Morning journal and courier., 1886-03-16
THE 1DLEw1LD,s DEAD.

The Body Found at old Field Ray
 That of Bruin, a Victim of the Idle-
 wild Disaster-The Body of MT.
 LoEg Found Near Port Jefferson
 Breakwater-The Remains Brought
 to Bridgeport.
 Yesterdays New York Herald, World and Times each contained an account of the find a man named Selah s. Strong of the dead body of a young man, and from the finding upon him of college society pin marked "A. E. Walradt, Psi Upsilon, class of 'S0,' and 8 railroad ticket to Milford, it was sup posed that the deceased was Arthur E. Wal radt of New York city, who graduated at Yale in 80 and who married Milford young lady. A life preserver attached to ths dead body. The Herald said of MT. Wal, radt:
 E. Walradt is native of Milford and was asso cated in the practice of law with Samuel W Grieson who has office in the Milis building il New York and on Monday, Wednesday and Friday 10 Clark street, Brooklyn.
 Young walradt was twenty-f four years of age, and graduated two years ago from Yale. He was
 her mother live at Milford, Conn, whither he was Saturday evenings each week.
 MT Grieson said last night that he young Walradt Saturday when he was about to take tn, | 5:10 train for Milford.
 The above news caused quite sensation
 in this city, MT. Waldradt being quite wei l known here, being Yale 80 man and { 1 graduate of the Yale Law school and having | formed many acquaintances and friendships 1 here. He was also at one time connected with the Hopkins Grammar school. The fears of the friends of Mir. Walrad | were later in the day most happily relieved | as it was aseertained beyond doubt from 1 friend, MT. Merwin of Milford, salesman a l Mir. B. J. Stones store on Chapel street, anc l by subsequent dispatches from Milford tha l Mir. Walradt spent Sunday in Milford an6 | left for New York yesterday morning. I
 was also learned that he some time since los l college pin which was undoubtedly the on' i found on the dead body, and it is now be- l lieved in Bridgeport that the remains art
 without doubt those of. Frederick Bruin O | Noodbury, who was a clerk in Dayton' l boot and shoe store in Birmingham ant was one of the victims of the Idlewild disas l ter.
 1 THE BODIES OF BRUIN AND LONG BROUGHT To BRIDGEPORT.
 The body found as above stated was | brought to Bridgeport yesterday by the steamer Nonowantuc, as was another body 1 found near the breakwater at Port Jefferson
 and which was identified as that of Henry l Long, NIT. Riker of the Bridgeport steam |
 bury, to come on, as the body of his son hac l been found. It was learned from the Por l Jefferson coroner that the body of Bruin Wal | found by MT. Strong, whose lands border Old Field Bay, while he was taking pleas ure stroll. The body measured feet 21k | inches. No name could be found on the life preserver until yesterday morning, when be ing more closely examined the word ''Idle. l wild" was found, but appeared very faint l It was then decided to bring thu | body over to Bridgeport on the Nonowantue | and from the boat it was taken to Bishop 1norgue, where the cover was removed an6 I Mr. Riker examined a pocket handkerchief
 and found in one corner 181. This, he ex plained, was Bruins laundry number a l Woodbury, so that there can now be nc | doubt of the identity of the remains l Another telegram was sent to Mr. Bruin con
 irming the first one.
 | The body of Long, as it lay on the beach | was first seen by several men. They noticed
 a crow at work upon some dark object anc 1 approaching nearer saw that the object wal l the dead body of man. The crow had beer 1 picking at one of the eyes SD much as tc | nearly destroy it. The body was embedded 1T | ice and lay about ten feet distant from | the breakwater. There DO life pre-,
 server on it. It had o1 all of the regular clothing, but no overcoat. Word was sent 1 for a conveyance and the body was taken 6 | distance of fifteen miles to Port Jefferson
 In the pockets of the clothing upon the body
 were found s38 in money, bunch of keys
 on which was tag with the name of "H. ! Long, and several papers; also some visiting
 cards with name on. The watch, which was 1 a gold one and belonged to MT. Long, was 1 gone, only about 1 1-2 inches of the chair
 being found fastened to the vest.
 The coroner at Port Jefferson held an in quest over the two bodies on Sunday. The
 funeral of MT. Long takes place at p. m | to day from the residence of Mir. J. H | Long, Bridgeport. It is now expected tha | the bodies of other victims of the Idlewilt
 disaster will soon be found, the condition | beiMey favorable