The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-26
ng;iineer on Wheeling Diui-
sion. Disc vers Man at Coal
Run q ClulDert. Perished from
E'npo osure.
WAS Seen in LOCAL
STATION last NIGHT


Mike Kulich, a foreigner, was found
dead this morning on the bank of the
river ii "a point whore Coal run flows
large man and was sixty.three years
Ssof age.
There was nothing on the man to
indicate who he was. He was seen
last night In the station about the
& time that Plttsburg No. 4 ran. He
was then pretty we'll tanked up and
seemed to be very boisterous: He was
+ sin company with several other for.
Scigners that seemed to be his friends.
They were engaged In conversation.
From the indications ut the scene 1t
is:supposed that the man walked down
y from the railroad track to the edge
n sof the water. AZ ;. e E 4
BY the end of the cutvert that car.
4 ries the water from Coal run to the
river d lss some crlbblng that juts out
Unto the stream to keep the water,
away from the masonry And leading
down from the railroad Sand around
n tie cribbing isEa path. rheref were
fresh tracks / on the pasii that CORE
sponded to the shoes that the man
4 wore His cap and gallon Jug Of whis-
key we're placed on the crlbbing and
!, were there when the body was found
!: this mbrning.
I, ,is.f The grewsome spectacle OF the dead
Y man on the river bank first met the
gaze Of an engineer on the Wheeling
division. Later Jacob Kerns, who is
4 5s2employed blythe Baltimore and Ohio
n Railroad Company made an examina-
3tion of.the man and found that life
Z had passed from him. The body was
I'M not disturbed.
Coroner Musgrave was notified and
went Immediately to the scene. The
corpse was removed to the Musgrave
j undertaking parlors where all of his
5gclothing was searched with the hope
Of finding some paper. that would dis,
close his name or give some clue US
to who he is There was not thing
Ito indicate, his identity. 5,j
The man wore a blue cap. blue over
coat. He did not have any vest or
coat. In his right overcoat pocket
y was a silver watch that was running,
,Ssin his left pants pocket was a cob
sspipe, and a rosary in his left pants
n n pocket was a nickel and a red hand.
Eerchief In his hip pocket. His left
I index finger was cut off near the sec-.
U ond joint.
There were no marks on the body
sfto Indicate that he had been hurt In
! \ any way. There was an abrasion OF
s3Sthe skin on his forehead but this was
staused by his head resting on the
gravel along the river bank.
\ RI The Indications were that the man
perished from exposure. He had not
been dead long when rounu. tlgur
mortis had not set in even after he
II had been moved to the undertaking
a establishment. His body was limp. 4
$a Many people gathered around the
j1iiorgue but none had ever seen the
man before last night. 1t was given
sasSt the opinion Of some that the dead
man had been employed on the grad
n ing work that the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company Is doing between
here and Grafton.
There was some difference as to the
opinion Of his nationality. The ltal-
si.ians sthatgsaw him said that he was a
slav and Tho slays claimed that he
vas an Austrian.
There was a. big celebration among
the slavs at Monongah yesterday and
some Of the people that were at the
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