j. A. Kaufman, dated at
Tooele, Utah, at 11:25 a. m, asking
what arrangements he had made for
the disposition of the body. From this
telegram the coroner infers that ]. A.
Kaufman is the brother of Jay, and
that the latter was on his way to
Tooele when murdered in the car.
Description of the Man.
Jay Kaufman was about 80 years
of age, apparently of German eXtrac-
ton, with dark brown hair, combed
backward from the forehead. He wore
no moustache. His hands indicated
that he was not a common laborer.
They were evidently used to work, but
the finger nails were trimmed so close
ly hat they showed that his occupa-
ton was of a somewhat delicate ma
ture. His clothing were not badly
worn. The suit he wore was of some
dark cloth, custom made and were not
older than a few weeks. The surmise
is that Kaufman had started to find
work somewhere. Davenport is on the
eastern edge of Iowa, east of Des
Moines, while Abel is eighteen or TWEEN
ty miles west of Des Moines. The let
ter to Miss Lumbeck was dated at
Davenport, but no one can tell why it
was not mailed.
The Car He Was Murdered In.
The Southern Pacific car in which
the murder occurred was making its
initial trip. 1t was delivered to the
Chicago and Northwestern at Chi
cago from the Illinois Northern, con.
signed to the Consolidated w. and NJ.
company, at Rexburg, Idaho. 1t has
four doors, one on each side and two
small doors in the rear end, n above
the middle line of the side of the car,
the other below. The upper small
door was found with the seal broken
The lower small door and the door on
the west side of the car were still sealed
each bearing a Chicago and North
western seal. The door on the east
side of the car had been sealed, but
the sealing wire had been broken and