Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-05
SEEK TO IDENTIFY BODY
WOMAN MAKES INQUIRIES

Mrs. Lula Turner of Danville, Va,
Suggests That Slain Man May
Be Her Husband.
| Sheriff Beasley and States Attorney
Green of Anne Arundel county. Md, have
not succeeded in solving the mystery Of
| the death of the unidentified man whose
horribly mangled body was found on the
| tracks of the Pennsylvania railroad near
Patuxent station early Thursday MORN
| ing. Chief effort is directed toward the
Identification of the victim.
| Early last night Joseph Murphy, re-
, siding at $40 Maryland avenue south
west, informed Inspector Boardman he
| felt sure that the picture of the MUIR
| dered man printed in yesterdays Star
| was a likeness of his cousin, John Lewis
! of Clinton. Prince Georges county, Nd,
| but inquiry at Clinton elected the infor-
nation that Mr.. Lewis was at home, safe
| and we'll
Disposes of One Clue.
Sheriff Beasley disposed of one supposed
clue yesterday when he went to Baltimore
| and saw the crew of the owl train that
| left here Wednesday night after II
O'Clock. He had been told that two per-
sons, strangers at Odenton, had boarded
| the owl train there about 1915 o'clock
Thursday morning or about thirty min
utes after southbound express train had
! struck the body on the tracks.
! no felf 10
| sist in solving the mystery. Members of
the crew of the "Owl'' train readily re-
called the two supposed strangers" who
boarded the train. They were a young
! lady and escort who went from Odenton
| to Severn, and were not strangers.
Sheriff Beasley said last night he would
have to depend on the watch the man
wore to bring about an identification.
Der being 524S, but there are no scratches
or engraving on it by which the county
authorities can have it identified. The
only hope of identifying the owner of the
watch is by finding out whether it has
been repaired in some jewelry store in
! Baltimore or this city.
| Byron Phelps. coroner. who conducted
the inquest, has the timepiece in his
possession. Sheriff Beasley will obtain
possession of it in time to take it with
him to Baltimore tomorrow and have it
| inspected. The case was twisted out of
shape when the body of it's owner was
struck by the train and the crystal
smashed. One hand was not found
while part of the other hand remained
Body Will Be Buried.
1t is more than likely that the mangled
body will be buried in the little potters
| field at Waterbury, about five miles from
| Naval Academy Junction, tomorrow
| morning, Sheriff Beasley having notified
| Undertaken Williams that he need not
| hold the remains longer unless unexpect-
! ed developments arise.
| The derby hat worn by the victim of
| the tragedy was torn and mashed, and
| persons who arrived early upon the scene
We're unable to find a lining or band
| bearing the makers name. and the name
Of the city in which 1t was purchased.
The absence of writing of any kind
makes the work of identifying the body
an extremely difficult one.
| Sheriff Beasley says he will not aban-
don the search for the slayers until he
| is certain nothing more can be accom-
! plished.
Absolutely nothing has been found to
indicate from what direction the victim
and his slayers approached the spot
| " here the body was bound to the
| tracks, and the absence of such infor-
nation suggests to some OF the men
engaged in the investigation that the
victim of the tragedy, If he were alive
when the train struck him. was in
weighed into tramping along the track,
assaulted when about forty feet south
of the bridge and then tied to the
| tracks.
Probably Knew Locality.
The road that passes within several
hundred feet of the tracks at the point
where the body was struck by the
train leads through Prince Georges
county to this city, while in the other
direction it leads indirectly to Balti-
more. 1t is believed that persons COM
hitting the murder were acquainted
with the locality.
Yesterday when Photographer Sanberg
visited the vicinity of Patuxent he found
a piece of the dead mans clothing nearly
foot long, the largest piece OF his CLOTH
ing that has been found.
Asks for Description.
Mrs. Lula Turner wired the local pas
senger agent Of the Pennsylvania railroad
from Danville. Va. requesting informa-
ton about the identity of the dead man.
suggesting that he probably was her hus-
band. She desired to know from which
hand the thumb had been amputated. and
a second message asked additional par
ticulars about the color of the hair and
mustache. r. D. Tuft. IT., chief clerk
to the railroad passenger agent, con-
suited Lieut. Hartley at police headquar-
ters about the affair. He later COM
municated with Undertaken Williams at
Waterbury and wired a full description
to Mrs. Turner.