Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-06-06
CAPT. LITTLE,
Supposed Body of the Missing Man
Found at Cincinnati.

In the UNION AND AMERICAN OF yester-
day mention was made of the discovery OF
A mutilatea body found floating in the river
at Cincinnati, and supposed to be that OF
Cant. Little. The Cincinnati Enquirer OF
Tuesday has the following account OF the
finding of the body, and the subsequent eX-
animation. That paper says:
What was at first supposed to be mere
medical students "suhiaet' sensstion-sO
common in the local ANIMALS of all the
larger cities-deyeloped yesterday after
noon lust before dark; the stereOtyped
hacked and bloody corpse being found at
the time named. AS the night wore or,
however, despite the verdict o. ceroners
iurv given on the "subiect" basis, some
facts came to light tending to give more
than ordinary ground upon which to have
suspicious. at least Of the darkest character.
| L. seems that yesterday two small
| bovs were playing about the rivers
! edGa at the foot Of EgglestOn ave
nue., when they observed something bob
| hing Nd and down On the s2nd-bar at the
mouth OF Deer Creek. They Waded out 70
ascertain the nature of the object and, upon
reaching the island, were considerably
scared to find the mutilated body Of man
packed in barrel. They hastily left the
spot, and ran up to Pearl street where
meeting two fremen belonging 10 thI
"Sixes,' they gave the alarm.
The fremen Immediately repaired to tht
place, and, assisted by bystanderS, bore the
remains to the ">iXes' engine house
and subsequently, to Soards' undertaken!
establishment, on Sixth aad Elm streets
Coroner Underhiil, last night, impaneled
Jury to investigate the cause Of the un
kuown'5 death.
The deceased was evidently about thirt
wears of age. The head and limbs OF the
corpse had been partially severed from tn
body. The skull had been opened, and tn
trunk was cut open and the intestines re
moved. After minute examination th
iIIrv came to the conclusion that the corps
had been used as a "subjcct" in some meC
, ical institute, as the mutjatiOns tended
show that the body had been sclentlhcall
dissecsed. The remains had evidently bee
in the water about six weeks. The verdi
of the Jury was, however, that ''the d
ceased came to his death from unknoW
, causes"
The body very nearly resembles the d.
. scription given by bis wife Of Mr.. Samu
9 ]. Little,o the Transfer Company and Gei
y eral Ticket Office, Nashville, Tenn, WI
= left home April 80 to attend the Cincinna
Convention, and who has not since bee
Il heard from.
Il MIR. LeBosquet, a conductor on the She
: Line. viewed the remains later, and was
= most positive that the body was that OF
IL friend Little, whom he had landed safe
! Cincinnati day or two before the Conve
ton, aud of whom nothing was ever aft
q heard.
= If he is correct in his supposition, the
II fair may be styled mysterious without
- undue attempt at Observation-Disclosures \
Little's disappearance was sudden and I
49, accounted for-the fact of his death or bu
:, al, hitherto unknown. Would II not
. possible for mnrJerers to dispose OF DO
~ bv giving it the appearance Of a 'suhje
=, and throwing it into the river?