Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-04-30
BODY FOUND.
SEM FLOATING IN THE RIVER NEAR
THE MONITORS.
10 Evidences as to the Identity Of the
peeeased-kr Harris in Peters
burg and Well.

Squire J. NJ. Humphreys. Of Honrico. acting In
the capacity Of coroner, held an inquest yester-
day about noon over the body OF the unknown
white man which was found floating in the river
Sunday afternoon.
The body was FIRST seen Just below the Chess-
pcake aud Ohio docks by the Captain Of the tug
Olive Branch which was towing some vessels up
tho stream. II foatod on down TO the nrst
drodging-mschino. where Il was caught by
some Of the men on the monitors, who happened
10 see IT, and anchored near by. The police OF
tho First district wcro Immediately notified. ana
they conveyed the information 10 the county ALL
thorties and 70 relatives Of gentleman living
here who had been missing woek or more and
whose body the officers thought this perhaps
was
THE INQUEST.
The body was brought ashore on Coxs farm,
Just opposite the monitor feet, about three and
u hall miles below tho city. Here 1t was that
Squire Humphreys held tho inquest The jury
was compOsed OF Aessrs J. H. Blankenship,
J. NJ. MOsby, Homer Cox, William A. Burke,
William Bland. and William Cox.
The only Witnesses were kessrA George =.
Jordan, John Ford. and John King. oil govern
ment employees on board the irOn-clAd neet
They only testified as to seeing and catching
the body: there not the slightest evidence
as 10 the Identity Of the deceased.
ACCIDENTAL. DROWNING.
The following vas the verdict Of the Jury:
We. the jury summoned 10 view the body oi
man found In James river on sunday evening.
Aprll %. 1889 by men on beard the monitors,
upon careful examination and inquiry deter
mine that the man is unknown and tho man
came 20 his death by accident and drowning,
when we are unable 70 determine.
THE BODY.
The body. which was found between 3 and
O'Clock, was very much decomposed and indi-
Cnted that IL had been Ia tho river for at ieasta
week or ten DAYS.
The deceased appears 10 have been about
forty years old and was worry well dressed, wear
ing good. coarse shoes, everyday clothes, and
colorcd shirt His hair was dark.
On one arm sOme design was stamped and on
the other were the words. Faith, Hope, Chari-
ty" tatoOed IN the skin with India INK. no
wore two pair OF SOCKS and two pair Of draWere
In his pockets wore a piece Of chalk lead
pencil shaViug-brlsh, handkerchief, ana p
small purse containing two ten-cent pieces, n
niCkel. and a three-cent piece All of these ana
the shoes we're brought up to the county court
house. where thoY may possibly lead TO the lden-
tincation OF the deceased
There were no marks of violence on the per-
soD of tho man who Ellis an unknown grave.
Mr.. HARRIS IL PETERSBURG.
Mr.. William Z Harris the newspaper carrier,
whore n ysteriOus disap pesraDce on last Ihurs-
day week and continued absence caused such
anNiety the part of relatives and friends. espe-
cially his aged mother. is in Petersburg and
we'll. lie has married daughter there and she
writes 10 sister here, Mr-. Holland, that her
father arrived OF her house on Thursday last.
The supposition Is that he walked and TOOK It
very leisurely.
Mr.. TAYLOR.
Nothing has yet been learned az 10 tho where-
abouts Of Mr. Taylor. q gste-keeper FOR the Ches-
apeake and Ohio Railroad Company, aud son OF
tho clerk of Hanover county. who has been miss
ing since tho i7th Of this month. HIS family and
relatives are very uneasy about him, and are p
prebensiye that some serious mishap has be-
fallen him. lie has wife and children here.
Mr. Taylor ia a nephew Of Mr.. Keith Taylor,
clerk OF the Supreme Court % Appeals OF Nir-
ginia, and ereat-nephew OF ex-Chief-lustlce
Waite, Of the United states Supreme Court. lie
had wooden leg, having lost one OF his limbs in
A railroad arrid.uf