The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-08-25
FOURTH EDITION
IDENTIFIED AT LAST.
The Body of the Unknown Man Tden-
tihdu By Hts Brother-He Is James
ID, Williams, of Chicago.

ttfiSu By Hts Brother-Iie Is james
ID, Williams, of Chicago.
About $50 O'Clock last evening, q
strange man arrived In this city and
| proceeded ut once in transfer coach
to police station, where he made in.
curry concerning the man who was
found dead on The causeway last Fri
day morning. He said that his name
was Harry FWilllams, OF Chicago, and
that he had brother James b. VIII
liams, and that on Sunday morning
last he received letter from him
which had been mailed In this city. AS
the letter intimated that the writer
contemplated suicide, Mr.. Williams
stnrted Mt once for this city.
| Accompanied by Sergeant Chambers
he proceeded to the morgue, and as
soon as he looked upon the face of the
dead man said:
That's him; that's my poor brother"
Tears tricklod down his face and for
a moment he was silent. He neryed
himself and then said:
Yes that is my brother. Why he
took his life | am unable to say. He is
worth considerable money and held a
lucrative position. He must have done
1t while In fit OF dependency"
before leaving to so 10 the coroner's
/ Office he gave instructions to Under
talker Palmer to have the body pre-.
pared for burial without regard TO ex-
pense. lie wished 1t dressed In the
best material TO be obtained and encas-
ed IN handsome casbet.
Mr. Williams said that he could not
account for his brothers action. He
was q man OF considerable learning,
civil engineer OF high standing aud
employed by the United States Gov
erument. lie entered the In terror De.
partment, and to the best of his bro.
ther's knowledge, had been employed
there Tor three years. Since he enter
ed the clVil engineering service he had
made rapid strides toward SUCCESS.
ne han been promoted from time to
tllne, and shortly before his death he
held The position of chief OF one of the
corps. He was stationed at points In
the West and was only a short time
In any place. By his fathers death he
Inherited some property and was al.
ways considered a saving and Indus.
trious young man. lie was held In
high esteem by his companions and
| was quite iaYOrite In social circles
both at home and In Washington.
His father died when he was quite
young and his mother is still living,
but where Mr.. Williams refused ID
state Tor the reason, he said that il
would be OF no consequence to the
people of this city.
lhe deceased was unmarried and
was subject TO attacks OF meluncholla,
and Mr.. Williams supposes he commit,
ted the fatal act while suffering witt
one OF these attacks. IL is thought
that he was In the city several DAYS be
fore his death. and that he came her,
Tor the express purpose Of committing
suicide.
MIR. Williams said that he could moi
recognize the watch found on hi,
brother, as he had gold watch whicl
had been given to him, when uuitt
young, by his father. lie supposed
thAt the watch was In his brother.
trunk.
The silver key ring was next handed
to him. He recognized IL at once, and
said:
81 gave him that as a present tive
years ago last Christmas. Yes, and
that is his scarf pin. l also made him
a present OF that
lie examined tile cuff buttons and
finger ring and said that they indicated
his brothers taste in jewelry, but he
gould not say positively that they be
longod to him.
The jury met again last evening
when Mr.. Williams appeared before
them, and after making statement
submitted the following letter, which
mad caused him TO come to this city.
WILMINGTON, Del.
MY Dear Brother: After thinking IL
over have decided IL would be bettel
to let you know where to find me.
u send papers and checks for my
trunl; and satchel by this mail. The
trunk Is Philadelphia and the satche
also.
In looking over my papers to.da,
| have discovered that there Is d slighi
law III lhe deed To my property OF
Alain street IN Ogden,
think IL would be hetlerif Won d,
not LEI tho people In Washington knov
anything Of this. rs itwould be almos
Impossible to prevent mother frou
learning ot the mauner oil my death
From BROTHER JAMES,
After hearing the above the iur,
rendered the following verdict:
'knsoked, That .lumes i. Williams
the man found dead on the causeway
near Wilmington, on Friday morning
, August 81, came to his death from
Eunshot wound inflicted by his owl
hand,
he jury then adjourned.
The remains will bH taken to phila
delphld on late train this afternoon
where they will remain until to-mor
row morning, Nj. Williams Will mnE,
every effort to Learn where his brother
trunk is, and ii it should ba found, /
will be forwarded with the rem aims {,
, Chicago.
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