The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-03-23
A DISGRACE TO THE CITY.
THE SCENE THAT STARTLED EAST
RITTER WhyFdRERS


The Body on Drowned Woman Tied 20 Pier
Post, TO Remain there - Day aud "a Might
The uusbn nd who Hnited and Watched.
Mrs. Rose Young OF Fuiman nnd Jorale-
mon streets, Brooklyn, on Monday left her
homo TO visit friends at liz Mott street, New
York She did not return when expected, and
wns last aecn nliyc entering street car to 20 to
Brooklyn On tuesday, about p. NJ, her body
was found by lchterman floating In the dock
at Pier 10, East river. Ropes were attached to
the body by an ofIicer, and II was towed into
corner OF the dock and tied fast to q pier.
There. half submerged, u was allowed Go toss In
the waves. Tightly clasped In one hand che
drowned woman held a pocketbook containing
r little silver money and two pawn Tickets. She
was respectfully dressed, and looked 90 be about
thirty-nve years old. A throna soon gathered
to look at the body and wonder at It's being tied
In that manner. About o'clock her husband,
James Young. q Waterman at Princes stores
IN Iruoklyn, recognized the drowned woman
~ his wife Seized with grief aud horror ut the
strange situation of the body, lao wanted to have
1t removed. but ho was refused until the coro-
ncr gave him permission. The distracted hus-
band was told that he had no right to lit his
wife's body from the dock. So II remained
rising and falling with the tide, aud nearly ali
night the poor hush nd. who had two or three
children at homo crying for their mothcr's re-
turn. walked the piers aud saw the bod, OF MS
wife the plavthiug OF the waves. while tue wind
fiuttercu her floating Garments. When the
South street merchants and others who had seen
the BODY m SIDE fast to the pier crossed the Wall
street ferry to- New York Yesterday morning,
they were amazed 90 see tho drowned woman
band stall waiting for the coroners permission
to claim his dcad wife. Their horror became
indignation as the hours wore on. and the crowd
o idlors gazing ~ the BODY grew larger aud
moro unfeeliue. II was almost twelve o'clock
tefore the dcnd wagon arrived aud the body
was taken from the water.
" IL IL the worst outrage ever scen In New
York" srid meichn mt. and " Is disgrace e.
a dcad dog worse" added mother " and It's a
stinging shame that such a thing should occur
In "A community that processes % be ciylii1sd.
a sergeant of the New street station said tn at
his Ulcers were not to blame because the body
had been found ana taken care of bv tho police
despt was sent to the police boat at 2:'}0 p.
NJ. and at i2O =. NJ. me sage had been sent to
tho COrpners' Office. The body was found ~ l;i5
u. NJ Can't. irving OF the Harbor Police said
that the reason tue body was kept In the water
was that the police had no rlglt to remove II
without a coroneis ORDER. suppose we u ID
Attended To- TOW tho body Co the Morrne Ike a
log Of wood" said the captain, what a titno
the newspapers wouli have made then" He
admitted that tho more reasonable W ~ OF put
ting tho body into boat might have been
adopted II 1t were certain that there would have
teen no C. n1iCt Of authority with the coroners,
1--WE did all That our duty required" tie said.
At the Corouers' Office IL was stated mat the
Coroners 90 home between three aud four
O'Clock. but the OIL &c Is kept omen an hour or
two Later. the despatch concerning the body
was received ut t:ji y. NJ, aud II was imme-
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for the Commissioners OF Charities To send out
the d, ad wagon. IL was not known at the Cor
oncrs' once that the body mad been Identified
uhtil $50 or 10 i. VI. Yesterday. The despatch
did not state. a. required by rules, whether tho
hudv wa that OF a cnild or an adult, aud a
the First Precinct 20 ascertain this. Superinten-
dent Walllng saws that when the de-
spnfcn FOR the dead wagon given to tho
tclecraph operator In the Central Onlco
tie latter was tslcgrhphing special order from
tie Supe hniendcnt addressed to every precinct
3 a. q
The operator could mt bretk IN in the mild o
Of this, aud the shorter despatch was thrown
upon his desk. When the long despatch was
mt .nc 3. ths operator call ID at the Charity Com
~ is-ipncr'- office, but received no answer, IL be-
ing alter $50 T.. NJ. at which time the OH -
closes. Ouc u the operators says. however. IN at
at;er no hAd Calict at the Commissioners Cfnce
he heard thar once communicating with an.
Of er station. nut Wuen ne repeated his call ne
ccNcd no answer. Tue Greer Tor the dead wagon
Consequently remained ull uirht IN tho Central
once while the drowned wonans body was
st. yiuc in TIC veter and the bereaved husband
WIS walking the lier aud waiting for permi m
10 take u out. AT $40 a. NJ. yesteTd y the de-
spHtch was forwarded to the Commissioners T.
nee, and about 1l:3O the dead wagon reach ed
Tier II. At tho Charities Com mi ssioners once
Yesterday II was said that the Central Pohco
operator must h.ve been mistaken IN supposing
that he heard the Commiaspners' on re IN tele-
graphic communication with another station
ef 81 u Il. NJ. because the operator coes home
before thst. IL was also said that N ueccs-
teen sent At any hour = the Ftffh street police
station. and the lanitOf would have been arouse d
bN n me- enger. IN emergencies THIS may AZ
ways be done. hrs. Young is supposed To nave
Waikec. or been blown II tue per on Mond ay
night. ,ap'. living tninAs It may have been "a
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