La Junta tribune., 1907-03-02
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18th, the body Of a young man was
found floating in the bay at San
Pedro, Calf. 1t has since been
identified as that Of James R. Can
held. a well-known young man who
had been a resident Of this city for a
period of eight Or nine years previ-
ous TO last September.
The body, when found, had ap-
been in the water only a
ten hours. A jagged wound. evil
IDENTITY caused by bullet and which
went far into the brain. was found
behind and above the right ear. 1t
was probably the cause of death.
No other wounds were found on the
corpse. but there were skin abras-
ions which were probably caused by
rubbing and chatting the rocks and
piling of the breakwater. Identifi-
cation was not possible from the
clothing. and no money or jewelry
Wea Abdlih ofi tiit OouN.
A Los Angeles paper in giving an
aecount Of the apparent suicide says:
The dead man was apparently
about thirty-five years of age. had
dark brown hair and eyes. a promi-
nent nose and regularly formed lips
and chin. He was about five feet
ten inches in height and would
weigh about 100 pounds.
The clothing was black in color.
of good material and sold by the
Price-Draper Clothing Company of
La Junta Colo. The coat is square
cut and in the outside left .hand
pocket thirty-nine Smith 4 WessOn
cartridges Of 3s-caliber were found.
In the trouser pockets was a key
ring containing two keys and hear
ing the inscription. Denver Cab
and Hardware Company" A but
ton similar to one usually worn by
waters and bearing the number 1O7
was also found.
In the inside coat pocket letter,
which had been removed from the
envelope. was found. The water
had caused the ink to run, until its
contents were badly blurred. 1t was
written at La Junta, Colo. on Feb
ruary I'd. and began Dear Cousin
Jim" II was signed: Your Cousin.
Benn NJ The last name Of the
signature could not be deciphered."
James Garfield is a nephew Of X.
". johnson. Of the firm Of johnson
e Vosburg. who conduct a meat
market on Second street. The let
ter. found on the body Of the dead
man. was written by Bennett John
son, a son of X. w. johnson. the
blur Of Bennett" probably causing
it to resemble "Benn NJ"
Although the body of Garfield
was found on Monday morning. it
was not identified positively until
the following Thursday. Mrs. Kate
a former resident of this
city, who is now located at San
Pedro. learned Of the story through
the newspapers and of the body be-
ing clothed in a srit bearing the
label Of the Price-Draper Clothing
Company. of La Junta. Mrs. Thom-
as was not positive at first, but on
the following day when the watch
Of the deceased was shown to her
was quite sure that the remains
were those of James X. Garfield.
whom she had formerly known in
La Junta.
Mr.. johnson knew nothing Of the
affair until Friday morning when he
received a telegram from Under
taker Lucas, Of San Pedro. saying:
James Garfield is dead; body iden-
tilted by Mrs. Kate Thomas; COM
mitted suicide; body found in break.
water" Mr.. johnson received ad-
kilograms later which left
no doubt as to the identity of the
dcad man. He Immediately notified
G. L. ICanfield, of Stamford, Neb..
father Of the dead man, and was re-
quested to make arrangements for
shipping the remains to Nebraska
md to accompany the body from
th0 city.
James r. Garfield was about twen-
ty-eight years of age. and had re-