The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-07-18
THE RIVERS DEAD.

CHASTITY SCENE ON THE PIRRs-THREE BOD
les RECOVERED FROM THE WATER.
The that wash the eastern and western shores
OF Manhattan Island have many dark and tragic tales
to tell Of death by suicide, violence and accident and
seldom, especially In the summer season, docs day
pass without their aGorcing some contribution
10 the CHASTITY gallery OF the Morguc. Yos-
terday many three bodies were
nshcd out OF tho shifting tides and taken
there In all their ropuisve hidcousness Two OF
them, curious TO relate, discovered floating side
by side, within twelve or fourteen inches Of each
other and still kept company while the wave wash Of
tho passing propecrs ana fcrryboats tossed them up
and down Roundsmau Muret OF Tho Twenty ecventh
prceinct noticcd the bodies while duty at fifteen
minutes past I've A. u. 1T the loot oil Vesey street.
Tncy GRADUALLY dr,fed and shocked against pier "a,
North River. They were we'll up on tho surface
Sav ,as .ea wors h.ny Inflated with ssse
Tho faces oil both mon wore black and blue, and their
nccks were laecraled and bloody from the gnawins
other members Of the force, and with tho add
uonal AID OF rope ana u boat drew both bod =
ashore The hrst man hauled out was about nve iest
seven inches, apparently fifty years Of ago, with
dark hair and mLsiacne, dark side whisksrs mixed
white vest amt while shirt, black and white
striped linen coat, cotton socks and congress CATERS
Tho second one was about nve eet ton inches, ago
apparently thir,y-nve years. with brown hair ana
sandy mustache; wore whito shiri black vest,
black had s,1 no IND ID. w Ssaa
uy on tho p,cr In all their horrible ghastli-
ness the people about, and especially tho butch
oil Washington Market Hooked down to tako
look, look rule was sufficient, tor any
lining iorbIddinR as spectacle Tor human eyes
could hardly have been cxn,Dttcd.
IDENTIFIED
After tho C0roners' oftco had been notified and .
permit granite the bodies taken to tho NOrEre.
and Iaier in Tho day were Identified by Charles
Rickcrt oil Tenth avenue ana sixty ninth street,
brother nlaw OF the elue. oil the two drowned men,
being those Taylor Fisher aged thirty eight, and
Frederick Miller, aged forty, fellow boardcrs at the
house Of Rtekert Tenth avenue They were drowned
with one John Nueet week ago sunday, by tho mp
setting Of boat or Gutenberg, n. j., where they
had gone to enjoy themselves. Captain White,
IN charge OF the Morguo, found On Fisher's
body ticket for German picnic and
scrap OF y weekly story puper with the follow
log passage from . tale In tho middle column:-
.fatner OF all what shall do? Shall throw my
dead?" He had his person cpcn laced silver
wateh with IRE giN cham, a white handled knife and
throe keys. On Miller were found mcmorandum
book with low cDtrios OF figures, 50 20 IN money,
revolver, two jAckkBives, Two brass nishskeys and
steel keys.
Tho third body brought TO the Morguo was discov-
orod BY NJ ,chacI 'Brien, boatman, OF No Is James
sir per q East River II was that OF dark CON-
,l,-yipned man, woariOg long dark hair and light
es, hts tcet encasod IN slippers II was
gu nee hcd Erhsrd Stcin shoemaker Of
he loft ressaencs dressed hts OLD clohes and
never afserward seen alive He bad boon partially
dcmented Tor some time, and was watched BY his
friends. Coroner Ellnger held the usual INFORMAL
preliminary inquest and granted ccrtncates OF burial.
An inquest with 10 held next Tuesday.