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Money, money in every pocket, yellow "twenties" and "tens," gold and silver pieces in purses and tied in rags, and in every pocket which was searched by Dr. Richard Poole, coroner, was revealed today during the investigation of the death of a man believed to be Heinrich Povinelly, a knife sharpener and scissors grinder. The total amount found about his clothing and body was $1,109.40.
Povinelly was killed when his wagon was struck by an inbound Terre Haute Interurban car at Kentucky avenue and Missouri street. Povinelly was in his wagon, which was fitted out as a shop for grinding cutlery. The columns supporting the elevated tracks prevented Motorman E.H. Besse of Terre Haute from seeing the wagon until the horse appeared on the car tracks. povinelly whipped his horse, according to witnesses, and Besse threw on the emergency brake and sounded the whistle. So sudden did Besse put on the brake it almost derailed the car. The wagon was crushed between the car and the concrete column and Povinelly was killed instantly.
Motorman Held On
Manslaughter Charge
Lieut. Sandmann, Motorpoliceman Brady and Patrolman Barmfuhrer investigated the accident and notified the coroner. Besse was arrested charged with manslaughter. L.C. Minor of Terre Haute was conductor of the car.
Coroner Poole searched Povinelly's body for valuables. It seemed every pocket yielded a purse, one containing gold and currency. A piece of an old blue shirt was pulled from the hip pocket of the dead man and wrapped in the cloth were $1,000 in twenty and ten dollar bills. The money was worn slick and smooth, which indicated it had been carried in the pocket for some time.
A number of Italians viewed Povinelly's body at the city morgue, and most of them declared the man was not an Italian, as was as first supposed. The name Heinrich Povinelly, 226 East Pearl street, was painted on the side of the wagon. It developed he had kept his wagon at George Herman's livery barn, at the Pearl street address, for many years, but a few months ago Herman sold the barn to a transfer company and Povinelly moved his outfit to another stable.
Little Known of Man
Believed An Austrian
Herman said while he had kept the wagon and horse at his barn for many years he knew nothing of the man, or where he lived. Italians who first saw the body said the man lived at 624 East Georgia street, but Coroner Poole found the knife sharpener who lived at that address was described as "Tony, the man with the white horse," while the dead man owned a brown horse. Italians declared Povinelly was either an Austrian or a Turk. Men employed in butcher shops where Povinelly sharpened knives said they believed him to be an Austrian, but knew nothing of him nor where he lived, except he had sharpened knives for them for many years.
Povinelly was a man about 50 to 55 years old. He wore a dark mustache and was bald-headed. He wore a dark coat and corduroy trousers. Around his neck were three strands of white glass beads and three strands of red coral beads.
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