The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-12-20
MYSTERIOUS DROWNING.

THE FINDING OF THE BODY OF JAMES M'NIcH-
OH, WHO DISAPPEARED PROM THE UNION
DIME SAVINGS BANK ONE MONTH AGo-H1s
COAT AND SOME PAPERS GoNE-THE MYsTE-
RIoUs BOY.
Tho body OF James hcNicholi was yesterday taken
from the East River In terrible Of decomposi.
ton. Al about halfpast ten o'clock IN the morning
James Daley, OF No. 222 Monroe street, saw some.
thing Hoaung about six feet of tho bulkhead
OF p,er 81 On reaching the spot no DIS
tinguisncd tho body Of man standing upright
In The water and staring at him with nxcd
and classy eyes. he ran for assistance and soon
found Roundsman Campbell, OF the Thirteenth police
precinct Together they drew the body after much
difficulty. from tho IL vas dressed In white
shirt, upon which damp and draggled black tie was
resting. black vest and the remnants Of pair OF
black nsntaioonA There coat or lat Tho
romans taken to the station house and the in
teIhgence that IN unknown had been found IN tho
lelcgraphed the Police Central Office and
the Coroners' Office. somo time afterward tho re-
mains removed 10 the Morgus and there
searched. rs is the custom In the pockets OF the
YES. were found number OF papers that beyond
Nichol,, an empioy6 OF tho Union Dime Savings Bank
Among tho papers letters from tho unf0rtu
mans father, mother and brothers, living .. Christ
the bank, memorandum book and ono dollar bill
These papers were thoroughly soaked by mo salt
water Ia which they had been Tor month past and
the writing some OF them almost oblit.
Grated The letters from home wore kind
and anectioDaie In expression, and inquired
tenderly after the health OF the recipient Later
the day A. b. Rogers and Charles j. Solyou, clerks In
the Union Dime Bank, called vt tho Morsue 10 the
remains IL with effort that the two on APP
preached the mass Of what had been humanity; one
glance enough they fully identified tho remains
tnoso Of thor lato associate.
DISAPPEARANCE.
James McN,choii Disappeared in most unaccoun'
able manner the afternoon OF tho 18Th OF Novem-
bsr For some time before that the clerks Ind been
and II at nrss feared that he had become
partially insane and wandered away. On tho alter
noon IN question he drew So from the bank in
BILL which must have bccn,cnaDged as only dol
lar bill was found on his person. There are many
theories advanced Tor hs mysterious death, but sui
clac is mot Of them. From The TACT that on tho
evening OF the l1th Of November boy entered tho
seventh precinct station house with . decd OF his
house IN Brooklyn and some other papers which no
McN,choIl Was robbed, and urge that . fracture
OF tho loft jog. which was discovered at the Morguc
substantiatcs their theory. Tho physicians OF tho
hospNs however positively assert that the fracture
II post-mortom one aud probably made by the
paddle wheel OF some passing steamer In the river
The body was found the track Of the Williamsburg
Terry boats Again 10 believed that, feeling tired
and despondeut by overwork, no on tho oven ing in
question drank heavily, and, becoming intoxicated,
his coat In some manner. The boy who had the pa
pers probably found bota hs over and under
coat and kept them, taking tho papers he
stated there, that he had found the papers In Mont
g0niory street, near Henry, nut said nothing about
the coats Tho sergeant on duty At the tmo suppong
that Mr.. McNichol had dropped them thc why
home, told tho boy to take them to his tMr. Mo
NichoIi'sj house, No. l42 Rusiedgc street, BROOKLYN
IL seems So, me BOY aa 60 there .sd MIA McNcho
dress that aitcrward inquryoprovcd 10 DO tctious
The accounts OF the dead man straight In every
uncomfortable