Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-01-13
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10 | CHIT on MYSTERY

No Clue to Identity of Mar
Supposed TO Have Drown
ed Himself in Cave-In.
Although . most oonnIets nyesti.
CATION - being made in the hops ol
discovering some additional cius,
lissls prosrsss had BEEN made up 8.
midnigbs 20 ~ss1 solving the nysser,
~hioh osnrers aboas she fading FRA.
lay morning Of nas's cap m
note, appsrsnsly thas Of saicids. .,
ina nousn q tne oave-in nader sis
Todd Houss On Lewis street.
Namesons tslegrsns and long dis
tance phone messages - veil ~ Z
ehorouSh seArcn OF the town had fan.
ID 20 elicit single bis OF iaformssio4
concerning y .. LsWis, whose name
SAs signed 90 the nysseiioas note IN.
whose BODY Is sapposed ~ many {.
Lie bsneasn tnndrsd fest a aascs
ss the bottom Of Staanton's nee
CORA icsyerns.
FoiloWipg 10 the mote found Fra.
lay norninx BY EaSsss Goach,
carpestez who, with oshef Worknen.
- engaged In the repairs 90 enc Eoda
property Il 10 given ~ written, n.
sofrsceioas being made In shs .speil-
ing.
-. q. 8. Lewis Of Newlooton, v
Va. OF my oWn free will and &c
,osd hereby oon mis- this rash act
4 berry mysef In shis undergroan.
LAKE At 5ssanson. Va. ~ tue qaiokes
.at saress way TO dispose OF mj
Sveshless life Idrown myssi In ehl
lols oe water 20 will NOT DO of %,
sxpsnss "a any oLs. 20 doa's try T.,
got ny boldly oot. Let mo sleep in
.l,ece. Faro weitl 20 all Of the ssoabls
n this life. ny life has bsep nosh-
.os but troubls, nope end pay th.
aext worli nay be better.
q. q. LEWIS
Another mote Was foand Which va
N the form os . possofips 20 th.
sooss and which reals ~ follows:
II anything happens to ne. motif,
4. q. Lewis. 2. o., Neslonton, v.
"a" :
With the note ,Wsre found q man..
zap. gray IN color. . worn pocket
sook N which were several papers.
~ npty pint flask which had coa-
sainsd whisky and IN empsy one ounes
sial labeied oholoroform.
Among ths papers found in th
.,ockseoook Was part Of = lslterhes
u cue nrA Of Lewis and BROOKS Lam
.ss. company. Fairnoaas, v. W
.lo~iux y. .. L. sS,s - ios.pfssids.
Il che concern. Otner p, ,srs =.
.4aIsd to b accounts Of nons5 pAl
son 9ne person 20 several Oshers. ~
Asrs YES also torn o. tipping from .
.l,AtricAl &ssklg.
AoeinS upon the clue furnished b.
.ue lsssesheA1 Mayor Hampton q
ysys tAlssraphsd 90 Fair noas so {.
,nisf OF police there, askinx for infoi
aAsion OF u. =. Lewis. Tue sasss
,Ane bsok thas no sach person "a
.ao~n there. A second inspeoeio.
u the lsttsrhsAd showed. however
snst II had been used soae years ago
nd nos for recent oorrespoudence
Ald is 10 believed tnat the Hr1 o,
which Laws was . member has son.
,as Of bus ipess or 10 being cohtinG-
- under another name. An e6or.
sas also made 20 get into im nediats
,onnunioation with Ne1ionton. bo.
this was found impossible owing &c,
there being no telegraph office there
In the meanti ne the police had besL
xoking ON she locai end OF the cass
flank Wooi ward. . coloesd iWoxK.
nan employed ON the savs.in rspa.rs.
.ens nbered that hs had talked to !.
strange white man the afternoon be-
fore whoss convers ssiou. in tne ligh,
II devsiop nenss, seemed 70 fk bit
Identity ~ that Of she supposso
saioida According 70 Wood easd be
vas approached bY msu. whoa h.
lever saw before. Who eisin-
II 70 be from Paramount and whc
appeared iuterested in th, cays.in.
sne depth of ths. water in the bolS
aud The precautions which wers
sEsA TO guard tho place as night
Wool sard says the man made >
uspection OF the hole,- BY going on
,poa ths platfor n apon vnich Ar
ioaoh and the osnsr carpenss4 n
sorking Wooiwotd says the straug-
,r then asked htW businss was IL
,tsunton. ADDING that he had beard
was doll. He folloHsd this mp
,ccordipg so+ Woodward, BY con
s>laintny ths' things were not jos,
light with him.
Following Wood duard's report o
shs oouvsrsatiou spd hia dssortptio.
{ the nan the police made inquiIi :.
J It Two downtown b axding houses
,xhsle it 10 aid . mysterions ssAnee:
iad heen seen Their search -.
.uAvaiiing. however. not . tsace oi
man auaWerthg the de- ,ripeio,