The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-19
WAS NOT ". P. GRIFFITH
Body Found at Northport Be-
lieved to Be That of Kelly.
FOUL PLAY Is SUSPECTED
Further Particulars Received by the
Standard Will Greatly Relieve the
Anxiety of Little Grif,s"
Friends in Anaconda.

mat was goOu news which appeared
In a copy of the Spokesman-Review
which arrived in the city yesterday. 1t
contained the tidings hat the dead
body of a man found near Northport,
Wash, was not that OF w. p. Griffith.
as at first supposed. mention of which
was made in yesterdays Standard. The
relatives and friends Of Mr.. Grif1th in
this city will read with interest the fol-
lowing details concerning the finding of
the body:
THE identity OF the corpse found at
Northport is not yet established. Fur
Their particulars were received yester-
day in regard to the finding, but the
description of the body is not yet COM
plete enough to make the Identification.
The following dispatch in regard to the
finding was received from Northport
yesterday:
"Northport. Aug. ia CHASTITY dis
covery was made Sunday morning by a
miner named w. f. Carlyle, who is en-
ployed at the California mine, Just
across the river from here. on the res
ervation side. While walking in the
brush at a point close to the mine and
just above the company's boarding
house, he stumbled over a partially
decomposed body. 1t at first appeared
to be a case Of murder or suicide, but
decomposition had progressed so far
that 1t was impossible to tell what had
caused death.
The deceased was a man about 5
feet 5 inches in height. He would
weigh about 40 pounds. and had sandy
or req hair. When found he was
dressed in black trousers. an outing
shirt of rather fine quality, and a red
flannel undershirt, but had on neither
coat nor vest. IL was the unanimous
opinion of those who viewed the body
that IL was that of a man who had not
been used to manual labor. and the
clothes would seem to bea out the the
ory. The condition of the body n the
place in which il was found would
seem to indicate foul play, as no other
reasonable ~supposition could be found
for the death. The only thing found
the body that might serve to iden-
tify the man was a piece of paper bear
ing the words, Joe Howell, III Howard
street, Spokane, WASH and three
square slips of paper with different
numbers on each.
j. c. Hardness, acting coroner. en-
p%aneled a jury and went to the scene
the discovery last evening. The jury
that the deceased came to his
death during the last two weeks from
causes unknown. A coffin was con-
and the body inferred at a
point about 20 yards from where it was
found. Every effort is being made to
unravel the mystery surrounding this
The local police are still ~endeavorlng
to discover the identity Of the lead
man. The description in the above
dispatch shows that the dead man
could not have been w. p. Griffith. the
former Spokesman-Review printer, as
had dark hair, while that on
the body found was light. N. p. KEEL
~, who is supposed by the police to be
dead man. had light hair, and in
every way his description answers with
hat of the corpse 1t is expected that
/ complete Identification ran be secured
~" as a more complete description
nd other particulars can be obtained
N%orthport."
The following special dispatch to the
from Northport adds but lit
lie to the information contained in the
"Northport, Wash, Aug. 1S.-The re-
mains of an unknown and unidentified
nan were found near the California
min on the top of a mountain, about
mile and a half from the river. The
nan had apparently been dead for n
week or 10 days. The c~oroner's fury
allied to establish the cause Of death,
IN account of the bad state OF decom-
position. The body was lying in the
rush when found by a miner employed
the California company. Foul play
8 suspected. The addresses of two
'ersons were all that were found on the
'ersons. The addresses were of a man
Kelley and one named Griffith"
AT any rate, it is now established be-
'ond any reasonable doubt that the
cad man was not Griffith. and this
.ews will greatly relieve the anxiety
{ his friends.