New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-03
A BULLET IN HIS HEAD.
THE FUNERAL OF J. d. TOWNSEND STOPPED
Bl THE CORONER.
EVIDENCE THAT THE LAWYER WAS SHOT AND
THROWN OVER THE PAIISADES-0FFI
Gals TuOpOTGuIY AROUSED.

|
! THROWN OVER THE PALIsADEs-oFFI-
Gals THOROUGHLY AROUSED.
The funeral of John ID. TOWNSEND the retired
| lawyer whose lnanglcd body was found at the
fcot OF tho Palisades near Eneevood, y. j..
was stopped yesterday by The order OF
tie Coroner The belief hat Townsend
had bNrn murdered had gained such ground
! that Prosecutor Campbell ordered Coroner HI
to make an autppsy. The preparations for the
| funeral began al 80 yesterday morning. IhF
| body Of the dead man lay in III" rooins of r. W.
Ackermon, in EngcwooI Dld Mr.. Townsend,
the father; K Y. ilo"c9, the hrotrer-in-la", ahH
young Mr llowcs, The nephew of the dead man,
We're present. \ few Of the village peop" were
aso present. Young Mr.. iowcs, who is a clergy
man. began 10 read the service for tbe burial OF
the dead. ii l0:i5 as Mr. HoweS was in the
middle Of tic service, a constable named Post
entered hssily and spoke in low tone 10 me
| unGeftakcr Mr.. TAYLOR. who had charge OF In"
funeral. Tn" undertaken looked startled. lie
went up ~ Nj Howes and interrupted him Inc
clergyman stopped his reading The constable
then said tha, he had been ordered by Coroner
HI 10 stop the funeral All Of the relatives in
sstcl thet the funeral should 90 on. They in
sisted tAat the. did NOT want autopS%, that
they were satisfied with what had already been
done aud that they wanted 10 b" allowed To
bury the body in peace IN argument followed.
A. the foot of tic corpse stood the constable
with hi, ann upilttcd. lie said: forbid the
funeral to 20 on This is evidently case of
,',,,or rL. Cour,, pro.ocn,oy has ordered thc
Coroner I, make an autopsy and hod an inquest.
~, .,.,inr ,ndcr the orders Of the Coroner. and
this funeral must be- stopped
Aa1in the relatives and the undertaken rcinoH-
1 H.
uu ttcr arrived and ordered tie body 10 be
,.lon back 70 the morcrr It WAS removed 20
tb, ,,,,.l. and the Coroner began to inipancl his
..,-.. -, ,,,,c mon He ord,,ct DR. Terry fo make
flc arf.p,v. Again t4c rri1tiyr> objected - the
,r,nr,y icing made. hut tie SURGEON paid 10
rttcuiion To- tL"u. lie barred his arm, took ont
h., Instruments and ,jar'"d tO work There wa,
.u .-cr knot of unrspns IN thr r,on, who watched
lie e,r.cYn', inoNeGi"ai. W.cn his knife l2ii
i,r, tA, htilr round hole over iic dead mans
D.. II ear. thc ,urrtatlr, wcr, absorbed with in
rr.r>, Tie kul,c struck something hard III?
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ail tHilc' hole. a1d Vi. Townsend tlI h.ch
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. ,....-lo-.I ,fr Tn,,.seud The officials
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