The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-04-25
1Ae Bo1y Of Edward P1crvca
FUnrHR PARTICULARS WITH REGARD TO rHn DLs.
OOvEaY OF TIE BoDY-CoR0Nm's INoUkVr-vBe-


O0vEaY OF THE BoDY-CORONKD'6 INQUkVr-vB1
DICT or THA JURY, ITO.
fAs snnoasesmsnt In yesterday q HAID that tAStodv
oa yourS fteros. whose sudden aod mysterous disap
PeArsncs Soma three months ago has been the suti a
much speculation and jecturs had bsea Dis scvuel
yg on the beach ut Roetaway, oaussd utus Gonna
Non amenS the large eircs Of friends and aoqunnasOs
o. ths deceased, ~ well in tbs community at hsgv
whish, On account Of the mystery Involved tAs affair."
and the social standing Of The young man. has manifested
On unusual degree Of interest his fsss From the tns
This disa1peArans' on the morning Of the Ist Of Febru
ary lAst-tAs particulars Of which ere familiar TO -as
tdiDgs OF szy ad respss:ps his whsresbouts sr sAA
could be gathered BY his friends untu tie auscua,e
msnt Of tho discovery Of bis body tia sr'scs eAs<~
OF Long Island, some twenty miles fros, the city. rAs
complete identity Of the body which has been estabrsl
ssyond doubt while 1t destroys the slsht hope vhi
As rsiaives and friends may have eang that hs waS s
alive ct the same time rslsves them from the paints
suspense Of uncertainty ana the st pAnle- apprs
henson tAAt his oissppeaxance linked with viosaos
sAd murder. Ths fact that marks o violence wsxv
dcoverabe upon ths body and that al the articles u
value which the deceased had about his person ths
time Of his disappearance found with the romans
precade ths possibility Of his having mel With vloisas
death. His death undoubtedly caused BY drowak.
but whether accidental or mu probably, r
The follow Ina saeitioaal particulars relative to ths -
covsoy OF tbs body furnished By reporter who
attended the CoIoners inquest at Jamaica yessr:sS
The Sorooers inques. upon Ii. BODY OF Esvars A
Pierce found The beach Rocksway tha I'D inst
took place at jamaica L. H. ~ 10 O'Clock yesterday a
dag evening and placed in the police station under tho
village hall where It remained durng the night 1.
VISITED yes!srua, %1sniDg by large numse' Of psop!.
posed to view In the same condition as when fcn& upoA
the beach No article Of clothing removed AMI the
only portion OF ths body vis,ee tbs head and hands.
TIE flesh OF the face wholly ealea off, lbSv.rG tAs
skeleton entirely bare. On the right hand baok
kid gkvs while the left bare ard partly conaunAsd
The body Identified viii be ~ the evdecos
taken before the Coroner sntiey from tbs clothing ana
Ccrorer Nichols, from Hampstead, assisted by J. c.
Ssnbsrteon, Esq conducted the exAmiAaton t6s VII
lsge hail before jury consisting Of the following na.ed
persons Police Justice Thomas Brsdee, foreman LIT.
Seebmy Asssrs. Parsholl, CodWisc, HayEer Unde,hai
and Carroll There was no pest mor.em examin hi *
Ing and iden,iacaon Of ihs remains This 6rst witness
examined was John W. Foster, the person VIII, 6rss
the booy between 3 and O'Clock +. M. Of tns
20 inst lying partly uncer water hs beach Rock
The body, when found, was dressed it now H. thsrs
was mond ring finger, together with another
and larger ring; here also The body diAmas6
breaatpin aro in the pockets were gold watch, with
gold chsin attached, and gold zen; there two gold
studs In he shirt bcsom and gold sleeve tuoks IN
each xiistbsDc the only money in the pockets .
five cent piece in silver and three cents In ooppe tsrs
were no bs or pePes "a socn as oscoversd the bo<v
to exaire t went 10 Jamaica forA coroner tLe vss
nore ore Informed Mr. Gale Of tbs tisooysry. ssd he
oceefc cd to New York 70 let Mr.. Pierce know sb1ut it.
resurT ed to Eockawsy the next norkny with Mr. GAs
ard Mr. Pierce ~
Mr. Foster, ST. tie fAther OF ss preceding witness.
then eKamired and corrob0rate6 hs tos aon1
In every particular he stated th he remained wish hs
body ali Eight and until the return OF his the next
ss,d thst oil articles airy found on tho bodg hax
teen restored TO nr Fierce, sfsr he had identified no
Charles F. Gale, constable, being duly sworn espnss
thss ne was Informed OF the discovery o hs todJ the
tvesi,g e. Of N. s2a inst ,, the first viAess. :hse
ard he aec,.diIsly, ven. to New York ar1
TO wtness very miruteiy the sro which his hAd
on wheA hst tten witness not having seen tbs body q
that tine could say whe her the description suswsre1
to these found cn the eoey or not but ,mpssYEr
Mr. Pierce to the piscs Eext nornLg, he found the sr
ces to e.scy vi those iasnd 9.
away, tetore he went to see tbs body on the beach; E
Pierce said II he could Of the gold cord whsh
was OF the west o his he would be OF tbs ids-
tty; the gentleman who lapied M Pissce frou
New York then went TO The bsdy tore OF piece a
the cord from the vest and Wien this shown Hr
Pierce he said he that the body that Of -
ED.
There were relatives Of the deceased present nos
teirg known In New York at what time the inquest voa
be he'd The jury, after short eonsultsuon rendsssA
c,ibed ty The first Witness ard now before 4 that -
sr. Pierce, son ef A. Pierce, Of New Yok o.y-tAak
the same was wsshed ashore Rockeway beach sfs
ed instant, and that he TO bis death by sa
to tie Jurors unknown"
After the rendition Of the verdict the Coroasr g.
sered the BODY into the custody Constable Gale wAs
by authority of Mr.. Pierce, brought the to Nee
York The question Of the cause OF death Whether vio
lent otherwA did not enter Into the investigation BE-
fore the Coroner for the double that volsaos
was believed to have been committed, and committed
that county 1t WAS thought best, therefore, to Leave
that question for further inquest in New York pro-
We understand however, that It is not their nen aou
to do any thing Of the kidd and We not aware tk
o. hs OF the n. :n
undoubtedly awsys b some Persons, with tragic incnA
tons who xii in.iet upon the deep dAmnston Of his
taking cG and such viii fad expression Of their visws
in the following Communication upon the subject whch
has been handed to as for publication
TEE MYSTERIOUS DEATH OBJ YOUNG Pnncs-How
DID IT HAPPEN?
suggestion has been made byi many persons tAAA
he assassinated by mistahe The either
from their accord, induced BY hire, mistook HIN
for their intended victim. AL des that young iad.
short and stout eighteen years Of age, who hap
py in al his family and other relations should have COM
mitted suicide, is preposterous. That he murdered
BY fends in human shape, can scarcely admit Of
doubt. Probably while walking home bitter cold jan
uaIy night wrapped In his FALSELY shawl his rssidsscs
in Twenty ninth street, Third avenue from Twenty
nd street. between Fourth avenue and BroAdway.
be Knocked sensoeas by blow the back Of hia
head The sssassins likely having vehicle at hand;
threw his body in H. hAstened TO the river and submerged
river and hence sfectuay concealed his body from ell
possible discovery At the time and thus secured
probably oated out Of the hsrbor With ths and
LOGGED the beach Long Island, Rockawag.
The fact that the vAuAbles his person touch
ed probably that their possession might lead - the
detection Of the murder. There rational meanA
whatever to account for his dsappea1nnce and the Asd
ing his body whore was, but the supposion Of hs
cruel murder In ths stated Hs left his riend0
house 10 good spirits and under engagement with
young lady with whom he had danced to 60 with her -
the theatre the 6olowing night Tbere way to CO.
count for his sA and untmely end except BY hs crsa
assassination. heavy reward SHOULD BE- osred for tho
detectiss OF tho guilty parties.
Board of Aldermen.
The President, Alderman Barker, in che chair. The
rinutes were read and approved. The Board hsM ths
ninth meeting Of the Aprss sssop last evening.
MscuIA.'Scrs NAITne.
The report of the Board Of Counsmen gr~ahng per
mission 70 Mary Huxley to grade Sixty street In