Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-05-23
MURDER MYSTERY
STILL UNSOLVED
Many People View Remains; Body
Is Not Identified

lying In the LemmeF e Gross under
taking parlors IL still clothed in UNI
certainty and the facts and circnm-
stances surrounding his death are
still ahrouded In mystery. An OK
animation was made last evening OF
the beach where the dead body was
found. but no signs were found which
would indicate how the body came
there or which would shed any light
upon the tragedy. Public interest
In growing ln the case and citizen
after citizen has visited the under
taking parlors and viewed the re-
mains with the thought that they
might be able TO identity them. but
un dlril late thiR nf' aoll 10 eet.
tain Identification had been made
Acquaintance OF Jo1n Brady. az
Lane, were OF the opinion yesterday
that he was the man, but NJ, X. Wall,
who came down from that place this
morning after examining the
body stated that he was positive that
It was not Brady. and the correctness
of his view was verified at noon.
when the Press received positive I'M
formation from that place stating
that a messenger who had been sent
out to Brady'a place to ind him. had
been successful and that he was
there In Lane,
A number OF acquaintances pro-
nounced the identity Of the dead man
MS that OF Fred Hunter yesterday
and many OF them who had known
him for years were positive that the
Identification was correct, still others
who had known him equally well
were uncertain. and some were pos
tive that IL Was not Hunter. No
word has come from up the lake
where Hunter Aresides near Powder
horn bay to verify or dispFove the
correctness OF this Identification. A
lady-Mra. Bertha Erickson, now OF
Hillyard, who knew Hunter we'll,
viewed the remains at the morgua
today. The remains. to her. appear
ed to have very close resemblance
TO Hunter. but she was not positive
In her Identification. Fred Boutwell,
Is certain that II Is Hunter, and he
has known him for years. and Il may
be that be Ii correct. but as the case
now stands no certainty as to this
Identification can be had until some
word comes as to whether Hunter
r. missing or not. Hunter had many
en- emies Mrs, Erickson stated that
he had had experienced much trouble
with his neighborp, and that Mt one
time all of his property was destroy,
ed by FIRE. and that the fire wai
started by his enemies, but that none
OF the guilty parties we're apprehend.
ed Those who believe II IL Hunter
aud that he met his death At ths
hands of his enemies. believe that b.
was killed in the vicinity 81
his home and that bis body wa
thrown Into the lake. In this cas-
the body would have had 10 drift
down to the place where Il was found
and those conYeraant with the eur
rent OF the lake state that had h.
been thrown In al that place II would
have carried him down towards tbs
river. and not IN IA eddy as he wal
found AZ Tubb's Point. AgalnH
this theory the contention IL alss
made that the body has not RENAME,
in the water long enough 10 perml
It 10 drift that far In the sluggisl
current Of the lake.
Another theory that has fount
favor today IL that the man Was mar
aered not far from where the bod
vas discovered This theory. II 1
claimed. Is strengthened by the fac
. that not more than two or three hun
dred feet from where the body ga
found. on the point below the Corbil
cottage = hat and a coat Was founi
In the fore part Of the week, II va
found By Harry Deraholi and Johl
Fletcher. who are engaged IN gather
ing up logs for n. D. Wright. an
when discovered both we're hangiBi
90 q stump. aud had the appearance
Of having been there for about
week. The hat was black and 0
the sloueh style. aud the coat Of
dark brown cloth and stripped. Tn
coat was taken to the undertaken
parioFn OF LemmsF 4 Gross and com
pared with the vest found on fh
dead man. The comparison In tsz