The evening world., 1894-01-08
TIDE WAS COMING IN.
1t Would Have Carried Austin's
Body to the Beach.
Weather Bureau Records Produced
To-Day to Prove Il.
Tho Defence's Turn In the Mysteri-
Gus Disappearance Case.

Wi e. -. dllN III loi me Nlu-
tual Reserve Life Fund Association.
called Frank H.. Pearl, OF Philadelphia.
as the first witness for the defense, when
the trial of the suit brought by the
executor Of John c. Austin for the re-
covery of $l5. 900 life insurance, was re-
sumed this morning before Justice Pat
terson in the Supreme Court.
MIR. Pearl was a clerk for the United
States Mutual Accident Association, at
800 Broadway, In 1891. He Identified a
policy, for $4,000 issued to John c. Austin.
July, ], 1891. three days before the al
legged drowning Of Austin, while bathing
at Manhattan Beach.
Col. James. who has promised to the
Austin was seen by a cloud Of witt
nesses in the A~dirondacks for a month
or six weeks after he was drowned,
made the witness tell the official titles
appeared on the policy. and that the in
surance began at precisely forty min
utes after 2 o'clock on the afternoon Of
Messrs. Trull and O'Gorman had no
questions to ask for the plaintiff.
Next Col. James introduced a Govern
Sandy Hook and coneS Island was
coming In at the hour-about p. M
drowned. and was coming In from two
W L ilouls dlltl lhdt llIS was W
show that Austin's body could not have
been carried out to sea. but must have
been carried up on the beach.
accept this book, and Elias B. Dunn
the Government weather observer. was
called to show what was the direction
and velocity Of the wind on July 4. 1891.
Mr.. Dunn. who il the handsomest and
most suave witness Justice Patterson
has had in 1894, testified from his records
that on July 4. 1891, the wind was blow
and from 2 to 6 O'Clock that afternoon II
blew from sixteen to seventeen miles an
hour directly towards Manhattan Beach.
1t was the same next day. only at a
hour.
Mr.. Dunn testified that that July 4
was generally clear. and that the tenn
practically substantiating the testimony
of Dallon, witness for plaintiff. tina It
was the coolest Fourth Of July he had
Again, no eross-questions were asked.
and the handsome clerk of the weather
went away with his lrmful OF records.
Adolf Marx. a MISUNDERSTANDING
photographic once in the Maritime Ex-
change, where reports Of the tides are
kept, came next with testimony that the
supposed drowning Of John c. Austin,
The highest tides are reached the day
after a new or full MOON, having been
July, and at 624 P. NJ. Of that day it
was high tide all along Coney Island
from, Norton's Point to the Oriental
Hotel, a rise of 1910 feet from mean low
tide.
From his maps the witness was able
to testify that the water at Manhattan
Beach was only 10 to y feet deep as
smooth. hard bottom. without rocks or
other r%oughness on the bottom. -,
fyo Dzmt ngfbs ;oyeindaesiah nus.:;.:;'!
examine.
Josiah Paxton, of So East Ninth street,
who Is engaged In e%nlarging photographs.
c.. Austin in hunting costume. as a solar
print copy made by him from a cabinet
photograph OF the alleged lead man. and
DR.. Charles levitt, of Brooklyn. taken
The big photograph was unveiled. and
then Foreman Brown. the nervous
juror. told the Court that he was dis
one of the W gems was missing
With a beautiful display OF angelic pa
tienee. Justice Peterson explained that
figure OF John C., Austin. and that the
gun, standing a little apart. had been
cut out" as OF no consequences
Jay Ramsay, of Lowyille; Lewis
where he keeps ~conveyances for tourists
and hunters in the Adirondacks, was the
next witness.
He said he had known John G. Austin
in 1885. when he saw him bout an
hour"
Mr.. Ramsay recognized the bling pho
tograph az a portrait Of John c. Austin.
and recalled that in 1885 Austin had with
him a wife, two children, a nurse and
trunks. v~alises. guns and packages re-
curing two teams 70 draw them over the
hills and into the woods.
81 saw Mr.. Austin bout three times
that season." said the mountaneer.
"They came out in August. My boy
drove 'em over to Lowville.
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