Evening journal., 1913-09-22
FIND YOUTH
DEAD ALONG
TROLLEY ROAD
Empty Pockets Cause SuSpi-
ClOn Of Foul Play In
Mysterious Case
FIND VICTIM JUST
OVER STATE LINE

Tho lfeless body Of a young white
man, with the skull crushed and his face,
arms and legs badly mutilated, was
found lying in front Of the main en-
trance of the Lawn Croft cemetery below
Marcus Hook at an early hour yesterday
morning by the crew Of a trolley car
on the Chester and Wilmington division
Of the Southern Pennsylvania Traction
Company, and while there is a theory
that the young man was struck and
killed by an automobile or trolley car
vet there are suspicious circumstances
attached 70 the affair which lead the
authorities 10 believe that he was a VIC
tim of foul play.
Thomas Carr, motorman Of trolley
car. found the body at $40 o'clock yes
terday morning, when bringing the first
car 20 this city. He noticed n black
object lying on a narrow platform along
alonqside the trolley rails, and upon in.
vestigation found the lifeless body lying
IN a pool of blood The pockets Of the
clothing were turned inside out, and
there were marks OF violence on ths
body. The fact that nothing was found
in the pockets leads 10 the belief that
the youth had been murdered, robbed
and his body placed near the tracks u
avert suspicion.
The place where the body was lyinl
is some distance from the neares
house. that in which the caretaker o
Lawncroft Cemetery lives. Inmate
OF the place heard nothing unusua
Saturday night or yesterday morning
as all we're fast asleep at the tim
OF the accident or murder occurred
probably between 1.30 and 230 o'cloc
yesterday morning. No one could b
found who had seen the young ma
earlier in the evening and what b
e. was doing In the locality at the hou
| In which he met his death cannot b
D determined. One theory advanced
= that he may have gotten on car I
r the wrong place while intoxicated, Z
a may have lost his way while hom'
ward bound. and was struck by al
r other car or was attacked by higl
l. waymen while standing on the pla
+. form waiting for a car, and killed.
Q. IL was very dark at the point whe
= the BODY was found, the nearest hg
being small electric light some a
tance away. II is about two hundr
verds eaet 81 the .brlawafe. Pennsl
vania state line. Carr immediately no
fed Deputy Coroner Robert p, Cloud
Marcus Hook Of his find and Mr. Clio
notified Detective O'Toole. The Depu
Coroner went to the place and took p'
session Of the body, having IL remov
n 70 the morgue.
y Detective O'Toole and Deputy CT
oner Cloud steadfastly refused to col
nit themselves on the matter, mere
saying that the crushed skull and
IS cerations OF the fact could easily ha
az been inflicted by weapon. The
as iuries TO the head were the cause
v death. In addition, one hand was
- cerated and there were deep laceratio
= on both legs
u The young man was apparently
ne or 20 years old FIVE feet six inch
IN in height. slight build. weighed abo
tx 125 pounds, fair complexion SAM
hair and smooth face He wore bl
serge trousers brown coat blue lin
"a shirt summer underwear black socl
2. tan shoes and a brown cap.
at A post mortem examination Of Z
rh body vii be made this afternoon
r. evening. at the Office OF Deputy &C
oHer r. p. Cloud, under the directi
- lof Coroner Carr, and the exact eau
ls of death will be established.