East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-08-23
Woman's Handkerchief Only
CIew to UnraveI Mystery
Of Man Found Near Here.
SAN DIEGO MARK
FOUND IN SUIT
Strangers Neck Was Broken;
His Pockets Had All Been
Turned Out and Emptied.

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This laundry mark In tho corner Of
woman's handkerchief is the only
clew officers have by which to unravei
the mystery surrounding the death OF
an unidentified man found this morn
ing shortly after o'clock in n clunp
OF brushes at the edge of the Umatllla
river. II miles west of Pendleton.
The mans neck was broken, and on
the top OF his head were several abra-
sions where the skin had been scratch
ed but aside from these injuries. the
body yielded no information whereby
might be built up an idea OF the cir
cumstanoes under which he met his
death.
Tho theory that the stranger was
killed In an accident or of amy attempt
at suicide, was discredlteG by the fact
that all his pockets had heen turned
out, and anything he may have had In
his pockets had been taken. 4 wbn-
ans handkerchief with the laundry
! mark. "092" was found on the side
/ OF the bank over which the body evi-
dently had either been dragged or
rolled. The label on the inside of the
pocket of his suit was marked San
Diego.
The stranger evidently was In his
early thlrties, was about five feet nine
inches tall, had dark hair, and was
slightly bald above the brow, His
eyes were O light grey. His front up
per teeth consisted of bridgework. He
was dressed In blue serge suit, had
on blue socks which still showed a
part of the paper labels which had
been torn off of them, tan shoes. a
grey flannel shirt. He had on no hal,
and no trace Of any sort OF headgear
has been found by the officials. All Of
his clothing was clean. He had a
two or three days growth of beard on
his face.
/ Discovery OF the fact that dead
man was partially concealed In the
brush was made by IT. @. Bogynska.
| 507 Clay street, Portland. The suspi-
cion that all was not right was held
by George Clark and Marvin Keen,
members of the road maintenance
crew, and they were standing ON the
road looking down the steep bank
when Bogynska came into view from
around the curve from the west.
Clark and Keen hailed the Port
land man.
What is that down there2" they
asked him, after he had stepped from
his car.
Don't know" Bogynska replied.
"rll take a look and tell you"
He went down the bank and discov-
cred tho body OF the man, resumed
his journey. and notified the sherifrs
! office OF his discovery. He accom-
panied the county officials who went
down about II O'Clock 10 bring hack
the body. tt--
, The party OF officials who made the
; trip down the highway TO bring back
the body Included r. I. Keator. district
3 attorney. Jake Marin, deputy sheriff.
John r. Brady, deputy coroner and
Sheriff Zoeth Houser. A thorough
search OF the bank up and down the
Z river was made. but nothing was found
. 20 indicate the Identity OF the mans
: murderers. or the circumstances un-
0 der which he was killed.
y The death OF the stranger promises
( to furnish Umatilla county with one
}. OF the most elusive mysteries OF rs
g criminal history. How the mans
r neck was broken without making m,
more marks on MS oouN lhAu WI
e found. where he was killed. and th'
Z Identity of him as well as the identify
0 OF the men who caused his death arr
J. matters that apparently are well hid
q den.
e The theory Of the case held BY sorn'
e Of the officials Is that the man hai
= just come IN off OF some ranch un'
had considerable money in his poek
d ets. and that someone knowing this
e either drueEed him and broke his neel
D In throwing his body down the rre
= cipIce. or klied him At some othf
l. place and tried 10 hide the body AZ IN
Pc bend OF the river.
81 The belief is also held that an -
n fort had been made to throw the bod
Into the river but once rolled or drne
az ged down the steep bank. u wns %
az heavy readily TO get hack ~ on th
sn road again. A line or hrusa On N
as river hank made d difnccn to tlf