The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-07-12

The Body or the Stranger Proved "a
be that OF Lieutenant Baker, or
Portsmouth, and Removed
to that City.

Mr.. w. It. Baker, son OF Mr.. Thomas
Baker, who was the stranger who died
at the house of DR.. Carter, arrived here
yesterday, disinterred the body, and took
1t TO Portsmouth.
The deceased was ffty-three years OF
age, and was born at Harrington, Eng
land, in which place he has a sister now
living, and has wife and six children
who are residents OF Portsmouth. lie was
in the ordnance department at Gosport
hayward before the war, and upon the
breaking out OF hostilities Joined the Con-
Savannah, in which service he lost his eye
and was badly injured in both legs.
IN THE POLICE.
| OF late years Mr.. Baker was lieutenant
of the Portsmouth police force, and stayed
in his Office, giving complete satisfaction,
until the Malone people got possession -
the force and turned him out.
He left Portsmouth April 24th, intend
ing, as he said, to go to Washington, where
he had prospect Of securing business as
detective. A week elapsed and nothing
was heard OF him. His family becoming
uneasy wrote to the friend In Washington
to whose care he had ordered that his mail
should be sent, and got as q reply the
information that he had never seen him.
Then his family advertised for information
Of his whereabouts. and offered 500 re-
ward therefor, and had q picture OF him
inserted in the Police Gazette. Captain
James NJ. Tyler, now OF Hanover, formerly
OF our police, recognized in the descrip-
ton published in the Dispatch the missing
man advertised, whom he knew, and
so wrote TO this paper, his let
ter arriving yesterday morning. But
between the time Of Mr. Baker leav-
Ing home in April to the publication OF
his death at DR.. Csrter's his wife and chill
dren had no trace Of him, though they
have no doubt that he went to Washington,
A SUFFERER FROM NEURALGIA.
Young Mr.. Baker, who was in the city
yesterday, says that deceased was a loving
husband and father and deyotedly fond OF
his family, and they can account for his
wanderings and death in no way except
upon the supposition that he was i'll in
mind. He was q great sufferer from neu-
ralgia. and in an extremity sometimes took
morphine pills as a remedy; but the NOR.
phine always made him wild. 1t is be-
lieved by his son that, having resorted to
lOI ltiltls uC
and so sadly brought his life to close.
THE BODY EXHUMED.
The body Of Mr.. Baker, clothed pretty
much as he died, was buried IN plain pine
coffin in field belonging to the estate Of
General Winfield Scott, short distance
west Of the new reservoir.
The deceased was a member OF Chesa-
peake Lodge, Knights Of Honor, and upon
arriving here his son went to Mr.. Il. L.
Campbell, member OF Richmond Lodge.
No. 219, and was by that gentleman greatly
assisted in his work OF recovering the re-
mains. Decomposition had not set in, and
deceased, his son said, looked as natural as
when he left home. Mr.. Campbell secured
q suitable coffin, had the body decently pre-
pared for the grave, and saw it placed on
yesterday afternoons Chesapeake and Ohio
train for Newports News and Portsmouth,
the son going along in charge.