▁myster ious ▁death . ▁The ▁man ▁was ▁young , ▁rather ▁short ▁( 1 . 6 2 ▁meters ▁tall ) ▁and ▁had ▁several ▁pieces ▁of ▁flesh ▁h anging ▁from ▁his ▁body , ▁suggesting ▁he ▁had ▁put ▁up ▁a ▁fier ce ▁struggle ▁with ▁his ▁k iller . ▁He ▁was ▁dec ap itated ▁post - mort em ▁with ▁two ▁distinct ▁cut s , ▁but ▁neither ▁the ▁head , ▁nor ▁the ▁clothes ▁could ▁be ▁located . ▁Despite ▁several ▁in qui ries ▁by ▁Const able ▁N ixon , ▁nobody ▁reported ▁a ▁missing ▁person ▁from ▁the ▁surrounding ▁area , ▁suggesting ▁that ▁the ▁dece ased ▁might ' ve ▁been ▁a ▁foreign er , ▁possibly ▁a ▁labour er . ▁ ▁Two ▁years ▁later , ▁when ▁Schmidt ▁was ▁arrested ▁for ▁Taylor ' s ▁murder , ▁it ▁was ▁discovered ▁that ▁during ▁the ▁supposed ▁time ▁frame ▁of ▁the ▁murder , ▁he ▁had ▁been ▁employed ▁near ▁M urr umb idge e ▁as ▁a ▁fish erman . ▁Additionally , ▁William ▁G iv ney , ▁owner ▁of ▁the ▁Co ach ▁and ▁H ors es ▁hotel , ▁recognized ▁Schmidt ▁as ▁a ▁man ▁who ▁had ▁checked ▁into ▁his ▁hotel ▁shortly ▁before ▁the ▁murder ▁had ▁taken ▁place . ▁ ▁Jacob ▁Rick ▁A ▁ 5 4 - year - old ▁native ▁of ▁Hoch kir ch , ▁Pr uss ia , ▁Rick ▁had ▁been ▁in ▁Australia ▁since ▁ 1 8 7 0 . ▁He ▁was ▁described ▁as ▁short , ▁st out , ▁of ▁rud dy ▁complex ion , ▁with ▁a ▁high ▁fore head , ▁black ▁cur ly ▁hair , ▁a ▁de form