Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-08
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-,,,uutable Disappearance anu
An 10 solution of the Mystery-A !
80 Found Floating in st. simon's
1,d supposed to be that OF the
S'.--sDp Man-stOry of the "Floridas
Anong the passengers on the steamer
,,, AHiOnz CantJL.A mazeen, of the Geor-
ia AM. Florida Inland Steamboat 100 FeT mann
pany, which leu hessg.v-
dina last Thursday, wac shoru, =.
built gentleman. who gave his name as
T. Miller and his residence as New York.
He was well-dressed, was apparently
about a. years OF age, and wore full
black beard. he was lame in one leg,
and limped Slightly as he walked. In his
manners he was affable and pleasant, and
told the Captain that he was going to
Florida 40 sscare the cold winters Of the
North In Going down tu6 river be asked
the CAPTAIN ii he could buy q cigar on the
boat. There being none on board LOT SAFE
tb- C2rtain gave him one. About II
O'Clock Thursday evening he went 10 his
stateroOm. About O'Clock tue next
morning the steward knocked at the door
Of the statefOOm, but received no re-
/ snonse. Thinking Miller was asleep, he
/ concluded not 10 disturb him.
THE STEWARDS DISCOVERY.
When the boat reached Fernandina he
] vent to the staterOom and knocked again.
/ NJ onsvrer was made, and De opened ta9
/ door The room had no occupant, put the
.,osss- -ar,, satchel ana OYsrcgat we're
! tfbere The bed nod haaa occupied. a
search was made, but no traces Of him
/ could be found anywhere on the boat, and
/ the officers were unable 70 account Tor
~, .-atari0us disappearance. When
the Florida reached oaf AMMAN 80 I,,oe
O'Clock Yesterday morning NOR was
/ thrown on the mysterious "H@l'
Apostolic CLUE.
A letter had been received from st.
| SImOn's inQuiring for Information Oh
| cornse which had been picked up by the
/ Steamboat David Clark near there on Fri
/ dav. The description given IN TINS IetleI
| cOTrespOnded with that OF the missing
messenger Of the Florida. The body was
| taken 10 St. Simon's. where an inquest
4 was held. and il was buried there. Inc
letter. which was sent to Mr.. Williams
agent Of the Inland Steamboat company
states that no papers could be found IN
the dead mans pockets by which ne couId
| be identified.
THE DEAD MAN = DANhAOi-'
An examination of the baggage left on
the Florida fails to throw any light upon
/ the matter or to indicate the cause OF the
mans death. In his satchel was found a
change of linen, which was solled, ana a
fine revolver with all the chambers empty.
A Kid glove was found in one of the peck
4 ers Of the OvercOat. The other was mis-
sing. and Capt. AmaZeen recalls tne TACT
that MIR. Miller had kid glove on one
hand when he last saw MN; Mr. t'oz 5 :
/ uurser of the FlOriQa, said that he nao IA
Ocean steamship COmpany's ticket from
New York to Jacksonville. The ticket
was 40. 1Ss, form 0S9, and was stamped
Nov. :.
MYSTERIOUS DECK PASSENGER.
Whether the cause of the stranger
death was accident, suicide, or foul play,
Can't. AmaZeen has no theory. He says,
however that there was mysterious
deck passenger, who has aroused his
auspiciOns since it has been developed
that Miller lost his life under peculiar
| circumstances. This man is described as
tslI and dark. and did not give hi- name.
| He was weiLdregsed and the officers did
not cOnfine him TO the deck. On Thursday
night ne slept in the saloon under the
t;,TIo There was nothing about the man
&c excite suspicion ,. timer IMAM ms
| mysterious actions. He left the boat as
soon as she reached Fe~randina, and was
not seen afterwards.
THE CAPTAINS REPORT.
The following report of the affair has
been sent by Capt. Amazeen and PurseI
Dozier to Messrs. Jones y Headman, local
steamboat inspectors:
/ On our last trip from Savannah to ternan-
| dina, q passenger by the name Of I. Miller
| came on board, took supper, and appeared
| rational in every way. He went to his room
| about IL o'clock p. m. The steward, at
O'Clock, called at his room, but got no answer
! Thinking he might be sleepy. he would not
! disturb him. When we arrived at Fernan-
/ dina the steward went to the room aga n
| opened the door and found the passenger
| -atchel and OyercOat. Finding the passenger
| lid not call for his baggage he reported the
fact to Capt. Amazeen and myself: We IN
| vestigated and found that no one had seen the
| D -ssenger since he mad gone to his room, and
cannot account for his disappearance.
A careful inquiry at all the hotels fails
to show that Miller stopped in savannah
| His name is not on any of the registers for
/ Il month back, and no clue could be OBJ.
tained to any one answering his descrip-
ton.