Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-09-18
STILL A MYSTERY.
NAME OF THE oAKWooD SUICIDE UN-
KNOWN.
The Body InconsIderateiy Buried with All
of the Clothes Worn by
Deceased.

MANY persons visited Oakwood cemetery
Yesterday TO view the remains of the un-
known suicide. Probably two hundred or
more came from curiosity. At least twen-
ty-fve came for the purpose Of identifying
the dead man with missing friends-hoping
10 do so by means of photographs and
scraps of papers containing writing which
they meant TO compare with that in the
note left by the suicide.
BURIAL.
Unfortunately for the Identification OF
deceased he had 10 be buried yesterday ~
| o'clock Z. vi. instead of 3 L. NJ, as had
been arranged. This was necessitated by
the rapid decomposition of the corpse,
which bv the hour Of interment had be-
como so discOlored and swollen as 10 be
almost unrccognizable by any one. no mat
ter how intimate he may have been with
the deceased.
THE CLOTHES.
Unfortunately. again the body was bu-
ried with the clothes on II. None OF MS
apparel wassaved except white silk hand
kcrchief and the plum-colored Derby hat.
A SUGGESTION THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN
Mr.. William a. Dickinson, the superin-
tendent OF Oakwood cemetery, suggested
TO the county authorities the. propnety OF
at least cutting piece out of the Dack OF
the coat and trousers 10 be kept 10 anord
a means Of Identification. but the otiicials
deemed it better TO bury deceased with MS
clothes intact.
THE NOTE.
Justice II. F. Jonathan (colored) retains
the note. which has been much inquired
for Of Mr.. Dickinson by persons seeking to
identify the suicide.
THE MONEY.
Thus far only nineteen dollars Of the
! thirty dollars and sixty cents found upon
the dead mans person have been e1pehded
by the authorities.
This sum, with the pistol and a pocket
book, is kept by Mr.. Dickinson.
The pOcket-bOOk is q very neat one OF
fine material, probably Russian leather,
and is altogether unsoiled.
THE HAT.
Mr.. Dickinson also has the hat, which
| has the lining torn out, apparently recent
| ", to prevent Identification.
BURIAL PLACE.
The body was buried on hill about one
hundred yards east of the Superintendent S
| Office. Duringtbe evening some Oneplaced
! two bouquets upon the grave.
| At the grave religious services were con
Quoted by Rev. Mr. Burton, OF st. johns
| church
| INQUIRIES.
From inquiries made yesterday It appears
! that there are dozens of men missing from
Richmond. and it would appear to he the
plan duty of the Henrico authorities thls
! day to exhume the body and remove the
clothing, or such parts of it as will be most
! likely to assist in identifying the deceased;
| Already there are anxious sisters and
mothers whoare terribly anxious to see the
clothing.
| A BALTIMORE MAN MISSING.
| Among the visitors TO OakwOod yester-
J dav were two ladies, one of whom was Mrs.
| Mary Baldwin, who resides on Franklin
street near Twenty sixth, who stated that
| She had been expecting friend to visit
| the city for some time, and not having
| heard ANYTHING from him, she thought II
probable that the suicide was the person.
| She exhibited TO Superintendent Dcken-
son a photograph, which Mr.. Dickinson
| saws was not unlike the suicide, but as the
features of the deceased had undergone
| such a change since yesterday 1t was I'M
possible for the lady to identify the per-
! son.
| The man Mrs. Baldwin expected to iden-
| tifv was young German who IS or was
| employed by her brother in his drugstore
| in Baltimore.