Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1925-07-23
HAD REVOLVER
IN HIS HAND
Coroner's Jury D e
cides He Met Death
By His Own Act


The body of an unidentified man,
middle aged and we'll dressed still
clutching a revolver in his right
hand, was found in a Sank county
bunk house at Athe county quarry
in the Upper Nafrows, a short
distance northwest OF Alderman on
Thursday afternoon. The tragedy
was discovered when workmen cut
ting the grass near the shack no.
tieed the door slightly ajar and
went to close it. The body of the
man was found, Lying face down
ward on the foor in a pool of
dried blood. Both hands were under
the body, which was without shoes
or collar, the shoes lying on the
floor under the corpse and the
collar and tie lying on table
nearby.
District Attorney Henry j. Bonn
and County Coroner F. e. Tryon
were summoned from Baraboo and
an inquest held. Members of the
coroncr's Jury were the following
Ableman men: DIR. w. j. Hummail
John H. Pfaff, Ralph Mattix, Her
man J. Carlin, Arthur kopf, and
John H. Klipp.
They brought in verdict tfat
the man, name unknown, met his
death by his cwn act being shot
through the hoGy just below the
heart by a bullet from a 1920
revolver found III his hand. They
decided that re had been dead
since sometime on the morning of
Monday, July %.
A large black grip found by the
station agent in the Alderman wait
ing room on Monday morning when
he opened his office was Identified
as belonging to the dead man
by a pair of trousers contained
therein which matched the suit he
wore. The suitcase contained var
ious articles, including clothes, a
razor, fish line, and bobber quite
new, and copies Of "Short Stories"
for the dates of June 10 and %,
1925. One of the copies opened
at "The Net, when it was picked
up.
Hat Holds CIew
The man was aged As to so
years, was five feet, seven and a
half inches in heighth, weighed
145 to 100 pounds. He was smooth
shaven and his grey hair was
combed pompadour and slightly
to the left side. His shoes were
size with full top. The inside of
his collar band bore initials "V. S..
Probably the best clue to his iden-
tity was his grey hat which lay
on the table. 1t bore the stamp of
the Palace Clothing vompany, 252
Southwest Ave, Ka-" indicating
that the remainder of the name
had been removed along with the
owners initials, to conceal his
identity. The 1ocal authorities
are working on the assumption
that the "Ka" may have been the
beginning of the words Kansas
City and may be able to follow
this clue through the Palace com
pany. Identification cards had
been removed from pocketbook
and every effort made to
keep the name of the man un-
known.
In purse in the trousers poe
ket was the sum of 1926. The
bill folder was ord and worn. In
another pocket was the mans
watch, stopped at six minutes to
four.
A mark found on the opposite
wall showed where the bullet which
passed through his body had lodg-
ed. The clothes were burned where
the bullet entered. The body was
badly decomposed, the only iden-
tifying marks being an enlarged
joint on the little finger, as though
from injury. and very hmall scar
on the left wrist.
A coat was found hanging by a
window in the shed and an extra
shirt lay beside the body on the
floor. The collar of the shirt was
16, and the hat size z Is. A
pair of gold bowed glasses was
in a case in a pocket of the
clothes, as were also a celluloid
pocket comb and a pencil.
Buried at Once
1t will be impossible to hold the
body, which will probably be bur-
led at Alderman at once, accord