Omaha daily bee., 1892-07-18
NEWS FROM COUNCIL BLUFFS
Dr. sloman's Body Found Floating in Lake
Manawa's Placid Waters.
MYSTERY STILL SURROUNDS HIS END
No Marks OF Violence on the Body and None
OF the Doctors Personal Effects
Removed-Scnt to Detroit
for Interment.
MYSTERY STILL SURROUNDS HIS END

The mystery as to the whereabout OF Dr.
f. f. Sloman has been cleared ur, but the
question of how he got there is still unan-
swered, and the affair is surrounded by a
mystery that all efforts to unravel seem only
to deepen Tho search that was made by
the friends of the missing man on Saturday
lasted all day, but at night 1t was given up
as a bad job, not the slightest clue being ob-
tainabe.
A great sensation was caused Saturday
afternoon by false report that was set in
circulation by Coroner Sevbert, to the effect
that the body had been found. The report
was communicated to the friends of the miss
ing man in Omaha, who telegrapned it to
Mrs. Sloman at Detroit. The report had to
to be afterwards contradicted by another tele-
gram, and considerable unnecessary anxiety
was caused the unfortunate woman by the
| Coroners fake.
During Saturday evening Mr. and Mrs. 5.
| Il. Mitchell, Mrs. c. j. Mitchell and Mr.. Ned
| Mitchell, while riding on the lake, saw the
head of man floating in the water on the
| outside of the lake opposite the hotel. They
| reported what they had seen and search
| was made at the point IN question, without
| avail.
Yesterday morning about o'clock the
| man who keeps the boats on the north side
of the lake saw a dark object floating about
not far from the beach on the south side
He at once Investigated, aud found that it
was the body of man. He rowed as quickly
as possible across the lake to the hotel and
| secured assistance. Returning to where the
body was 1t dio not take long to got the body
into the boat and back to the hotel 1t was
identified as the body of DR. Sloman. 1t was
changed, however, until the intimate friends
OF the dead man could hardly realize that it
was the body of their friend. IL mad been in
the water over forty. eight hours, and the
warm weather had caused decomposition to
| set in.
In the meantime Coroner Seybert and
Undertaker w. G. Estep had been notified
ana the body was suon taken to the under
| takers. In the evening it was dispatched to
| Detroit, Mich Tor burial.
An inquest will be held this morning at 10
| o'clock, when it is hoped that some of the
| mystery connected with the death will be
| cleared up. There are several theories as to
| tho cause. There were 10 marks of
| violence on tho body, and on the
| dead mans person were found gold watch
and chain. diamond ring and some small
| change, showing that no robbery had been
committed or even attempted. The watch
| was found to have been stopped by the water
| at 80 o'clock, but it had evidently run for
| quite while after he fell into the water, as
when the body was found there were only u
few drops of water in the watcn.
some are OF the opinion that the dead man
was pulling his boat into shore when he lost
his balance and fell from the dock into the
deep water. This theory accounts for the
fact that the boat was found float
ing right side up and dry inside.
The men connected with the hotel
admit however, tnat when DR.. Sloman left
the hotel Thursd day night to go out on the
| lake for the row that cost him his life he
seemed to be in his usual good spirlts.