Evening star., 1916-10-24
BONES ARE FOUND
IN PILE OF ASHES
Believed Those of Frank Po-
schI, Missing Farmer, Of
Near ForestviIIe, Md.
MURDER IS SUSPECTED
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispateh to The Star.
UPPER MARLBORO, Md, October "a.
while passing through a piece of
woods on the farm Of DR.. W. W. Stew
art. two miles from Forestville, Sun
day afternoon, ]. C. Staubis. a resident
Of that locality. found the charred
bones Of human being. The finding
Of q hat and knife nearby made It rea-
sonably certain that the bones were
those Of Frank Poschl, fifty years old,
who disappeared from his home near
Forestviile tho afternoon of August "a.
The metal ends of two No. IL shells
found in the pile of ashes suggested
the possibility that Posch1 was slain
with q shotgun and his body burned
on a brush pile to hide evidences Of
the crime.
Sheriff Gates went to the scene as
soon as he learned Of the discovery
the Peace W. E. Cox yesterday after
noon conducted an inquest at Forest
willie. The jurors thought the testi-
mony suggested that Poschl had been
slain with shotgun. but the verdict
left the cause of death open. They did
decide that the bones were those Of
the missing farmer.
Further Investigation Made.
Sheriff Gates this morning reported
the facts on the case to States At
torney s. Marvin Peach and the affair
is being further Investigated. While
the finding Of the metal ends of two
shells among the ashes suggested the
probability that Poschl had been shot
and killed where the bones were found.
it Is believed possible that he was slain
at some other place and his body taken
there and burned.
How the hat and knife Of the dead
man escaped being burned beyond rec
ognition is a matter that the sheriff
is trying to solve Had Poschl been
burned, it is stated. it Is probable that
his slayers would have consigned his
hat to the fire. and this one neglect, it
Is pointed out. not only served to make
Identification certain, but 1t may prove
Of interest in the investigation that Is
being conducted by Sheriff Gates, his
deputies and the states attorney.
Subject to Dependency.
1T was testified at the inquest that
Poschl was subject to hts Of desnon-
dency.
Poschl owned farm near Forest
vile. where he resided with his sister,
Mrs. Josephine Sommers: William SOM
mers, her husband. and their children.
August 20. the last day he was seen
affve by his sister and brother-in-law.l
he said he was going to Centervine to
visit anothsr sister: Mt 9r.nk Ginnsa:
that the Sommers learned he had not
reached there.
II was said he had taken no large
sum q money With him; nIl not OF enough S9s to
cling expenses for 80 long period. and
his SdisAppearance aroused concern
among his relatives and friends. Search
made FOR him failed to result in finding
The rim Of the hat was chArred and
the knife had been 80 affected by the
fire AZ to change Its appearance. Mr..
Son,mers. however. was positive Of the
of two knives that he bought some time
ago, he said. and the dishgured one is
the one he gave to his brother-in-law.
Sheriff Gates says the place whore
rection Of Centerv1lle. where Poschl
said he was going. but In an entirely
different direction
Body Possibly Dimembered.
The skuIl, vertsbras and the leg
homes were found In the funeral pyre.
IT Is thought possible that the body
was dismsmbered and that only parts
Of it were consigned to the brush IRE.
and It 10 the intention Of Sheriff Gates
TO prosecute . thorough search of the
surrounding country in an effort to
learn II any missing portions Of the
BODY were secreted in the woods or
buried.
Il is highly probable that the brush
used in the nre was taken there from
nearby woods. II was stated at the in
that particular place.
DR.. Stewart. on whose farm the bones
were found. said that about the time
awakened In the middle of the night
by smoke. However. he said he did not
get mp. because he though there was
little danger Of it getting far because
everything was green.
Appeared to Be Morbid.
Posehl had worked for him at odd
times. according to DR.. Stewart. and
friends that he had committed an un-
pardonable sin and must atone for 1t
in seme way. DR.. Stewart said. He
had bean heard to remark that II 1t
were not too brutal he would build
big nre and jump into it. This sin,
according to DIR. Stewart, was ap-
parently on his mind at all times. for
t was the one subject about which he
was always talking.
Dr. Stewart said that Poschl had
been in a sanatorium for time after
the death of hfs wife. about three
years ago. and while returning, In
charge Of DIR. Sansbury OF Forestville
made an attempt to jump out of the
train window. but was restrained after
some effort
The place where the charred remains
We're found Is in a deep ravine about
q half mile from DR.. Stewards house,
in little frequented part OF his farm
MISSION BOARD TO MEET.