The Washington herald., 1910-09-14
A box OF safety matches.

A box OF safety matches
Low, turn-down fiberoid collar. size "A.
Howard brand, very little used.
Black bow tie Of the kind that fastens
to the collar
Black elastic sdrtels
Apparently new white linen shirt with
black stripes. but no laundry marks.
Boys Features Good.
Measures taken at the morgue show
the youth to be about feet 10 inches
tall. and 40 or 80 pounds. His hair Is
brownish and rather bushy His features
are good and slightly Hebraic. His hands
are small and so very smooth that he
cannot have done any manual work. on
the left arm IS a vaccination mark not
very old There are no india-ink marks
on his arms and no blemishes on his
body. but a little TO the left side OF his
mouth is a mole. The youth was clean
shaven. but never grew a heavy beard.
He does not appear to be more than
twenty years old.
In addition TO the articles at the
mOrgue, DR.. S. T. Ashton. coroner Of
Alexandria County. has charge Of the fol-
lowing articles taken from the youths
clothing:
Gold eyeglasses without any case.
A pocket aashlight made by the Ma
tional Carbon Company
A razor bearing the word through"
a small memorandum book without any
writing. but containing some small com
putations In addition.
The pencil which was used in the shoe
strings around the boys neck was a
yellow one Of about half length. II Law
loosely in the strings. which were tied
but not tight. There was nothing TO in
dicate that the pencil had been used In
drawing the strings tight. so far as the
marking OF the neck was concerned.
There was a slight mark on the neck
1t IS also understood that IN the pock
cts OF the youth were found a CapitaI
Traction Company transfer for Seventh
and Florida avenue dated Sunday. Sen
tember II, also some court plaster in q
small celluloid covering, bearing the
name Of a Baltimore firm.
Victim of FouI Play.
Sheriff Palmer. when seen last night
said:
This is a most peculiar case bur I
feel quite certain the boy was the
victim Of foul play. and so does the
coroner's jury. There was a bruise over
the right eye. which may have been
caused by falling. There was no evi-
'ience Of a struggle, and if the boy was
murdered, as l think he was, I am in
ciined to believe that he was not killed
where found, but that the body wasI
taken there for concealment and placed
so as to create the impression of suicide"
II certainly looks 10 me like a muir
der," said Commonwealth Attorney Mack
ey I have been so busy to-day that
have not been able to 20 into every phase
of it. but it is certainly a strange case.
have been told that youth answering
the description Of the one whose BODY
we found was seen last night going along
NJ street toward the Aqueduct Bridge.
which leads over into Virginia, and that
he was walking between two soldiers. I
believe the bruise on the left side Of the
forehead was made by a stone.
/ thought I was able to detect a
depression in the top OF the skull but
am not sure about It, A small cologne
bottle was found not far from the
body. The man had a razor on him. |
which he did not use. and there was
no Jewelry. money. and no valuables /!
found on him. No one OF the descrip- |
ton Of the youth has been reported
missing 20 the Washington police.
At the request OF Commonwealth At !
torney Mackey. the central bureau has |
assigned Detectives Evans and O'Dea |
to investigate the case.