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what Nobody Would Believe Except On sworn
Te-timouy-rhe Annoying Complications
Involved III the Finding Of II Corpse.

what Nobody Would Believe Except IN sworn
Te-timouy-The Annoying Complications
Involved III the Finding Of Corpse.
On Tuesday. March II, shortly Afternoon
the hsrbor police found the body Of woman
floating near Pier Is, Elstriv Edward Young,
Of Furman street, Brooklyn, Identified the
remains as those Of his wife. Rose Young. The
body was not taken from the river until II
A. VI. on the I'D. and in view Of the public com
ment upon that circumstance. the inquest held
by Coroner Croker yesterday became an investi-
CATION of oficial delinquency.
Tho nrst witness. John VI. Curtin, roundsman
Of the harbor police, testified that while he was
patrolllng In a small boat in the East river, on
March "a, he saw llghtcrman holding on to the
body Of drowned woman with q boat hook.
THIS was In the slip between piers II and 10
Witness took charge Of the body and towed 1t
TO the Wall street pier. patrolman was then
sent to the Now street police station to request
the sergeant at the desk to inform the police
boat Seneca Of the finding Of tho body. The
messenger started ut l.j5 p. 81. The woman
erasped pocketbook In her hand. Witness
found in u several silver coins and nawn ticket
bearing the name Mrs Young" witness di1
not send notice To tho Coronors' Office at llrst
because his Instructions require him 20 send his
report to the police boat seneca. and the oficer
IA command OF the Seneca Is supposed to take
the resDousihilit,. An officer OF the harbor
police had charge Of the body from the time OF
the discovery until It was taken away.
Thomas wilson, ngHterman, described the
finding Of tho body.
THE ctRcUNLoCUTIoN OFFICE.
Capt. James Irving of the harhor police testi
Ned that on the return of the S'neca, ut =. NJ.
from a trip down the bay. he first learned that
the body had been found lie was Informed
that notice had been sent to the Police Central
Patrolman Arnold Of the New street police
testified tnat at la0 r. NJ. on the Flat inst Ne saw
aetowd on Pier 10 but that the harhor police
took charge Of the case. and he thought that
that relieved him Of responsibility and he did
not report the case at the police station.
Ebert o Smith of the New street police tssti-
fed that at e5 r. NJ. on the 2lst inst he received
notice Of the finding OF the BODY, and that .
teleeraphed to the Police Central Once;
John L. Toal. clerk Of the Board cf Clroners,
testified that at about 4jj L. VI. the alst inst
| be received a despatch from the Police Depart
ment informing tne Coroners that dead body
was awaiting them az Pier II. East river. VIII
meas then sent despatch to the Police Central
| Once. to he transmitted to the oGlrc Of the
Commissioners OF CHARITIES and Correction. re-
| guestins them TO take the body 20 the Morsue.
| The witness found on the Coroners desk on the
next morning the following:
A body of drowned woman lyny at Pier Is, East
river found A. OcincK y'.tsr law anil sti'l IN tie
wafer should Ike to get per'n Tor or. her body
In making NJ tho l.s; for the Coroner on the
morning of tie ga inst. the witness gave this
his round shortly after II 4. ". on the c2i inst.
| Soon afterwnTd the husb1n nd called and said that
| the BODY had been taken II the MorEue
James 4. McGr1h, telegraph oaerator In the
| Police Centrnl ONCE. testlaed that when he re-
| ceived the despatch in relation TO the BODY he
| was busy senoinga general alarm to ~ the pro-
cncts. He did not read the despatch then. lie
took Il w ut 7. NJ and read It, out thought
| that II was then too late TO send II TO the De-
| partment 81 Charities ana Correction. AT sos
| Supetintenient McCroilev called the Depart
| ment OF Charities and Correction, and, To the
sur rise Of the witness. received an answer.
| Two messages were then sent. hut when he
began 70 telegraph he noticed that the sex was
| not mentioned In the C1roners clerks note %
him. He asked the receiving operator to wal;
until he could telegraph to the New street poll e
| station and ascertain the sex, Alter he had
telegrapned, DO again called " % rnird av niue,
| but ne received no answer The telegram was
| not transmitted until A. NJ on the q inst.
CIRcUMLocUTIoS OFFICE AHSoYANcEs.
Edward Young o. Fnrman street. BROOKLYN
last his wife on Monday, March 20. Ife
| parted with her at the Wall street ferry that
afternoon She WIS going TO VISIT Mrs McKeor
| of lS3 Mott street. She did not return that
nigut. Witness waited for her until . T.. ". next
| day, and then went across TO New YORK 10 look
for her. Mrs. McKeon said that she nat her
aboard belt line car 10 90 to the ferry At 9:s
| J.. NJ. lie made Inquiry at the Police Central
| Once, but could lean nothing. On his way
back TO The ferry he learned thai the hody OF a
| drowned woman was lViug N the water, and lac
identified the hody As that OF his wife. This was
between and =. NJ. on the 2lst Instant. lie
take it out. bur he would not. Mr. Younc iher
went TO the New street police STATE n. but wal
told 10y the sergeant az the desk that he mus
look to the harbor police for information. TL'
harbor police told him to 90 to tho Coroners
on &c, but they did not tell him where to nut
the Coroncrs' ONCE. He waited for a long tim,
on the pier for the Morguc wagon. but at IL Y
NJ. It had not arrived, and lie went over 1,
Brooklvn TO taSe care OF his children. The body
was stil in the water when he returned TO New
YORK on the I'D inst He went TO the COroners
Office, but none Of the officials had arrived. H.
LIT note asking permission to remove IN,
wife's body at once. and then went back TO IN,
pier TO awnlt the arrival OF the AorgIe wagon
1t arrived about IL A.. NJ. and the body WA
taken to the MorgIe. Mr.. Young, desiring 20 ge
permit to take the body nome, sought
Coroner at 247 Third street. An inquest was II
progress there, anu MIR. Young die not have Al
opportunity to address the Coroner until tn
verdict had been signed. The Coroner said tina
he could not give Mr.. Young n permit until /
A. NJ. on the 23i, but that he would give him
certif tie upon which he might get a burial per
NIT from the Board Of Health.
Mr.. Young thinks tn t his wife slipped AM
fell into the dock, as 1t WAS a stormy night. Sn
was "A strictly temperate woman.
| Daniel Russell, driver Of the Morgue wagon
testified that he always carries nine collins O
different sizes in his wagon. so that II is no
necessary that he should know whether III
body IA that OF man, woman. or child
| The jury declared It TO be "a case Of accidents
drowning, and censurcd tho Police TELEGRAPH
Department.
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