The evening times., 1900-07-09
THE MARYLAND MYSTERY
Body FOund in Cr0mwelfs Woods
Not That Of Actor Marshall.
Relatives of the Missing Thespinn
Have the Remains OF the Alleged
seIves-The Whereabouts of The
Baltimore Player still UA.noyn.

BALTIMORE. July 9.-Relatives OF the
missing actor. John Marshall. gave the
necessary orders on Saturday for the dis
interment Of the unidentified remains OF
the alleged suicide rece-eiy found in Crom-
wells weeds. Anne EruEdle county. and.
after careful exami1ation, decided that
It wss not his body.
Mrs Thomas Marshall, Mrs Annie Nun
ply. ana Miss Katie Murphy, went early
to Brooklyn 70 the house Of Thomas Acton.
Justice ". l. Hawkins S; id TO Mrs MuT-
ply that he could decide without the Ne
cessity for exhuming the body whether the
clothes on the dead man were ike thoss
worn by Mr.. Marshall when seen last, bul
Mrs. Marshall and Mrs. Murphy were In
tent upon having the grave opened. nor
especially as they did not believe realty
thorough examination had been maze ac
the inquest before the jury rendered lis
verdict. The justice gave a partial descrip-
tion Of the body and clothing which failed
10 tally in many respects with what was
found later
When Mrs. Murphy asked what sort o. q
collar the man had worn he could not re-
member that there was a collar on the
found buried with the corpse. cuff
brought from the grave AOwed some name
on the inside, but was blurred and faded
to such an extent that il could not be read
even under nagnifying glass.
Dr. Charles H. Brooke who OWES a drug
store IN Brooklyn, made an examination
Of the body and found the ribs intact. which
tended TO prove that It was not that Of Mr.
Marshall. he having had several fractured
some months ago DR.. Brooke says thar
when once a nib has been fractured IL new
er knits together so that traces OF t8e
break cannot be found.
When the exhBming party went 20 the
grave the BODY was found not many inches
under the fresh earth, the burial having
neat. encOmpassed IL. AZ the discovery Ct
which the justice was much pleased lie
had given orders for the burial Of the body
where IL lay and the report that no cofia
had been used had gained credence Ir
Brooklyn
Prior TO the S.sintermeat none Of the
jury could tell whether there was a ban
dage some Eve yards long. such as Mr.
Marshall is said 90 have worn. upon the
corpse DR. brooke failed to find any trac-
OF such bandage Saturday shirtstud
which might have been a help to identin-
cation had been wrenched from the snirs
by one Of the iurynen al the inquest and
DdCh upon me ground. Justice
Hawkins. IL is but just TO say knew moth
ing Of this N the time CT the inques.
Y hen The conn was opened the elothiue
was found to BE- mildewed and stained by
the soil Justice Hawkins. in giyirg Or
ders FOR the reinterment after the investl-
cation. stipulated that the grave must Dc
al least four feet deep
Speaking OF her hrOJher's disappearance
yesterday. Mrs Murphy said that she
feared be was dead. though she was now
convinced that the body found In Croua-
wells woods was not his. She is certaip
that were he alive be would have gsitten
20 her Mr.. Tracy saws thar be had writ
ten TO ali Of the more prominent Of NJ
Marshaiis friends In and out Of the the
atricRl profession in the East West NortE
and South and that he could rot but feel
that his friend had met his death. He
vas not Present al the exhuming CT the
body cn Saturday.
In the examination OF the corpse on Sat-
uTday nothing VIZ -ound 10 indicate the
identity OF the unfortunate man Or
BrCCke said the body had undoubtedly
lain whsTe found for at least two months.
though the spot is not more than fifty
yards from where peas or beans were pick
ed not more than 4 month ago. That the
cdOr from decompOsIRg flesh did not reach
the pickers seems remarkable. Relatives
Of Nr- Marshall viii continue to search
Tor him