The Portland daily press., 1898-12-07
POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED.


Provincetown, December G. DR.. Davis
the medical examiner. went to Province
town today and viewed the BODY plokeu
up at Race Point last night lt was
| positively identified as that OF Lewis -
Metcalf OF Auburn. Me. The waron cnain;
clothing and coLtents of the poeKeis ~.
| tailed. The mark ttL. j. Metcalf peioW
ths starched shirt front was perfectly
leeible, and his account book also nan nIs
name on it, The body was prepared 1or
shipment and sent to Boston py 1ne noon
train. The valuables from the clo5ning
were also sent to Boston In the cusoouy
! of the state police with Instructions onao
or 81 Orange street, Chelsea, be notified.
BODIES OF PORTLAND VICTIMS.
/ Boston, December 6. The bodies of six
| Of thu Portland victims arrived at the
Old Colony station this evening from the
| Cane. and wsre taken to the city mOrgue
| at North Grove street. Two of the bodies
were identified. one being that Of Lewis
j. Metcalf of Auburn, Me-, and the other
of Charles A. Tinkhafn Of Hartford, Ct.
The remains of Metcaif were identified
BY his uncle, Mr.. A. z. Mail OF Chelsea,
Mass, the principal mark of Identifies
ton being the dead mans name written
ON one of his garments There was a
| large swelling on the forehead, such as
might have been caused By severe blow.
The face was badly disfigured by fishes
and sand fleas. the whole upper lip ana
| inustache. as we'll as other portions VI tne
| face having been eaten away. The race
bad the appearance of that OF q man OF
| 80 or 80 years Of age while In fhct Dir.
| Metcalf was only about 28. His remains
will be shipped to Auburn.
| The remains of Charles A Tinkham
were identified by his father, Mr.. Alfred
| W. Tinkham. When the box containing
the remains of his son were opened, Mr..
| 1inkham exclaimed, "Ihat's Charley. "
most perfect condition and seemed more
| like that OF man asleep than one who
| had died under such terrible circuin-
stances. Tinkham's remains viii ba
shipped tomorrow to Hartford for burial
| TO LOOK FOR PORTLAND's HULL.
| Agent Williams Says Measures Will Be
Taken at Once.
| Boston, December 6.-Charles f.
Williams, the Boston agent of the Port
land Steamship company stated this
morning that an attempt would be made
by the company to locate the wreck of the
steamer Portland if any clew to her
| whereabouts can be found. He returned
from Cape Cod yesterday after vigil
along the coast. When asked If the COM
pany had airy idea of trying to locate the
steamer and whether divers would be
sent down If her hull wers found, he said
positively:
ssThat is all I am waiting for. All that
want is straw; just straw to give me
something to work upon. You may be
sure that the company will take definite
action II the Portland is located. don t
believe that would stop to find out what
the company would do. l would 90 ahead
and make arrangements to locate the ves-
sci il there was anything TO work upon,
and then notify the company OF the fact. =
What the company would do towards
replacing the PORTLAND Mr.. Williams was
unable to say. He stated that no steps
had been taken in that direction.
1T MAY BE STEWARDS BODY.
Key Found on One of Victims of the
Portland from St. Julian Hotel.
One of the bodies from the steamer
Portland found at Orleans yesterday was
that of a co1ored man who had in his
pocket key with brass tag attached
marked EST. Julian Hotel, No. 80 !"
A PRESS reporter called at the st.
Julian last night and told the clerk about
mans identity. The clerk said that the
key to room So was not missing, but that
the one found on the body OF the colored
man might have been duplicate key to
this room He knew no colored man who
had stopped at the St. Julian recently
unless 1t were Alonzo Matthews, the
steward of the Portland, who when the
boat was hauled of for repairs sometimes
made the St. Julian his home for few
weeks at a time. Matthews was guest
of the hotel last spring for a short time.
but the clerk did not know what room he
had occupied at that time. II was
possible. so the clerk said. that Matthews
he left the hotel and finding that 1t fl tied
some lock of his on board the Portland
had retained it. AS he remem bered him
Matthews was about so years old and
weighed about 100 pounds.
HOGAN HAS BEEN RETICENT.
Boston, December 66.--Captain Hogan
of the fishing schooner Ruth M Martin,
which is at Long wharf today stated that
he saw big side wheel steamer, which
he thinks was the Portland, about four
miles off Highland Light, between eight
and nine O'Clock Sunday morning The
steamer seemed to be drifting with the
wind, blu was keeping her head with the
storm, indicating tnat she was under
steam.
The Portland was to the windward OF
the Martin, while to the leeward was a
propeller steamer. Captain Hogan decided
to make for the propeller for help. The
Martin never reached her. but was blown
clear OF Cape Cod headland and brought
up high and dry on the beach at Province
town. Her crew were cared for until the
storm was over and the schooner was then
hauled off and sailed for Boston under
temporary rigging. 1t does not appear
that Captain Hogan has previously made
public these interesting facts.
MIGHT HAVE MADE GLOUCESTER.
Manchester. N. A., December GA
special to the Union from Portsmouth
says: The captain of the schooner Edgar
Randall reports that he sighted the
steamer Portland week ago Saturday
night at II. 10 o'clock, about two and one