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R i Weapon or TookT2 eorfx A«lt;nalt; *d j toy Old HwWnjuVk*-'Cor.Ir»in» troU ijb* Clro«a»tw»o*».Hicre are at vr.nced as towas found, with a blt; art, on the ba It aballa street ewith the Shariu Eyidenc* tin! He Own lift.Oplnlon-Cooolaslonsan nor of theories ad-probable eausp of thedi rvt-li of Edward L idwig, whose dead bodyjullrt hole through the uk Lr the Oswego canal at arljf Friday morning. Thecriminal authorities and those copnectedft’s oiBco arj entirely at » lei* in determirilng whether1 he was mur-dr-redoi whether l»e commuted suicide.ndipg circumstances those em to lean towards the hat he was murdered, ho has teen over theW rom all surroc iblt; st able to judge sq*fe rmer conviction,A n old. detectiveg ound closely glvr a it as hit opinion thatLudwig came to h a t assassin. His nuat have beet v, ith some pue the canal.(nd ia death at the hand of theory is that Ludwig engaged in a fight on the hank of wig was having the hast of the I cohiliat when his foot s ipped and he went ©vet the bank apd into the water. He must have bean partly intoxicated, and In bis struggles in the vater have dwallowed a Quantity. Theu be made strenuous1 efforts to get out, and as he nearly succeeded he was met^by his antagonist with4h-f irough the heart, svopto invostlI y tin* boatmen ourevolver and shot • The murderer did not the extent of bis crime.l at ian, leaving ti e body to be discovered» j ..._ ________ . - the Charles H. Gravesct Borne. This thbory seems to he well-eupoorted by the facts brought out .by investigation. An aiutopay held on the body Bhowed that the lungs and cheat cavity wore filled with1 water and blood clot. This proves beyond la doubt that Ludwig was hi the canaljK!ioife like was extinct. While in the water iJudvng must have gasped heavily, fox, biaidts filling the lungs, the water forced its way through the holes - in 1 otli the lobes or the left lung made by the passage of the bullet and filled the chest cavity. L . .Again, Coroner Bmith gives it as his impression and esvrneBt belief that, considering the course taken by the bullet, that death must have been instantaneous. This •;oe» to show that the boy was not shot be-■- 'ore he fell into the canal, nor while in, r.here. When the fact that Ludwig's body was partly out of tpe canal when found, is :akeu into consideration, all ovideocetvgo 'o show that Ludrflg was making stupendous efforts to savi himself from drowning when bn was shot, As to what could have incited the deed, of course no one ventures.% theory. The ,-ivc ample proof t JereiL ¥ou can’t inak wig shot himself.piroumatances certainly hat Ludwig was mur-oanal and tbed tri id to net himself outigaln. said Wetecitvo John Ennis to aStamp AJto repo course I ■ don’t ries, continued docs , not jlooh to suppose that aithe shot he could niit of the epnalsuppose, be w’ould t^uito n strange the shot.' Ho wave hocn committed itNo revolver has ybelieve that Lud-hrew himself into the■ter , lost uight. Of venture . any thco-Mr. Ennis, **but t* reasonable to .me y ouch thing could liedone. If death esultod instantly fromlot make an effort to get and again, it he shothimself intention;illy, nu people seem tonot try to get out.” act is that no one heard late the deed may have is not probable but thatsums one was wit‘ lin hearing of the shot.et been found either, although two eknert divers have been employed to search the canal. This is another anti ft very strong proof that Ludwig was tot shot by his ovj.n Land. The murderer, whoever he vios, probably kept- this very Important bit of evidence in bis'own possession wbenjho made his escape from the aeoue of his crime!.Moreover, there is no reasou to believe that Ludwig had any reason for taking his own life. He Is spoken of by those who know him asia jolly fellow” and a person who eujoycdilifolas lie weat along. However, be is sain hi have been of rather a quarrelsome! disposition upon occasion. In iftct, it is Baidj that young Lnd’Arig has left home because ho could not get alone well with his father. • Some importance isattached to the Fab ren wald ;whiThursday night up the drinks fo: wig not to he s Ludwig took out 5), | ing to it said:• “I have three In ore, j,6 am done; This, however jx ! ftrgnea-nothing.story told by Michael was with Ludwig at the Iron Pier oniThursday night, as having a suicidal tone, He met Lmlwig, he says, in Granger’aj saloon en the lake shore on and Ludwig was setting hie party.5 lie told Lad-■ free with his money, a pockotbook and poiut-wkcn that is .gone Iin face of the facts gained Fahrenwnld saya that at the time he (understood Ludwig to mean that when ills money was gone he would stop drink injg and go home. Efforts have been made to trajca Ludwig from the time Fahrehwald saw him at Granger’s up to the time be was shot, but no progress has been rtiadd in that direction, A matter to jw hilih the police see in t o attach some j importance is how Ludwig came by so much money. They do not accept the a^sertjon made by him 10 his friends that; he .won his money on the wheel of fortune! at the races. They do not offer to give any explanation nor venture any theories, but, nevertheless, they believe that there is a great deal to be taken into consideration in- looking the matter up. So for as facts are concerned tlic case is jpst where it waa on the morn ing tnat Ludwig was found. Ludwig’s body has been removed to his father’d home, No. 1,122 Lock slreet, from where the funeral vill bo held at 2 b’otock this afternoon. i
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Syracuse Standard
Syracuse, New York, US
Sun, Jul 27, 1890
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