Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-11-27
FOUL MURDER DONE IN LONELY SPOT
 ON DESERT
DEooMposED BODY OF UNKNOWN MAN FOUND IN CoCHIsE
 COUNTY
CONDITION OF CLOTHING INDI. GATES ROBBERY WAS MOTIVE
 OF THE MURDER


 body of man about forty years of age, five feet, eight inches tall, weighing one hundred and fifty pounds, with & beautiful set of teeth and jet black hair, and riddled by four bullets, was found a short distance from Osborn Monday, about a mile and half south of the railroad track on this side of the international line at about II o'clock.
 There is absolutely no clue which would lead to the identity of the unfor- tunate man. His coat and hat had been taken by the murderer. He wore fine suit of underclothes and pair of khaki pants, which bore the mark of Cananea, Sonora, Mexico, suggesting that ho had purchased the pants at tho company store at that place. He wore pair of shoes which were two or three sizes too large, indicating that the murderer had exchanged shoes with him. One of the shoes was united and the other par tially so. The pockets of the pants were turned wrong side out and had been rifled of any monies or valuables they may have contained. There was no money or even a letter upon the body, and the officers are left absolutely at sea for clue which might lead to his identity, or that of the person who com. mitted the crime.
 As soon as the gruesome find was reported at Naco, Justice Taliaferro em- paneled eoroner's jury and proceeded to the spot. They discovered tht the body had been pierced by four bullets, two of them passing through the head from behind, passing out through the eye, and the other two entering the front and passing through the body, any of which could have proved fatal. They could ascertain no clue to the murderer, or any motive except robbery. The body was sent to the undertaking parlors of Fletcher & Hennessey, where it remains for burial.
 A strange circumstance surrounding the ease is the entire absence of any in- quiry from any source whatever con corning the whereabouts of the mur. dered man. He seems to have dropped from sight and the memory of friends and relatives, if he had any, to fill an unmarked grave. No inquiry has been made after his welfare. No one has appeared upon tho scene at any time asking for his whereabouts, and no let. ter of inquiry has been received. This man, in the very prime of life. whose future seened all before him, became the victim of foul play, and was left on the lonely desert near the border, sur rounded by utter oblivion.
 But who is this man, and why was he shot to death in this out of the way and untraveled section of the world9 These are questions which are agitating the minds of the officers. Captain Harry Wheeler, of the Arizona Rangers, stated over the long distance telephone from Naeo that the case was almost an enig- ma. No clue is left, and the tragedy which adds one more to the long list which has acterized the borderland may like others as pathetic, remain a mystery forever.
 B. W. Norton and Ed Fletcher, of this city, who went after the body returned shortly after one O clock in the morn. ing. Their experience in looking after the body in the dark, and the difficulty they had in lifting it into the dead wag. on without its falling to pieces is one they hardly care to repeat. It was learned from them that the body was found by F. II. Doan, a prospect tor. An inquest will be held in Naco this morn. ing at 10 o'clock. Captain Wheeler of tho rangers will also go to tho place where the body was found in an endeav. or to find any clue that may exist.
 IL is not improbable that the crime was committed by two persons, as the two shots through the head are from the rear, and it would hardly be possible for the man to have been shot twice before he fell, as either shot would have almost instantly killed him. The shots in the body are from the front, indicating that each of the mur. derers took a shot at the man after he fell The place where the body was found is three miles east of Naco. a quarter of mile from the Mexican line. It was evidently chosen as hiding place for the body, as it is only on the rarest of occasions that it is ever trav. ersed.
 About the body were found the tracks of buggy with broad tires, and the tracks of horse. The body may have been brought to the spot in vehicle. Estimation as to how long the body had been lying in the desert before it was found is largely guess.work. It may have been three weeks or five, or even longer or shorter time.
 Hhe officers who have learned of the case are intensely interested in it. and will devote much time to trying to ferret out the motive and the name of the perpetrator of the crime. One of them expressed the opinion last night that If the man was unarmed at the time of his death, revenge must have been the motive. On the other hand had robbery been the motive and the man unarmed, it is hardly possible that mur. l.a