Morning journal and courier., 1880-08-06
gounal allN Cqluier.
Friday Morning, August 6, 1880.
Local News.
IFor other Local News see Second pase.l
An Unknown Body.

Found Floating Near Canal Dock-Jury
 Tmpnnel1ed-The Identity a Mystery
 The Verdict.
 Policeman Grant, while on duty at the
 Starin dock yesterday morning at about 5
 o'clock, saw the body of a man floating in the water. From it's appearance it had been in the water some time. The body was secured Henry Long and boy assisting, and removed to Newton & Keiler's undertaking establish ment. A jury was summoned, consisting of Wales French, foreman, c. W. Prindle, M. B.
 Scott, G. I. Cummings, 0. Ruickoldt and B.
 R. English. They viewed the remains. The 1 body was that of man about five feet ten or | six feet in height, in age between twenty-five l and thirty-five years. The face was full and smooth, the hair black and short-cropped. It ! was the body of very robust, healthy-look- | ing man. and was clothed in black diagonal
 coat and vest, gray, striped pants, new box | toed shoes, white shirt with checkered bosom and wristbands end white merino undershirt | and drawers. The clothes seemed new l Around the neck was a standing collar, and a narrow, black silk tie. In the pockets were silver watch, stem-winder, Elgin, No. D, | 907, attached to a shell or horn chain a small
 leather purse containing a dime and three | cents, a pink silk pocket handkerchief, a small round pocket looking glass, rubber comb and an advertising card o6 Keller & 1 RuhI, cloth dealers, corner of William and Ann streets and Fourth avenue and Astor Place, New York city. On the little finger of
 the left hand was small, plain gold ring. IrTJr-- k1,o4 zE dressed in his best clothes. The collar button
 in the shirt was of bone or ivory and the
 sleeve buttons were square-shaped and of
 pearl. The watch was stopped at twenty minutes past nine o'clock.
 The body may have foated out from the Narragansett hulk when it was lowed through the Sound. It had evidently been in the wa- body was eaten by fishes as is generally the case. The body may have been that of q passenger on the burned Seawanhaka. The body may have been under the docks or in some of the way place in the harbor for several weeks. Speculation is fruitless, how ever the identity of the man Is a complete
 mystery.
 Captain Seaman, of the schooner Surprise
 
 from Kennebec, with ice to Dickerman of
 this city, saw body of Faulkner's Island
 as he was passing through the Sound about a week ago, as was reported at, the time He couldn't get it as the wind was in the wrong direction. It was floating toward this city, and perhaps the body may be the same seen by the captain.
 The jury after viewing the body repaired to Coroner Bollman's office and heard what
 little testimony there was to be had. Officer J. W. Grant testified that about quarter past 5 o'clock he saw the body floating in shallow water about one hundred feet so off the end of Starin pier-where the steamboat lands. The tide was just coming in at the time, and the man lay on his back his feet headed toward the shore. He lay on the edge of the channel through which the steam CT reaches her dock There was no hat found The officer got boat and lowed the body ashore Then he telephoned to the police office the police wagon and Officers Flannery and Maulte came down and the | body was taken away. The witness said he was the first one to see the body in the water. After Officers Flannery and Maulte had l told what little they knew about the matter the jury brought in 8 verdict that the man came to his death by drowning at time and in O 1oopnar unEnovT to tbe i1rv