New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-09-06
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UpptiHet0s, "Wednesday, sHp, :, t',j.
Az Tho inv,siisa ion hefore The Corpper jury drew
10 close. no pablo sic'sm'p,, which hal -on'
-ba, spbsidea dnring tho otaininaipn Of wiins~-e-
seeued I" ,eyivr, and thTr" -As g'eH, soI"'y 10
know who, would b9 tho rosal, of tho Ifqios'.
Kumrs vcro hloAi that mo Jury h" b"pn strongly
b,a.sd b, ceriai. ernptoyces Of tho camden AMI An
boy Company, md ny 'he means p"+'i NJ their d.
posa b, To .uperior nicc,s bat u, reliable evidence
hdduc'd m subsan,niion Of any o. these eha-g's
aud tie verdict Of The jury delivered this morning AZ
an oarly hoof, appear. b have taken by surprise
many rho had thrown out insinustlons against the
jury, aud the IMPRESSION appears 20 be hat ms
b, dy har honestly pero med ts duty and arrived a.
conclusion fIly Justified by the testimony prodnc'd
The moot exciting G-Aue OF last rghs proceeding
however ornecied with The deoth alton OF the
corse with regard IN which there mas hitherto BEEN 20
much mystery. Mr. Robert Bruce of NewYork irnved
here from NewYork al o clock last as our last DIS
parch placed tie He states that the de-
scrpton othe corps in yesterday rRIBu W answered
exactly to that Of his brother-.n aw, Mr. john NJ.
/, Itch No g SOuih.,t Nli-m~hp-gh, late OF
Charleston, 5. c. Mr.. b home .at5ly proceed 81 tn
view tie body He said j, resembled very much the
y,rson Of lis brother inlay, but fhe latter cal An
artificial teott Ia front, aud the corpse raj na'ural
teeth, il Is Impossible that this be- the same lie
mw.dIatel, autographed home 10 Mrs. Lel,ch his So
to inform her of he fact that th' corpse nor thai
of her husband Mr.. LeIrch of NIlliamsburyh had
written from a Southern city that he intended 10 be
hone IN rsday. the day after rhe accident Ou ma,
not VT arrived, ard has not been beard from. Mrs.
oiich afr reading the description of the corpse IN
he TRIBUNE, so affected Il 20 he quite over
come with alarm, and the Geographic message neh-
toned IL our last dispa ca trom New lOrk, aud the
pr, sent visit of Mr. Bruce, the resolrs. Anotner
col. cdence las come 10 light. Mr. K-lly, the land
lord of the Washington Hotel N this city vas aiding
in eonve, ing The wou ded ant diving from the scene OF
the dhsseT, and seeing one OF the suit rTs hKely 10
die he said: VIII YOU tell me your tne, that We
may inform Your friends of your calamity ~
DYING MAINLY name il Leitch; am from Ohio.
After the man was put into the cars his head fell
back ana he died.
II s said here by Mr. Iabez Kingdom the r4ilroai
station mss',r of Burlington that there three or
-four witnesses to prove that the above occurrence took
place aud Yet no person OF this name has been recog
nZeG among he dead, and the witnesses cannot affirm
as 10 the ld,n ly of the corpse.
Soon after this an el, ely gentleman, Mr. Brooks OF
Hartford Conn arrived and stated that he is friend
of a Mr. Loveland, and seeing that name in the news
paVCs beIug the clothes OF the deceased he had
come from Hartford TO II he could meurty the
body. He was shown the daguerreotypeS of the de-
c,as.d, but ~ his eyesight good, ne said he
would retre until the next mOrnug, and proceed To
view the body by day light. He could not oak ~ith
certainty tn the Ill nifty from tn pOrtrait4 although
he was strongly impressed with the belief th it is the
body of his friend LOv.lsnd.
AT half past eight clock Isaac Green, Esq, of the
firm of LOveand, Green Co., Mor hants, LtcOn, ILL.,,
arrived Burlir gon. A. A. he entered the Cry
Hotel Mr.. Wright Who has had charge If the bodies
on behalf OF the Jurors, showed hun dasuereotype
Of the corpte taken on Saturday last Mr. Green
said Immediately, = That is him. second dtguer
r. otype also shown hin and both recognized
portraits OF his partner, TITUS LoyELASD Of Lac III,
Ill.
Mr.. Green then sad LEFT home 81 weeks ago to-
day. Sir. Love land left home Thursday the 13l,
ard was in Pittsburgh on the 2s'h o. Au-ust Ii was
arranged by letter from home that Mr. LOvellud
should meet ire in Boston Monday the 3 of Sep
tender. Last night | waited for him till nat-pist
II o'cock-he time the last Hartford tram Is Ode IN
Boston. About g o'clock this morning, saw a safe
mont in Boston paper that the name OF LovelHnd
written The watch pocket Of the paataloOns.
then for the frst tine supposed il 10 I've the corpse OF
my partner. | left Bosom for burlington, by the p
tran for New-York. saw in N-w-lork paper ut
Hartford tie name OF - Z. Loveland.' As this vas
different 10 the other statement of L. L0veland, |
bad Il stronger belief that il my partner, it was
evident the iDi'ial in one of the papers wrong.
lie was married man. His wife resides at LHson,
Ill., q miles from Peoria. He was about 3j years of
age, and feet a or inches high dark hair, with
eight mix ure Of gray He has high forehead; very
full chest, aud remarkably mali feet No shoes with
insoles would about iii him.
Mr.. WRIGHT replied that the Coroner n ~ In h
session note handed TO him to the effect that of
the dead had a'ed nst previous 10 his decrease that
be from the liilaois HIS sOuewn
robOTalve of your statement.
Mr. GREFN-l ehall be able to recognize the bOfy
have no doubt.
Mr.. Wright, Mr.. Green, and The crowd OF persons
who had crowded around the hotel on hearing of these
Low proceeded 10 the Iyceum, aud
there quite rush to be present a. TIE identifies
ton of the corpse The room in which II placed
beng the hnto-room of The Lyceum was too small
however 10 admit of more than s dozen persons and
the COL VIZ closed gaii At the crowd gu side
The corpse had placed patent metallic cot
fill constructed as 10 be preserved wlch lee al
around iht body without its coming Ia contact there
with. Tie lid, loaded wi,h Ice, removed. The
most lrtf,c- sllouce was observed while Mr. Green
gszeo Il the almost frozen body In less than tSo
mn u6s Mr. G.. said IN 4 solemn aud positive men1er
. lh.t certainly the body OF NY partner, THUS
e LOyEIAND! Quite seLsailon WAS produced by
tbs announcement, and II quickly circulated out
RI tlst the body wac ~ ldst recognized.
HE sil standing the BODY the question OF
Lis h' discussed, and rule applied. whicn showed
u at the bOdy corresponds III THIS particular with the
eeu ort OF Mr. Green that his partner five feet
five il cses in hight The hair was brusbel away fro
the forehead, ana then Mr. &. exclaimed: IL Is hun
'' certainly | can identify bin nos still more easily
q that is lis forehead evidently should know his
" clothes; he Ii Ia the habit of wearing vest with
" buttons cose up to the neck.
Stveial persons prrsent here s'a'ef that the vest
which had been found on hIm, they bel eve'l vas an
open in front and old not button up close.
Mr. GheeD, however, persisted IN his statement, and
" hen tie vest was produced II found Ia answer
Mr. g. description exactly. The pant 81 )ons were
theu produc,C. ana Mr. G.. said: Ihey are his pan
" falcons citeinly; cur that doe~kn cloth myself
" ard can swear 10 that material n coming olt )i
- our r'ore" The coat and shoes also identified
and Mr. G. said that biz hat would have 0n the usie
the nsrts # Town, kcGrIck Co., Boston The
pile # forty fifty ha,s examined. Nnd The icn l.
cal hat Discovered m crslef condition. Bur tie
Irort important crrumstaitial evidence Of iieuu'y
wa found in possession OF Mr.. Jaoo1 kinslon, WHO
had i,,. i,,i OF Eue boy draft for 900, drawn