The morning times., 1896-06-30
BAYLISS WAS MURDERED
Important Developments in the
Alexandria Drowning.
coroner's Inquest Throws Suspicion
on Boat Captain Who Was
Last Seen with Him.

There are well founded suspicious that
Nr. Richard Bayliss. whose body was
found in the dock near the ferry wharf In
Ale exandria yesterday morning, met with
foul play.
1t was at first generally supposed that
the old man, who had been drinking Satur
DAY night, had accidentally fallen into the
river, but developments brought out Ut
the inquest yesterday evening lead TO the
belief that the unfortunate man was muir
der-d and then thrown into the river. An
inquest was held at O'Clock yesterday
evening by Coroner Purvis, with the fol-
lowing jury: L. j. W. Summers, Julius
Dienelt, z. II. Bradshaw, Walter Dieneit.
C. b. Marshall and George Richards.
The first witness examined was Charles
Zimmerman, VINO stated that Bay yiiss came
into his restaurant on Saturday night
shortly before IL O'Clock with James Cliff
and Il stranger. The stranger had neither
hat or coat on. They had Il drink and
bought bottle OF whisky and left.
Mcssrs BERT Tatsapaug apdG cor ge COgan
went in Zimmerman place to get Il lunch
and saw Bayliss there, in company with
Cliff and the stranger. They observed that
the men were drunk and advised Bayliss to
gohome. After / 20 o'clock they saw Bayhss
and his companion, whom they afterward
learned was named Brown pass the market
building. Brown seemed to be in an ugly
mood and his mouth was bleeding. They
heard him invite Mr. Bayliss To go aboard
his boat and spend the night with him, and
the twostarted towardthe wharf. Thiswas
the last they saw OF them.
James Cliff stated that he me b yliss and
Brown about O'Clock Saturday nightnear
the wharf on King street. Brown wanted to
fight. He avoided trouble, and they con-
cluded to go to ZimmermaD's and get some
whisky. They took several drinks in the
place and got 4 half pint of whisky He left
them shortly afterward, but saw the two
men together between 1 and O'clock Sun
day morning near the Pioneer Mills wharf
This was the last seen of Ba yhss.
Several witnesses testified as TO the cir
cumstanccs of finding the body.
After hearing the testimony the coroner
decided to continue the investigation in the
hope OF securing additional evidence.
George Brown, the man last seen with
Mr. Bay.iss, is the captain OF the lOrg boat,
Mary E. Denty, OF AccOtink. Hedischargcd
a load OF wood in Washington on Satur-
day and was towed to this city by the tug
Baby on that evening. He refused to pay
the captain OF the tug for the services rem
dered and went into the cabin of bis boat
and secured revolver, with which he at
tempted to shoot the tug-boat man. He
was unsuccessful in this as the tug cap
tain succeeded In wrenching Browns
pistol from him aud bea It him withitoverthe
head and face.
Brown sailed from here yesterday even
ing and 1t issupposed that he is now at Acco-
tink.
Coroner Purvis, assisted by DR.. Snowden.
held a post-mortem examination on the
body last night, but the result will not be
made known until the Jury renders It's
verdict.
1t was found that there were marks, ap-
parently theeffects ofblows,o ontbe headand
face of the dcad man, and that several of his
teeth had been knocked out.