July 3, 1879
Body of an unidentified peddler discovered near Cranberry
Barnabas Dewitt found a badly decomposed body about forty yards from the Kingwood–Cranberry pike. Wiley describes a note signed “John Fictious,” skull injuries, and suspicious circumstances, but does not establish the man's identity or a murder as fact.
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Wiley, History of Preston County, pp. 418–419
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