The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-05-09
is IT MR.. CAREY'S BODY?
A Drowned Man Found In the River
at sunfshI sland,
IS SURELY THE DEAD CONTRACTOR
Who was Drowned In tho Creek Mt tho
Main Street Bridge In this City In
Fcbruary...An Inquest held last
Evcnlns...Thc Description Is Worry
Exact. '1'F

WILLOWS ulohR tHo oiiio biloici opposlto
sunGsh island, tho dead body OF u man,
the description Of which leaves scarcely
doubt that 1t is that Of Mr.. D. NJ.
Carey, Of tho contracting firm Of Paige,
Carey & Co., who was drowned in Fob
ruary. -
All efforts to find tho, body In these
months wsro futile, and many people
predicted that it would never be ionnd,
while others thought it WIS still in tho
immediate vicinity where no fell into
the creek. 1t will DO remembered that
Mr.. Carey was on wooden tramwny
beside truck OH which was large and
heavy stone, when tho timber support
broke of, letting truck. stone and all
fall into tho deep holo beneath.
1t was prevalent theory that tho
body was pinned down by the stone,
but though several expert divers spent
day after day in the water no sign OF it
was ever found. Tho firm OF Paige,
Carey 4 Co. offered $500 reward for the
recovery Of tho body, and when that
firm became financially embarrassed.
Mrs. Clars Carey, OF Cleveland, the
drowned mans widow. renewed tho
offer
Several bodies since recovered have
answered tho description OF Mr.. Carey
in general way, but inspection has
showed that none OF them was his. In
this case, however, there seems little
doubt that it is his body.
STRANGE COINCIDENCE.
Yesterday Samuel Wilson, young
married man, who lives on the West
Virginia shore near thu point Of the dis
covcry, was out in skiff with his wife.
and he rowed up the channel west Of
the Island. The favorable circum-
stances for tho washing up OF .doad
bodies were commented on, and Mrs.
Wilson remarked: :5
"They have never found Carey's body,
have they?"
"Not that l ever heard Of" hor hus.
band replied.
at would be nice little plum for us
iyou could find it"
"Yes; it would help us a good deal"
Lets row up along the willows there
and look for i" Mrs. Wilson suggested.
He did go, with no idea OF the search
having any results, but haG rowed but
short distance when tho body was
seen. lie rowed down to the mouth Of
Bair's run near, put his wife ashore,
and he and O young man named John
Montgomery went back to where the
body was and tied it by the arm to
willow tree. A crowd Of neighbors
soon collected, and there were several
skifls about the place in iow;minutes.
T. NJ. Goodhue, the Wheeling stock
dealer, whose homo is near tho spot,
had come 10 the river to board the boat
for the city, and he saw tho body, and
last evening no told an 1NrELL1GEScER
man that he did not think there was
any room for doubt that it was Caroy's
body.
4cLosE DESCRIPTION.
The body was very much decomposed,
but it was still to DO soen that the man
was partially bald, with sandy; hair and
mustache Much of his half had come
out, as had also his mustache. He had
on large overcoat, in good condition,
made OF fine goods, Of darkish color,
and 1t was buttoned up close. Mr..
Wilson felt about the coat, and there
seemed to be in the pocket ION each
side large bill book or package.
Mr. Goodhue told Wilson not to al
low any person to touch the clothing or
bO1v until tho
Young Mr.. Reynolds on: whose
fathers place tho body was found, left
at once to bring Justice OF the Peace
Hoobacher, OF Switzer township, Mon
roe county, Ohio, to the place to hold
the inquest, as it was in his bailiwick
that the body lay. He lives about six
miles from the river in tho country. 1t
was thought that he would arrive in
time to hold All inquest last evening.
The spot at which the body was seen
islust above the mouth OF Blair's run,
near the government light, and about a
mile and ahalf below Crabbe's landing,
where the Mark Twain club camps
every summer.
It's expected if the papers on his
person provo that the body is that of
Nr. Carey the remains will DO brought
mere mere this forenoon Tor shipment to
Cleveland. aI7l, -
Mr.. Goodhuc says that from the ap-
pearance OF the body and tho clothing
no does not believe that it has been
disturbed since it fell in tho water.
WILL GO DOWN THIS MORNING.
My. Cleveland, the father Of Mrs. D.
M. Carey, tho widow, is in the city, a
guest at the Hotel Windsor. When he
heard tho description of tho body found
uown the river. as given by Mr.. Good
.iue, no at once expressed his opinion
mat Twas almost certain that this was
me body OF his son-in-law. He will 20
Gown 70 the place whore the body was
FOUND by tho first train on the Ohio
idyer railroad this morning, and il this
~ Us no suspects, the corpse OF Mr..
Garey. he will arrange to have it sent to
!lts former homo in Cleveland for bur.
No definite information could be OBJ.
talhed last night as to what papers or
property wcro found on the body. II
II Is Mr.. Carey's and his pockets have
not been ritled, thore Wilt DO no diff
Guilty IN identifying him beyond all
question. He wore a fine watch and a
s"!aaole diamond stud, and had in his
POCKET 9oeke's large sum OF money, besides
documents OF Value.
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