The New York herald., 1879-08-22

grapl1C deSp8tcQeS from QuuTtcrS auu ull-
ferent people. Among the first was one from J. Z.
Hanley. Lynn Mass, asking when the body would
be buried. DIR. Burne replied that the law required
that corpse should be kept seventy-two hours for
purposes of Identification; there no fear Of
Immediate burial. Then came despatch as fol-
lowsA
LYNN. Mass, August II. 1879
Coroner BuRNK:-I will be there Saturday morning
The evening previous the following despatch had
PHn.ApELrnIA, August 20, 1879:
soa DR. @ @ as oo IT,
call call for h Is H. as they dss,s e bury w y hs % Ely
The second despatch received from the same
source read as folllows:-
=. n u = pn..ADrIrnIA, =lA August r ri 1878.
regard TO tue 0 s1SuhI aWiS TSf Chief of Police
Throughout the day other dispatches kept coming
in, OF which read follows:-
To Coroner BunsrJane Asy eGAf Of ri.dspha dssre.
~ George ". WALLiN,i. sur.rin tondsnt.
APPEARANCES OF MISS RoAcH's FRIEND.
Mrs. NJ. Clayton, OF No. 90 Green street, Phadel-
interview with the Coroner She represented 10 him
that she was not relative OF the deceaced. but =
dear and intimate friend. ana that she ready and
willing to take her remains away with her to Phila
delphia and have them inferred in hor own private
lot. She anxious to ascertain from the Coroner
If any subsequent application Tor the body
by other and, nearer folks would interfere
with her purpose. and whether, after going
to the expense of transferring the remains
to Philadelphia she would be disappointed and out
Of pocket. The Coroner, of course. could give her
no enlightenment on this point. She extremely
reticcnt about the career and antecedents of Miss
Roach. but volunteered the information that the un
fortunate lady left child three years old in Pha-
delphia. AS to its name, sex or location, how
over she said nothing. She hoped that the
property @ LEFT t. by Miss Roach @ wv would ,,IS b
But the Coroner said he thought it would have to
pass into other hands until it decided who were
the people best entitled to receive it. Mrs. Clayton
looked about twentysix years old, was respectfully
dressed and talked and behaved In ladylike man.
She left Flushing in the afternoon with Un-
dcrtaker Donnelly for the purpose OF buying
metallic casket IN New York in which to transport
the remains to Philadelphia.
While the HERALD reporter was talking to DR..
Burne in his office. walked Henry Wardilstorf,
commonly known around Wholesome as "Dutch
Henry" 1t was he who recovered the remains OF
Miss Roach from the water; but he had heard it in
sinuated that he had cut her OIL and taken her
earrings.
unsophsticated expression OF countenance, II
ddnt have time to take no notice OF earrings.
ach and had to throw of. didn't low my hand
TO touch her. and just slid rope down under her
and looped it on about the waist 30 as to tow her
In ashore. just when l did that q tugboat
was near by an ses to the tugboat man. Friend.
lend a hand; I've got q dead woman here Dead
womang he. go to he'll and of he went. and
took the corpse in myself ana never put hand on
tt till the Coroner saw it, II was that sort OF man
land here the poor fellow showed visible emotion)
her co." ....a54xs
The Coroner's deputy will probably undertake
is held to be able to give the jury information
relating to the exact ph yscal condition OF the de-
ceased at the time Ut her suicide.
HISTORY OF DOWNWARD cAREER-wHAT IS
KNOWN OF MISS ROACH IN PHILADELrHIA--
sELF-DEGRADATioN AND FINAL DESPAIR
FORMER ATTEMPTS AT INYANrIcIpE AND
Suicide.
PHILADELPHIA. August 81, 1879.
After three days of investigation have ascer-
tanned many important facts in the history OF
Lavinia Roach the young woman who committed
suicide on Saturday evening last from the Sound
steamer Bristol.
About six years ago Mr.. Harry stockton. Of this
city. married Miss Onslow ut Corn
wall. England. Her father was q wealthy
silk manufacturer. and among his many
operatives the family of Roach. of whom the
father. mother and three four children all worked
ut the silk spinning. shortly after the American
gentlemans marriage to the English lady the bride
and groom to this country. and accom-
panying them in the capacity of maid servant
was Livinia. the brightest and the prettiest Of
the Roach girls. who. having an ambition above
the drudgery OF factory hand. had applied for and
received this situation domestic with the daugh-
ter of her employer. When Mr. and Mrs. Stockton
arrived in Philadelphia they took suit Of
with Mrs. Nelson. the proprietress OK fashionable
boarding house Broad street. between Locust and
Walnut. The young English servant then about
ei hteen years old. aud her brilliant and clear CON-
plexion. bright blue eyes and ''plump and pleasing
person attract ted considerable notice. Her pretti-
was matter of general remark. aud she
ceivcd many little attentions from the ladies and
In ~ hnu arap pn ilv bo-
slowed upon one in her station.
DISMISSED IN DISGRACE.
The Stocktons kept her in their employ for several
months, treating her with great Kindness. Finally
IL discovered to the sharp eyes OF some the
ladies that Lavinia in interesting condition.
Her pregnacy became evident that
anu she dismissed in disgrace from her posi-
tion with Mrs stockton. and afterward. it is said,
bore the child. but ii did not live.
This story OF the girls first msstep is obtained
from what appears to be good authority. Mr.. and
given above cannot be substantiatod nv thoir
testimony. however.
A DOWNWARD COURSE.
Iavina appears To have gone to the bad after the
FIRST fault. she next appears rs the mistress of
naval officer an elderly gentleman. with whom she
lived for some time. After this her downward
course was rapid, and the old. old story was
reated. About two years after her first appearance
in Philadelphia she had sunk to tho level OF prosti
tutc and ilved in house in Caliowhil street.
Twelfth. From this time on she appears to have
been well known TO the deninonde and to fast men
~ an attractive but ignorant unrehned English
girl with last fading beauty and ondncss for beer.
n very little OF which would render her stupidity
Intoxicated. Atterward sho became an hdJitne OF
house in CaIlowhil street. This place she fire.
qnented on and of until she left this city to go to
New York last saturday.
when Mr.. Iangfcld nrst met the girl she was living
in Division street, between Callowhill and willow
aud Eleventh and Twelfth streets. Sne lodged with
perfectly respectable family but frcquentcda house
of i'll fame
AcQUAISrASCE AT A MASQUERADE.
That Mr.. Lingfeld not the scdncer OF this girl
ana that his intimacy with her did not begin until
last winter aud that IL OF such a nature
to the girl to believe that he intended
riagc. facts which To be settled beyond dis
pute. have the testimony OF many men that the
woman was common prostitute long before the
young gentleman In question was indiscreet enough