The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-05
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FIND MANS
INC0UNTY .TH|CKET
Walter B. PEBBLES, Missing Since
Monday, Found Dead Under
Suspicious Circumstances.
NOTE IN HAT GIVES CLUE.
Card Reading you'll Find My
Body Across the Road"
Leads to Discovery.
NOTE IN HAT GIVES CLUE.

The body Of Walter b. PEBBLES, forty
one years old. of 1909 West Main Street,
was found at 4 o'clock yesterday after
noon In u clump of bushes not far from
stop 20 on the Seven Pines car line.
Since Monday afternoon his friends and
relatives had been searching for him.
Police Officer T. w. Seay, OF Henrico
County. superintendent the removal of
the body TO an undertaking establish
ment last night. after, II had been iden-
titled by relatives and by papers in the
dead mans pockets.
Children playing about the car line
yesterday near Stop 90 found n mans
hat. Pinned inside the hat was card,
across which was written. you'll find
my body across the road r. j.
children playing with the hat and when
they had showed 1t to him he read
the card inside. With several other
persons he walked about 100 yards east
of the car line. and there lying between
two small trees in a clump OF bushes
he found the body of man who had
apparently been dead for some time.
Mr.. Straight Immediately telephoned to
the county authorities. Police Officer
y. w. Seay was detailed by Sheriff
l.. H. Kemp to Investigate
AND TIE
BOUND AROUND NECK
Tightly bound about the dead mans
neck was Il handk erchief and neu.-tie,
and those who saw tile body last night
thought death was. caused by stransula-
ton. There was no evidence, however,
to indicate that the man had hanged
himself, as there were no trees near
at hand large enough to support the
weight of an average man.\ The county
coroner will probably make n further
investigation of the affair this MORN
Ing.
The authorities were told last night
that Mr.. PEBBLES always carried with
him handsome watch and chain. A
chain was found on the body. but no
watch. Papers. sufficient to Identify
him were found In the dead mans
pockets. but with the exception OF the
watch chain, nothing else of value was
found.
Mr.. PEBBLES leaves a young wife and
two small daughters. He had been in
poor health for a long time prior to
his disappearance on Monday He was
employed at Sydnor and Hundley's
furniture store, and bore good name
1f he committed suicide no cause other
than poor health can be assigned for
the act. The authorities are making
thorough investigation of every detail
of the affair. since the circumstances
appear to point with equal strength to
suicide and murder.
MISSING WATCH MAY
GIVE DETECTIVES CLUE
Writing on the card found in the hat
Will be carefully compared with the
dead mans handwriting to aid in the
the authorities said last
night. An accurate description of the
watch can easily be obtained,
and II il is found some light may be
thrown on the affair.
Why Mr.. PEBBLES took n car going III
a direction directly opposite from hts
home In the West End has not been
explained, for 1t Is said that he had
no friends or relatives living near stop
%. on the Seven Pines line. Those
who viewed the body were inclined to
believe that Mr.. PEBBLES death occurred
Monday, shortly after search was made
for him. 1t was stated that there was
no evidence Of struggle about the
place where the body was discovered.