, 1875-08-18
4 Bursted Life-Preserver Still Cling
ing Around the Corpse.
No Trace Of Donaidson's Body or The
Remnants Of the Balloon.
a Thorough Search to Bo Made
Of the Adjacent Region.
Theories and Surmises Concerning the
Melancholy Affair.
Special Dtsnatch 10 The cafeoqo 7rieune,

Fa4uence Of the receipt of news from "hltehaii
hha os'!cr points along sf'o'o tint settle" LILO
late Of Hn"'oh D. fslm~ood' oao OF tue c1cof-
tioh!esa III tue m'ha!''g oaliooh tho 4o6s oi
winch nss oeen no "1de'y u!"eneson'
Tile itrat sidinga from Whit-h'Il WeFo not At
era,,v and pIscc,, in Tin 1,., NJ ru,nors which
.a"': ~" p"esu :" '"o 'ss " 49,. 49,.
has6 Been too tre4lank. After LIMO, Ao"-
over, 1t became apparent TINT there WAS
NO Dounr OF THE IDENTITY
OF tho body. Tho discovery was n'Ado by Nf.
A. 1ictkwith, who carrieH tho mai! oet"ecn
Stony Creok and Montague. During his trip
nlong tho Iako shore ho noticed peculiar smell.
mud sas attracted by 1t to lock along tile beach
III BeHrch Ut a catlse. lie rc!ates that when he
up to tho body. 1t was lying Oh tho beach
partly covered with sand. Decomposition bud
set III, nnd Mr. Deckwith describes flle acene as
horltbio TO tho sonRcs. Never having seeu
Grim~oo,l. he Wan At t1rst At loBa to
kuow WHO tho dead man might bo;
but, conquering h'B repn@nance, ho approached
tho holy and c!onely examined It. Tharo was
faB.encd around tho want
a 11Pt-rnEBERvEn,
but It had bean broken aud was OF no sustaining
powor. 1u tho l'ocaeta we're found diary has.
s,1f, few entries Of dates, rnetnorandumB Of en-
gagomonts, money transactions, addresses, nnd
homo brief catch-words, probably to be under
stood only by tue ma!scr. There was in tho book
CARD NUMBERED 29, B23,
and having tue following words printed and
written below:
N. 8. 0n1Mwoop,
:, ,., -, ,.o ~; ~, VAN nn.em sssHn ,s
i,raev ;rh,, rar muaI bo ,,res.ntet w,etaysr book
IL tsken. returned. or removed.
.t'a. -. n'a .,. -, ~. I..as,,
'o,e1oneo 1o luz s1'es u 'uo !''''A'5'
lu tho same poc4ot was also
LETTER
addressed to .NAvtou 8, osipvood. Joliet
,n.,a ,,.,,.,, ,v :. wan ,,an,oa 4,,,;x.,,, a.
80 :. ~. r',. ,s'..,v .r,.. .',., -. 49,.
cts Goltor 1o"F"a1. Auo eoh'eu's VI tho
to laye been uado bY Qrimwood for HltuatIou
A., tbo ,Eouruol
1.'.,otI.a. ,,oa,,.. vo-. ,ou,s s.vo.., .,aa,s
|" Ano'net poche. "cie 'ua''o sefetH' en'o'S
OF paper ~lthout Anos, anu Oh soma OF them
woro notes and expressions having evident
reference 70 tie vrter's Journey In tLo bal 'oop
nni olytnn snme t,u,,rnasiena Of ha Mt f,ifrcrent
t,1nss T,'oro v.u . wx,c,, T., I'm voat ,,oota
''a'e" A"''' ""' ""'sN 80 ""' ''es p'oAol'
TUE uony
had on full snit Of clnthcs, oxeaptnR boots
and hat, and the prepafatons made by tightly
huttouinc Tho coat and puttipr on tho lifa-pre-
serseF se6mau 70 lnu'caso tnas CLIO young uaau
In sustaining hmAetf above tic surface for sotua
.s,ss 49, ,,a,. '.a 1,oo,, tha.e,,,.,,,s .n,;,;,
"ito! 'no ooa5 nsu ''o'" tuo''4k"'s oAan''t'oo
It was buried ueas "bcro 1t WIZ found. u bolng
impossible to transport It Without Al air tight
casket, The place whcre tho iutcrment topk
nl.ca woa c.refnIv notcd and Il viii ho anita
F'-eo F,"s "s's ~ .s'.' s 49, ,'.,.s ~ 4"4's
PoBalelo "ith proper appilances 70 atshtof aud
tcmoYo tho remains IT tbs relatives 10 dca!Eo.
From tho lnd'cet'ouH measaoned thcso could.
Of courso be DO duubt tAat the body waa that of
young drmwood aud tho fact WAS imma-
dtaLclv communicated 10 this rlacB and ClcaGu
The propnrty fo1ud wAs carefully prsaorved. aud
forwarded to Chicago to be sent to tho ttarents
Of deceased. learn from a person who Aaw
the uotea that thoy DO not form n CONTINUOUS
narrative but seemed to ba simply memoranda