Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-09-04
Philadelphia Items.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Sept. 4, 1885
The body OF an unknown man was
found In the Delaware river yesterday
morning opposlte the Callowhill street
wharf, BY two boys who we're fishing
off the pier. The authorities were no.
titled and the body was taken TO the
morgue. About its neck vas o piece of
rope, to the end of which WAS attached
q Belgian block Of stone weighing
twenty .one pounds. Over the rope q
red handkerchief had been tied, and
the whole arrangement showed that
time and deiiberation had been used In
Its contrivances.
The deceased was about As years Of
age, dve feet eight inches In height,
and was clothed In q dark Chesterfield
coat, dark vest, light striped pantaloons
and buttoned CATERS. He wore q
light beard and mustache, and had
evidently been in the water about four
days. In his pockets were found a fiye-
cent piece and two shoe strings. Atthe
post mortem examination held in the
Q afternoon, no marks OF violence were
discover and death was found to
have resulted from drowning. 1t was
evidently o case of suicide.
George Williams, colored, 1918 Kater
street, who was arrested g year ago and
acquitted Of the charge of attempting
70 swindle oolored clergyman from
Kentucky, by means of a game known
as three-card monte" WAS again ap-
pretended by special officers James
and Early, yesterday. Williams and a
companion have been lettering around
the Broad street Station for several
days. On Tuesday they were seen to
mskeitwo attempts to s windle strangers.
Yesterday they met Daniel Frisby, an
old colored man, from Elkton, Md, and
under pretsnse OF directing him to Lo-
cnst street, attempted to induce him to
bet on marked card. just then Will
liams fell into the clutches Of the Off
GERS. When arraigned before Masis-
trate Thompson, the prisoner claimed
that he had just arrived from G ney
Island. Detective Miller exhibited
trick box which he had taken from the
prisoner year ago. Williams was sent
to prison for ninety days.
A policeman took little girl who
WAN crying into the rooms of the society
to protect children from cruelty yester-
day morning. He said he had found
her on Chestnut street. She said her
name was Clara Hamilton, and that
she lived at Seventh avenue and
Twenty first street, Altoona, and that
her mother hired her out to Mar
tino Lowando, formerly connected with
|O'Brien's circus, but now running a
side show of his own. She ran away
because she was i'll. treated. Secretary
Crew, of the Society, will communicate
with her mother, who married recently
and Is now Mary High.
There was another change in the
mint announced yesterday. Joseph X.
5ouder, Of the Twenty sixth ward, Re-
publican ex member of the Legislature,
who has been an usher in the institu-
tion for two years and half,sen In his
resi- gnation to take effect to day. He
learned that his successor had been
chosen, ia the person of j. Frank
lBrinkerhoff, of Gettysburg, whose ap
poin tment Is understood to be at the
instance of Congressman Swope, of
that district. Brinkerhoff will enter
upon his duties to-day. The position
pays $3 90 . day.
Policeman Donaghy, Fifth District
was patroling his beat late on Wednes-
day night, when he noticed . suspicious
looking man sitting on the steps in
front of the house of W. T. Cunningham
1916 Spruce street, and ordered him
away. Shortly afterwards the police
man passed the same way, and dis
covered o man in the area in front OF
the same house. He was promptly
taken into custody. The prisoner gave
| the name of Henry Davis. In his
possession was found a chisel, which he
had been using on the door of the area.
He was com m itted.
| John Eisenman. 28 years, 1899 Cal.
lowhill street, died yesterday in the
Hou of Correction from injuries re-
ceived by jumping from the fourth fiooI
of that institution. He was committed
TO the Correction August 22, on the
charge of being o habitual drunkard
On the following day he deliberately
ade the jump with the intention ot
inj urying himself. HIS idea was thai
he would be taken to the hospital and
afterwards released.
The body OF an unknown man wal
yesterday found lying at Knorr ant
Fillmore streets. The deceased is de-
Iscribed as being about IS years of age
five feet nine inches in height, weight
155 pounds, Is of light complexion, has
brown hair and m ustacbe and Is attired
in black soft felt hat, light mixed coal
and vest, light pantaloons and brown
stock ings.
William Oxford ,76 years, 178 Lehman
street, was yesterday morning STRUCK
aud instantly killed by train on tn,
lChestnut Hill Branch of the Reading
Railroad. The deceased was retired
merchant. He was crossing the track
near Centre street at the time of tho &C
cdent and did not hear the whistle o
Il the locomotive.