Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-26
MURDER MYSTERY
CONFRONTSPOu
Negroes Battered and Partly
Cremated Body Found Near
GIenwood Cemetery. :

Finding Of che battered and partly
cremated body of q colored man to
the east Of Lincoln road. near Trinity
College and Glenwood cemetery.
about o'clock yesterday afternoon.
furnished the police an unusual muir
der mystery. Coroner hewitt and po-
lice of the tenth precinct are certain
death resulted from a broken skull.
Six distinct wounds on the head
mark as many fractures.
1t is reasonably certain. according
to the police. that the murder was
not committed at the place where the
body was found. It Is believed that
an automobile seen on the road near
there about o'clock yesterday morn
ing was the vehicle used to convey
the body there.
Near the body was an overcoat and
piece of blood-stained carpet about
the size of a covering for the floor of
an automobile. A can containing
small quantity of gasoline and piece
of newspaper dated December also
were found.
Oscar Rose. 2sos 4th street north
east. who was in pursuit of rabbit.
discovered the body in the ravine.
Recalls Seeing Auto.
Matthew Guy, night Waterman at
Trinity College, recalled having seen
an automobile stop on the road about
2 o'clock in the morning. When it left
he stated. 1t went in the direction of
Maryland.
A Chinese laundry mark on the band
OF the shirt showed the number GAL.
the Is hpinY Chinese
When Rose discovered the body he
ran and informed Frederick Rose, en-
ployed in Glenwood cemetery. The
latter telephoned the police and De-
tective Joe Grant and Sergt. McCor-
mick and Policeman Wheeler soon
reached the scene and started an in
vestigation. Maj. Pullman, superin-
tendent of police, and Detective Bur-
lingame. acting chief of detectives.
last night viewed the body at the
morgue and began work to establish
it's identity.
1t is thought the dead man was
about twenty-five years old. He had
light brown skin, was about five feet.
eight inches tall and weighed about
135 pounds. One front tooth was solid
A diamond ring worth $50 was taken
from his finger by the police. No
money was found. The dead man wore
low tan shoes that were new, the
soles indicating they mad not oeen
worn enough to be soiled.
Fail to Identify Body.
Last night the police of the several
precincts had reSiden<s of all parts of
the city visit the morgue and view the
remains, but none of them was able to
suggest the identity of the body. and
only two or three persons even went so
far as to say the face appeared familiar
to them. The name of New York
clothing firm appearing as makers of
the overcoat found near the body, the
police stated, did not necessarily indicate
the owner was from that city.
Detectives suggested that the man
may have been Pullman porter or
other travelling man, and that he
murdered for his money, the presence
Of the diamond ring on his finger not
making it positive he was not robbed
That the body was taken to the spot
near Berry's spring where it was found
seems certain, SO TAR as the police are
concerned. and they believe the murder
was committed short time before it
was deposited there.
Police of Baltimore and Philadelphia
have been furnished a description OF
the body and asked to make an effort to
establish its identity.