The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-08-04
PAT MANLEY MUST FACE CHARGE OF
COMMITTING MURDER At If SUEUR

the Milwaukee & st. Paul road as
he went to work about seven o'clock
this morning. 1t was the mangled
remains of a man on the south track
about opposite the farm of the Laird
Norton company on the Minnesota
City road. The report was at once
sent to Winona and Coroner John
Steinbach went out and conducted
an investigation, after which he di-
rected that the remains be taken to
the undertaking rooms of the Wi
mona Casket company. where they
will be held for little while await
ing Identification, and if this is not
had will be buried at the expense OF
the county.
The body was badly mutilated. The
train had run over the head, cutting
it in two between the back and the
front and scattering the brains on
the ground. The body was evidently
that of man about thirty-five years
of age, although with the head cut
up it was hard to determine the age
exactly. The man was clearly OF
the genius tramp. He wore an old
black suit of clothes that had turned
green with age. The suit was tat
tered and the shoes were in even
worse condition than the suit A
small package of salt indicated that
he had been in the habit of getting
meals on the road. There was no
smell of alcohol on the body and
apparently he was not the worse for
liquor at the time of the accident.
The surroundings indicated he had
been dragged about fifty feet east
ward after the accident and had ap-
parently been struck by an east
bound train during the night. Death
had occurred some hours before the
body was found, as the blood was
thickly coagulated. There were no pa
pers that would show Identification,
the only mark of any kind found
being the initials II. T." on the
clothing.
Following is description of the
near as can be judged from what is
left of him. He was undoubtedly a
knight of the road" covered with
tattoo marks, dressed in cast of
clothing and with little in his peck
cts of value. He was five feet six
inches i'm height, very powerfully
built with heavy arms and legs. He
had black hair and light blue eyes
and weighed about $50 pounds, a
very compact built man. His teeth
were good yet, except the right in
cisor, which was decayed. He had
a weeks growth of beard. He was
a much tatooed man. Following are
the tattoo marks: On breast, picture
of sailor taking leave of his girl
with a ship on the left hand and
house on the right. Outer portion
of right arm, heart with sword run
ming through and anchor, anchor
from left to right. Left arm, first
picture near wrist and another high
err up, an escutcheon with eagle and
flags. Outer side of left arm, heart
with hands claSped on it, anchor
from left to right, cross from right
to left with rising sun above design.
On either side of left arm near wrist,
girls head, second picture of horse
shoe, with horses head and horses
foot. On left shoulder, cowboy on
bucking broncho. His coat was black
and faded, Sprinkled with yellow
threads, while trousers and vest were
navy blue serge. There was nothing
to show who he was, only scrap
of paper with the letters "H. T."
written thereon Otherwise there was
nothing by which he could be identi-
fed. He carried the works OF
cheap watch and penknife OF
which one side of the buckhorn
handle was off. He was about thlr-
ty-five years old.