The evening times., 1896-08-11

Deputy Coroner Glazcbrook at noon to-
day began n autopsy upon the body OF A.
II. Pile. the clerk of the national silver
committee. which was found floating in
the Potomac below the AqGeduct Bridge
yesterday. as stated la The Evening Times.
All indications today are that the body
had been in the water a much longer time
than was at first supposed, and II rs the
general belief among the dead mans friends
that death was accidental. A few fear that
there may have been foul play, and none
believe that IL was u case OF suicide.
AS far us can be learned. the last seen Of
Mr.. Pile was about / l O'Clock last Tues
day night. He had been in Washington
ever since the close of the silver convention
in st. Louis, the latter. part of last month.
and roomed in the building over ]. d. Sui
iivan's real estate office. at the corner OF
Thirteenth and G streets northwest. He
was accountant In the national silver com
mittee's headquarters, int the Corcoran build
ing.
Mr.. Pile was very much under the in
fluence OF liquor Tuesday morning He told
Mr. A. j. Wedderburn OF the same office
that he was going out to call On Senators
Jones and Faulkner Because of his CON-
dition Mr.. Wedderburn urged him not TO
go, and about neon the two started for
Falls Church, where a barbecue was be-
ing held
HE WAS INTOXICATED.
Mr.. Pile continued to drink hea Willy. aud
was in jovial spirits. While in the car en
route to Falls Church be arose and de-
livercd free silver speech, much To
the amusement OF his friends.
He returned to the city in the evening
with A. S. Carruthers. of the Silver Knight,
and James D. Finch. a stenograpber- They
left him ut the Sixth street station, and
that was the last seen of him alive.
When Mr. Pile failed to show up at the
silver headquarters ON Wednesday but lit
tie was thought of it, AS days passed,
however, Mr. j. NJ. Devine and his asso
ciates at the office grew apprnhensive,
and theirs fears were realized when they
read the accounts In The Times of the find
ing of the body.
Mr. G. b. KeeDey of New York, was COM
muDicated with last evening as TO what
disposition should be made of the body.
He replied that the Police should take
charge of the effects in Piles room and to
await further inst ructions.
Auieng other things tin tox was found
In Piles room. A card on it said to send
the box unopened to William Q Judge.
The card lore the date of April A. 1895.
Mr.. Judge was the leader OF the Theoso-
phical Society in America and died about
the time the box WIS sealed. II is thought
Pile was thcosophist, though he had not
yet allied himself with the society in this
city.
The autopsy was necessarily long dra wn
out because OF the conditions amid which
the deputy coroner was compelled to
work Never was the need of an adequate
morgue more thoroughly emphasized than
today.
The body of the drowned man is in
frightfui condition. The face is swollen
several times its normal size and Is terribly
discolored. Decomposition has long since
set in, and when the deputy swore the cor
oroner's panei-the same that offic,ated at
the Ford inquest today-the jurors found
it necessaryto hold their nostrils.
There are only three windows and a door
to the cramped room. Only one of these
windowscould be eleftpartially open, because
OF the curious crowd that would block the
other windows IL they were opened. In ad-
ditien to this, there was another body In
the room, that of negro, that had been
fished out of the Eastern Branch.
ANINQUEsT TO BE HELD.
1t was nearly i O'Clock this afternoon
when DR.. Ginzebrook completed his work
over the body. After brief consultation
the announcements was made that All inquest
would be held over the remains at 1 O'Clock
tomorrow morning ut the niOrgue.
1.-THE coroner has requested me to say
pothing about the results OF my investiga-
tiops until the inquest convenes tomor-
row." said Dr. Glazebrook. Il will, of
course testify before the coroner's jury"
The deputy coroner, therefore. refused to
say whether or nothe found any indications
of foul play about the remains. The de-
termina alton to bold an inquest meets with
the hearty approval of the friends Of the
dead man.
1T is a debt due the public that an
inquest be held,'' said Mr.. Divine to a
Times reporter. Il do not think Mr.. Pile
was killed and robbed, for he did nol
have very much money on him when he
left here Tuesday, I think. Still, it IL
proper to make thorough examination y
Pile was formerly car driver in SaI
Francisco. He was q representative Ol
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