The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-10-26
Two Other Names Since
Found on Body.
They We're William L. Martin
and Charles Adams.


York or OF NorWalk, Conn, as was sup
posed. 1t was learned yesterday morning
that Walter B. Hoyt is alive and well and
that he was as much startled to readsof
his sudden death in the papers as were
his friends and relatives. It seems that
Mr Hoyt is a cousin of Mr.. Raymond
who married Annie Louise Cary, the Gel
ebrated singer.
The discovery of the name of W, B.
Hoyt in a note book in the mans pocket
when his body was picked up was con-
elusive evidence to all concerned that the
mans name must be W. B. Hoyt and
had it not been for the fact that the real
W. B. Hoyt happened to read Of his death
in the papers early enough to notify his
friends that he was alive and well, he
would have been buried by this time and
his heirs would have been reading his
will
Fortunately he was able to refute the
statement Of his unhappy ending and
suicide in time to retain his identity and
to relieye5the anxiety of his life insurance
companies. The real ". B. Hoyt being
found by means OF the newspapers it
became necessary to give the body picked
up in the Portland company's dock an
other name and this duty was attended
to so promptly after it became known
that W. B. Hoyt was alive and in good
health that two names were found on
the clothing of the drowned man where
one only could be discovered at first. It
is now said that the drowned man may
either be William L. Martin or Charles
Adams. The name of William L. Martin
was found on handkerchief which was
taken from the mans pockets when he
was picked up but which was not exam
ined until yesterday forenoon. The other
name, that of Charles Adams, was found
on the strap of the mans vest together
with the figures ''1-21-19JO'' these evident. !
ly referring to the time when the vest
was made by the tailor. The same figures
were found on the inside OF the watch
pocket in the mans trousers, though
greater part OF the watch pocket had
been cut off and was missing.
Two names having been found, either
of which may or may not be that Of the
drowned man It became necessary to give
him residence. Now W. B. Hoyt lives
in NOrwalk, Conn and ocoasI onalIy he
goes to New York where he has business.
Therefore 1t followed in a logical course
of reasoning that William l., Martin or
Charles Adams must be a resident OF
New York. This conclusion was arrived
at in the same manner of reasoning as
that of the old gentleman who found out
what time it was by his clock. When the
hands of bis clock pointed to twenty min
utes of one the clock struck four and
therefore the old gentleman knew that it
was quarter past seven. Reasoning in
this manner it OF course follWs that Viii
liam l.. Martin or Charles Adams once
lived In New York and by rights the
man bearing either one of these names
must have lived IL that city somewhere
and at some time
But for some reason the authorities do
not believe that the mans name IS
Charles Adams. That name was found
on the strap OF the vest and may have
been cut out of thu watch pocket as it is
apparent that both the vest and the
trousers were made at the same time and
for the same man, But it is Of course
much easisr for a man to have in his
possession a vest and a pair of trousers
other than his own than it Is for man
to have in his pocket a handkerchief be-
longing to some one else and marked
with another man name. So up to thi
time all efforts have been directed towards
finding the whereabouts OF William L.
Martin while Charles Adams whose
clothes William L. Martin had on at the
time of the accident or murder or suicide
OF whatever caused his death is allowed
to live while longer.
Now they go to New York because of
course William L. Martin must have
lived in New York and the New York
police take the directory and lind that
there are two William L. Martins given
there. One lived at 1O1 Read street and
when the New York police tried to con-
vince him that he was dead and that his
body had been found in a dock in Port
land this particular William L. Martin
refused to believe 1t. Then they hunted
up the other William L. Martin who was
given was living at East 18th street but
it was learned that this man had moved
to Boston about a year ago and now the
Boston police have been asked to hunt
him up and try and convince him that he
is dead.
The theory OF the authorities is that
the man. whoever he may be, committed
suioids or accidentally fell of the wharf
In the pocket Of his o7ercoat was found
a Glove and piece Of iagroot and the
logical conclusion arrived at is that a
man having a Glove and piece of flag
root in his possession must have been
under the influence Of liquor when ha