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MURDERED.The Triiftie and Dreudlul Ritil of **Si|uire- Jlloivard.round llouo to Dentil bv :Vio-lonoe in n f'ltictigo I,umber Yard.ur.DThe brief telegram announcing the decease of Jumop M. Howard, received in this city Tuesday night, conteired no »ng-gpfctiou of the manner of his dtutb, bat lhe Chicago papers papers of yesterday told all of the tearful atory* The luter Ooeun givea the following account of the traced): ‘‘Ilie body of an unknown manwas found in Doylb’s limber yard, nfc Quarry and Mary streets. S an day morn-,llg- The man waa i\ stranger in tho large crowd of morbid curiosity Buskers who looked nt the ghtt-itly faee and tho blood Rtained clothing. There was none to identify him, Tho Coronet’* Jnry looked at the bocdy: ‘unknown iimn; death from onatses on known,’ was the verdict. A little police mvi'Rli^FVliou phowti the* man was murdered; Glide the implomenta of destruction; locate* the 1 irne of the crime; disooyers the idoulity of the man, and will shortly bring- to light the assassin. J. M. Howard, attorney, at Valparaiso, Ind., was tho victim. His brother, a well known business man of the Ptiino town, arrived in Ohioago yesterday and will take the body 'o the late homo of the murdered mac, «hose family wrift almost distracted at hia absence, and now that its continr.anoo ha* boon eo shockingly explained, is nearly prostrated. In Valparaiso Mr. Howard was a prominent lawyer, and hold the;e j position of local attorney for the Nickel-t-aplato and Chicago A Atlantic roadg.Lupt week the murdered men left Indiana for the pn.pose of visiting friends in Chioago. Ho boarded a South HiJettd stroet car at a late hoar Saturday night, and went toward lhe Bridgeport region, ttiiiltj in tne vehicle it wus noted by eome of the passengers that he wug slightly under the Influence of liquor, among them being one of the roughs that are utonoe the terror and disgrace of that part of the town- Mr. Howard spoke of his money, ofhie social condition, end was ready to talk j with all applieuntfl for bis favor. His good clothes and jewelry excited c Iho cupidity of the rough, and when the passengers were trnnsfered frotn the Hal-sted street oar to 1b*t on Archer avenue the r.nPorton^te attorney was taken in tew by the fellow who said he would show him the way to the ear he wanted. That was almost 11 o’clock, The transfer ticket wbiob Howard got id punched in the hours of II and l*j oVIoolc, showing that it was not good any time after midnight, May-14. Howard’s companion led him over Lhe bridge to tho tracks, aoroHB them to May street, and down toward the dark and lonely lumber yard. When the oouple tenoked Benton's foundry, watchman Kowheneki accosted them and naked what their business was at that hoar of the night. The watchman snya one of the men slunk away; the other was very drunk, and stood aod spoke to him. Tho watchman Rdkf-d if tho wanderer knew what time it was; the person he spoke to tried to draw his timepieoe from his pocket bol could not. He gave an incoherent answer and staggered away.The watchman positively identified lhefi, body as that: of the mac with whom he . ^ f had talked Saturday at midnight. Kaw- ! rhen?bi paid little attention to the matter; j lt;i he let tho man gn, and saw him rejoined | 1; by his companion. j ^Whether there was b struggle or not ia : not known, there being no marks to indicate; but evidently the murder was committed shortly after lhe victim iefc tho wstohman. The body wag found the fol-lawing day, a^ was published at the time of the discovery.”The remains arrived in this city last evening, and the fuoeral will take plnce to-day ot 2 o'clock p, m., with services at St. Vincent de Paul church.
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Logansport Journal
Logansport, Indiana, US
Thu, May 19, 1887
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