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Show iiAU'S BODY FOUND IN ' 'BARREL; THROAT IS CUT; LETTERS ADD TO MYSTERY .. . -.- - , NEW YORK, April 14. A murder was - discovered early today, according ' to the police,: by the finding of th body of a man, apparently an Italian, in a barrel in East Eleventh street, near the docks. The man's throat was cut from ear to ear. The body was warm -when found! and the work of ferreting out the. supposed crime was begun, at once by detectives. - :, A scrubwoman on ber way to work today noticed the barrel on the sidewalk, side-walk, and she saw hanging on it a man's coat soaked with blood. She Informed In-formed the police. ; The. rt and the only clue found during several hours' search was the letters TVVT.." painted on the bottom of the barrel,, but the police th'.r.k these letters v. : !d them a good deal in. revealing the mystery. It Is suppose! that eonc hoiy Izteni 1 to throw the body into the river, sftor 6 - ' . ''-- -- - 1-i'a Larry, fearing discovery. , |