The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-10-02

man s skull had been caved In and it
is believed without doubt that the piece
Of tile was the instrument of death
used by his assailant or assailants.
There were splotches of blood on the
side OF the car and several deep cuts
on various places on the mans body
indicating that he had not given up
without a struggle. His outer cloth
ing was also badly torn in places which
confirmed this belief.
The man Is coat was found lying on
the floor beside him and his shoes on
the other side of the car, indicating
that he had probably been sleeping in
the car when he was attacked by the
murdered. In his pockets were found
cards showing that he had been in
several cities during the past few
months. There was found in his wal
let an American Railway Express re-
ceipt made out to Frank Martin, Chi
cage, which was dated September
23rd, showing that he had been
killed after that date.
Believe Pal Was Murderer.
The police believe that the murdered
man might have been killed by his own
pal. They think that he had probably
been in the west, perhaps in the harvest
fields. and after making good deal of
money had started to beat his way
home with some of his companions.
This pal, or these pals, whichever it
may have been, murdered him for his
money and then escaped from the ear.
The box car had been last sent to a
village in Iowa with a load of tile and
since it was unsealed, the men might
have entered it at any of the sidings.
It is also possible that he was killed
while the chr was at the Proyiso juno
ton near Chicago. The fact that the
murdered man had both his coat and
shoes off and had apparently been sleep
ing in the car would support this theory.
Wore Good Clothing.
An examination of the bodY and the
clothing of the murdered man failed
to throw much additional light on his
identity. The man S skull had been
caved in completely by the murderer S
blows and his face was so badly bat
tered and bloated that little could be
decided in regard to his age. 1t is
thought that he was probably between
thirty and thirty-fve years old. He
had coal black hair, was about five
feet, seven inches tall and weighed
about one hundred and tifty-fve
pounds. He wore a striped suit with a
pair Of overalls over them. He had on
a blue work shirt and work vest
and good undertaking.
In one of the pockets was found a
bottle of diluted earbolic acid on which
was a label showing that it had been
purchased from drug company in
Minneapolis. There were several regis
tration cards in his pocket-one from
Great Lakes as mentioned above, and
the others all from Local Board No.
40 of Chicago The police kept the
wires hot on Monday night and this
morning in trying to follow up these
clews but were unable to find anything
which might help unrayel the mystery.
Body Buried This Morning.
Coroner Parker, shortly after finding
the body, started the work of holding
an inquest over it in order FIAT it
might be buried this morning. A jury
was selected last night and held an ex-
animation Of the body at seven 'clock
Monday evening at the Hansen morgue,
This morning at the direction of the
coroner, the body was buried in the
potter's field. 1t is thought possible
that the relatives of the man may be
found and that the remains may be
later exhumed and taken TO bis home
for permanent burial.