New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-13
FOUL PLAY SUGGESTED.
Mans Body in RiUer Had Neck Tied
and GasheS OUer Eyes.

The finding of mans body In the North
River at red-and-sixty-third-st' yes
terday led the police of the West One-hunuleu-
and -ffty-second-st station to suspect foul play
The body had two handkerchiefs tied ABOUT tne
neck. suggesting possible stransuation Ihe'e
was a double knot in the handkerchief Ihere
were deep gashes over each eye.
The police. from a cursOry examination
thought the body had been in the water about
nine days. 1t that of a man about forty
years DID, feet inches tall. and weighing
about $50 pounds. with black hair and short
black mustache The body was dressed only In
underclothes.
The body was fastened to the pier at one-hun-
dred-and- sxty-third-st.. to await the arrlvai OF
a coroner One supposition was that the man
was an employe on a brick boat. It is Gus
tomary for these men to dress as lightly as
possible and the underc!othes which the man
had on would he sufficient for working Inc
men the boats frequently, it was said do not
wear any more clothes than were found on the
body An examination of the clothes showed
that they were Of cheap material, such as COM
monty worn by workmen.
The gashes on the forehead. It was said. prob
ably were caused by contact with some Obstruc-
ton in the water after the man was dead. The
two handkerchiefs in themselves were consid-
cred suspicious. but handkerchief is fire.
quently worn by the barge workmen TO protect
the neck from the sun. Two handkerchiefs
might have been worn for the same reason. The
bloating of the face. the police said was not due
to stranguation. but to the action OF the
water.
In the afternoon the body was taken to the
Harlem Morgue. Morgue Keeper Hennessy eX-
amined it. He found that one handkerchief was
tied loosely about the neck and the other was
tied to the first handkerchief.
Early last evening W. H. Thomas. secretary
and treasurer Of the Tiffany furnaces. at
Corona. Long Island. viewed the body. At first
he said he thought 1t might be that Of r. c.
Landres, the bookkeeper of the company, who
disappeared last Saturday. having with him at
the time 1897, but after a closer inspection he
said it was not the missing mans body. He
said that Landres had a gold tooth in the front
of his mouth while this was absent IN the deao
mans.
According to the morgue attendants. the body
had not been in the water more than four or
five days. They said that marks OF strangula-
ton were absent and that the abrasionS were
undoubtedly caused after the man had drowned
They were of the opinion that it was the body
of workngman.
The police OF the West -hundredth-st. station
out general alarm yesterday Tor Wlllan
Bowly. who has been missing since August from
the Hudson River State Hospital at Poughkeepsie
The description given of him by his mother. who
lives q West Ninety-eighth-St., talneS with
The dissertation of the body of the man found in
the river. An effort will be made to induce the
mother to TO the morgue IN an EFFORT 10 ldehtIy
BoWIy had been at the institution about three
years. his mind having been affected by oVerwork
see him, on Saturday last, and learned Of his
escape.