The Detroit times., 1908-09-22
man FOUND DEAD
IN ALLEY, SHOT
THROUGH HEAD
SOME INDICATIONS THAT w. ~
MUM KILLED SELF, BUT A.
sENcE or REVOLVER POINTS
STRONGLY TO MURDER. :.

The dead body OF w. III. Mum. OF
No. 1913 Second-st., was found In the
alley between First and cass. Fort ard
Congress-sts.. shortly after O'Clock.
Tuesday, morning, with bullet wound
through the head.
The deepest mystery surrounds hfs
death, for while the position Of the
body and other circumstances suggest
suicide, there are other elements
which seem TO point to murder. No
revolver or other weapon was found
In the alley, and although the man
was well dressed and apparently pros
porous. no money was found In his
clothes.
But for the absence OF the gun I
would say the man committed SUI
cide," said Detective Palmer, who
with Detective Larkins, is working on
the case. "Of course. II Is possible
someone may have picked 1t up. for
quite a crowd collected after the dis
covery Of the body"
The body was found by Andrew
Connolly, No. 623 Hilger-ave.. hack.
man who was driving down First-st.
on his way to meet boat. It was he
who notified the police. The detec.
tives will look up Connolly to see IL
he noticed a revolver at the time he
found the body.
When found. the body reclined
against a pile Of old, half-rotten pea
nut sacks. with feet outstretched and
/ head bent forward. The place IL about
midway between First and Cass-sts.,
and near the rear OF the Teller COT.
fee Co.'S establishment. which fronts
on First-st The bullet entered tho
left side OF the head. close to the
temple and passed through the brain.
apparently in almost a straight line.
emerging behind the left ear. The
hair surrounding the wound made by
the bullet when 1t entered is singed,
showing that the weapon was held
very close.
| Mum had been dead several hours
when found. This circumstances, to-
gether with the fact that persons In
the neighborhood. heard shot some
where around o'clock Monday night
leads to the belief that the crime, Il
such 1t was. was committed about
that time. No one was seen running
from the alley. however.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilcox. No. lab Fort
at. west, were among those who heard
the shot. They place the time a.
about 8 o'clock. Miss Alice Sans. No.
las Fort-st. west, also heard 1t. She
says II was some time between s and
8 y. m.
Miss Sans, however, is either mis-
taken In the time or else the shot
she heard was not the one that sound
ed Munn's death knell.
| With his two brothers, George and
| Floyd, Mum roomed and boarded at
No. 1863 Second-st and Floyd says Will
left the room sometime between 8 and
$3.50 o'clock, Monday night, saying he
was going for short walk. Floyd
waited up for him until 1880 and
then retired. He was not particularly
worried about his brother at that
time, however, thinking he had met
friend and had been detained longer
than he had expected to be out
Brother Identifies Body.
When the brothers awoke Tuesday
morning and found that VIII had not
come back they began to worry and
were preparing to make inquiries for
him when word came that his dead
! body has been found. Floyd ut once
went TO the coroner's ONCE and posi-
lively identified the body as that OF
his brother
Mum was 26 years old and unmar-
ried. He was employed In the store
room at the Detroit club and was we'll
thought by the management. His par
ents live on a farm near Mt. Pleasant.
Mich. They have been notified of his
death Some years ago, Mum worked
in Colburn, Idaho, and receipts for
dues in the Ivanhoe lodge OF Oddfel-
lows. OF Colburn, in which he retains
his membership, gave the first clue To
his identity.
The brothers of the deceased are
both inclined to the murder theory.
VIII was of a cheerful disposition.
they say, and had mo troubles of any
kind. as far as they know. Floyd
thinks his brother had money with
him when he left the house after 8
o'clock and he had not been known to
carry revolver in two years, he says.
The brothers have been rooming at
the present address for more than a
year. The landlady speaks highly OF
all three young men. Floyd Is bar
tender In the Hotel Cadillac. and
George is employed In the Hotel Pont-
chartrain.
Mum was clean shaven and was
dressed In a new twopiece suit Of
blue serge, new tan oxfords, soft
brown hat, also brand new, soft shirt
with white collar and clean under
clothing.
Coroner Bennett had the body re-
moved TO the county morgue and has
ordered the county physicians to hold
| post-mortem. ~