Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-05-26
PERRY'S BODY FOUND
Remains Of the Murdered Negro RecoY-
cred Near The Cedar Works.
WAS FLOATING IN THE RIVER.
The Neck Broken aud n Puncture In
the Head-An Inquest 20 lie Held
To-Dny-Liftle Doubt rbnt Txxo
Men Were Implicated.

The body OF Barney Perry. the negro
man who was thrown from Mayo's bridge
between ? and 3 o'clock last saturday
morning, was recovered by two fishermen
just below the Richmond Cedar-works
yesterday morning about $50 o'clock.
Though the mans body has been found
and Identified. the mystery connected with
the manner in which be met his death -
by no means cleared away. and the police
Of this city and Manchester are as much
IN the dark as ever.
George Willow and Charles b. VIII
liams, two Manchester men, were fishing
In boat about twenty yards below the
cedar-works and just opposite Yuenglings
old brewery yesterday morning. when
they saw the body rise TO the surface
only a few feet from them. They were at
first startled but soon took In the situa-
ton. and rightly surmisns that 1t was
the corpse for which such diligent search
had been made. they proceeded TO take
the body in tow. Running their boat
alongside OF 1t. Willow took hold Of the
body, and they proceeded TO tow II 10 the
iNltnUlohu snoItf as W llllum0f iA' 'N'Nt
OF the boat. positively refused to take tho
body into the boat.
THE BODY IDENTIFIED.
Policeman Kerse. hearing OF the re-
covery Of the body, notified the First
Police Station and the Henrico authors
ties by phone and Or. l.. A. beftwich'
the County Coroner, was on the scene al
most before the corpse had reached tho
shore. Constable Mosby OF the county,
was also soon on the scene, and went AT
once TO work summoning a jury for tho
Coroner's inquest.
The body was very much swollen. An I'M
mense crowd soon gathered at the spot.
and MIR. c. A. Jones. the Manchester
grocer for whom Perry had worked for
a number OF years. recognized the body.
Mr. Job Turner and Mr.. James Johnson
and several others who knew Perry We're
among the crowd and recognized the re-
mains. Mr. Jones' wishing to make sure
OF the fact. asked that one Of the shoes
on the corpse be removed. Perry. he said,
had a malformation OF the foot by when
he could easily be Identified. The IIenrico
officials refused 10 allow the body to be
touched. and despite some warm argu-
ment on the part of the Manchester men,
the shoe was not taken of IN compliance
with their wishes.
iOo -AlOAA EN- MAIZE
The corpse was first carried up TO tho
cedar-works wharf. after which II was
conveyed TO the stables In the rear Of
the Henrico-couuty buildings. on Main
street near Twenty-second street, where
the post-mortem examination was held.
Coroner Leftwich. assisted by DR.. II. &.
Garcin. here conducted the examination
on an improylsed litter. covered with
oil-cloth. finishing their. work at 4.O
o'clock In the afternoon. Tho Coroner
found that the dead man had a broken
neck. a puncture in the side OF his head
just above the left ear, about two inches
deep ahd the face. especially the nose,
very much scratched. The second toe of.
the left foot was found TO have been cut
OF. and this is the mark Of identification
Mr.. Jones sought TO prove at the wharf
The puncture In the side OF the head
could hardly have been caused by blow
before Perry left the bridge. and there
is every reason 10 believe that this. to-
gethcr with the fracture Of the neck. re-
suited from the fa.l into shallow water.
BODY TAKEN TO MANCHESTER.
Immediately after the post-mortem Tn
dertaker Nelson started TO bury the body.
but was interrupted by Undertaken James
Cunningham. of Manchester who said be
would In a few minutes have the proper
papers by which he would take charge OF
the body. Cunningham is a colOred uu-
dertaker but Insisted upon his rights.
and soon produced a certificate from Coro-
ner Leftwich giving him possession OF tna
body. and one from Dr. Oppenhlmer, the
President of the BoG-i OF Health, giving
permission for the body 10 be carried
from Richmond to Manchester II was
the desire OF Mr. Jones and OF number
Of Perrys friends that tho body should
be buried in Manchester, and conse-
quently IL was carried over TO that city.
The remains were kept In the back part
OF the undertakers establishment last
night, and the front Of the place on Hull
street near Fifteenth. was crowded until
a very late hour With the excited ne
groes The body will be buried early this
morning In Alaury Cemetery. near Man
chester.
The HenrlcO authorities still have juris-
dictlon, as the man was found IN their
territory and an inquest has accordingly
been ordered for to-day al Y O'Clock
STILL SHROUDED ~ MYSTERY.
Absolutely nothing new has been dis
covered by the police Of this city or MAN.
chester in the last day with regard TO
the hesupposed murderer or murderers CHIEF
Lipscomb, OF Manchester. said last night
that ne was IN hopes lhat the inquest
would throw some light upon the case.
Captain Thomas, OF the First Police
Station. said he was completely lost. Il
have followed out every rumor." contin-
ued the Captain. "and all has led
10 naught."
There seems 20 be absolutely no grounds
for the suicide theory. as the evidence of
Mr. James ". LipscOmb, the only eye
witness who says he distinctly heard a
man cry, "Oh don't" destroys an such
theories. Mr.. Lipscomb told a Dispatch
man yesterday that no saw distinctly two
men lift a third over the bridge railing.
and I'm this statement he Is cOrroborated
by Ed. Parham a fireman on the South
ern railway. who saw two men running
from the direction Of the bridge just be-
fore the officers returned with Mr.. Lips
comb.
Thousands OF people visited Mayo's
bridge Sunday afternoon and yesterday.
The marked spot where the blood was
found by the officers and Mr.. Lipscomb
was the principal scene " attraction and
many were the eyes which glared upon
the now well-washed bloOdstains
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IL is time 70 buy your Fly Wire and