The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-02-13
NAY BE LOVES BODY.
FOUND FLOATING IN THE RIVER
BELOW TIE CITY.

A Belief That the Missing FRESHMAN
Suicided by Jumping OF the
Wherves--The Body Difficult TO
Identity. But en- Effort to Be Made
To-day by the Missing Mans Family.
The Coroner's Investigation.
The body Of white man in an advanced
stage Of decomposition was discovered In
the river near Gordon's wharf yesterday
afternoon by Patrick Noon. who, with the
assistance of couple Of colored men, Sc
cured it to the wharf.
The face and throat OF the man were
covered with matted mud, that on the
throat giving it the appearance Of having
been gashed. The report was ct once started
that the dead man had been murdered and
thrown overheard, and when Coroner Dixon
arrived at the wharf he found a crowd Of
excited people waiting to see the body
pulled out of the water. All sorts Of muir
der theories we're being advanced, but these
were knocked out when the examination Of
the supposed wound developed il to be
nothing but mud.
HARD TO IDENTIFY.
The body had evidently been in the water
several weeks, and the head OF the dead
man was swollen TO an unnatural size. so
that no one could identify it. Coroner
Dixon placed the body in a coffin and took
it to his undertaking establishment, where
he made an examination to see If there
was ANYTHING by which it could be identi-
fed. A lady's gold watch. bearing the
stamp, "Fahy's Montauk, No. l, was found
in the vest pocket, attached to heavy
ala hot hf,1Lr
with 81 IS in small change in the trousers
pocket, nickel match box. and what bad
been package of cigarettes. In another
vest pocket was parchment note book, con-
tanning a card Of .. A. Jacoby, represent
ing J. II. Bonnell's Printing Ink Works Of
New York, recipe, How to mix
printing ink and paints for tints,'
and business card of James Douglass
with fire alarm stations printed on the
back small trunk key and a fat spring
lock key made up the sum total Of the dead
mans possessions.
THE DRESS CORRESPONDS.
The body was dressed in black corded
suit. white shirt with red dots. with black
necktie with diagonal purple stripes. His
undertaking is red flannel. Nearly all the
hair is gone, and there only remains one
half Of what was once a black mustache
A MORNING News reporter investigated
the case last night and secured pretty strong
evidence that the drowned man is Joseph
Love, the pressmau who has been missing
for the past month, and that it is a case Of
suicide. When Love was last seen by his
mother and sisters, four weeks ago last
Wednesday night, he had on a suit Of
clothes similar to that on the body picked
up in the river, and wore exactly the same
style of dotted shirt and purple striped
necktie. He also carried a lady's gold
watch.
LOOKS LIKE LOVE.
The fact of the drowned man having a
recipe for mixing printing inks. and also
card OF drummer for a printing inks
establishment, seems 10 establish the oon~
nection between the missing pressman aud
the body. The hight and build also tallies
with Love. He was an inveterate cigarette
smoker, and the package of cigarettes in
the dead mans pocket is another link IN the
chain Of evidence.
Loves domestic relations had not been
the happiest for some time. About six
months ago he married a widow. The mar
riage displeased his people. He was the
only support Of a mother and sister aud he
tried to divide his time between them and
his wife, eating at one place and mostly
sleeping at the other. This didn't prove
very successful plan and Love found life
anything but pleasant
THREATENED SUICIDE.
When he last saw his wife four weeks ago
Love told her that he believed he would
settle everything by jumping into the river,
and he probably carried out his threat the
same night. Ii has been the wife's belief
since the disappearance OF heg husband that
eventually his body would be found there
The other branch Of Loves family was in
hopes that he had only gone away for
awhile, but it is probable that their hopes
will be blasted, and that the body of the
young man now lying in Coroner Dixon's
undertaking rooms is the missing son and
husband.
It was Too late last night when Loves
people beard of the discovery of the body to
see it, but some Of them will view 1t this
morning. From the description Of the dead
man they feel almost satisfied, however, that
il is Love-
The missing pressman was % years old,
and served his time in the MORNING NEWS
press room. Afterward he was foreman of
the Times press room, and at the time of
bis disappearance was employed with Braid
& Hutton. The fiat key found In the
drowned mans pocket is similar to that
which fits the lock Of the latter establish
nent.
Coroner Dixon win hold an inquest this
morning.
NOT a COMFORTABLE DAY.