Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-07-06
TIE DEAD BODY
OF White MAI Found Several Days Ago
at Padget's Place and Allowed to
&c to Decay.
A Magistrate Ntified Twice, but No
Attention Vas Paid by Him
to tie Call.

Captain Tom Caldwell, Ct the quarantine
ho-plta fest, reports that on last Saturday,
while coming up from quarantine station, al
the foot Of Presidents Island, near Padgets
place, he discovered the dead body of white
man floating in the river, which he caused TO
be caught and tied to the bank. When he
arrived at the moorings Il the feet at Fort
Pickering he sent message By Mr.. COrne-
Illus to E-quire Tom Fleming, Of the Four
tenth civil district, notifying him OF the
fact, so that he could hold an inquest over
the remains. On Monday Captain Caldwell
had occasion to visit quarantine station agan,
and in passing Padgers place saw that
THE BODY WAS STILL TIED
to the bank as he had left it, and that the
dogs were devouring the rem ains-even
fighting over them like wolves. On his re-
turn TO the city he sent the same messenger
o E quire Fleming, who asked why he had
lot viewed the body in his official capacity
i requested, to which the magistrate replied
at he did not have time on Saturday, and
Dmised to attend 10 the case forthwith.
Ctain Caldwell passed the place again
y,erday and discovered that the body was
st4there, and asks OF the APPEAL
WHETHER THIS Is NOT AN OUTRAGE,
to yeA the APFEaL emphaticaify responds
arr,
| II APPEALS commissioner made diligent
inquy as TO what public business was on
the BIRDS Saturday that would prevent a
magisate from attending to his official du-
lies. b discovered nothing going on, save
the lnocratic primaries, in which the
Esquiimisbt have been interested in STE
ing.that the "yellow ticket" with certain
former tadical leaders narie at the head,
got thro,h all right. On yesterday morn
ing the sPEAL nan notified E-quire Flem-
ing of VII he had heard, and if he Elem
ing) mad nything TO say in explanation,
space woq be given him. Esquire Fleming
ACK,wLEDGED BEING NOTIFIED
OF the fndg of the body, but states that he
UNDERSTOOD was on the Arkansas eide, and
ont OF his Jssdiction. At the same time he
says he poted the messenger to go 10 the
county corof. The APPEAL man simply
suggests thathis official makes trouble for
himself whene says he referred the messen-
ger to the coty coroner, at the same time
saying that helnderstood the body TO be OF
the Arkansas SIRE.
Esquire FLEEING hands in the following
sworn s'steme concerning his failure to at
tend the dead ocy, which, according to the
APPEAL mans formation, does not GOV
TIE case. Mr.. Co'elius was the party dele
gated by Captain tldwell 10 notify Esquir,
Fleming, aud MI Cornelius did not tel
E-quire Fleming III, the body was at Lake
Landing, but that itSas near Psdget's place
which Is known to,e on the east side o
President's Island. Tn APPEAL man ia also in
1 rmed that EsquIre 1enIing was very activ'
at the primaries In tn fourteenth distric
Saturday, and conseqently had no time
10 spare TO devote to official duties tina
on other occasions have lade it "race fol
life" between him and ,e county coroner
FLEMING's ARD.
MEPHIs July 3, 1882.
Understanding that some Toort on thu street
| tends to reflect upon Thomas Fleming, a lustic
OF the peace, in regard to not ,9ldiDg an inQues
| upon the body of a man found IN the Sd instau
| statement: That Thomas Flenng was informe
| by Mr.. Williams that a dead mn was lying
| Lakes Landing below the city, sdae eight miles
| that Fleming then asked William If he had an
| cow vance to go there, and bein answered i
| the negative, Fleming hired John'ones a rive
| man, TO carry him there; but on theanding bein
named, Jones, A. h. Hancock, an Cd steambos
| clerk and Z. A. Clouston said II was n Arkansa
| when, it being out of Fleming's juTsdiction, b
| said he would not go, as he could nohold an ii
quest out of the State. The above are acts
| THOMAS FLEMl.G J. P ,
| A. X II MOCK,
A CLOUSrON,
| JOHN JONES.
| sworn and subscribed 10 before me thu July
1882. c. <. SMITk ] p