The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-07-03

Ano foul PLAY MUCH FEARED.
S Cndptrr Ilu Game Ice Death iu u
uurh NuSHi.,ury I,lduntc au.-
iuins the IhrurN pf Murder
iUy NpN- In General,

Monday morning the body eff uwhito
man was discovered lodged IN lot uf
drlrt wood near LoltWluh Il Jgmisuu's
brick Nurl, some two Mules down the
Trinity river. Justice Kendall, acting
Coroner, Cmpnuucllcd a Jury of inquest
and Ultcr ,hry had Vowed the body ~ Il
Ntu,, A Was taken charge of bN l'nlrr-
tulSur Smith and buried, The remains
were i'm an advanced state of doComposi-
ton, and had the appearance Of having
been iu the water lur several days, There
WAS uumistukuhlc evidence Of foul
play, Ills feet were tied together by Il
piece of twiuc, and his neck was dislu-
Gated, indicating that he had been
hanged, Tho body was 50 dccOmpusCd
that The features were not recognizable,
aud the flesh from tho hands aud other
parts of the body had began To slough OIL
lie was dressed In u pair of black cash
mprc pants, blue calico shirt, undCrshirt
of uainsook, high-QGIrtcr brugau shoes
with high hools, which had been
hull-solrd, and hyd ona vest pretty much
oi the Same material ~ the pants. The
pockets OF his pants were turned wrong
Sidr-Out. The deceased had WhiSlSCrS of
two weeks growth and had u button in his
shirllront OF the appearance of gold.
He was Light complicated and about i've
feet SIS or seven inches in height. There
WCru no papers or articles ON his person
to lead to his Identification, or SO
much as namc on his clothes.
II looks very much like the party had
been lynchcd and his body thrown into
the river. There i, no cluc a. to whose
body il is, unless some one recognizes
him by the above mcagro description.
Mr.. j. W. MCcway and Constable
George Miller testified before the Jury
of Inquest as to the finding of tho body
and the condition II was in. The jury
after hearing the evidence, returned the
following:
VERDICT.
1--WE, the jury, summoned to inquire
into the cause, manner, time and cir
cuustanccs of the death of the party
found floating in the drift about two
miles below the city on the morning Of
the Both of June, 1881, are of the opinion
that the deceased came to his death from
some cause unknown to the jury"
There is no clue us to whose body il is
that was found floating in the Trinity
river Monday morning, near Leitwichs
IL Jamison's brick-yard, and so far as
known no effort is being made to ferret
out who il is or the cause of his death.
AS stated in Yesterdays HERALD his
feet were tied with Il hcmpen string and
his neck broken, which gives
it the coloring of II lynching. The
case ought to be thoroughly Investigated.
Ht i-OOt vi
county demands it. His broken neck, his
feet being tied and his pockets being
turned wrong side out all goes to show
that there was foul play. Mr.. j. w.
Goodwin, who resides on HARDWOOD
street, has been missing for Il week or
more and his friends are very much en-
ercised by his mysterious disappear
ance.
LATER-The friends of Mr.. Goodwin
are of the belief that it is his body. AS
the body was so decOmposed as to defy
recognition, the only hope ofidentifying
him is by gold shirt stud he wore, and
the remains will be exhumed to-day for
the purpose. 1t is known that he and his
wife have quarrelcd of late and have vir-
tually been separated. The supposition is
now that he committed suicide, though
Notwithstanding it looks like he had been
made away with Judging from appear
ances.
There is scarcely doubt but that the
body is that Of Goodwin. He was for
merly receiving clerk at the Houston II
Texas Central freight depot. and at one
time night Waterman. His wife left
him some two years ago
and since their separation he has made
several efforts to make up with her but
failed. About Il year ago he sent one of
their two boys after morphine but his
friends intercepted the lad and
substituted quininc (which he
took with the determination
to commit suicide. OF late he has been
living in Fort Worth, and came over the
other day for the purpose of rccOnciling
his wife, but failed to do so.