New-York tribune., 1882-08-12
MYSTERY OF MICHAEL BARRTS DEATH

Michael Barry. young 'i0ngShoreman, who I;ved
with his parents at NO. la ChcFly-St mas pccIi
missing since JCiy 30 On That day ne ei onlf mUnf
early with the promise TO return soon. On AnguSt
2 Officer Dool,y of the steamboat Squad, !ouhd tne
body of a dead man at Pier No. 81 last hlVeF. ne
took il from the water ana sent II 10 We horgie'
The nolice sent word t. he COrOncrs once ot thc
finding OF the body. and they described IL as 3ppal
entity foTiy years OF age, ana Wit'oui coat. Aouns
Barry was only twenty-One years Ola ana wore
no coat tie dav that he LETT nome.
The finding OF the body was published III me news
papers, and came to the uoilce ol pIQineI @ -ia" "a
Barry who had been searching lOr MN sihoe lnc
dav he had been missed. lie went to the Morguc,
positively unidentified the body and TOOK IL 10 ihe
housc of the parents. where the funeiai OccuIIeu
few days latter The general opinion was that
Barr, had either committed suicide or had ac-
cdcntally fallen overheard and been dro"nc1' ne
brothcl-ln-ltw, however was hot satlShcu VII"
either Of these views, and determined 10 InNGsI,
gate the matter further. Barry had
worked on Pisr Ii1h RfdF sOu,Gls1s VAGUE
idea that something might happen III that heiguDor
hood which would throw hight on ms dealh u.ou
to frequent the place. DliecuF oppDMtc '1c p'Ii. p.
"A man named Elfcrs, who has pretty daughter
named Anne. One day recently, %hie STANDING III
front Of this restaurant, barry blotloi-Ih-Id"
overhead Anne telling her mother OF ga a cIiIo cIiIhoo
that she had witnessed on July ~ Inc
bTofher-m-law at once became interested i', h;,,i
and asked the young woman 10 ich MN
all that she knew ABOUT the matter.
Her story is that between i and CLOCK on
july 80 she left nome Tor the purpose o. ~ ~'lsit,nE
Ferry and when the boat, w.1ch on account ot 'le
swift. strong current OF the river hus%c" the NcW-
York shore. arrived at Il point about 1our riocks
above GOuverntur-st. about COrleuS OF East
SIS. she noticed young man, who was
without coat, slLtlns on the cage
OF a pier, with his back to the nVeI;
Suddenly two young men came down the per, ana
walking up tl where the man sat, and without a
word bicked him overheard. man on the Terry
boat called out TO ihenl and they turned aud ned.
An alarm was given on the boat, and IL came 10 "a
staudsli waiting for the body 10 come 10 the sur
face. In did not appear and after waiting some
zen minutes the BOAT continued on lis course. ne
Young woman SAYS that she did not notice the
name Of the ferry boat.
Barry's home Is near the place where the Young
woman SAWS jlat she the man pushed IN lnc
wafer BAR, left home shorty before IL O'Clock.
and Wa without coat. lie was iona oi sl;ilng on
rirls. ts body, moreover, was iound just . hloch
above GouycrncuT-st. An inquest III the case "d7
held yesterday by Coroner Brady before a jury ana
the testimony submitted to them. The jury, Win
olt neil lbclatIon, rendered verdict HbulhE th'
cause OF death to be asphyXlatIcn Dy di"Wnln@'
ana thai the deceased came to ms aeath III lHe
hands OF persons to the jury unknown"
The police are al wOrh on the case Dut 'hey nave
M i4KAS AS Npt