New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-05-07
THE FINDING OF THE BODY.

George Bagley, a young man living In Hun
ter's Point was strOing yesterday morning along 'he
Old Astoria Road which IA tue dividing line between
Long Island City and Newtown township Cat oil mere
curiosity be says be entered an Old unoccuped mousse
standing few feet from road. and Idly began 10 eX
plorc It. No sooner, however had he wa kcd from the
hail into the large room occupying the entire first moor
than ne saw linen collar and ncckue lying upon the
floor and a mans hat resting upon the mahtel-
piece. Surprising that the owner could not
be far distant, Bagey assembled the rckeW stars
aud travclsng the upper hail astounded TO see
susprude r0 he door 0f one OF the rooms opening INTO
In. hail The body Of man. Tho shock utterly unnerVed
HIM. AMI ne at once FASTENED from the house Calling
friend who was distance up the road he returned
with him to the house, ana examining the suspenue"
body found that life extinct The corpse was thch
taken down and laid upon the floor This was about 10
o'clock.
The ncwsrapdly spread through the village and auum
Der Of people soon gathered the house. Among them
was Anthony Mcagncr, special detective OF Hunters
Point. Mr. Meagucr began an examination Z"
the body. which had been placed III cor
ner OF the room to await the arrival
oil the coroner who had been summoned. Upon opening
the tightly butoned frock coat, TIE detective found an
ear tube trumpet something over wv" feet III lengln
On tho shirt discovered the initials D. l. ~
Being at once convinced that the remains were those OF
John T. DAILY. the detective came TO the Police Head
quarters in this city and reported the matter to Detec
tive Dunn. wnu has special charge OF the case.
Meanwhile Coroner Carroll arrived at the house in
which the discovery made and conveyed the BODY
Of Mir DAILY the Central Hotel iniIhompson-aVe, New
TOWN the proprietor OF which, Nh Bownes also carries
op an uudcrtukcr's establishment Mr. Days family
having been a2pri.ed Of the discovery MI Days son
FASTENED To the Central Hot lcatifed the body had u
placed IN cofiu ana obtaining promise from the cor
oncr that the crowd shoId be refused PERMISSION TO soc
it, and also the articles upon 10 should be ctiN
guarded, he drove back to New-1 Orh, TO await the c"
a he CprouprH
The house in which Mr. DAILY ended his life Is upon inc
ouskrt. Of Blissvic aad upon the extreme edge oi the
limits OF Long Island City, about 800 ards rom calvary
Cu,er, and two miles east OF Hunters Point II is an
open field al long distance from any other house. ana
in the midst Of wild, uninyitng region. Patches OF
timber small ponds water stone fences, and pOWed
fields surround it, The house is upon the land OF James
Thompson Of Ncw-York. 1t has not been occupied FORA
number Of years aud ia fast falling TO decay
Tie fence IL front has been built without
gate and an aperture where few boards hah been
broken away offered the only means If entrance No
frees or shrubbory arr about the building and the 0iaN
dated old structure would TO be unable to withstand
the 81 ghtest breath OF wind Il is frame buuGlut
story and half hight The floor is covered with lime
and debris, aud win hardly bear the weight Of heavy
man on the second Hoor which is a mere garrett
ur small rooms with slOping ceilings, are entered from
inc narrow hall All OF these are in runous condition
In the largest thos IN the southwest corner o
the house Mr.. Daly's body was found. TRIBUNE re-
visited the mousse ltsJtIudA dlttlV'u' "u "N
shown the chamber of death. Mr.. BaglcY, the young
rpau who made the discovery, accompanied him, ana
described the appearance OF the room and the BODY az ne
found them. Mr.. Daily hanging he said with
handkerchief tied tight around his neck and ms SuS-
pendcrs which were fastened to the handkerchief hung
over the door His just reached the hoor ana he
had worked himself around in ms struggles SO that the
back Of his head was against the haliOpcn door and lis
face was toward the hall The door you see Is not SIX
feet high there little distance between the top OF
his head and the OF the door Upon the floor at
his feet was q loaded smith & WeSsOn revolver When
first SAW him his face was all black ana the flesh
on his neck was prorudng from each side # the tightly
drawn handkerchief. ana black coal When l
returned after my fright took him down ami laid him
the floor Here, you see, is the blood hat ran out OF
his mouth
Mr. Baglcy led tho reporter to corner Of the room
where lay "A dark pool. In The gloom OF the evening
every object ndistnct. Tie reporter thought he
detected piece Of cord lying upon the edge OF The blood
anC, imagining that it might have been something used
by Nh DAILY in his fatal act lie took it up but dropped il
instantly with shudGcr II snake which wlthed
a. ue touched it, There several Of these reptiles in
the house. most Of them III the room whore Mr. DAILY
hanged himself
MI Baelcy continuing, said: "No first knew who
the man wus the time supposed that he might
De a tramp, his fine clothing and his handsome gold
watch amt chain made Us change minds 30 one, 50
far as KNOW saw the gentleman 10 the house, and
10 one just how long he here. Itisa great
wonder happened to come into the house, aud am
sure u had not the collar hat and uccktc upon
Tie 1.st foorI would never have come up mo tLls
gloomy dirty attic"
WHAT WAS FOUND or TIE BODY.
OnmelsUIing the hight OF the room II Wa, found 20 De
ONLY so feet shc roomls - !cct in length ana 10 cc
I'm breadth There lis large window looking ont upon
Calvary Cemetery ana a small window through winch
NeN-York could b, seen IN the distance. After making
these observations the reporter retuered his carriage
and drove to tuc residence OF Coroner Carroll al West
FLASHING a disauce Of nearly five m!cs. Tie Coroner
stated that when c arrived az the deserted Old house the
identity u c body had been discovered and he 40 once
tccS % 10 tn8 uudertdkcrs leaving orders tna no one
shonId SEQ it, Tie properly found upon M Days PER
son De took in charge aGd keeping Tor the inquest
Leading the way To back be spread the articles
before the reporter First the spcakiug-tuhe,
n costly instrument OF the kind. probably 2l2
feet iu length which Mr.. DAILY, who somewhat deaf,
continually wore beneath ls coat, suspended hom mis-
neck. 4 massive gold watch and chain OF tie finest
kind and worth. il is estimated, 5000, next
aniued Tie watch had stopped, and The time indicated
by the hands was 1871 Several OF the cGcdulous
ya-tls WHO gizcd with the reporter ana coroner On
the rtlr. were convinced that this was tie very
moment a; which Mr. Days spirit took its flight sus-
Ieud-d from The watch Chain were two gold coins so
and - piece. Tle very large pocset-5ook which Mr.
DAILY carried contained number OF valuable papers,
such as checks. bonds deeds notes, and mortgages. The
coroner refused 20 examine infinitely the contents Of the
POCKET. Ook, uut 10 ascCrtancd that there was no
vrtu. relative 10 ihe fatal act upon any OF the
parcIs. There was also small memorandum
book, 20 which nothing written within its leaves
were e 10 bin aud 81 bill This was al the money
ex.tp, 90. gold pieces found upon the body. Within
tie memorandum book also visiting card bearing
Tho printed inscription, John T. DAILY No. Last For
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