The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-04-01
4 CHASTITY FIND
PROBABLY the REMAINS Oc' TIE
LATE mrs WALKER.
The Lower Half of "A Human BcGf Found
Floating in James River fnqueas Held.
believed to he the Remains OF the Wis

! believed to he the Remains of the Mi-s
! ing Woman,
! :. WIZ u" remembered that on the
night Of February II. 1887. Mrs. Sarah 4
Wake disappeared from her home on
| Church Hill The best efforts were made
BY number Of people to ascertain what
had become of her. Al the wells in the
neigAbDrhOod were searched and the
docs tsacced by Mr. Barney Frischkorn
and others. but nothing OF her fate was
discovered one year and more passed,
and IL was not until Yesterday that a
slight clue 20 her mysterious disappear
ance was found
CHASTITY DISCOVERY
Friday morning Diogones Pearmen, a
negro man. saw what he thought was
human body floating down the river just
above Dutch Gap lie mentioned his
discovery to Mr. John Mosby, who got in
q skiA and. following the body. drew il
% shore below Dutch Gap, and after
anch0rins IT, TUNED itover TO the cOnsta,
bic. II was found to be
ONLY HALF \ BODY,
consisting of that portion from the waist
downward IL was on this portion that
the Coroncr's inquest was held yesterday
morning by Squire Humphreys, he being
the nearest magistrate to the scene.
TIRE CoRONER's VERDICT.
He summoned a jury who. after due
investigation, rendered the following yer
dict
We, the jury summoned to view
the body OF an unknown person found
floating in James river, and having bee n
confined 10 The shore on the farm Of Mr
Henry Cox OF this county below the
Dutch Gap light house. find that the body
Is in such decayed condition that il is |
impossible for Us to decide whether or
not the cause OF death was accidental |
or otherwise, there being only the !
lower part Of the body left to |
view But we ascertain IL 10 be I
the body Of white woman OF
mature age from the hair found on the !
person We are inclined to the belief she |
had been weighted down and the action I
of the water has severed the lower por- |
tion of the body from the upper portion. !
Signed r. q. Lyme foreman). W. Il |
Jones. j. / Jonathan, J. NJ. Mosby.
r. y ThrogmOnon, John Jeter.
THE REMAINS BURIED
Joseph Pcarman, a negro constable, !
executed the papers summoning the Jury, I
nm. after their decision the body was 4
Mid s,, We high water mark on Mr. !
- f,,,g vl,~, it can be seen should !
sny one desire 10 90 inv'e ahc UAea''h H.
CoNTINUTSG THE IsyB,fI6AFIoN.
The Srst news in The city was that
to Mr Barney FrischkOrn ~
VI Nosby He at once notified Police
Ius,ce Richardson, who came TO iienricOt
'Ouniy Courthouse and saw Mr George
~ White Mrs Walkers sOn-in law, !
10. MosAy and Constable Pearman The
attcr brought The shoes which were on
he feet OF the portion Of body found
hey were closely examined by
/, White, wDO did not identify them rs
hOsc of bis mOlher-in-law They were
fhat are commonly called fox CATERS,
nd in them were ordinary white stock
lgs 10 which human flesh was attached. r
l4f-t SINUS Nflt w. pt hll MIS-. " alhtEt II
aid Mr. White. wore No. 81. In them p
.as also an advertisement circular paper Il
the Miller Improved Thresher
The shoes were given lO Mr.. White who
,Ok them 10 his wife last night and
'und that they, while they could rot be Y
)siJiyeiy identified, were shoes like q
lOse, which Al the time OF her disap- "a
saraace, she wore. Ip
so DOUBT MRS. wALREB's BODY. II
Their is no doubt that these remains "
e those Of Mrs Walkers The theory :,
ia at the beginning of Justice Richard "
ms investigation over year ago, that Wv
rs Walker went to the river, between r
e Old Dominion and thelower wharyes, -,
ld fell in the water, apparently holds ",
,od Her suicide. or accidental death, =,
.ppened just before a frcshet. The y,
dy. no doubt, lodged in the sand washed ",
er 10 by the freshet, and the force OF ~
lier tore II in two pieces If the sand y;
Is searched no doubt the balance Of the 81
dy would be found