The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-19

lisS Mystery, such mystery rs apparently
deties all efforts to solve, surrounds the
identity OF the unknown. who at :
Il 3. clocle3 Yesterday morning shot himself
lin the toilet rooms at Mnrphy'ss5 Hotel 10
\ Hundreds have viewed the remains ut
EBliley's but thus. far not one has been
snbiegto call the name of the unfortunate e,
i al Though many seem to nave seen seen nun mn.
H som ewhcreS at some time.
III During the day many rumors were cur
ent&about Ale city as o tho Identity ot
'sthe man, But upon gE investf gation j al
4 proved groundles, md al ~ late hour tho M!
authorities had no m ore idea as 70 VINO
the man might be$ han they mad Ter ten
minutes after the tragedy.
Z Y But although the identity Of the suicioo
y Continues mystery. the reason Whic,
4 prompted the rash act seems cleared. 1t
~ & apparent that the man was insane, Ia
boring under d delusion that he wished
N III mlrry and could not procure the nee
sesary license because of his lnablllt 70
secure d witness who would swearjto tllo
age Of his fancec. fs XII
AFTER IA LICENSE.
s55 Deputy Clerk 5I.awton "a Crutchlleid..', -
$the SHustlngs Court. and Mr.. George Ear.
gamin have positively 1dent1iled me ue'.u
mn 4 as the ofe who, Friday afternoon
vac i bo,, III he City II all. endcavorng to
sgat a marriage license, The experiences
OF. the two gentlemen with the stranger
were Of sufficient consequences TO 3llri in-
81 v7inbed .atthe!r minds the appearance
( Of the fellow
First he appeared In Campbell's and re-
3ouested Mr.. SBargamin to accompany
! him to tho City Hall and swear me Wo-
man he was going to n1arryaWa =, t%en.S
one wears OF ge.t He was refused ana
g Han Ia attempted Ito persuade Mr..
cr(tchfield to issue a license i "lth 10
first investigating the age OF the you Ar
Slady. whose nnmcihe failed to reveal.
t5iss Coroner Taylor yesterday morning de-
S,sided that an inquest would pc unn 1t,,
( sarw, and the body will be held ~ 3l lHe
indefinitely in tho hope that IT may g' oe
Z Identified sS 81,
y STRIKING APPEARANCE. ( =
55! While, the appearance Of the unfortun-
6nte may be said to be striking. srch y
co,,ntenance as would doubtless be. re-
7 membered once it was seen. no one was
f,ablc&to state positively where or @hen
4 they had seen the dead man. but yet
q they were positive they had encountered
u him within the past month or So rms
Il applies to the Petersburgers. all OF Whom
q we're confident they had either met or
heen thrown In contact with the suicide
recently, but they We're unable: TO re-
member whether 1t was In Richmond or
y Petersburg. b sa St4s III
80 During the afternoon fully twenty-five
Z ,afios called at the undertaking esta blish-
%ment with a request that they be per-
mitted to view the remains. Mr.. Blsley
readily assented. conducting tho women
j into the show room, where the body lay,
reclining upon stretcher Not one Of
4 them was able to Identify the man. vet
Gall declared positively the face was ia
miliar.
81 And so it was throughout the day and
night AS each. visitor entered the room
\ and gazed upon. the fice Of tho ,unfortu-
nate. there arose within Mr.. Blrey a hope
that at last the identity Of tho stranger
had been revealed, for rs stated. each
person evidently had seen the face some
place.
NOT PETERSBURG. MAN.
Owing to the discovery Of the card
of John Il. Parham In the pocket Of the
man. this having been found by a Times
s Dlspa tct reporter. many feared that the
popular ex-City Sergeant OF Petersburg
z might be tho man. This belief and not
we'll founded theory was exploded early
yesterday morning at the, undertaking
establishment. Two or three ladies. all of
Petersburg. and all of whom We're nc
quainted with Mr.. Parhnm, visited the
place and viewed the remains 1t re-
quired only a glance to convince them
(. that the man was not the acquaintance,
i and this evidence was more strongly
substantiated last night by the following