The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-24
THE SEARCH CONTINUES
BODY OF A YOUNG WOMAN FOUND IN
SOUTHERN WATERS.
Clothing at First Thought to BE Miss
TagGart's-NOt Identified
by Family.

An Associated Press dispatch from Jack
sonville Fla. last night said THE richly
dressed body of a young woman, probably
that of one of the party lost in the wreck
of thenaphtha launch Paul Jones, was found
by Captain r. M. Rickardo about 10 o'clock
Sunday morning at Boca Ratone. The
gulf stream swings in close to the shore at
that point The dress is of soft wooden ma
terial with narrow stripes, gray, red and
black; the jacket is striped in blue and pur-
pie. The under skirt was of red flannel The
stockings black and the boots laced"
The members of the Taggart family after
the color of the clothing was described to
them, said Miss Florence had no clothing
like it and, they thought. neither had any
of the other girls of the party.
AT a special meeting of the Council last
night, called for the purpose of expressing
sympathy with Mayor Taggart and his fam
lily, a committee composed of Messrs, Ber-
nauer, Moffet Smith, Costello, Scanlon,
Bowser and Little drafted resolutions
which were adopted by a rising vote. The
resolutions at first rehearsed the facts Of
the trip of the Paul Jones, the sudden ces-
sation of letters from Miss Taggart to her
family, the search of Mr.. Taggart for the
boat and the binding of the wreckage, and
concluded with
Resolved, By the Common Council of the
city Of Indianapolis, for and on behalf Of all
the citizens thereof, that we hereby extend
our sympathy and coincidence to our mayor
and his family in this dark hour of their be-
reaVement as they mourn for their lost
daughter and sister, and we trust that He
who comforts all will help them to bear
their great loss
And be it further resolved, That these
resolutions be spread in appropriate form
upon the records of the proceedings of the
Common Council and that a copy thereof
be sent to the mayor and his family.
A committee was appointed to prepare a
form for lithographing the resolutions for
presentation to. Mr.. Taggart. The commit
tee appointed by the Marion County De-
mocracy has drafted. the following resolu-
tions:
Whereas. a sad accident has brought
deep affliction to our beloved mayor and
fellow-citiZen, Thomas Taggart, and his
cStimable family by the death of a beloved
and accomplished daughter who had en-
deared herself to every one with whom she
came in contact by her lovely traits of char
acter; and, whereas, the hope that had
filled the breast of every citizen, irrespec-
tive of class. for many days finally gave
way to sad despair; therefore, be it
Resolved That the members of the Ma
CART ana his afflicted family their heartfelt
sympathy in their hour of deep distress, and
an earnest prayer that the divine healer of
all sorrows may alleviate their sufferings;
and, be it further
Resolved That copy of these resolu-
lions be presented to Mr.. Taggart and his
family, that they be printed in the daily pa
pers of this city and spread upon the min
utes of this club
THE SEARCH CONTINUES.
The despairing search for members of the
party who may have been cast away on
some island continued yesterday, but it is
expected that it will soon be given over.
Theories without number are advanced as to
the probable manner of the wrecking of the
yacht and one is about as plausible as an
other. That the yacht was not fit for the
gulf is conceded. Edwin c. Gibbs, manager
of a Cincinnati insurance company, is
quoted as follows:
Just before the yacht departed from
New Orleans on her trip across the gulf
her owners made application to our office
for 5000 insurance on the craft We did
not think the risk good one, and upon
turning to our books for a complete de-
scrlption of the yacht made up our minds
at once that such vessel had no business
out on the gulf at this time of the year and
we promptly refused to accept the offered
business"
The minister who went down the river
with the Paul Jones party and who was
supposed TO have been lost with it, turns
out to be Rev r. II. Rudd professor of
Latin and Greek at st. Mary's College,
Knoxville, Tenn, who was the instructor of
Misses Taggart. Yocum and Woodland. He
accepted their invitation to cruise with
them to Biloxi but the fog at the mouth
of the river detained the yacht and he was
so hurried to get home that he left the party
at New Orleans and returned to his home
by railroad