The Cairo bulletin., 1907-05-20
ADB0T,S CASE
.. STILL A MYSTERY
RECLAIMED CONSCIOUSNESS LAST
NIGHT BUT COULD NOT TELL
HIS STORY.
RELATIVES ARE LOCATED
SOM Circumstances Point Strongly 10
Other Than Accidental Cause
For Mans Terrible Wound
Chief Not Satisfied.

Al Ahot, the man found SO terribl
, wounded In a lumber yard at We.
Tenth street Friday evening. reglir
ed consciousn SIS at ST. Mary's Ii
I Urinary late last night aud asked flo
a drink cf water. but no other in
| formation was gotten from him. as h
| how he came by his wo nd, nor wa,
lit deemed wise TO urge him speak
Some hope was entertained that h
would be able TO make statement
today
/ While there il strong circumstantial
evidence tha a train struck the man.
there are other circumstances which
seem to contradict this theory ana
Chief Egan is NOT unmindtul Of them.
The chief does not believe that if any
railroad men knowingly injur tie
man they would have concealed IL
he thinks hey would have made
prompf report Of the matter,
When Health Officer Orr went At.
ter The man with ths city ambulance
BE found him lying about $50 81 2Uo
6eet from the track, with bis han abqu.
three feet from his head. II il pos.
sible that the man might have gotten
there after be was struck, but there
are some circums ances which seem
to be against this. The chief thinks
hat il the man had been struck by
2 ear or an engine ana Knocked down
he embankm nt being wounded as
severely as he was. it seems hard ID
believe that he could have gotten up
and walked or crawled so far, yet the
chic relates several exp riences
which he had as an engineer. in which
men We're struck on the head and did
some astonishing things, one negro
Who's head seemed to be crushed, got
up and walked away after being laid
1ut IN a seemingly dying condition.
But there are other circumstances
hat tend to mysify this case. There
s no trace of blood on the ground or
anywhere along thu track in the vicIn.
" Of where the man was found, 10 in f
iicate where he fell. if he was struck
" an engine or car. nor any trace of /
Hood on the ground over which he
nust have passed in going from the
rack g where he was found A large
az was all there was to be foand, eX
'epting that his oiothiHs was satgr
ted with blood There is some indi
alton that the man was In an erect
osition for time after he was
truck, for some Of the blood on his
oat seems to have trickled down
rom the wound, falling in large drops
pom the lapel and front
Another circumstance which in the
hief's mind Sc ms to be very strong
7 against the theory that the man
fas struck by car or engine and
rawled or walked 10 where he was
lund is that his hat was found so
ear him. It is argued with some rea-
on that had he be n struck as stated
is hat would have been knocked off +
nd a man wounded as he was would
ardly have been in condition Of
hind to hunt for and pick up his hat.
Still another pulling circumstance
) That there is not trace Of blood
n the hat. That the blow which
tound d him SO terribly was a pow
rful one and was delivered while his
al was on his head. is borne ont by
hree holes in the hat The blow was
o powerful and the instrument or
bject which made it was so formed /
hat 1t cut through the rim and base +
f the crown and lining. and i'm +
edded itself in the skull carrying the .
.air with it. and causing the brain - /
,oze from the wound The cuts in the /
lat are in the form of what may be I
rmed a double elonga ed quadrangle I
md are as clean as though traced .
With a sharp blade They might have
leen made with a CROW bar or with a
law hammer That there Is TO tr1c.
IF bload on the hat is regarded %
lroof mat It was knocked of by the
blow and III fact that it was found
near The man may be regarded as
ROOF that ihe bipw was delivered
where the man was found and not
% or near the railroad track $50 feet
lway
And yet Their seems 10 be no proof
II any motive for killing the man He
had but a few cents on his person
when found and his pocket book was
here. nor was he dressed ia a man
uer to justify the bell that be bad
any money. The report that be was
Oiled in a quarrel over a crap game
with negroes is discredited by tho fact
hat be was sen in q drunken s.ata
% The track short time before. and
Eas rsed to ger OF the track He
was barefooted when seen. having
aiken bis boots OF and wearing no
socks.
The chi and health officer have
been diligently trying 10 locale his
relatives and succeeded yesterday In