The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-02-16
ROPE INDICATES A SUICIDE.
Condition OF the Remains However
Seems to Deny the Suicide Theory
and Man May Have Been Killed and
Taken to che Farm.
(From Wednesday s Daily

(From Wednesdays Daily
Deep mystery surrounds the identity
of the remains of man found dead
on the Tennesen farm five miles north
of Kenosha on Tuesday evening and a
searching investigation is being made
by the police and coroner to ascertain
the identity of the man and if pos
sible find some facts in regard to the
manner in which the man met his
/ death. The remains were found late
Tuesday afternoon in an out of the way
place on the Tennesen farm and later
in the evening they were removed to
the Hansen morgue in Kenosha. So
much mystery attached itself to the
| identity of the man and there seemed
to be such grave doubts as to the man
ner of his death that no examination
of the body was made this morning
and it was declared that no investiga-
ton would be made until after the
coroner's jury called, to meet this af-
ternoon viewed the remains.
When found the body of the man
was tied to sapling with a small
piece of rope in which two slip knots
had been made. A portion of the rope
had been tied about the tree and the
other end had been slipped about the
i 4, - IL
was found it was supposed that the
man had committed suicide by hang
| ing but an Investigation Of the man
ner in which the body was resting
seemed to indicate that the body had
been carried to the place. The over
coat of the man was carefully laid un-
der him and there was absolutely no
/ evidence of death struggle such as
it is declared would have been found
! had the man committed suicide by
! hanging. The muscles Of the body were
relaxed as in sleep and the appearance
of the throat as shown by the examin-
alton made did not indicate that the
man had died from strangulation The
body lay on little hill and it was
less than five feet from the ground to
the place where the rope had been slip
ped about the sapling. The man was
a heavy man and it is possible that the
small rope about the neck would not
have been sufficient to hold the body if
the entire weight was placed on the
rope.
The condition of the remains indi-
Gates that the man had been dead for
many weeks and possibly for several
months. The eyes and portion of
the face of the man had already decay
ed and it was certain that the remains
had been frozen. The body appeared
to be that of man from 5 feet ten to
five feet eleven inches in height. He
must have weighed in the neighbor-
hood of 50 pounds and was dressed as
laborer He had on black clothes
with blue overall jacket worn under
the vest. He wore black overcoat
Of good material The man does not
have the appearance of tramp but ap-
pears to have been tradesman of a
high grade. From the search made af-
ter the finding Of the body nothing
was secured that would give a clew to
the identity of the man.
1t was thought possible that the
body might be the remains of A. B.
Eyre The missing treasurer of the car
penter s union but a closer investiga-
tion seems to indicate that this could
hardly be possible.
Coroner Stanton went out with IN
dertaker Hansen and aided in the re-
moval of the remains to Kenosha and
then the jury was ordered to meet
this afternoon to view the remains.
Telegraphic descriptions of the body
are being sent to other cities with a
view of solving the mystery surround
ing the identity of the dead man.
The makers tag on the coat worn by
the dead man bore the name & J. Ho
Xix. Il It was made by the Scotch
Wooden Mills in Racine in 1907.
DR.. G. H. Beemer who examined the
remains at the order of the coroner
declared late this afternoon that in his
opinion the man had died from stran-
gulation.