The morning call., 1892-05-18
FLOATED TO THE SURFACE.
Body of the Missing "BOw- Wow
Jack" Found in the Bay.
The Three Longshoremsn Held en- Suspicion
Of Murder Released and Enthusiastically
Cireumstantial Evidence.

There is no longer any uncertainty about
the fate Of John OCOnnOr, the water front
rOunder. known as "Bow-wOw Jack" who
disappeared on Sunday. tile Sth inst. He
died from drowning, aud after his body re-
manned under the waters OF the bay for nine
days it fOated to the surface and was re-
covered.
At s o'clock yesterday morning Chief
Crowley ordered the release from the City
Prison of J. Hewlett, Charles Hansen and
Phil Hayes. the lODgshoremen who were
held on suspicion OF having pushed O'COn-
nor overheard. The detectives engaged in
investigating the mysterious disappearance
had been unable TO throw any light u pom
the affair. For that reason the Chief de-
cided 10 liberate the accused. holding that
there was no evidence TO connect them with
0Connor's disappearance.
Two hours after the trio marched out of
the prison information reached the Morgue
that OCOnnOT's body had been found and
was lying upon JsckS0n-street wharf. Half
an hour later il IeDOsed on q slab at the
MOrgue.
THE BODY FOUND.
The body was discovered by Gus Will
iiams, !0ngshOreman. DE saw the corpse
floating between Washington and jackson
street wharyes, and in a few minutes a
crowd collected. BOatmen went cut and
lowed the body ashore. When the remains
were lifted TO tie wharf they were qni ky
identified as those Of the missing Bow
WOW Jack" The body was In a fair
state of preservation, and Of the clothing
only the hat was missing. A nickel was
the only article found in the pockets OF the
clothing. There were no marks of violence
upon the body, and an autopsy showed that
death was caused by submersion.
OConuOT was % years Gid, a native of
nd Tx7a1 in ~, a
street Although partial outcast, he had
many friends along the front They believe
be was murdered, but il is more than prob
able that he fell into the bay from Jack
SOn-Street wharf while intoxicated He
was a good swimmer but entirely HELPLESS
when drunk. While in that state he is
known to have fallen overheard several
times, but was always discovered in time
to be rescued
THE SUSPECTS REARRESTED.
When ChIef Crowley heard Of the fading
OF O'CODnOr's body he caused Hayes, Han
sen aud Hewlett to again be taken into Gus
tOdy. They repeat their deniaiS Of having
thrown Jack overheard. The only eYi-
dence against them is that they were carous-
ing with OConnor on the afternoon he dis
appeared.
UNLESS more evidence against the men
than we have at the present time can he
found. said one Of the Investigating Off
GERS, tIieY Cannot Oe convicted. 1Here IS 10
direct evidence that they pushed 0'COnnOr
overheard. The only circumstantial evil
dence is this: He was last seen in the CON-
Dany of the three accused men near where
the body was found. The men were said to
De enemies Of O'COnnor, and had fonght
with him the night before he disappeared.
Hayes was the first to give the information
that O'ConnOr was drowned. and afterward
denied that be knew anything about 1t.
These facts make up case Of circumstan-
tial evidence. Something more definite is
required, however, to fasten the crime Of
murder upOn the accused "