The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-11-15
TIE DEAD DyR0LAR,
The Body Identifed-Proves TO be That
of Man With History.

tho collar OF his coat. Chief OF POLICE
Medium, OF Newark, sent Detective Smith
to the establishment named, and one Of the
cutters disooveredtle name "Geo. Sto ne"
written on the Inside OF the loop In the
back. BY referring to the order book 1t
was found that suit of clothes had been
made for man by that name who had left
directions to have them delivered at No.
% Market street. When inquiry was made
at No. % Market street the housekeeper,
Mrs Wallace, gave reporter history Of
the man so far as she knew. "Mr. Stone
first came TO my house in the early part OF
last May,n she said. "He was anxious 10
secure quiet room down town and was
willing to pay well for apart
ments that suited him. l was i'm.
pressed with the belief that be was re-.
spectacle man. He did not bring any refer.
euces, but when speaking about them he
said that there were many better men in the
world than himself. and laughingy added
that be was not the worst. After sho wing
him my vacant rooms, he concluded to en-
gage the front apartment on the top floor,
and paid mo So in advance for the first
week. He then said, MY name is George
Stone, and trust that we will get along
nicely together He has been with us ever
since, and do not remember OF his re-
naming over night but few times, when
he said that he would be obliged to go to
Boston or Philadelphia on business and
would probably not return for day or two.
stone was quiet, unassuming man, and
lnless there was something to bring about
conversation he had very little to say. He
conducted himself in a very gentlemanly
manner and was what ls considered deslr.
able Iodger. He always maintained that he
was not in active business and explained
that he received private income from his
'alher's estate. Nj. Stone
eft the house on Friday az
ternoon at O'Clock. He appeared some.
what agitated and was evidently anxious to
leave the house. He came into the sitting.
room and handed M the key to his room,
saying that he was in hurry. lie wore
! the coat in which his dead body was found.
could not believe that Mr.. Stone had been
shot as burglar, and even now ii Is too
much to believe that the body which now
lies In the morgue at Newark is that Of the
man who has been such a gentemanly in
mate OF my house,
| At this point in the conversation Miss
! Nellie Wallace, the l7.year.old daughter Of
the land lady, entered the room, having inst
/ returned from Newark, where she had
| viewed the body OF the burglar. CTS
George, mother, - the young lady said, as
she unbuttoned her sack. II recognized
his face the moment the white cloth was
lifted from the coffin. His clothing 10 the
same he wore when we saw him last"
Are you sure Its Mr.. Stone, NellieH'
asked the mother.
son, yes. Pm positive it's
he. You remember be bad
a tooth missing from the upper jaw. Well,
his mouth was open q little and saw the
vacant space 10 the right of the two large
teeth in front"
In conversation with the young lady the
reporter learned that Stone had told her
that bis par ents lived at Newark, n. j.,
and that be had been brought up In Asto.
ria, L. l., where he was born. Mr.. Stone,
grocery man, whose establishment is near
the Ninety. second street ferry in that place,
does not remember any person who went to
school In Astoria by that name. In letter
to the World Rev. A. l., Arnott OF Jack.
sonvilIe. Fla, says: 81 Can give you in
orief the history ot the unfortunate burg
lar who ua> allied in Newark on Saturday
last. After reading the description Of the
dead malefactor In the newspapers went
over to Newark to view the body. was
convinced that could unravel the mystery
as soon as | saw the corpse, and since see-
ing the statement Of the people with whom
he boarded in this city I am satisfied the
real name Of the unfortunate man VINO was
known here as George Stone was Albert S.
Davidson. He was born In Selma, Ala.
His parents were In moderate circumstan-
ces, but he early developed a taste
| for books and learning. | remember him
asa
| BRIGHT AND PRO Missing YOUTH.
He was remar kabe for his memory and his
ability TO quote poetry. When about 10
years OF age ne fell in love with young
lady named Clarissa Dubois, who will be
remembered by all old citizens OF Selma as
q belle in her day. He had a rival In JAS
Darlington. One night they met in drink
Ink saloon, and In quarrel Davidson
struck Darlington on the head with de.
canIer, fracturing his skull. He ran away
and for some time lived IN Florida, where
he worked on an orange plantation. When
the war broke out he Joined South Caro-.
lima regiment, but deserted and took ser.
vice on the rebel cruiser Shenandoah. He
had many wild adventures, some Of which
ne related to me ten years ago at Marscies,
France, where / happened to meet him.
While was at Nice In 1874 he was arrested
for picking a Russians pocket In the
Casino at Monaco. helped to get him
out OF the scrape. He told me then that be
had fallen into bad ways and was pre-.
pared at any time to hear bad report Of
him. met him for the last time in this
city about two years ago at the corner Of
Prince street and Broadway. He
spoke 10 me for moment only and nur.
rled away, His father, who was an excel.
lent man was killed in the war. He be-
lOnged to an Alabama regiment and fell in
the fighting around Petersburg. His
mother died about year after bis dissp.
pearance from Selma. While at Mar.
settles he told me that his life had been
wrecked bv a difficulty which he had been
accidentally involved in with some Italian
officers at Port Malone. inferred from
what he said that no had committed q
murder. He was serving at the time on
the Confederate cruiser. He was natural.
ly bright fellow. He was impulsive and
rash, but, under favorable auspices,
would have made useful member Of so.
ciety. be lieve be has married sister
living at Eufala, Ala.'