Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-04-10
Carr UP ITS DEAD.
The Body of lewis LarkiB Of This
city Found tu the Ghristiana-TIe
Cnrouer,s Verdict.

Monday morning Coroner +. i. Smith
held an inquest at l.. W. Palmers undertake
ing rooms ON the body of Lewis Lalkiu II
laborer of Rid He's Banks who WAS found
drowned Sunday afterno IL in the Chris
tiaua. Tho remains were lying Ill the morgue
at tho rear OF Mr. Palmer's establishment.
They presented II ghastly and repulsivo sight,
swollen, and in an advanced state OF decOm
position The features and hands bore the
marks of the attacks of marine ANNALS but
not sufficient, howev to prevent the former
from being readily disceruable.
The coroner qualified the following per-
SONS as jurors L. W. Palmer, W. s.
McNair, j. L. Kennedy, W. Il. Long, j. Il.
Jones and John P!le.
The witnesses were James T. STILES, SON
in law of the deceased, residing in Whining
ton; Elias Turner, John V. Sheppey and John
NJ. Shippers
John p. Stiles of this city was the first
witness. He was IL son.in-law of the de-
ceased, and recognized the body as that of
Lewis Larkiu, his father in-law, who had
been missing from home four weeks last
Friday. Lewis Larkin was subject
to crazy SPELLS the result of malarial attacks
during the last four years. The deceased
WAS a married man and lived at Riddles
Banks, he was lab0rer and had no regular
place to work. he took odd Jobs here and
there. He told his wife on the Friday before
leaving home for the last time, that there
was dispatch awaiting him in
Chester relAting to aome money
matters. Since the date of his disappear
ance his wife and family, including witness,
had hunted everywhere for HIM. He was
about 62 years of age His probable birth
place is Chester, Pa, where he leaves mar
ried sister, Mrs. Rachael Forwood, a connec
ton of Chesters mayor. The witness stated
that he had been to sec deceased's wife and
had given to the court all the information she
had with reference to the matter He had
| also visited John Hibbard Esq of Chester
as to the money to be collected, and Learned
that Mr.. Hibbard knewnothing of it
| Elias Turner, eolored testified that h,
| found the body at p. M. sunday In thu
| Christiana, at the lower sluice OPPOSITE
| Pusey's wharf. The tide was running ebb a
the time He judged that the body loatet
i'll at or 10 a. M.
l.. W. Palmer stated that he brought tn
body to the morgue between and 8 p m
| Sunday There was on the body when Ia
searched it telegraphic message dated
| Chester, two pocket knives, an empty leathe
wallet and pair of spectacles in the usua
style of case. There was no money on til
| body.
| j. V. Sheppey, a medical student, testitiet
| that he had examined the body. He coul
| discover no external signs of violence. II
Judged that the body had lain in the waite
some three or four weeks, and thought /
probable that the deceased fell in the waite
during one of his seizures, the result, Q
course, being suffocatlon. After short dc
| liberation the foreman, John Pyle, announce
the following as the verdict OF the Jury
"Came to his death by causes unknown.
A lad Of ii years OF age, a son of the de
ceased, was present, but gave no testimony i
| the matter