The daily gazette., 1882-06-12
n RIVER MYSTERY.
|. INQUEST ON DENNIS j.
IE IN2ys HESHER's BODY
rrre THE TESTIMONY TODAY.

#klWu lA4@
4 ,.ns Fatal Sail and Of the Find
siory ~ I'd y. evidence OF Foul Playa
.s,rt Of Exoneration'
,, was held this morning in w.
l,4a', ,4y, otice, Third and Market streets,
fal, ;.1 the M death Of Dennis j. Gallagher.
Y erl'i,S imSors 1 were present excepting Luther
y Bp,Ier The jury was as follows: Geo.
aiIs,, Ds,nons John w. Hawkins, William
,ar eirW # B. McIntire, L. W. Palmer,
slaui y II D. Bedford, William Ferris, ].
Ols,s' snl witness was Robert F. Gamble.
~ NV s,w the body of Gallagher and
issaS ~ 81" nv The sleeve buttons, shoes,
Y a'S and stockings. He also recognized
aoss moustaehe and hair, saw mark
arm abOyethe elbow all way round,
looked like a scrape or where the
sas Sy ruhbed of, flesh was cut I; couldn't
o~ % mark was made; If had not heard
~ or tWine around the arm could not
,,msOiued the mark to have been made
naT Tan brother-in-law Of Gala
AZ aI.O Identified body by initials I'd.
8Iiam \ n,nIi r Gamble recognized the shoes
,lII la,1es found on the body as being
"SGsllagher. Satisfied the body was
pSnaIlac6er Recognized the shoes by
y - Jg ths deceased wore his. Would not
t1orn the body any other way than
the clothes, except perhaps the arms
oanerll appearance. / did not see the
IN me ara Of the body. Am fully
Ged the body was that of Dennis ),
gher.
n testified that he went to Pennsvilie
Nv the body on the beach. First saw
Esas and came to the conclusion II was
Irther's body. Did not recognize the
M from the arm knew 1t was that's of
II was short arm. Fully identi-
iebaly Us that of his brother. Did
\ any string mark on his arm, and did
box at the arm on which marx was said
Witness showed some papers said to
+ been found on body OF deceased by the
Jersey Justice. One paper was IN the
writing of William II. Quinn, but that
ensn was not called, as the jury was
satisfied that the Identification WAS cs-
hd.
ROm4s |. Russell was sent for last Thurs
NemOon to accompany the party of
is to Pennsylle. He described the
gof the body on the shore. 1t was
Id with hay and the witness recognized
loly by the shoes. The face was much
kurd. Did not recognize his features
he was taken to the morgue. Also
large up on the arm of the body.
fesh was green and yellow. sAfter
ng the "brck story" made an examina-
4 Df the arm and found no mark there.
u Young man who found the body
be did not take the bricks into his boat
he simply said it was "because he
Ant, and that was all he would say.
snt accepted the theory of the string ut
The body was In u bad condition when
No marks at all on arm. Examined
lrieularly when / prepared body for
\. No doubt the body was that of
Agher from general appearance. His
3mother wouldn't have known, him.
ajumr-Do you suppose man could
string Of bricks tied on his arm, and
leaye mark on skinl
q, itmight be done, the string being
Soyer The arm; body did not swell until
RI. Witness asked the young men on
y shore why they destroyed all evidence
pul play, II any there were; was In q
h toget back in boat. The father OF
Young man wanted his sons share OF
feward before the remains were taken to
nington; think the whole story of the
los highly improbable from my know
d eorpses for % years. String
donarm by onc Of the men who found
E@p# on the shore was produced One
men, the witness said, produced the
I, which he Identified, and told how the
y hd been suspended from arm. The
Y nan said the bricks could not have
ll on the arm, as they were fastened BY
Ol which took two hands to tie.
sool the three men who were In the
al the time of the accident were sent
t0r room while Edward g. Darragt
Hls testimony substantially as follows
friday week, about 2 or $50 o'clock IN
alIernooh, Don't know who proposed
y Whether it was Gallagher; myself OF
hirn' Went TO boat, first stopping al
Tree Inn, Hired boat from Mr.
,ialus, iiIree Of us sat in the boat
ui,ltt' hailagher and myself. Whilt
Pna,lls was getting sails said we did no
NOW 10 SAL the boat and no use for vi
= ASKED MeManus to get us man tt
Ie ooat' lie hailed man namet
- Whom we agreed to pay ant
Su III the boat. Sailed down TIN
,s sla over to Pennsgrove. In gettin,
glc ooat Gallagher fell In and got wet
~ " avs cigar store and bought som
M .I' aolle Of US had any money; Dor
ns,a, ~ solae lfom Mr.. Avis, as ! was wei
~"sya ca",. WIN him; went to French'e
lo"r. sa : .eil now long we stayed there
N IS, D. got IN boat and rowed a ways
/. titthey !, put sail; were out In the rive
had /" was blowing very hard, and waite
ia ia .aa, ~ the boat and it was third full
on,, tlS won't do" and began to ba
A. a,, , was in the middle and dennis wa
M s,as, go@, 'retnlee and the "eaptain wen
ldn,, urn III ol the boat, with feet up; the
n all ,a pun lhem down for the water i; "
Iaa ,H VT We're about mile from ii
Sa,e GSLe6 ~ mouth of the creek Peekt
h mail n. ! 60 up the riverl" but tol
had ast sl MS own Judgment about tina
lnt in,aanf tuafse OF boat, however, and "
Der snl,ffe; .h,. We sGbed' around an
as Az, M lsllhg a knew we were in the waite,
ekrr y pa, "lsl aud hung on bow of boa
bt; G,na' sal,,e up next and got on bottom
ekev sei'ee aaa, came up next ; ! said
GsIIo.satei 1ateil him, " and he did lookt
m tim s"VF p'it saw nothing of him
tr NJ nv Dlg wave struck us and we
bet "a aoont 100 yards from where ,
d ralIss5 sDs on top of boat as well as | cou
|ue ,,' ia ior sail boat good ways off
bung mon tiley didn't come, but t,
Fkel s', ms nv, zane from the lighthouse Al
N, J., ap II was hard work to get ne
@xt and nd pa, p, llle row boat first, Greenl
hd waltadf dfrhNeS last got out at lighthou
all '%vu %a Nome did not examine the be
BAT eyea,. was no place for any bricks
Dae tbsrpa. !. Under bow, aud there "
all p,le, haa saw no bricks or cor