A Ghastly Discovery in Spokane
An unidentified man is found brutally murdered in a barn loft, sparking a grim investigation.
The almost nude body of a young man was found in the loft of a small barn in the eastern part of Spokane last Wednesday. It was in an advanced stage of decomposition. The body plainly indicated that murder had been committed, the head having been crushed in with an iron pin that lay near the body. From the story told by Mrs. H. F. Mitchell, upon whose premises the barn stood, it would appear that two unknown men committed the deed a week before. The dead man has not yet been identified.
“The body plainly indicated that murder had been committed, the head having been crushed in with an iron pin that lay near the body.”
Unsolved murders often haunted the growth of Washington's cities, leaving behind little more than a name or a location. In modern Spokane, the rapid development of the city has long since paved over the small agricultural outbuildings and informal spaces where the vulnerable could easily disappear.
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