The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-05-05

The mystery attending the identity
and the details of the death of the I'M
known man whose body was found I'M
der an old house near the corner of
Elizabeth street and Fremont Avenue
on Tuesday afternoon remains unsolv-
ed.
The case promises to be one of the
most interesting murder mysteries ever
presented to the police for solution,
and since the decomposed remains were
taken out by Elmer Parsons and his
band of sewer men the police have
been busy following clews and seeking
to pick up something that will solve
the battling mystery of the death of the
man.
The remains of the man are at the
Rutledge morgue and after hours of
work the undertakers managed to get
the dirt and lime cleaned away so that
the jury summoned by the coroner
could view the remains, but no effort
was made to take any testimony and
after the members Of the jury had
been instructed by Coroner Andre to
diligently study into the conditions of
the case the inquest was adjourned
subject to the call of the coroner.
An examination of the remains
which were all but eaten up with the
generous quantity of quick lime that
had been placed about them leaves no
doubt as to the manner in which the
man met his de-, tn He was foully
murdered AID after Che murder had
been committed the murderers set
about disposing Of the body with a
cunning seldom seen in criminal an
nails Of Kenosha county or Wisconsin.
1t is impossible to tell just how long
the man had been dead but the fact
that he wore under clothing of winter
weight and the further fact that a
heavy suit of clothes and heavy over
coat were buried with the body in the
shallow grave indicates that the man
was killed during the winter months.
The manner in which he met his death
is proclaimed by the fact that there is
great hole in his skull. The fact that
the man wore only his undertaking
seems to indicate that he was killed
while he was sleeping. 1t looks to the
police and others who have examined
the body as if some sharp instrument
similar to the sharp point of pick ak
had been driven into the skull of the
man.
There is little to base an identifca-
tion on. The body of the man afteF the
murder had been wrapped in strong
piece of canvas and this would indicate
that the murder had been deliberately
| planned. This canvas had been filed
with the lime and there is much of the
same chemical scattered about under
| the house with a view Of killing any
possible stencil which might arise from
the decomposition of the remains. The
lime has done its work so we'll that
every feature of the man with the ex-
ception of small portion of bright
red hair has been destroyed. There is
another possible Identification and that
| is the fact that the man had evidently
worn about his neck at the time of his
death little silver cross similar to
those worn by devout Catholics. This
cross had been tied with a piece of
cotton tape and Notwithstanding the
fact that the flesh had been eaten away
the chemicals had not touched the tape
which held the emblem of the man s
religious belief.
The house under which the body was
found is something of house of mys-
terry. 1t is an old building built many
years ago. Set up on posts, there is
considerable space under the house
and in the absence of the brick founda-
tion boards had been placed about it.
Some time ago the front portion of the
old house was converted into bar
Der shop and for some time this shop
was managed by Oma Shaffer but it
is now under the management of c.
Yung. The house is little more than an
old shack and it has had a shifting
population in the past few months. The
family living in the house at this time
consists of a man and woman and three
boarders but after the finding of the
body on Tuesday they locked up the
house and went away. This morning
.all that could be seen about the house