Evening journal., 1919-11-18
HOLD LEE FOR
INVESTIGATION

Face up In the marshes at the foot
Of East Fourteenth street about
o'clock this morning, Robert Lyons.
Negro. aged about % years. was found
dead, evidently murdered. The decom-
posed body evidently had been In the
march for several week. a gaping hole
in the right temple and a fractured
skull, however. told the cause OF death.
Within an hour after the finding OF the
body the city detective squad appre-
hended Samuel Lee, Negro, whom the
police say was on friendly terms with
Mrs. Lyons while her husband was in
the army. No charge was placed against
Lee up 10 early afternoon, however, he
being held for Investigation. Dorothy
Dial, a slster-in-law OF the murdered
man, and Reuben Dawson. Negro, liv-
ing at the Lyons home. were also taken
10 the police station as witnesses and
also are being held for an investiga-
ton.
John Benney. an employee OF the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company round
house, living at No $40 Townsend
street. found the body while walking
across the marsh to get some milk at
a store at Fourteenth and Davis streets.
on seeing the body Benney hurried
back TO the round house and reported
the case.
Word was sent 10 the police station
and Patrolman Walls. the district Of
] flcer. and Deputy Coroner Nichols were
/ notified. Both hurried 20 the scene
and on arriving. they found the Negro
! lying on the ground with a swiss
watch with a gold nlled case lying
about twenty feet from the body. The
small rope chain that held lt had been
broken from the mans vest. Stlll far
ther away lay a gOld-banded fountain
pen. On the corpse was a silver wrist
watch and In the pocket was a gold
penknfe. Nothing else was found on
the body and while no weapon was 10
be seen, it was plain that the man had
not killed himself
Sergeant OF Detectives Benson and
King. on hearing Of the finding OF the
corpse, buried TO the scene and took
charge OF the case. The body had been
moved when they arrived. but a thor
Ough search was made OF the marshes
near where the body was found for the
weapon that had been used, but with
out success.
The detectives interviewed a number
OF residents In Davis street, which Is
opposite the place where the body was
found, but none recalled hearing any
thing that would cause them to suspect
that a crime had been enacted within
sight OF their homes.
The detectives then went 20 the home
OF Lyons, where they found Reuben
Negro. and Dorothy Dial,
sister OF Mrs. Lyons. Little
information was learned there. the only
statement made being that Lyons had
left his home on Thursday night, OctO-
Der 30, TO attend some kind OF a meet
Ing and had not been seen since. He
also had been away from his work since
hat date. The Dial woman said that
lyons and her sister were married
several years ago at Livingston, Ala.
md that Lyons had served in the army
,verseas, returning here a few months
igo.
The woman said at first that Lyons
lad no children, but police lnvestiga-
ion showed a flve-months'-Old baby
which the Dial woman said was that
4 Mrs. Lyons. but she did not know
Who the father whs.
PatrOiman Walls. who had been at
work on the case, Informed the detec-
ives that he had learned that sam Lee.
iegro, had lived with Mrs. Lyons while
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