Show Vice-Consul Vice Believes Riv River r Victim Mexican With if Strain of Negro Bl Blood d Theory May Aid id in in identification I I I I I j t The first break in the mystery surrounding surrounding surrounding sur sur- rounding the Identity of the man whose body was found in the Jordan river Monday came camo today when he Francisco Francieco L Ramirez vice consul or of of Mexico who recently opened offices here gave his opinion that the that the unknown dead was a Mexican with possibly a strain of negro blood Se Senor or Ramirez viewed the body in an attempt to establish the Identity of the man After a scrutiny of the bod body in the morgue the vice consul gave his opinion based on certain tam tain physiological characteristics of the negro Mexican cross This opinion was supported by that of Ben lien Adams well known figure in the local Mexican colony who viewed the body separately from Senor Ramirez Rami Rami- rez and arrive at at- atthe the same conclusion Adams Is said to know every person of Mexican extraction within a radius of ot more than miles of this city He stated positively that he could not place the dead man among his acquaintance acquaintance acquaintance ac ac- ac- ac and believed the supposed murder victim to have been a newcomer newcomer new new- comer corner comer here Position of the ears In respect to I other parts of the head and face hair texture and skin of the dead man were pointed out by both men as having certain features Indicative indica Indica- tive tivo of the Mexican race Other characteristics characteristics char char- were taken to show a strain of negro blood According to morgue attendants these were the first of more than one hun hundred red who have viewed the body to bring out any racial traits The ears cars of the dead man are set high on the head His longer hair hall has the characteristic break of the typically typically cally Mexican but the short hair hall has the kink of the negro negro race His facial features also ar are said to bear out chiefly traits of the Mexican race with Just an indication of the negro traceable traceable trace trace- able throughout But the main point on which the negro strain is established Is said to lie in the the peculiar freckles on the face of the corpse The skin of a Mexican does docs not freckle and shows discoloration only through pock-marks pock or some other similar abrasion It is said But the thc Introduction of negro blood even the slightest strain will manifest st Itself ir In dark subsurface blotches similar tc those on the face of the dead man |