Daily Republican., 1881-08-18
the DRO WnBD MAH.
Ala RelatiVss WaaA 10 Cen vsy the
Impression that nt WAS Murder

Impression that mt Was UurdeI
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Y On Monday night two men ciaimins
J. 70 be brothers Of George Walls, tn
It man who was found drowned in tn,
l. canal ON Sunday last, came to Della
u ware City, for ths purpose Of disinlcr
|, ring and removing TIE body to Phila.
delphiA. Previous TO leaving Phil.Mel
1 phia they had telegraphed to Coroner
: Wcldin, and he had answered all thei
;: inquiries, aud prepared certificate y,
: that the body could ba removed.
On Tuesday ono Of the men called on
} the Coroner, and stated that after they
had taken the body up, the Steamboat
Company refused 70 receive it, on &C
8 count Of his not having the Coroner 's
} certificate. The Coroner gave him the
necessary document, and Then the man
, went on to say that the relatives were IN.
der the impression that George Lad
been murdered.
He stated that they could no: under
stand how he could have been drowned
!, in three teet of water, ~ no was an ex-
Celient swimmer.
II The Coroner informed him tina. there
were no marks uuoD the body to lead
to that suppositiou, aud that 1T was his
impression that the man had drank se
much liquor that he had noth tha
strength t, help himself. The brother
obtained the names of the jury wivn the
intention Of calling on them.
II Is reported Jh,st the man that was
with George Walls on the boat has
turned up in Philadelphia, and acted
in manner that Walls friends
consider suspicious. There il however
nothing to show that George was mur-
dersd, and Coroner Weldin says that
there is not the slig test doubt, but
tha: the man fell in the water while in
sn intoxicated condition, and there met
nj, death
All the Philsdelpli. papers of to day
contain sensational! articles about the
case. What thuy say is to this effect:
"Ihe fNniiy of Georse Wall, of this
city. who deui body was found uu
| Thur'apy last IN y small tributary of
the Delaware and Chesapeake canal are
| firm iii the belief that the deceased was
the victim of foul play. Accompanied
by William Krause he started frun the
city on Monday .: last week il :. sklit'
| w DSit III LuS ibNch LJCiN"'bl'' W Ebll
had left his employer, junk dealer on
Beach ~ rect, below Eairnouut avenue,
and proposed the trip for the purpose of
securelng money to start into business
himself. On the Wednesday, ntgut al
ter their departure, while kran8e was
preparing place u steep, Wall left the
boat, and was not seen again by his COM
panlon, who after II fTuitiesS search for
| the MISSING man, returned home The
| septra'ior took place on the Delaware,
near Delaware City, and the place
| here Wall body WAS afterwara found
wa, about two miles distant from the
boats moJrage. MOI satisfied with the
ileagrc details they had received az TO
the circumstances of the death, two of
Walls brothers went to Delaware City
on Monday,
That the young man should have
been drowned IN two or threh feet Of
water was sufficient to attract tine Az
tcntlon, but tleir suspicion vi already
been excited by u barber named Charles
smith, wis had dealt with Walls for
| Iaer employer, saying: Nv hen you
| look at his body examine the back Of
i his bead, and see if there are not some
scars there " non the remains were
ehxumet two holes about une-eishth of
an in Ii in, diameter ia the neck and
| forehead were found, while the skuli
| appeared to bA confused and crushed.
| The uthGIi lies we're asked for periniS-
aion to r+muve the boiy TO this city,
but the Mayor Of Delaware City said
that this could not b" done until No
vomber. Wall was 30 years OF age, and
resided G.t No Gy1 Ne. Market street.
His sister, Mrs. Kicker, resided at No.
GJl North Front street, is positive that
her brother WAS f1uliy dealt with.
"rno idea, she says THAT M bro her
had mania, potu and fell overheard is
nonsense We are gong to Delaware
City again Gu Monday or Tuesday, ana
if ifIecessary have tbs body taken from
the Pottnr,' Fielc and examined bya
physician Coroner Janney was
asked to lnveStig ttu tho case, but as it |
would he ont of his jurisdiction, even /
the remains were brought here, he |
could no nothing more than give advice |
to the dead mans relatives. Krause |
did not VISIT Walls retAtivBs until the
Saturday night after his return 20 the
city, and then he said that his
had wandered oil and been
lorktd up for iut0XiCallIu. Ih" allthoc-
itics at Delaware City are OF the oplnion
thai the deceased Was intoxicated and
tell into the stream nc The point where
the body WAS toand, and that the in.
jurtes upon the h0;sd were cdusel BY
lhe tall.
DR.. Oglc, who accompanied the Coro-
ner to Delaware City, said to-day to a
reporter that not the slightest grounds
for 4uspecting toul play came 10 their
asfen tion. The man bad jumped into
the river on Wednesday,, apparently
suffering frem d"lirinm trenens, and
had theu wandered Oft. The next day
!. number OF the jurynen saw him
walking up and down the road, nutter-
ing to himself. He (Dr. Dgle) made
no examination anl no marks were to
be seen upon hIm. The jury was salts
lied hat the man had been drowned
without the examination being made.
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