The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-08-20
UNKNOWN MAN
HANGS HIMSELF.
In Very Badly Decomposed State is
the Body of Man Found
Hanging in Bushes.
TOO ROTTEN TO LOOK AT.
No Clue is Discovered to Lead to
the Identity of the Body and
Examination Baffled.

Hidden from view in a clump of
trees and bushes at the foot of the
hill below East Main street near the
Dublin bridge, the purifying body
of an unknown man was found sus-
pended from the limb of a small tree
by three boys Tuesday morning. The
body was hanging by a rope which
had been noosed around the neck
and tied to the tree limb. indicating
a case of suicide. and it had been
hanging there for probably a week.
The three boys who found the
body are Clark Rogers, aged 16, son
of A. ]. Rogers; Russell Baton, aged
IL, son of Adolphus Baton, ana
Fleming Baton, aged 10, the son of
ohm Baton, all of Broad Oaks. The
Rogers boy was on his way from
his home to a house not far away
delivering milk and the other boys
were accompanying him. They
stepped aside from the road for a
few minutes and on parting the
branches of a bush the Rogers boy
saw the body hanging from a small
crab apple tree. Horrified he called
to his companions and after seeing
the grewsome spectacle they all
started back to make report of 1t.
Deputy Sheriff John NJ. Knox was
notified by telephone of the find and
in company with an undertaken went
to the scene. The body was cut
down and taken to the Clifford-Os-
born morgue where it now lies await
ing an inquest by Acting Coroner NJ.
S. Riley.
The body was a grewsome, hid
eous, sickening sight. It was badly
decomposed, blackened, swollen and
exhibited all of the noisome condi-
tions of animal putrefaction. It's
condition was such that the under
takers could handle it only with diff
Guilty and the acting coroner and
others did not view it until after It
i-ed been soaked in formaldehyde
several hours.
NO clue has yet been brought to
light that leads to the Identification
of the body. A new rope. twelve
feet in length and three-eighths Of
an inch in thickness was used by the
suicide to take his life. About four
teet of one end was employed In
making a moose that beld the body
and tying 1t around the limb of the
tree. When found the feet of the
body were resting on the ground
and the knees doubled. Evidently
the man deliberately stood under the
tree. slipped the moose around his
neck and then lifted his feet from
the ground.
The body was clothed In pair Of
dark checkered trousers, a colored
shirt, underclothing and pair OF
shoes bursted around the edges above
the soles. The suicides coat and
hat were found on the ground near
the body. The coat was a ready
made garment and bore the label OF
III. G. Demar, Hoboken. n. J.'s un-
der the collar on the inside. The
hat was a black. soft felt, the size
being 67s and bore no name save a
trade mark philadelphia" which
probably Indicated the style.
Nothing was found in the pockets
of the clothing save small clasp
purse which was empty and an un-
soiled white handkerchief with a
printed border. There were no pa
pers nor anything else bearing a clue
to the identity of the body.
The body is that OF man between
As and so years old. five feet. six
inches in height and from $50 to
$50 pounds in weight. Because of
the discolored condition of the
body is is difficult to obtain an ac-
curate description.
NJ. S. Riley, who was called upon
as acting coroner in the absence
from the city OF Coroner w. P.
Camp. will begin an investigation, as
soon as the body Is In shape to be
Tiewed which will likely be Tuesday
ISn;,4.t or Wednesday morning.
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