The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-04
Mrs. HasbrOok, With Whom
He Boarded, Recognizes
Picture-Was Frisco
Engineer
SURVIVED BY WIDOW
AND SIX CHILDREN
OF M'COMB CITY, MISS.
Mr.. Long Was Found Murdered May
26 in Gate City-Identification
Came just in Time to Prevent
Burial of the Body in
POtters' Field


body of the white man who was found
murdered near the old rolling mill at Gate
City, on the morning of May 2s. was yes
terday identified as Bradley Long of Nc
Comb City. Miss.
The Identification was made by Mrs. c.
Hasbrook, 1916 Sixth avenue north. who
said that Mr.. Long had been boarding at
her residence until Sunday, May 25 He
had been working as a freight engineer,
she said, In the yards of the Frisco system
in Birmingham.
Following the positive Identification of
the body by Mrs. Hasbrook and one of
her boarders, the widow of the dead man
was notified by long distance telephone
The body was accurately described by S.
w. Woodin, and Mrs. Long answered that
the description was that of her husband
She will arrive in Birmingham this morn
Ing at s o'clock to take charge of the re-
MAINS
Six Children Survive Him
Six small children besides his widow sur
vive the deceased and the family is said
to be in Strengthened circumstances at
their home in McComb City.
1t seems that he drew six weeks salary
from the Frisco offices a day or two be-
fore he was killed and paid mis- board in
full to Mrs. Hasbrook, declaring that he
was going back home to his wife in Mis-
sissippi.
That very night Mr.. Long was killed by
unknown persons. He was beaten over
the head with an iron coupling pin and
was robbed. He was found early the next
morning lying in a pool of blood with his
skull crushed and his empty wallet be-
side him. The iron coupling pin, which
had been the instrument of DEATH was
alos found with the hair and blood clots
of the victim sticking to it.
The finding of the then unknown dead
man was at once communicated to the
police and also the coroner's office was
notified. The remains were taken to the
hospital, as it was at first thought that
a spark of life remained, but later this
theory was refuted, the body was re-
moved to the morgue of the S. w. Woodin
Undertaking company where it now is.
S. w. Woodin is largely responsible for
Identifying Mr.. Long. From the time the
dead man was brought in to his establish
ment he never ceased his efforts to inter
est the newspapers and the police in the
Importance of identifying the corpse. a
lady who once had relative disappear
also became interested and at her own
expense had the corpse photographed and
this photograph was reproduced in last
Saturdays Age-Herald. When called to
the attention of Mrs Hasbrook, she rec
ognized her former boarder.
Wrote Mrs. Hasbrook
1t seems that Mr.. Long had been in
the habit of writing his wife letters
daily, and these letters ceasing, Mrs.
7 fv,.1 ill., e..
a special delivery letter to Mrs. Has,
brook, which was received yesterday,
making inquiries about her husband.
Mrs. Hasbrook at once began efforts to
locate Mr.. Long.
One of her boardcrs said that he might
have been killed and mentioned that
The Age-Herald had printed a photo
graph of a man found dead. This was
looked up and Mrs. Hasbrook at once
recognized Mr.. Long.
She and a few friends at once went
to Woodin's morgue and identified him
just in time, as the then unknown corpse
was to be buried at II o'clock and the
identification came at 11:20 o'clock. The
funeral services will now be postponed
antil the arrival of Mrs. Long.
An interesting feature in connection
with the case was the fact that Mrs.
Long had written her husband a letter
last Wednesday. which Mrs. Hasbrook
opened yesterday. Mrs Long told her
husband that she had had an awful
dream about him. in which she had
seen him killed, and that she was eager
to have him assure her that he was still
alive
Owing to the Strengthened circum-
stances of the Long family in McComb
City, Miss, Mrs. Hasbrook had to send
the money to Mrs. Long with which to
make the trip to Birmingham.
WOOdin Talks
s. W. Woodin in speaking of the case
last night said: "As soon as this case
is over with l will write a letter of
thanks to the newspapers of Birming-
ham for the great interest they have
shown in this case. No one else has.
This man when found looked to be a Ia
borer and therefore his death was of no
great account one way or the other, ac-
cording to the authorities. But the
newspapers are no respecter of persons
and the poorest as well as the richest
can get his deserts in their columns,
Daily since this man was found. in the
public press of Birmingham the matter
of identifying this man was agitated and
finally The Age-Herald reproduced the
photograph of the corpse, and this fact
was directly responsible for the identif-
cation. AS have stated before, no other
agency, official or otherwise, In Birming-
ham has taken the least interest in the