| Show excitement E X C I TE M E N T IN ET EVANSTON T ON O N mysterious murder of ft acil stranger last monday evening james sn a trapper jr while alile making his ills way through the willows on tile cast bank of bear river near evans evanston to discovered the body ofa of a man mail lying iving across tho the trail partly covered with brush he immediately went into town and reported the discovery discover r to coroner E S bisbing on oil tuesday U day morning the coroner organized a jury and proceeding to tile spot indi bated held an inquest tho the body being b in an advanced stage sta vo of decain posit ionno onedas one was able to identify it the lie coroner found avii a gun shot wound inalia in tho head penetrating below the ri right ht car and coming out of the left check further examination showed that tho the left arm was broken in two separate places by bullets another bullet hole in the calf of the leg coming out inside the ankle and still another which entered the groin and came out of tile thigh A description of the bodgas given by the chieftain is as follows fol lowa apparently parent ly about thirty years of age five fave feet ten tell inches or six feet high weight about pounds very dark hair hai dark eyes handsome white teeth and mid high forehead wore no beard had on coat of fine twilled or ribbed goods very dark lark would be called black in a dim dini light vest about the same kind of goods as coat the pants are arc heavy plain goods very dark blue with welt scams down the sides ho he wore a fine dark blue shirt and ordinary teady made cotton underclothing under clothing white cotton socks and clastic elastic congress gaiters of fine nearly new A black corded silk cap was found near the body in the lining of his coat was found apart a part of a ne newspaper ws paper a portion portion of which was torn away an and in missing is i n g g only this portion of the heading cading li remained in black text letters the daily here it is torn off the paper shows that it is published at Wilkes barre pa and the telegrams and other articles show that it was not printed longer ago than the first or second day of may alay As it would tako take this paper at least five or six days after publication to reach this place cither either in the pocket of deceased or by mail he must have been alive and well as late as may iab and it is more than likely a as the tile paper shows some wear that the wicked murder was committed within the past three weeks |
