The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-01-02
MOBILES BODY FOUNI
Near the Place Where He FeI
in Saturday.
ONE MARK OVER THE LEFT EYH
Boys With q Drag Pull the Bod
Up From Under Ainsworrh &
Dunn's Wharf.

The body OF Judson d. Noble, who los
his life By falling through a dsathtrap ov
Railroad avenue. was Unexpectedly recov
cred yesterday. The search for !
had been almost entirely given uI(
under the impression that II woule
be impossible TO find 1t until ID
composition had set In, which, in thes(
cold waters. would be from seven 10 tel
days, when the body would rise TO the surE
face. IL WAS intended to keep strid|
watch for IL beginning Saturday.
The only one who has continued TIL
search ever since Saturday afternoon d.
Joseph Strobe, 4 young man who work.
IN the Great Northern fish market and
lives on West street. He has had no enl
ployment during the holidays. and. stimuli
lated by the reward offered. he kept UP III
search when al others had given il UP a 1
hopeless. At 10 o'clock yesterday morning
he started out in rowboat with his young /
er brother Charles. and carefully dragge(
under the bulkheads about the Spot wherel
young Noble fell. and for a wide circie@
about IT. The two boys worked on and orI
with courageous patience until 2:i5 o'clock
when the drag caught in something. When|
hauled in tke hook was found entangled inl
the coat OF a drowned man, who was SUBJ
sequently identified As Noble.
The spot where the body was found IS
about 20 feet from where young Noble
fell in, almost In a direct line from 1t, and
under the northern end OF the front Of
Ainsworth g. Dunn's building. 1t was in a
depth OF from twenty to thirty feet and
rested heavily on the bottom
The body was hauled on the deck OF the
tug Mascot, and Deputy Coroner Teater
took it in charge and removed il 10 the
Seattle Undertaking Company's rooms.
There were no bruises on the body ex-
cept on the left eye. which was confused
az hfr - IS Al a
seem 10 show that when the loose plank
gave way under his weight he went down
nearly straight, his body being bent slightly
forward, and his face coming in contact
with the end of one OF the next row OF
planks in falling. Noble was Of great
weight for his height, and from the fact
that there are no marks on his fingers il
may be inferred that he had not time TO
clutch at anything in the effort TO save
himself. He must have fallen like a shot,
the blow on the eye stunning him, and i'm
mediateiy sunk. Then the tides and strong
currents gradually carried the body to
where 1t was found.
In his pockets were found silver watch,
an old watch without dial, pocket diary
and a number of letters Two stamped en-
velopes bore the address Mrs Lucy Noble,
is College street, Hillsdale. Mich Mobiles
mother has not been heard from. His
father, who resides In San Francisco, was
notified on Saturday of the sad loss, but
has not yet arrived here. His sister, who
kept house for him In Sunset row. Yesler
way and Twenty-second avenue, is pros
trated with her grief.
Coroner Askam viii hold the inquest on
Friday morning at Ii o'clock. and the evil
dence brought forward will have an impor-
tant bearing on the question OF criminal
negligence and the parties responsible
for il.