, 1906-07-03

When Train Reached RaWlins.
Three men murdered on one freight
train in the run from Cheyenne to
Rawlins was the record made by a
freight which left here at 8 o'clock
yesterday afternoon, leaving Chey-
'enne that morning between 7 and 8
o'clock. All were supposedly persons
unauthorized on the trains, and it was
that robbery was the motive. One of
the victims was found between this
city and Howell yesterday afternoon,
as told in The Republican that day,
the other two being discovered about
the time the train reached Rawlins.
So far there is no tangible clew to
the murderer or murderers, and while
the officers have been using every eff
fort to %apprehend the guilty parties,
and kilograms have been sent in every
direction, SO far there have been no
definite results.
Murdered for His Money.
The first cas- reported was that OF
the man found in a box car at Bona
station, the car being taken on to
Howell and set out by Conductor Sto-
rey, one of his brakemen making the
gruesome discovery while investigat-
ing the absence of a seal on the car.
Coroner Robinson and reporters for
The Republican were notified, and the
coroner went to Howell at 5 o'clock
with a jury consisting OF j. e. Winslow,
G. A. Campbell and c.. A. Cook, with
County Attorney Downey and his bro
Their, Sheridan Downey. The coroner
took possession of the body and brought
it to town, the jury intending to COM
plete the inquest this afternoon, when
the members of Mr.. Storey's crew will
be present and tell of the finding of the
body and the cutting out of the car.
Was an Iowa Man.
From letters found on the person of
the man whose remains were discov-
cred in the box car, it is learned that
his name vas Jay Kaufman, his
father being John Kaufman, residing
at Adel, the county seat of Dallas
county, Ia, his grandmother, Susan
Kaufman, residing at the same place.
Among the letters was n written by
Jay Kaufman at Davenport, Ia, May
"a, 1906, addressed to Miss Clara Lum-
beck of Des Moines, presumably an
employe in the Iowa state house, as
the envelope bore the inscription Cap
and the city and state. This letter was
a personal one, from one friend to
another, and related to some business
matters and Kauffman's prospects of
securing employment.
Picture Postal UnmaiIed.
The letter to Miss Lumbeck vas in
an envelope sealed and with an unused
stamp on it. A postal card, written
without date or city and not mailed,
but minus the postage stamp, was adj
dressed to Miss Ella Ashley at Adair,
Ia. This was quite light in its char
acter, Mr.. Kaufman and Miss Ashley
evidently being IN the best of terms.
The pockets of the dead mar contained
two short notes, one of them bearing
the name NJ. Crane, the postscript hav-
ing just the initial M" at the end.
NJ. Crane is evidently a young woman,
as she was arranging a party with Mr..
Kaufman as her escort. No other
letters were found. There were some
other picture postal cards in the peck.
ct, and in the mans valise were a num-
Der of white envelopes like the one
addressed to Miss Lumbeck.
Murdered for His Money.
It was quite evident from the posi-
ton of Kauffman's body in the car
and the condition of his clothing, that
he had been murdered for his money.
He was found lying back upon a pile
of boxes in a Southern Pacific new
box car loaded with agricultural ma
chinery, the number of the car being
S5917. The boxes were about four feet
high, standing on end, the three Of
them making a comfortable seat. The
mans feet were hanging down. 1t was
evident that his assailant had struck
him from the rear. He was per
haps standing up at the time
the first blow was struck Eel
backward, the second blow coming
after he was down. The blow was
made with some blunt instrument OF
considerable weight, and produced
death. The second blow came over The
right eye, the right ear being PARTIAL!
severed with that blow or the thirt
one. DIR. Hamilton, the c%oroner's ply
. ha{ar,, Kouhman lived fol