Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1884-07-10
FINDING AND BURIAL OF JAS.
PER BRADFORD.

The remains Of Jasper Bradford, VIII,
was drowned at Texas Ferry on the 2lst,
arrived in Dayton Sunday afternoon and
were taken in charge BY Patti Lodge,
No. 10, I.O.O.F., Of which deceased was
an honored member. At I O'Clock the
members met at their hall aud forming
in funeral procession escorted the remains
to their last resting place, where the Ger
emonies Of the order were performed.
Upon returning to the lodge room COM
mittee was appointed to draft the custo-
mary resolutions of coincidence, and reso-
lutions Of thanks were passed for the
services rendered by G. V. Cros-
sler and j. b. Douglas in recovering the
body,
From Mr.. Crosslcr VIC CLEAN the fol.
lowing particulars Of the recovery and
Identification: On last Friday evening
he went to Wallula and on Saturday
morning was told that the body Of a
drowned man had been found about two
miles above old Wallula. Upon asking
for a description Of the body, he was
told that it was about 40 years old, fve
feet ten inches high weighed about lG0
Or l75 pounds, had black hair and had
been dead about threc weeks. This did
not answer the description of Mr.. Brad
ford at all, as he was but % years old,
was five feet six or seven inches high,
weighed about l40 pounds, had brown
hair and been dead but week. Mr..
Crossler then met j. B. Douglas, who
had worked for Bradford at Prescott and
knew him well. After talking some
time they decided to 20 and see the per
son who found the body, one Perkins
a justice of the peace aud the owner Of q
steam ferry at Wallula. Upon arriving
at Mr. Perkins house they stated the
object Of their visit and asked for de-
scription Of the body, which Perkins
gave, the same as they had first heard it.
They then asked how the body was found
aud were told that it was seen under the
water as it was being carried along by
the current, when Perkins called to an
Indian on the shore to go after it with a
canoe. Instead Of taking a canoe, he
swan in after it and pulled it ashore by
The foot. Leaving two men and the In.
dian in charge of it, Perkins went te
Wallula and summoned jury, held an
inquest aud buried the body. Mr.. Cros
sler remembered that the deceased had
worn pair Of peculiarly striped cotton
pants and pair Of blue canvass shoes
when he last saw him, so he asked Perk.
ins If there were any portions Of his
clothes saved. He answered that the
shoes and pants were in the back room
and after about threc-q quarters Of an hour
he was prevailed upon to bring them out
Crosslcr and Douglas both recognized
them as Bradford's, aud they then asked
to be shown the body. Perkins objected
and said it was no use, the description
of Bradford being different from that oi
the man found. Finally he agreed to q
with them to the grave and after walk
ing two miles it was pointed out to them
They began digging and struck the toy
of the box just fifteen inches from tn.
surface Of the ground. Tearing of the lid
of the box, they Immediately recognized
Jasper Bradford, as natural as life. II.
had been buried perfectly naked with
the exception of blanket with which
they had lifted him into the box and
then pulled the corners over him. A
lock Of his halr was cut off and shown
Perkins, who appeared greatly astouished
that it was not black, claiming that il
had changed since burial. A caskct wa.
telegraphed for and d. B. Kimball OF
this place went down and brought the
body here. We have stated the partic.
ulars thus fully for the reason that when
Bradford was drowned, he had consider.
able money aud watch on his person;
but when found, Perkins claims that his
pockets were wrong side out and nothing
in them, while his vest was gone entirely
This, together with several other suspic.
ious circumstances, may cause an inves
tigation in the future. The description
Of the body as given in the coroner's
verdict was grossly wrong and can only
be excused by either carelessness or will
ful misrepresentation. We understand
that the deceased was engaged to be mar
ried in, August, to lady living in Pres
cott.-Ddyton Chronicle.
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