The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-04-30
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RICHMOND.
4 SEARCHING NJES1IOAIioN
BY THE Authorities
LITTLE ELLEN DEAzLLKs VERY SAD
DtAIH.
Her Fatal Iaii over "a B'nni-t"f NJ ~
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Iedicfed IN charles tity-
Neus from Manchester

news from Manchester.
Not long before the dew began 10 fall /
an last sunday. three sailors. belonging T.
TO the monitor fleet. were out III boat /
+ heir names are George +. Jordan, John ]
Ford and John King. They were en- /
iovinr a row on the river between the I
IN ,niiOr fleet and the llenrico county /
shore when suddenly one OF them dis /
covered what he thought 10 be a body I
floating near where they were boating /
Tue three men r0wcd towards II. Near +
mo the floating object il was discovered .
to be a human body.
The three sailors at once, sailor-like, /
rowed close % the ilOa ing body, and al /
tched 10 il round the upper part of the /
body a rOpe so a. 10 haul il. The body /
was floating in the position OF man on !
his back. with the legs below the surface
of the water. About one-halt oi the iull
form WIS ON the surface OF The water.
After attaching the rope the three
sailors pulled slowly toward the ilenric0
lOre, and landed the body, tying the
rope attached 10 IL 10 rock ON
COx's farm. which is part Of the cele-
Draied Chaiw orth farm.
Two sailors came 10 the city that night
late. and saw the officers OF the First po-
lice station and told of what had been
done bv the men in the boat The exact
hour the body was found was between ,
ana & o'clock.
The body remained fastened 10 the
rock an night and q portion of ycsier-
dav. Flocks of turkcy-buzzards crrclcd
around. ready al any moment 10 pounce
upon il, but the preseace OF watch
ers prevented them.
Yesterday evening, between , and "
o'clock. Magistrate Humphreys. acting
coroner. held an inquest. The jury was
composed OF Messrs. j. ". Blanknshlp,
J. VI. Mosbv. William \. Burke. William
Cox. Homer J.. Cox. and William Bland
The body was found 10 be very much
decomnosed. having undoubtedly been in
the water quite number of days.
II was clothed in blush diagonal
coat and vest, with pants thought to he
of black and brown stripes hui the mud
ON them a. well "a, the coat forbid any
accurate description of the real color of
the clothing. but the above color the
Jury and acting coroner believe 10 bc
about correct.
ON the right arm Of the corpse was
tatiooed IN blue and India ink the figure
of the Goddess of Liberty standing on
an anchor On his lelt arm were tai
tooed the words faith. hope and char
ity. and alsoa monogram composed 81 an
an anchor. heart AMI cross. ON bis per
son not II paper could bee found, aud
nothing of any description by which the
body could Doc identified.
He wore shoes marked No. 9, and they
appeared 20 bee of that size. They were
/ lace shoes. custom make. and were very
much worn at the bottom showing that
they had been the companion 0f one ad,
dicted 10 walking.
These shoes are now al llcniico
county courthouse. having been taken
OIL i'm order t0 be used at.any time "a.
means of identification
ON the person was found double
purse I'm one side was found button.
a piece of coat braid, and a piece OF
CHALK In the other side was found one
silver dime. two nickcls, and three cop
pcrs. total. tWcntv-eight cents. In the
pocket was found linen handkerchief,
with four red stripes around the border.
the stripes being divided into pairs, and
shaving brush and "A lead pencil. All
these articles are al the courthouse.
4 The personal appearance of the body
was such that no one could identify IL.
/ The upper lip was gone, so WIS all the
/ flesh on ihenOse the centre portion OF the
! forehead and the scalp The hair on the
side of the head was Of medium length
and very dark in color. Judging from
the appearance of the body. as well as
could be determined, il was thought that
/ the dead man was about thirty or thirty
/ five years Of age. The upper lip, having
mostly disappeared, revealed most
/ handsome set of perfect white teeth.
The Jury returned g verdict that the
deceased came 90 his death by accidental
+ drowning Is they suppose, AS on the
/ body no marks of violence were found,
/ though the jury made careful eXamina-
/ ton i'm order to discover any.
The body was Inferred above high
water on jOX's farm, opposite the mont
tor feet, ard right In sight OF where il
Was found
When the news first reached the city
/ 10 was thought that possibly the dead
man might have been Mr. James W
Taylor, who lived on Union Hill, just
outside OF the city Limits, and a flags
man on the Chesapeake and Ohio rail
road MI Taylor disappeared from the
city on Wednesday, April l,th. on
that day he left home for the purpose OF
purchasing some goods from Breeder *
Talley. and was later on known 10 have
gone 10 RoXbury, on The Chesapeake and
Ohio railroad, and then returned home
ward Since he left home on Wednes-
DAY. Eth inst, he las not been heard Of
Mr. Wallace Byrd and Mr. George
/ Keith TAYLOR. Jr, went down 10 see the
body. but il was not that of Mr.. James
+ W Taylor The latter was one legged
man. walking with, in substitution for "a
human leg, one made of cork The
drowned body found had two genuine
human legs.
The collin in which the remains were
buried was one of the ordinary kind.
and was sent down TO The scene By
Sheriff Southwark The body was con
signed To- the tomb without any religions
ceremony whatsoever, that being the
custom said the Sheriff To a TIMES re-
| porter yesterday.
JAMES RIVER CONNOCATlON