The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-06-24
MISTAKEN IDENTITY.
o,o,r Error Made by a ooroner's
Jury and q Girls Friends.
lc1RESS DOLLY DAYS. ALIVE,
,rnourh a Drowned Girls Body
Was positively Identified as Hers,
and Was Buried as such.--A Hlys-
,crious Case Puzzlins New Workers.

y,v yonx. June 28.-DOlly Davis, the
.,.g I;norn variety actress, is not dead.
T,jer ordinary circumstances this an
sornccment would not create the least
' r' but it was Yesterday afternoon
.S,t A ipry. inpanetled by Coroner SUIT
,on Of pcckshill, held an inquest over
.5e boly OF the unfortunate and beauti-
ID girl whose corpse was found floating
~ a brick-yard at Creton Saturday
w and came to the verdict that
,be dead girl was none other than Dolly
Da5is.
witnesses whohud known the variety
rs,formcr for years-in TACT, since child.
bood-wcnt before Coroner Sutton and
. .y that they believed the girl to be
NJ. Davis. The affair is one OF the
most remarkable cases OF mistaken
IDENTITY which can be brought to mind
DOLLY APPEARS.
But Dolly Davis walked into the re-
roter.' room in the big dome Of the
Pulitzer Building Monday and aston
i.bed those present by announcing her
.eli Much surprise was created ut her
,npeararco when the morning papers
XII published columns about her death,
In, The little woman only laughed a
gwrIips laugh and assured the re-
r,rters That the whole affair was moth
Inc else than q most remarkable mis-
take.
pleased at the turn affairs had taken,
md DISPLAYED much annoyance when
he dwclt on what she termed the stu
piiity OF the people who, on hearing OF
HE finding Of the body, had spread the
rpor, that it was hers. She had been'
greatly annoyed, for her mother is still
Iiyinsin Australia, and size feared the
esleei o.! surh news upon her.
The iacts OF the finding OF the body ut
Cron have already been related, but
NAV he briefly reviewed. On Saturday
morning last workman employed in
The backward oil Philip SchGll found u
romans straw hat lying in u small
skirin the water ID feet below the
erirg piece OF the dock. lie jumped
down to look at it and found Il lead pen
ell, u cent. and a hat ribbon, Nearby
W.. pretty gossamer cloak.
Nr. Schell was notified by his man,
and he went and looked atsthe articles.
Both men came to the logical conclusion
thu! som persOI had committed sui
eide They procured'a long brick-rake,
anil began to grappel in the mud at the
lN;om OF the Hudson, twelve feet be-
low tic surface.
FINDING THE RoDY.
At almost the first haul the rake
struck something soft. 1t would not
wme to the surface at once, but both
ucn fused all their strength, iand finally
pulled 10 the surface the body OF q
Dyyiy girl. The face was -upturned as
tAe body calnc into view, and the big
brown eyes were looking pleadingly at
tlemrH, who drew back aghast, strong
Egl as they were.
The body was drawn up to the wharf.
Thcmui was wiped from the marble
hrt, lad the girl was seen to have reg
ulH features, brown curly hair, dark
gt. and small feet and Hands. She
I"ircsscd prpttily in Il lavender gown,
les russell shoes and white stockings.
!4e garments all appeared to be new.
Aoticc was at once sent to Coroner
Eaton. who granted. permit for the
removal Of the body to Whites under
lslng rooms at Croton. There people
ttwnged to see the girl. The coroner
Opened the pocket OF her dress, which
Ia! been pinnod, and drew forth a
o. lne bottle. \ bit OF paper was in
aie. This was taken out, und the sad
Story was related in the following words:
THE Suicides LAST woRps.
lam sick and tired OF my life, and If
Gyboly is to be found ! would like to
have 1t buried in the Tarrytown Gene
icy NJ. i. j.
People came from miles away. The
News spread, and soon a Young country
nan named Charley" Fairchild saw
We hody. lie thought it was that of
i,'ue Dolly Davis, whose family he had
Known ior years. He gave this MS his
opinion, and then more people came,
was dead.
The features were singularly like
lnosS OF tie merry girl Dolly, and every
Que lett sure that 1t was her body. So
al inquest was arranged for, and the
matter went NO further. None who
SaW me dead girl and had known Dolly
DAVIS leIt that there could be ans mis-.
o o.hc ; So much alike the seemed. Every
one felt sure and sorry.
VINO Is THE UNKNOWN GIRL?
Now comes the question: As the
Soroncr's jury has made mistake. and
Dolly Davis is alive, who is the unknown
girl? Who is the mysterious an. L.
Il Il, : Why did the young girl end her
4 the girl was not resident of the
, ,'s'h'ty q Iarrytown why did she ask
; 70 oe OGIied in that particular Gene.
H'E 1t Is certainly strange that no
o1c ms missed her, that no word has
'Onie from any quarter about her.
=, vh tue wrist OF the dead girl was n
t ,ai silver bracelet and ring OF very
the left hand. '''s''' VI
Should Unite on Leader.
DENVER, June 23.-Tohn Fitzco-oll