The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-11-21

| them said to the reporter:-"I shoaldn'
all wonder II that man had something 10 do viii
one OF those revolutions in South America. and va
| done up in that style and flung into the water. i
may just as we'll have been on ship before she so
into port anything else 1t not at all neces
| sary that he should have been thrown OF
| dock. or. indeed. that he had ever seen tn.'
city. The tides of tho Battery are very peculiar
The body might have been brough, there FROM either
| river or from outside. Immediately opposite 'ne
sweeping in. Now that BODY might have been
brought in. There has been no examination mAae
yet OF the vessels here from any OF vii, ma hs
| during the next few DAYS The fact that the
| word 'Demerara' is printed on his TROUSERS
| Starting point. anyway and the chances that ~
throws up should be exhausted before any e'ss
| is attempted He nigh; have bought that sun Q.
| clothes in Demcrara While he in the town, and
might have had them for the past SIX months. tnsy
somewha, worn and are ees'Sy ~ rhila
! Perm Then again. he may be Mexican. he mas
Indian blood largely and may have been IN Inc way
ss likelv to get rid OF him. if they did
| SO al ali. in a mysterious manner de may
has hand in one of the wars and got among enc
mics II he ever got TO New YORK he hasn 7 been
here long The body has been IN TIE water
from where he lived since that, and we should have
heard OF him at the Central Once NO report
brought here consequently am inclined to think
he came to his fate the side Of ship As to
his acting in OF the dock ana committing suicide
we'll he mig hit have done that of course, it is quite
possible bur don't think he did. There are sew
eral reasons why. These South Americans are not
much the habit Of doing that sort Of thing around
here What they may be at home l don't know,
but very few cases OF it in these waters They
dom up here to live by choice and they rarely
come in search of fortune. A man belonging to the
tropics like this one. and arrived at his age would
not come 20 climate Ike TINS ~ searcn n 81 epr1y
cdly had, and it is what that business was we
have first TO find out unless we accidentally run
evidence as to his identity. II he had come
mere to look for work and found none and met with
bad luck and disappontments he would naturally
become dispirited but then it would be most un-
usual When these come here they gem
orally acquainted with people living here from their
place. and If they should happen to get so poor
that they could not help themselves they would be
taken care of. No. don't think he committed sui
eide unless he was musician or an artist or some
thing OF that kind and very sensitive man and
had failed in his profession here. His appear
ance. however, is against that idea. He
is tall. has an immense frame and the
body does not look to me a. IL he had suffered much
privation. There 10 much more reason to suppose
there object in putting HIM out of the than
to think he had any serious cause to destroy him
self II he had been merchant this city and had
failed in business he might have gone OH the dock.
but to my mind he is late arrival IN this
vicinity. Suppose he was passenger on board some
vessel bound to this port. and that during the voy
age another passenger on the same ship or steamer
discovered he coming here to buy arms or vessels
or other material Of to be used against the lat
tors government and,country there wouldn't he much
diiicu!ty in bandaging his eyes, tying his hands be-
would be easy to account for him rs having jumped
over more particularly il he were among enemies.
where they would be sure to have no witnesses OF
CORONER MILiERs VIEWS
Deputy Coroner Miller, after examining the body
claring it suicide in other words, that the man
came to his death by drowning himself He put
piece of cord, slipped his hands into
It behind his back and jumped into
in at and the of his wishing to die can
only get at the inquest. have found nothing
on the body that would guarantee suspicion
that he had been murdered. l have only
made casual examination. They wanted
to photograph the head. and when that is
done 1 shall be able to tell whether the skull is
fractured. The marks on the face are only such as
are usually found people that have died in the
water. The holes were made by crabs and there is
nothing, in my opinion. in the that warrants
any theory of violence. He may have been poisoned
yes. that is possible-but II he were we
Attorney would have to give us money to perform
the operations necessary to explode that view OF the
ou sra o oa'ra t thes.
and there is no doubt hc il native Of South
America but we never know. There was similar
not long since in France. and we have numbers
| OF others record"
Exactly like thisY'
Precisely. with the eyes blindfolded and the
hands tied just as they have been with this man."
"Then you think he tied themy
II do. as far as can see. The bandaging ana ty.
not tightly bound aud the knot on the handkcr.
chief easily opened
''No; quite light aud only such as may have
como after death"
..Of course you allow something for shrinkaee
since he has been dead and in the water?"
II do something, but not great deal. There has
not been much. He has not been in the water long.
NOT LONG IN THE WATER.
slow long do you supposeY
"well. certainly not over forty-eight hours. but
am inclined TO think he has not been that time
"what profession was he do you think?''
al should incline to the belief that he was a
business man. The clothing is good. but not new.
10 fnn ha In tlo
kept and he was evidently . man OF some refine
ment."
YES 1 have no doubt. Tho head is large the
forehead broad and high, and as far as can say
from hasty examination. he was a man who
held q good position in life. I would like
to have the body rs 1t taken from
the water. Then we could more satisfactorily
examine the pinion and bandagc. While 1t is quite
possible he might have been fouy dealt with I
think the evidence points in the other direction We
shall know more tomorrow. In all probability
who he has been, and the post-mortem will relate
THE rest OF the story
nor anything on hiin"
Certainly. 1t is d curious case altogether-a
means Of identification might be accounted for aud
explained in many ways That circumstance
aids the theory OF murder to a considerable
degree. a suicide also would be likely "a
remove all signs rs to who he When Is
rushing into the other world of his accord
lie is likely to desire to conceal who he is par
ticularly If he were a man in good position and
whose loss would be severely felt by Others.
Who knows the body was not found beior.
II he had a pocKetbook that contained money and
letters the birds Of prey upon the river may have
taken all. The watch-pocket of the waistcoat was
made of chamois leather. This argues watch. bu,
understand there was nothing found in any of tho
pockets Then, again, X the body had fallen into the
hands of river thieves they might as well have taker
the clothing any valuables about the body. No
on second thought am convinced we have the mar
teresting case and o most mysterious one."