Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1896-11-19
WOLSKI rs DEAD,


Walsky's Body is Finally Caught by
Grappler and Turned Over to Coro-
ner Davis for an Investigations
The Inquest on Wednesday.
Cold in death, lying in the undertaking
establishment of Isaac Mcpherson, on
South Laurel street, is the body of An
drew Wolski, the Pole who so myster-
iously disappeared on the night of No
vember 9TH, or early on the morning of
the 9Th.
His lifeless form was taken from the
cold waters of the Cohansey on Sunday
afternoon about two O'Clock. 1t was Just
Sunday school time and the hundreds of
persons who were vending their way to
Sunday school, ad heard of the finding
of the body and quickly turned their
footsteps toward the Cohansey river.
Here they lined the wharves and bridge
all eager to get glimpse of the man who
for seven days and nights had lain in the
water cold in death, caused through some
mysterious agency that no one, save,
perhaps, those on board the coal floats,
can tell.
There the people gazed on the lifeless
formwhich had but recently been brought
to the surface by Charles Wright, who had
been graphing for the body.
The search for Wolski had about been
given up Saturday night, and the men
held in Jail would probably have been re-
leased Monday had not the body been re-
covered.
John Baumgarten and Charles Wright,
along with several others, who had been
graphing for the body, were discharged,
but they still believed the man whom
they were pretty certain was dead, was
somewhere in the water, either in the
Cohansey or the Raceway. They did not
like to give up the search, so yesterday
they again made determined and
thorough search for the missing man.
Baumgarten with graphing irons went
to the Tumbling Dam while Wright
thought it best to give the creek another
graphing. He had a regular graphing
hook. He worked diligently all the
morning. taking in the creek from the
rolling mill bridge to the Commerce street
bridge.
Just before two O'Clock his hook struck
something and slipped off. Again he
grappled and this time fastened the hook
in some object. He pulled it on board his
yawl boat and found it to be the body of
Andrew Wolski, the hook had caught the
coat.
| The body was lying face downward,
Embedded in the mud, and was about one
hundred yards from where the coal floats
laid. 1t was in the creek about ten yards
abreast of the sloop "Jos. A.. Clark"
| lying at the wharf of Whitaker Il Co.
Thus the body Of Andrew Wolski was
found. Then it was that the man, who a
week previous, had left his happy little
home on Irving avenue, expecting wife
and children to welcome him home later
on, leaving them as he had many times
before in happy mood for a few hours
pleasure for himself, after his days toll,
never to see them again.
Picture that household, family who
never, according to his wife's story, had
cause to complain of the head of it, to
have their protector taken so mysterious
ly away, and have his limpid form raised
| from the Geld waters in death a week at
| forwards.
AS soon as the body was found Sun
day County Physician J. r. c. Thomp-
son was sent for. and he, with Coroner
Davis, soon arrived on the scene. The
County Physician took charge of it. 1t
was towed up along side of the steam
yacht "Catherine," and from there laid
out on the gangway which leads from the
bridge to the water. Clayton Mcpherson
being there he was ordered to procure the
dead wagon. While waiting for the
wagon snapshot photograph was taken
of the dead man.
| After this John Raumgarten, who had
| been assisting Charles Wrigh with the
| body, after it was found, procured cloths
| Then tender hands lifted him to the
| bridge, and he was placed in the under
takers wagon and taken to the under
| takers establishment.
| DR.. Thompson then made thorough
examination of the body. He found that
no bones were broken, nor was the body
| in anywise cut or multilated. He had on
his working clothes, blue shirt, pink
necktie, CATERS and new underclothing.
Some letters and pocket-knife were
found in his pock cts.
After County Physician Thompson
made his examination, he turned the
body over to Coroner Davis. Undertake ker
MCPHERSON washed the body. The face
was thica1ly covered with mud, but the
rest of the body was in good shape. His
features were perfect and his mus
cles timber. He was not swollen and
looked as if he had just been put in the
water. All these indications go to show
that the man must have been killed be-
fore he entered the water. There seems
to be but little doubt that the dead man
went off the side of the float toward the
water and not the side next to the wharf