New-York tribune., 1899-06-13
BODY NOT YET IDENTIFIED.
OTHER PORTIONS OF THE MAN FOUND
IN THE BAY ARE RECOVERED.
HIS RIGHT ARM BEARS A cRUcIFIx TAT
TooED-THE OPINION PREVAILS THAT
NO MURDER WAS COMMITTED.


NO MURDER WAS COMMITTED.
The finding yesterday of all the missing portions
with the exception OF the legs and the top OF the
head-of the dismembered body the trunk Of which
discovered. floating In front OF the grounds OF
the Crescent Athletic Club in Bay Ridge on Sat
urday. seems II anything. TO strengthen the theory
OF Captain Reynolds OF the Detective Bureau that
q murder has not been committed. There are how
ever. many mysterious features 10 the and 1t
is probable that nothing definite work will be
discovered until the body is identified On account
OF the finding yesterday of greater portion OF the
face and a number OF tattoo marks on the right
arm. the chances that some will be able
TO identify the body within a short time.
Early yesterday morning Charles Foster. boss
stevedore, working on the Clyde Line steamer
Cherokee. at Bush's Stores. at Forty-second-st.,
found the upper part OF the body. with the ex-
ception Of the top and back of the head and the
right arm. floating near the bow Of the vessel
Later William Mahoney. OF No "A Smith-st, dis
covered the right arm floating in Buttermilk Chan
mel. between Governors Island and the Atlantic
Basin
At the Morgue an examination was made by
number OF doctors and others. including DR..
Hartung. who made the autopsy on Sunday, and
DR.. Weston the Coroners physician. from Man
haitian. They came to the positive conclusion that
the portions all belonged 10 the same body. The
skin on the breast and shoulders seemed TO be as
fair and firm that on the trunk. The hair was
brown The face clean shaven. The shou-
ders measured seventeen inches All of the
fact intact with the exception OF the upper part
or the bridge OF the nose the eyeballs and the
brow. The upper part and back OF the head were
missing and the Uranium had parted along the
natural sutures The upper teeth gave the I'm
preston that there was a double row. They evi-
dently had been neglected All OF the missing ribs
were with the chest. and the tendons showed the
same evidences of having been torn away as had
been noticed in the legs. The lungs were Debated
The heart is still missing.
RIGHT ARM WITH A CRUCIFTX IN TATTOO
BY far the most important find OF the day was
that OF the right arm. on the inside OF the FORE
crucinx. four five inches In length, is
tattooed in purple II is delicaely drawn and is an
artistic piece OF work. At the foot OF the crucihx
is groundwork representing shrubbery The
tattooing Is OF kind to be remembered when once
seen. and the police confident that identihca-
tion will soon be made. Above the crucihx. and
partially surrounding H. in a half circle, are eight
stars. Another piece OF tattooing is on the hand,
in the feshy portion OF the skin between the thumb
and first finger. II represents an anchor. but is
not so skifuly drawn the crucihx. These two
marks make II likely that the man followed the sea
The arm was incased in the sleeve OF a gray
flannel undershirt. The cloth was cut away, ana
undershirt would seem to conflict with the theory
that the man had been drowned while in swim
DR. Weston. of the Manhattan .Coroner's Office
minute Minute eRamnaton 9s SS Of the body A When he got
through he was satisfied that no murder had been
committed
j do not ind any axe or knife marks on the
body" said DR.. Weston. "on the other hand. |
with something like rapidly revolving propeller
blade. The mans bruises are all comminuted
shattered WITH a. terrihc blow Of some sort This
is evident the wrist Of the right arm. where the
cut across the mans chest looks clean and as II
made with knife close examination shows that
IT not made with knife. and right under the
skin the muscles and tendons are pulled apart
ATTEMPTS AT IDENTIFICATION MADE
DR.. James f. Thompson a former surgeon in the
Army. and lately returned from Porto Rico said
that the fractures did not at all resemble the work
of a knife in the hands OF murderer. "If the man
was murdered" said he, his murderers could not
have cut him up more awkwardly. They chopped
him up where the bones the heaviest They
could have cut off his head with one-tenth the
trouble required in chopping on the top OF the
head Just above the nose II looks TO me ike the
work Of A propeller blade"
The police at present bending their entire en-
ergies to discovering the identity Of the body A.
w Shepard the photographer for the Police De-
partment. has made photographs oil all 'ne por-
tions Of the body now at the Morgue. number
of these will be printed and furnished TO the de-
tectives on the case.
The friends Of Olaf Benson, Of No. 6i7 Mcks-st-'
called at Police Headquarters to see about me
dead man. They said he resembled the description on
Of the foater. but they were sure that he had no
tattoong on his forearm and hand. Benson, they
said had been a sailor, and had lately gone 10
Chicago 10 sell some real estate he had there.
That was thirty days ago. and he had not been
The wife of John c. Roe Of No. l6o Twelfth-st;.
made an inquiry last night about her husband
John G Roe who disappeared the night before me
Conev Island fire He weighed only about 100
pounds however and in that respect does not
agree with the dismem bered man at the Morgue.
There was also some suspicion that the man was
Toseph Johnson a sailor thirty-ive years old who
on Wednesday shipped as mate on board the
bark Ensenada. Captain oscar Morris, pound LOT
south American ports. On Thursday he borrowed
q from the srst mate and on Friday after wait
ing several hours for him the bark sailed without
him Johnson has not been seen since by any or
bis friends He lived at No. 25 Atlantic-ave., a
loon and boarding house kept by Signor Saoath'
an Italian SABBATH went 10 the Morgue WIN pc
tectives Murphy and Delehanty. and declared that
the body not Johnsons me latter Petng 9n me
north of ireland the detectives also concIuae1 ne
would not have had a cross tattooed on his arm.