The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-15
BOY IDENTIFIES THE
CORPSE OF HIS
FATHER
Body of Man Found in the
River Proves to Be That of
William Lowe, Who Had Been
Missing for Nearly Seven
Months.

The badly decompoSed body found in
the Mississippi river, two miles below
st. Paul. Saturday evening. was iden-
titled yesterday at the morgue as that
of William Lowe, 157 Eva street, who
had been missing from his home since
Nov. 1. 1902.
loves little son, aged twelve years.
and two friends of the family, Thomas
Dougherty, 149 East Indiana avenue,
and John H Glashan, S95 Rice street,
who have called regularly at the
morgue each time a body has been
found since the disappearance of
Lowe, were finally successful yester-
day in finding the remains of the miss
ing man.
Though the features of the man
were beyond recognition, in one of the
pockets of the clothing was found a
knife, which, by reason Of one side
being broken, was recognized by
Loves son. The stockings the man
had upon his feet were identified by
Mrs. Lowe, who recognized some
darning she had done on them.
The cause Of the mans death is not
clearly known, but circumstances seem
to point to an accident, or, possibly,
suicide. Lowe was last seen alive on
the evening of Saturday, Nov. 1. Mrs.
Lowe said yesterday that he had left
the house at o'clock that evening and
had not told her where he was going,
but that he had said, in response to an
inquiry, that he would return soon.
He had been home three days, COM
planning Of feeling badly, but he had
not been under the care Of a physi-
cian," said Mrs. Lowe. HE was dis
satisfied with his position, and had de-
voted some of the time he had been
away from work to looking for an
other job.
He was working as a helper at the
American Hoist and Derrick company
since last July. and he never liked the
occupation, which was different from
any work he had ever done before. The
Wednesday before he disappeared he
came home in the evening, disguised
with his work at the shop, and told me
that he was going to look for other
work.
HE also said that he was not feel
ing well. Though he seemed morose
at times, there was nothing about his
conduct to give the least cause for
alarm, as far as I saw. Saturday
evening, just as I was cooking supper,
he got up, putting on his hat and coat.
1t was raining outside and I could not
think where he was going. L asked
him:
Said He'd Be Right Back.
TIL be right back, mamma he an
swered, without looking around, and
he closed the door and I never saw him
again. When he did not come back
that night I became alarmed for he
was most regular in his habits. He
always came home from work imme-
diately and never went out nights,
having few acquaintance.
Mrs. Lowe has had hard struggle
to keep up her home during the last
seven months. The fuel was scarce
and her two children had to be fed.
Her strength was unable to endure the
double strain of worry and work and
she succumbed to illness. She passed
five weeks in the city hospital, having
been discharged from there but two
weeks ago. While she was in the hos
pital her children We're taken. charge
of by friends.
The manner of loves death remains
a mystery. Mrs. Lowe asserts that she
cannot believe that her husband COM
united suicide, and she is also positive
that there could have been no motive
that would have prompted anyone to
do him harm. When he left home he
had no money in his pocket, as he had
not drawn his pay for two weeks. He
had no enemies as far as any one
knows.
Coroner Miller, after an inspection Of
the body, came to the conclusion that
death was due to drowning, and is in
cl1ned to believe the drowning acct
dental. The body was turned over to
j. j. Hurley, undertaken, yesterday. and
the funeral will take place this morning
at 10-e'clock.