Evening journal., 1894-09-03
a POOR MANS REWARD
Made Five Hundred Dollars
BY Finding a Body.
PLANS FOB THE GRAHAM FUNERAL

The Late Hotel Proprietor win Be Buried
In Wilmington Tomorrow Lenape
Company's New omcers-Under Arrest
for Robbing His Intended BRIDE Other
Events
Special Correspondence Evening Journal.
NKw CASTLE. Sept. The remains Of
the late popular hotel proprietor, Hlett
Graham, are now at Undertaken Clewell's
morgue, on Sixth street, enclosed In a
zinc lined casket The body was found
late Saturday Afternoon By poor old
Jerseyman, trading in salt hay along the
New Jersey shore When he found the
body 1t was lying on shore sixteen
miles below Salem creek, at a point one
and half miles below Stony Point, eff
which Mr. Graham was drowned
When the old man arrived at Salem
with the body, after his long row, II
was identified at once by prominent
Salemites as that Of Mr. Graham His
key ring, diamond ring .and purse. with
his name inscribed thereon, we're all
therein his pockets. Just as the
Jerseyman was about TO start down the
bay again, after hsving delivered the
body over TO Salem county's coroner, the
mayor told him that he would get $500
for his find. The old mar, il is reported,
almost tainted and when the Delaware
ans who had steamed out from this city,
arrived there yesterday morning, the
man was almost wild with joy.
Among those who went down to Salem
were Winter d. Graham, John Ries,
George Albert and several New Castle
people The coroner's inquest there, at
which the affidavits Of members of the
unfortunate fishing party were sub
mitted, decided it case of accidental
drowning.
Tomorrow afternoon. at ? o'clock, the
funeral will be held, and interment will
be made in Wilmington. An the New
Castle lodges to which he belonged and
representatives Of all the Wilmington
societies will attend from this city, and
the Wilmington organizations, In a body,
will meet the funeral in that city.
Lenape Company work and Election.
with its flag at half mast out OF
respect for State Secretary Dugan and
with q full attendance the Lsnape Fire
Engine Company met In the engine house
yesterday and adopted resolutions Of
respect for the well known worker
among state hremen. 1t was also the
annual meeting of the company and the
following officers were elected.
President, Henry Walthers; vice
president Joseph Taylor; recording
secretary, P McGrory; financial secre.
tary, John ]. Sherldan treasurer, James
B Toman; chief, Alexander McCaughan
first assistant, Peter G. Madden
second assistant. Henry Madden; third
assistant, James EARLY fourth assistant,
Thomas McDonough; chief engineer,
Joseph Taylor FIRST assistant, James B,
Toman second assistant, Matthew Sui.
livan; third assistant, Henry Walters
board Of directors, John McCaughs,u,
Henry Madden, John Gllkey, Jr. Thomss
McDonough; Committee on Flremen' Z
Fair, p. g. Madden, P. McGrory, Alex
McCSughan, Thomas MCDonough.
Plans Among Local Politicians.
Yesterday afternoon the Democratic
candidates who will test their popularity
at the polls next Saturday, met at ths
Lenape engine house and conferred ovel
the window men and other election
arrangements. The Republicans viii
have only one voting place in this hun
dred and the Democrats will have tn,
four prescribed by law Last week tn,
Republicans selected the mayors office IL
the old Court House as their scene O
conflict, but later on, the Democrats o.
the Eastern district informed them that
they had long ago engaged the mayors
Office as their polling place. Nov tn,
Republicans viii have to take the magis
trate's Office