The daily critic., 1890-09-08
DOES IDENTIFICATION IDEN.
TIFY

DOES IDENTIFICATION IDEN
TIFYg
& G. ANpREws Of this city lisap.
r,ared mystcriously on July 90, last
ON July % the body Of a dead man
was found in The Potomac River near
this city. and was taken to the morgue.
This body was 90 such an advanced
state Of decomposition that none Of its
features could be recognized Il was
rot identified at that time and was
hurled in Potters Field
When the disappearance Of ANDREWS
was observed and search for him had
resulted in the obtainment Of no news
Concerning his whereabouts, some Que
suggested that the body In the Potters
Field grave might be his. II was dis.
iritrI,d and was identified as that Of
he missing man by a dentist Of Bilti.
n OIC who, upon au examinatiou Of the
teeth of he dead man stated that the
Filings iu them were identically Ike
tlilrs be had put into the teeth Of As.
ILFws.
This feature in The Identification OF
his dead body as that Of the missing
AEuEEws, recalls a lengthy and exceed.
irE.y interesting narrative of strange
facts published 10 The Lqi5 Of Chicago
rs Hon W G. EwNG, late United
States District Attorney for the North.
TN District Of Illinois. and suggests
that even such apparently unmlstak.
able evidence as that Of the Baltimore
DENTS, may be at fault.
In 1874 Mr. EwISC was States Att5g.
Eey Of Adams County, Illinois.
on July Of that year the body Of
woman was found in the Mississippi
River near Quincy, the county seat Of
Adams County
A corOnCT's jury on what was believed
10 he iudisputable evidence, Identified
Il as the body Of a Mrs, BLOCK. who had
DISAPPEARED short time before. But
before the verdict was rendered, Mrs.
BLOCK dispToyei the theory Of the jury
ny appearing IN the flesh. alive aud we'll
Upon his, a woman called on Mr.
EWING and told him that she had reason
10 believe that the body that had been
taken f0T that Of Mrs BLOCK was 10
reality that Of her step-daughier, MARY
FERRIs She described several marked
peculiaTities in the person Of her step
daughter and as one Of them-G crescent
SHAPED star on her right aTm-had not
teen observed on the person Of the dead
woman when II had gone through the
process Of Identification as the BODY Of
Mrs BLOCK, the body was disinterred
ard found 10 correspond in every par
ticular with The description Of the per-
son Of her step daughter given by the
mother.
The identification Of the body as
that Of NANCY FERRIS was believed to
he complete, and the jury proceeded 10
yeIiiy tie facts BY the oalhs Of numer-
Gus witnesses While thus engaged It
Vss TeTOIted 90 them that the body Of
an tL,T woman had been found 10 tue
river. on being brought 10 shore Il
v&s pronounced by about fifty persons
trt, HAT Of LCCY king, a woman
Vel known 10 8 certain element of the
Huuiiy twenty persons al least
Cescited the dresses, shoes, iewelry,
etc, ID she wore, and most Of them
were found 10 correspond 10 the
Clolhing, etc. on the body A sample
produced Of one Of her dresses core
sp0nded 10 The dress on the body A
black servant 8f Mrs. kING said she
would kn0w her mistress By The gold
hlling II an upper front tooth, which
had Tie shape 0f a star The gold star
Was there, exactly as described. In
this way and by the testimony Of sew
cIal competent witnesses who bad
known LeT sell l life his second
bgdy Was Identified ID the minulezt
particular by perhaps hfty persons as
the body Of LCCY king
The day after ihis Identification vas
sgIposed 10 he definitely settled. Two
young men and an elderly woman ap-
IeaEed IN the once Of The States att0r
Hey One II he young men stated bis
belief founded on the reports 0f tesd-
mouy IN The papers thar the BODY iden-
tiled as LUCY king vas 10 fact he body
81 his sister MARY H04T who had
shown suicidal tendencies aud from
whom be lad o short time before re-
CeiVed 5 letter taliBg him that, when
lie opened it she would be al the bot
ton 81 the Mississippi River and Who
Lad disappeared tbe day lie letter Was
posted TIE elderly lady "a Mu
BAH2Es. viii whom Miss Horn lad
lived described accurately The Cl1.hiug
Ihe young woman wore when she LETT
hone and also The shoes tie kid gloves
Hith LheiI uumber ,he jeWelTy and the
uudeIclulhiug The description c0ue-
sponded exactly with he articles found
- Tie body Identified IS that Of LUcE
kHe Horn bad photograph 0f bis
Es1eI and b using q uaguifyiUg glass
a could Do seen tbat 8 cameo brooch
foaad % us body identified as thaE 0f