The daily gazette., 1882-06-08
HoRRID SUSPICION.
AS Aso5 4 PPoIiTlcAL PLOT

GALLAGHER THE oH VICTIM
As sof "a 4 POLITICAL PLOT
|DsBP MYSTERY OF THE RIVER
-, mead and Floating in !I,.. the Della. ! Ella
pna vs weighed Down VITA brickS aitsf a',
are "e's .s,n,ons said He Was Acci-
sutally Drowned
,...,. ,ovn of Pennsville, on the New
y llii' iis oi the Delaware opposite hew
s.ur .as IN A ferment of excitement all
le' WI I,r :" The finding Of the body Of
yes@lJI'y man. a "aoater" they call 1t
fo'lel mn unusual thing, but when a
+, h i'5oJ ~ mn IN the river with heavy
peb PsSos, w., " 10 one ar1nfit is fikely 70
% ssa w. ' tban an ordinary ripple and
llO'V ,o,onpr assume a look Of even
e IN, .le rontcd seriousness. The finding
I 'laI laIr oc Dennis j. Gallagher made u
A ~ y gou: r:,ror 90 through the little com
a' o. vvjnc nJ, where the corpse was landed
Ivy Ioso VIII" Who picked it up, and many were
pos- '.,,;,c. Sa. m foul play. The GAzETTE,
sI'aoit JUN, oi,ornoon contained the exclusive
'ruas 'ns,",ert ~, Of the body being found
u.oiu, no hDoyy weight tied 20 the arm. As
Wv u. t5e T,1 sIpeclal dispatch was received
ysr C,silssiatng this faet,a GAZETTE
,ar ae" .tartd for Pennsville and was
ne,o u, snongh to secure ride on the
,arS l. Mccall, which had been char
br friends of Gallagher to run down
tiy;r vi att9r making her 2 O'Clock trip to
lsgroye.
ARWER MYSTERY.
y chastity find was made by party Of
Young men Tuesday evening. Their
!. orr. B. Forkum, Joshua Wheaton,
,rlD. Baton and Benjamin b. Hewitt.
or all Young men and all live in
,,Ulle. with single exception. These
men had been to Fort Delaware on
F Av. .wooc thea having gone there to
NIX and the others 20 take things down
They we're smiling home about )
X in the evening, ana were some dis
above Pea Patch Island and about two
and A half below PennsYillc. The
vas in the eastern channel, and Joshua
atom was looking ahead Of the boat,
be saw something black in the water.
tn'ly he informed his companions and
All ranrlu led il must be the body of a
When they came nearer this conclu-
was verified. To give it in the
lage Of one Of the young men,
had trouble in getting the boat
anil had to sail around the thing
times before We could catch hold of IL.
Is We grabbed II and the fellow who
klImg brought the boat to and We
leo examination. We pulled the head
5quiltIs out Of the water and saw that
ye, were staring and CLASSY, aud the
Ookrdas.Tthc body had beenin the water
cOl while. We pulled the body out
ir and found that four bricks were tied
len arm, and tied so tight we could
al them or shake them loose. They
it'd wi,h piece of gill net twine, and
fastened around the arm over the
ina hard knot. We knew to tow the
with these bricks would tear 10 to
ksowe cut them loose and let them
lnu the water.
TOWING THE BODY.
young man towed the body TO the
shorn Just Off the Confederate grave
and lctt il there with some one to watch
latn they went in hot haste to Penns-
where they informed Coroner Daniel
zo1 of that place, TIE coroner directed
to bring the body to Pennsville, where
matter could be investigated. They
d these directions, but had u hard job o'
was l2otlogk Tuesday night when the
was landed on the beach north of the
l0oai landing and covered with an
MI o stray. Yesterday morning the
PER sent man to New Castle, where
leare'i ialpgylpl Office is located and
III. iart ol TIE finding OF the body to
~ AllM4al Later in the forenoon he
rlet9boi an inquest, noFwithstand-
DE iag. .4N' the body had been found in
van E4..gs, oycr which New Jersey
oNi ,&iiun. .r..-.. ....z
Uniaa'ion Of the body was made by
i4Aei Garrison of Pcnnsvillc. The
y 'ss mabl" to find any mirks oi
ofr upon t.c boiy and stated it rs his
10y llat The boly had been in the water
'I'l iGar days, The drowning took
0A FRIDAY. \ jury was empaneled
was composed Of the following sub
'"i JrFocymcn; Trevuise jackson
/, pS,h, doml Dolbow, Charles BoYlt
N'"ail Nihoons. The doctor and thl
,Htll Who found the body were ex
l'U ana TIE cord which had held th'
" ". was was, s.i'I tied around the arm and wa,
Il. ous most direct witness that dec
W.. WIS connected with the corpse
III vas cut of by Coroner Garrison
hhoft urllieration the follOwin.
HT'!s rendered; THAT the decease,
"ili' ',,,lI' aea.h from an act of violence b,
"ulAl9|n to this jury"
TIE BODY IDENTIFIED.
a tllylleisa little town of two or thre
g', ''a inhabitants, many of whom ar
ya,s, ,~,l' L has a llottl, pleasant law
!, '''y " y'ea s's, and half dozen shops an
hni. iies'tfday Il hall was being ded
,aeyAIle .,.' body OF the dead man attracte
,,'n, S'gu9'A than the exercises did. tn
Nd IN party arrived there about 81
ne.w 'aliliioig those on board wei
M d'3' "3ell'h' John Gallagher, the brothC
rnl.4 +a nan, John McCali'rey one Of hi
r.,i i'' n iHchGs, John Greenlcc an
lni,n S D4t'4'h, lis companions ON tn
H. .I'Hi I'lid anu the GAZETTE representatiy,
prc ~ ,,,, lay high up on the sandy shingl
Oor.o,. @'A,' straw 10 keep the sun irol
N G 'hs features. When it W.
Ji's '@'' TIE river the night before
hc.n .ogcii ycii easily recognized but ha,
sb. '''a iong out of the water Il
trjr Mt, e'fe swollen and the featur
ls,,r ',s9goIUI"ablc. s The clothing WI
lri i,il'i H. ',.a' worn by TIE dead man whe
b. ia'.,,"G'oh and the shoes were Il
aD,laatS,~ tS~@"iihation Of his pockets got
el G;s ~ W. a hummer Of papers esta
he h"f, + A'Atty and he wore n -pljr
Aucs.i sSs"'lis which John GALLAGHER nv
rem,is.' property of his dead brothc
se oi NV, H. were unhesitatngly pronounc,
b. hIiiai i,''ls D. Gallagher. On the arm
kcd ill., Ike, ah now almost illegible, whi
l.raoso5 ~ ~ picked in India In
b. ss'' ''1d letters of thut kind on
lon boar, was put in an ice-box and c.
lh,, IA. wy steamboat, heinz tul,cn
a,goian,miaII' n%inI'taEer Thomas j. Russo
WHmpgptH1,'i' the party, and broun
uairrtaker. i IT Was taken to the morl'
Ine irisns' ralLhcr's establishment
neHdS Of the dproosad i'',,'iiN,lU' aiiiN,l,