The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-06
MISSING Slice LIST MONDAY
Manager of His Shoe Store
Identifies Remains.
POLICE SEEKING FOR CLUES
Deceased Merchant Carried on Business
FOX Past Thee Years at sss PeEnsyI-
vazie Avenue southaast-BeIieyei
Boay Eas Bse2 II Wase7 Il Hoars.

Covered With blood. the body OF VIII
lam y. T.an.sler. proprietor G a siles
store at 3S3 FennSylvaRia Avonue south
cast. wes fsGEd foating OF the Ttir-
.een:h Street wharf. about O'Clock this
no1 ziag
The body was fret noticed b James
MccooI and William Reagan. tvo river
men, both OF whom were standing on
Johuson's wharf ct the fcot Cl Thir-
teenth street southwest, when they es-
pied ti.c body Heating. face downward-
They F1R to tie Harbormaster's ONCE
and notified Commodore sutton.
me poIiee beat VIgiiant went at once
To the scene A rope was fastened 70
the body Ct the nan. Who weighed about
I95 pcu1ds, aad after considerable dii-
ae1ity the crew CT the police bSat sUc-
tcedcd IN getting It aboard Il was car
ried to the wharf, and Morguemaster
schcaebsrser removed it at once t.
the m0rsue.
Body Identified oy Lette-s.
Z scere o. mere Of letters were found
in the mans clothes addressed 20 VIII
liam " Trankler, c33 Pennsylvania
Avenue southeest, relative TO hotel rates
a. North Beach Haven. =. J. He also
had % il bills, 2 goid ring on his thisa
niger. and geld chain and charna.
II latter with the initials ..yV- p eE-
s-a,v~ upon it. Tte body was-in
Ec.riDfe condition. being covered VIII. 8
sIcod.
y. Giazebreoke 7sill held IA aateIssE
over the remains to discover whether
or rot the nan vss injured about the
head and body, as foul play is suspected.
His personal eTeets we're taken charge
Of by Lieutenant Moore. CT the SIXTH
precinct
For he past three years Mr. TrankIer
Eed coEdUcsad the shoe store e 233
PeEnsy Iral;a avenue southeast. When
seen by q Times reporter this morning
ms manager stated that he had not
seen Zir TranszIer since Monday night,
whon the Iatter left the store shortly
after 6 o'clock in apparently good health
and spirits. and gave 10 intimation that
he would take his lie. He was given
the description Of the dead man and
said that he could rot help but believe
Il was his employer. Later at The
ncrgae he made a complete identifca-
ton.
Relatives absent From City.
Mr., TIaukler lived vish his lnoth9r at
SIS q Street southeast. It was said rs
was half brother OF Captain Harry
Leonard. Of the United States Marine
Corzs. HIS relatives are all out Of tbs
city at the present time. however. and
Captain Bear Oman, Chief OF Detectives,
is endea9oring 10 Iecate them IN order
that he may send UcTd To them Mr.
TrankIer contemplated going TO AtlAatIe
City for rest about the 18th Of thia
month. and was making all preparations
for the journey
Owing tc the mystery which surrounds
the case the Fourth precinct police ara
making an investigator into the cass
today in hopes CT locating some person
who saw the dead man in the vicinity Of
the wEaTvcs some tine Monday or Tues.
day night. Because Of the terrible con-
diticn CT the body the police are con-
Edent that the bedy has been in the
water for al least twelve hours. II viii
BE kept at the IGorgue pending the po
lice and CoTCneT's Investigation