The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-01-19
A MYSTERY SOLVED.
Finding of the Remains of the Celebrated
New York Isests urateur, Charles Del.
monieo-Uuath from Exposure.

Finding of the Remains of the Celebrated
New York Jsests nrateur, Charles Dell
monieo-Uuati, from Exposure.
NEWARK, N. j., Jan. IA.
Tho body Of Charles Dclmonico, who dis
appeared several days ago, was found in
tie Orange Mountains in the woods near
General MeClelIan's summer house at ten
O'Clock this morning by two boys. There
were no marks, Of violence. He. died from
exposure. Nothing was missing from the
body. The boys who discovered the body
immediai elyawe for assistance aud re-
turned with several residents of Orange
Valley. Upon their arrival they turned the
body' over, for il Was lying aon the face,
frozen stiff, and immediately recognized
the remains as those of the missing Charles
Delmonico. Letters found thereon estab-
'lished the fact at once. Nothing had been
removed from the body and no signs Of vio-
lence were apparent The ground around
where the man lay was undistrbed. The
first two days after he disappea red were
the most severe of the season, aud unless
| Dfmohico then obtained shelter he must
surely have peyislred-, The announcement
excitement all over town. North6eld
| avenue, where the Lody was found, is about
a mile and a haltto two miles & ON Orange
depot AT intervals along the avenue are
| land. The avenue is one, Of tthe principal
l1streets of Orange, extending from he main
street for milss Over the amDaniain ito st.
Cloud andae;X, way of the valley between
| the first and Second mo, fitain ttnee 10
Passaic Valley. 1t is avery fpe drive and
generally frequented by Those who own
| carriages and horses in Orange; but Sun
day, except when the weather is very fine,
the number of trhvelersby the road is not
| many. - u $500 -
AS General Mcclellan, John Cropsey
| Brown, George Il. Hecker and other promi-
| nent people live along this part of North
field avenue il is Thought Delmonico might
have had da2ed idea of reaching one Of
their residefces, but his strength gave out
y D Deli probabiy died January g.
F.About two O'Clock that j Ohm def
,fenthal, who works for farmer on Orange
! Mountain, while driving from Mont clair to
| Orange, saw a man leaning wearily against
i "a fence. 1t was at the Junction OF the road
leading, from, Orange to Montclair, he is
certain now the man was Delnonico. He
hailed Dieffenthal and begged for shelter.
The farmer said the speech of the wayfarer
was sothick he could scarcely understand
1 him. Delmonico's speech, has been thick
since his trouble came on. The night was
bitterly cold, but the farmer was afraid of
4 tramps, and instead of taking the man into
his wagon drove on, after directing him to
Orange, mile distant The wanderings
of the unfortunate man from this point can
! only be conjectured. He probably went
aimlessly along the abroad road on the
mountain until overcome with cold, and
laid down and was frozen to death.
/ The body was taken TO New York late
this afternoon and taken to the undertake
er's, where it was placed in scasket, then
taken tothe residence of deceased on West
q Fourteenth street. The face of the dead
man looked very natural No bruises were
visible except slight wound on the right
side of the head, probably received in the
fall over the bank at the spot at which he
was found The body was in perfect
state of preservation, although it must
have been eight or nine days ago that Del
monico met death. The fact of its normal
appearance is explained by the cold which
prevailed The remains will be inferred in
the Delmonico vault in old st. Patrick's
Cathedral. Mott street. .ilf4H H" e.