Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-15

quest be adjourned until 10 O'Clock
Saturday morning, Dec. 49, Thus
spoke William f. Kendall the fore
man of the jury called by Coroner John
Rallou of Bath to investigate the death
OF the unknown man whose body was
found at Bowdoinham Sunday morn
ing
The inquest was held at the Town
hall 1T O'Clock this morning and for
nearly three hours the jurors, William
=. Kendall. Judge Lewis NJ. Fulton.
Frank Small. c. w. sylvester and r.
d. Purinton listened to the evidence
which was presented.
The request of the jury for ADJOURN
Elent was granted.
James H. Amcs, the chairman of the
boaru of Selectmen, was the first wit
ness. He testified that he was notified
by the son of Constable Fitzpatrick
that a body had been found on the
track. He met Mr.. Fitzpatrick at the
railroad crossing and with him and
Byron Newton went to the spur track
near the kinGling wood factory, where
they found portions of the leg and
thigh and small piece of his under
garments. In another place, near by,
was one of the mans hands. They re-
tur,.ed to the station and went toward
Brunswick, tracing the remains along
the north side of the track by pieces
OF flesh on the fish plates. At the west
switch they found an arm and a little
west Of that the trunk. shoulders and
q portion of the head A Watchman
was sent to look after the remains and
Coroner Ballou was notified and he
gave instructions to have William H.
Gould, the undertaken, gather up the
remains. They then went east again
with George Andros on his hand car.
All along the track on the right hand
side, going east, were found pieces of
flesh on Ire fiShpateS of the rails. At
Scott Davis c.ossing portions of flesh
were found on the east side of the
railroad The thumb and one finger
were next found and then came a place
which looked as though a wheel had
passed over the back of the head and
allowed the brain to run out. Then on
the left hand side was a place in the
snow where struggle appears to have
taken place. Footprints of two distinct
sizes were to be seen frozen in the
snow, showing that they had been
made some time. w. s. Given measured
the footprints and gave the measure
ments to Mr.. Ames. A portion of the
footprints measured II inches extreme
length, while the others measured Il
inches. The shorter footprints were
made with a pair of practically new
rubbers. A few rods beyond the place
where the apparent struggle had taken
place was found small pool of blood,
as though a person had lain there and
bled.
In answer to questions asked by
members of the jury Mr.. Ames said
that in two places at the place where
the struggle had taken place. were
marks in the snow showing that per-
son had fallen over backwards The
print of the back and elbows were
plainly seen in the snow. There was
another place but not quite as distinct.
Thcre was also two places which look
ed as though man had fallen forward
and mad caught himself by putting his
hands forward. The shorter tracks
showed the corrugation of the bottom
of the rubbers, while the larger foot
prints showed that the bottom of the
ruhbers worn by the man making them
were worn smooth. The footprints went
from the track off to one side down
slight incline Part of the footprints
exactly fitted the rubbers which tho
dead man had worn.
William B. Kendall asked if the
tracks could have been made by an in
toxcated person. To this Mr. Amcs an
swered that possibly they could. Be
ing asked about the hat worn by the
man, Mr.. Ames replied that it was
found in the snow off to one side from
the place where the struggle took place
and that it had a hole in 1t which
might have been made by sharp nut,
bullet or something of that nature.
Coroner Ballou asked Mr.. Ames ii
he had any theory of his own in regard
to the matter and Mr.. Ames said that
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