The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-07-30

Kessler, having taken the letter and tickets nom.
and dried them out, was enabled on sunday to
read the letter, IN which he SAID he became very
much interested. He failed, however, to remember
the name OF ''Thomas Coulson" signed to it or
known or with any attache OF the HERALD ONCE
Inc letter and tickets were taken to his Office on
Monday, and the former was shown to Mr.. Slater,
N VINO az once recognized the name OF Coulson's
Drother at the end, and also the ball tickets, Of
wnich ne knew COulson possessed number. He
a' once proceeded to the Morgue to
IDENTIFY HIS DEAD FRIEND.
In the meantime Mr.. White had made further
na,hnr h Oh tae body and had found in pocket
dry. They were now dry, ana, in stunning them
together, piece oil envelope was detached, on
wnlch We're the words James Con Herald -
the rest being torn or and a portion of an irish
p0stmark was visible at The top. Mr. White came
HERALD man, ana was about sending Information
to that effect, when MIR. Slater and gentleman
from the HERALD, who had been despatched to see
about II, walked IN.
IDENTIFICATION COMPLETE
The identification was then rendered complete,
aud IL known that, in the boated Duginr
corpse that lay there before them on the dripping
stones, as an unirlended, homeless Outcast nlght
nave IAN, was all that remained OF bhtne,
nearly, cultured and industrious journalist, but a
lew days ago overlooking with health and hope
ADDITIONAL TESTIMONY.
me coroner, hearing OF these facts proceeded
TO take additional testimony in the case, and yes
terday received the following deposition OF Mr..
George Slater
DEPOSITION OF MIR. SLATER.
George Slater, being duly sworn, depOses and
says:-i reside at 335 East Eleventh street. am q
reporter; Monday morning, the 18th OF july, 1873,
while at the Coroners' Once, ] shown letter
by Coroner kessler, evidently from Mr. Thomas
Coulson, from Cootehl, Ireland having heard that
Mr. James Couson, OF the HERALD, had been miss
ing FOR several days and that this letter had been
found on man drowned at the foot OF East
Forty-lourth street, elt convinced that he had
been drowned anu that this letter was from his
brother; went down to the HERALD office and,
accompanied by Mr.. Wilson, p oceeded to the
Morgue and examined the body found ut the foot
OF East Forty-iourtn street, which was decOm-
posed that l failed to recognize the features or
identify them, but was satisfied from the shirt,
which had seen before; studs, sleeve buttons, &C.,
that this was the missing James Coulson.
The body was at once taken care OF by the
friends OF deceased and VIII be buried to-day.
REVIEW OF THE WHOLE CASE
points to possibly general system of too much
hurry in the Coroners' ONCE. The mere accident
Of the discovery OF the torn envelope by Mr.. White
or OF the letter by Mr.. Slater alone saved the body
OF Mr.. Coulson from burial in Potter's Field. For
years and years to come his friends might have
searched Ill vain for "a clew to his disappearance;
his relatives might never have known his fate, and
terrible as 1t was. there are many more terrible
deaths that would have suggested themselves to
their thoughts and his end would have been cassed
among the mysteries that are never solved. As to
WHAT HIS FATE WAS,
whether he wandered so far away from his home
and tell into the river whether he was inveigled
into the dark slums that infest the river sides and
murdered are matters that are now in as deep
mystery as II the six urymen of Bellevue had never
listened to that exhaustive testimony or rendered
their convincing verdict.