The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-02-10

What IL thought 20 be the dead body OF
F-red AEastsys. The Port BiakeseT tally esrx
VINO disappeared about Deoemocr =. wss
rtpxs~a "a In the bay At the end C Central
dock asst evening 81 $50 oy James Hug res.
Arstrer BoStnBan ard Rocsrr Thew. three
,nan xhe are employed aboUs the wharves
in that vicinity.
rurhss was the first 20 notice tia body,
arss be lost 10 tina e securing boat and
the assistance Q. the two other men msE-
toned Rowing from tie City sip 20 the
end OF the cd Harrington 4 smith wharf,
Il was but the work CT q Few minutes 20
get The body into the boat. IT seemed Ike
hours 70 tne three men. however, as the
BODY was decidedly ripe and emitted doors
that we're not at al pleasant IL was
finally landed on the City slip and tele-
rhons message sent 10 Coroner 1ancesl
ard the undsrtaker. both OF whom were
soon or the scelsA
A crowd OF morbidiy curious had gath
cred about the spot. but their discretion
kApt them weg IN the background, which
made the work OF searching the oo1y
easier The clothes were those or man
IN fairly coed circumstances. being lew
and OF good texture The taee was eaa4y
eaten away and aecomposed. as was also
the nscs and ore hand. The head was
hala as there was a small brown mus
tache. ths balance OF the face being clean
shaven. A bunch Of keys, q maechoox.
ks,fsa and (. % IL money we're found IN the
pockets. but ID paper with any ais ah-
Gushing mark could be discovered Inc
coat was a black cutaEay. and the rshs-
ers o. brown ehsyiot- A whl's sHl.,
t41r-.-doxr collar, black bow tie and PAIR
Of congress shoes made up the balance OF
the mans attire. The underwear Was
wht,s wool with fine blue stripes running
through II. There was small goo stud
ia the shirt bosom. and In the left cum Was
a plated button with the inaasI letters n:
OF p. The feet were quito small. Iiea
about the body. just below me nalssa. M~s
a wide band OF wooden cloth, evidently
ry.scea there for g RUPTURE This aescrip-
ton taIIies almost precisely with the one
given the police authorities AT the time OF
Masters disappearance.
The examination made, the body was
placed In the receiving box. lifted INTO rae
big black dead wagon and taken 10 the
morgue. where a thorough examination
vii be made this morning by Coroner
YanSeu with a view OF ascertalning
whether the body is that OF Masters or
not. In this he will be assisted by the
friends and family OF the missing man.
who have been notified OF the finding and
requested 10 be present
Masters. who up 20 the time or ais as
appearance was tally clerk al the big null,
kissed his wife and babies goodbye the
was going 70 Seattle for abort WISH ana
would return that evening. He spent the
day with friends about town. Shortly be-
fore o'clock. the leaving time OF the
Renton. Masters left Harms & Dickman's
saloon fer the steamer. which lands at
Central wharf, short distance from the
place where the body was found yester-
day That was the last ever seen OF him.
The disappearance was reported at once
10 the police ana thorough search made
for the missing man. but 10 no avail Sew
srG suggested ne possibility OF the man
walking of the wharf. as the evenings at
that time were very dark at O'Clock. in
fact the newspapers limited that such
thing might have happened.
The devoted wife. although shs has
feared that her husbands fate was as
suggested. has never given Up hope that
he would some day return 10 his little
home, which Up 10 the eventfui day on
which he kissed her and the babies. had
been happy.
A telephone message was received by
Undertaken Bert Butterworth from Harms
g. Dlckman's saloon last evening asking
for description OF the body, with view
OF connecting II with Masters. Before
answering the query Butterworth asked
for a description OF Masters, which was
given. and which tailed exactly with that
OF the body lying IN the mo-gue.