The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-03-27
STRANGER FOUND
DEAD;NECK BROKEN
From saturday,s pally.

Larson. aged thirteen. William Thro,
) Lees brother. agcd eleven. and Ray
mend Bennett. aged fourteen, were
playing on the Ice ponds along the
shore OF the river below the bank.
about two blocks east OF the North.
western passenger depot. about ave
o'clock yesterday afternoon. when
Lee suddenly exclaimed, There's an
old hobo"
The boys looked where he indi
cated. and saw the body OF a man,
lying in some water at the bottom
OF the bank. They paid little atten.
ton to the sight for some time.
merely thinking 1t was man asleep
there. The body lay so stu, how.
ever. that they soon suspected that
the man was dead. They approached
closely and their suspicious, were
strengthened.
They then decided that they would
go and tell Wilbur McHugh, O four
teen year old boy, living near the
tracks at the foot of Jackson street,
Two Of the boys short time after
wards met policeman, but they
did not tell him. for. as they after
wards explained they were afraid
the police would give them IAN aw-
full bawling out II II turned out
tlrct the man was only drunk.
Police Were Notified.
When Wilbur McHugh heard of
II he notified bis father. Mike Nc.
Hugh, and very soon the word was
sent TO Chief OF Police Klugherz
and Coroner A. G. Liedloff. A small
crowd was soon collected about the
body. The man was apparently about
thirty years old. Of middle height
and fairly stout He was dressed
in such clothing as one would ordi.'
narily expect to find on a working
man. He had on a pair OF blue over.
alls, under which were brown khaki
trousers. He wore blue shirt, blue
vest and blue coat. A peculiar fea.
ture of his attire. was the fact that
bis white socks were drawn over
the bottom of the trousers. The
shoes he had on were fairly new.
as were also the overalls. A few
feet off,. UP on the bank, lay hat,
which appeared 30 be his own. II
was soft. black Stetson Inside
was the mark OF the Nyquist Cloth
ing company. On the leather rim on
the interior was the diseoloration
from perspiration, indicating that
the hat was, not a new one. II was
thought that the hat was given to
him by some local man, as the name
of a local firm was stamped on the
inside. The body lay upon some viii
lows. which pointed toward the
river This indicated that he had
rolled down the hill.
Postmortem Was Held.
The body was taken ito the Land
kamer undertaking establishment.
where in the evening postmortem
examination was held by Coroner
Liedloff with the assistance of DR..
C. c. Pratt and DIR. G. A. Dahl. II
was found that the neck was broken
and the right knee was skinned. II
was therefore surmised that the man
was hurt In a fall down the bank.
IL may be. that he fell while he
was trying TO reach fire, near by.
The, remains of fire were found
not far from the body, and as the
ashes were dry. where the ground
was quite wet, II was plain that the
fire had been made not long before.
Around IL were three empty, whisky
bottles.
! There was nothing in the pockets
OF the dead man to indicate who
he was. There was court plaster
case, on the outside of which was
an advertisement of the Continental
Casualty company, with blank
space for name, and blank space.
for the name and address OF
the person who was to be notified
in case of accident to the bearer As
the blanks were not filled out, this
article threw no light on the ques-
ton who the man was. There was
also found a hypodermic syringe.
but there was no needle or tablets.
such as ordinarily go with It, and
there were no marks on the body
to show that the instrument had
been used. The. pockets also con-
tanned brown-hahdled knife and a
key-ring, with button-hook, pad
lock key. house key and trunk key.
Description Of Man.
The man was found to be five feet
seven inches tall The weight was
$50 pounds. The face was smooth
and the hair was dark brown, re-
ceding at 1.-THE temples. The body was
clean and Indicted that good care
had been taken OF It. The hands
were rather small and had no callous
marks. showing plainly that the man
had not been laboring for a long
time. on the inside OF the right arm
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