The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-08-31
THE BODY IN nOLLY'S LAKE.
NO DIRECT EVIDENCE YET THAT
CRIME WAS COMMITTED
Identity OF tho MINI Stili In Doubt-was
He Michael Honnnnn IA Veterinary
SURGEON Makes nm Examination.

Identity Of the Mnn SIN In Doubt-was
! He Michael HOFFMAN IA Veterinary
sarseon Makes an Examination.
Tho neighbours OF John I. Holly. whose sum
| mer homo Ia two and one. half miles south OF
Plainneld. on Park avenue. got up emily yos-
terday morning and crowded about the lake
In front OF MIR. Holly's property. on the now
| BROOKLYN road. to look ut the body OF tho
stranger. who, they believed. had been MUIR
dcred. 1t WAS found on Saturday afternoon
under tho bridge In the road that lends to tho
house. They came. Also to comment on tho
derclictness OF Coroner Dana OF Now lrups-
wick. to whom word had been sent Saturday
afternoon Of the finding Of the body. and who
had neither appeared nor sent any message
about tho disposal of the body. MIR. Holly iold
his neishbors how the body was found
Three boys from Plalnileld came W. hero to
fish on Saturday" no said. They got their
| line tangled In that willow thore and then they
went out In boat to untanglc 1t. They rowed
around a few minutes and then they discovered
the soes OF mans shoes In the water. That
| scared Them and they came ashore and ran up
| TO tho house pale as ghosts and told me. l
| thought IL likely they were playing n practical
| joke on me. but went down. and sure enough
body was there. Well. wouldn't lot anybody
| disturb 1t. OF course and jumped on my horse
and rode over to Metuchin. From there tele-
Craphed to the New Brunswick police. telling
them to notify the Coroner and other prope.
authorities. When got back some one with
morbid curiosity had pulled the body partly
out. and there were lot OF people here looking
at 1t. Some OF YOU were here but don't have
| any idea that you were the ones that disturbed
the body before the Coroner saw It,"
Tho body at this time was lying in the water
close UP to tho tank. hold in place by two
stakes that had been driven into the mud be-
side it 1t had laid there all night waiting for
the tardy Coroner. Nothing about 1t had been
disturbed 1t was possible that there were
things in the pockets Of the clothing by which
1t might be identified, but no one had dared to
| touch it, fearing the law and the Coroners
wrath. Tho body hnd been In the water
long time. In part it was a skeleton.
| AS il lay in tho water. the clothing
appeared to be Of very ino quality and
| the shoes Of expensive make. A gold watch
chain could be snen across the waistcoat. The
| neighbors got rs close as they dared and look
ed and then backed of. shaking their heads.
Then they examined the bridge under which
the body had boon. and commented on whother
| or not it could have foated there. The opinion
was unanimous that 1: could not. 1t was
found. Mr.. Holly said. with tho feet pointing
| down the stream.
"A body always floats head first" said one
man.
That assertion was accepted as proof that
the man had been murde ed and that his body
had been hidden under the bridge by the men
who murdered him Whom 9 o'clock came
with no Coroner. Mr.. Holly sent word over to
| Me,uchin again. The messenger called on
Squire Theodore Wood who happened to know
that Coroner Dana was away on = vacation.
| The Saure got down his law book to see what
| he could do and found he had a right to act in
thS absence OF the Coroner. SO he came over.
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,hs bridge tho lake widen. out and
"o y. is Of heavy Rlanks and there !, chs
briass is from two to three feet deer. pan" and Il Is
lake It the east end Of The brdSe there e is sDe
mass Of tangled weeds. The other end is clear.
sneash a. to oat G body 5ts few ieet IN day
Squire Wood brought his law book along with
He sn. 0Snd th rs 81. S5ds s there
hounds in I,ierre Lorillard's fox hunts: and ";
up tho lake 70 the west end Of tho icehoase:
Was lifted ashore. Then the saSire got sa Down
and searched the rockets. he took out Q silver
aIe W.s roSa 10
the watch h wa. sh; g ED chain and gold
Wood pine and nG nsckase Of toSse"e pmre et
SIX fani'Eer"hler. a andanna and q linen hem e
eod PIECE .
81 bill: and IS cents. In change. In another
wRsn h s rsn sah IN Th Sor E
for Francis EnGle SIX years. behavior very
ground beside the body. ,orsuiied his Inv
book and sent ~ !or constable; Mt no!ly's
INA Mahon Ea 20 sownp
WI Sc San ia s'G s
s s %a% bs3 5pfs hs S1Hsas
Percy Oh and ex. Undertake. John IesGle.
in ne % tha he saurs lock-
yyo o,%' "a. a." answer to your names when they're
The, jurymcn lined mp while the SQUIRE
consulted his law book.
The squire read from tie law book 90 oath.
stood with uncovered heads Willis the reading
was going on. When 1t was finished each man
bowed.
Now then. gentlemen" said the Squire.
/" tho case 10 yours and you can look 1T tho
body"
Now Just stand aside there and give the
Jury IA chance" said Constable Soper to the
men who had been chosen. and he JuryInen
filed so!omnly around tho barn headed by The
ina-Y surgeon ln the crowd. He stood at he
henj If the body to mako sort OF unofficial
examination. Tho canvas that cove, cd the
body was pulled aside. The BIuire looked ut
his law book and said; II there is any person
as being thai Of any person known to him. let
him come forward ana look"
Constable Soper repeated this with the prefix
he says" Every one crowded about The body,
The veterinary surgeon remarked HAT
there anpcnred to- be air in ths lungs. That
would INDICATE that the man hadn't been
drowned. Then he felt under tho skull and
said that tho "occipital pro'rubrance" was all
right.
Jurymnn Teeple is an ey- undertaken md he
WAS asked to make coffin for the body. lie
time would nllOw The hody WAS coward nm