Ogden Daily Standard | 1909-03-08 | Page 2 | Mystifying Murder Case

and signed "Jour. Sister, Ellen Doro;' thy." Tho man was apparently 35 year old and his appearance was that of a prosperous business man. 1STIF-II1 Body of Mao Found in Snow Willi Ugly Wound in . Neck. V Washington, March 7. Tho body of a 'well dressed man partially covered cov-ered with snow and a ragged wound in the neck was today found near Alex-. Alex-. andria, Va., a short distance from "Washington. In the pockets of the clothing were a traveller's check" for $300 issued by the Wells-Fargo Express Ex-press company at Los Angeles, payable pay-able to Walter F. Schultz, a card bear-lag bear-lag the same namo and address of 1314 Douglas street, Sioux City, la.. jid another card which bears the name of Mrs: Alma II. Wlllet. The police regard the case as a cold-Wooded murder and as ono of tho most mystifying crimes over committed com-mitted in this section. A motive is lacking, and the Identity of the man supposed to bo Schultr. Is by no means complete. Cnrds and other papers found In the clothes are believed to have been placed there by his slayer, lhe theory that the man had committed commit-ted suicide is not credited because of iho peculiar wound and the fact that no weapon of any sort was found near hie body. After working all day upon all Eorts of clews, the Alexandria police believe be-lieve the murdered man was an inauguration inau-guration visitor who was lured away from the city, murdered, and his body thrown into a field, where it was found, about 400 yards from the Alexandria Alex-andria railroad station. The authorities believe they will establish the identity of the victim from a letter, without envelop, evidently evi-dently belonging to the victim. It waa dated "Sioux City, la., Dec. 30,"