The sun., 1904-07-14
4, B. KINGSLEY'S BODY FOUND
TAKEN FROM HARLEM RIVER;
SURELY IDENTIFIED.
Man From Rutland, VT, Disappeared Hero
Last November-sfany Clues Followed
in yain--Corpse Unrecegnizabie, but
.yeweiry and Papers Leave No Doubt.

IN VaIn-COrp9o Snree0BnIxAuics uu'
Jeweiry and Papers Leave No Doubt
The body Of Henry Baxter Kingsley
who has been missing since Nov. IA, was
found last evening in the Harlem River.
Richard Meehan, o boatman, saw . badly
decomposed body floating opposite 1o7th
strret about 73O O'Clock. Meehan with great
difficulty towed the body ashore to the foot
of l54th street. He said that the blackened
and swollen corpse was In such condition
that he had to tow 1t along cautiously.
As he neared the shore Meehan called out
to Policeman Steppe who was on post near
by and the policeman secured lantern
On the body were a large diamond ring,
q diamond scarf pin and a valuable gold
watch. Policeman Steppe lost no time In
notifying Capt Halpin OF the West 1921
street station, and patrol wagon was soCn
at the shore. The corpse was taken to the
station house and searched.
It was clad in a heavy winter overcoat,
> dark suit, red striped shirt, black laced
shoes and socks. What hair remained In
the head was black. The body was ap-
parently that OF man IS years old, feet 8
inches In height and weighing about $50
pounds. ..s-
Capt. Halpin hurriedly searched through
p lot OF papers on file in his Office and So
lected An alarm sent out in November OF
last year. 1t was the alarm for Henry
Baxter Kingsley Of Rutland, VT, who dis
appeared 30 strangely after it was supposed
he had started from this city on Nov. II
for his home. The description furnished
the police Tailed exactly with the corpse.
On the right hand OF the body was a plain
gold ring engraved H. B. X" In the
inner coat pocket was found wallet con-
tanning 800 and several papers. Among
the latter, although watersoaked and
blurred, the police found three member
ship cards Of the New York Athletic Club
for 1901 -O2-03, made out to H. B. Kingsley.
The fine gold watch found on the body
was engraved Il. @. K. to c. l.. X. June
IA, 1885," 1t was numbered 1878 and under
this numbering was small figure 4. This
was particularly specified by the police
at the time they sent an alarm to all parts
OF the country in November last. Il. G. K.
who had presented tho watch is the dead
mans father, Gen. Levi @. Kingsley.
The West 162d street police were salts
fed that they had found the man for whom
the police OF the entire country had been
searching for half a year and for the re-
coyery OF whose body q reward Of $4,000
had been offered.
The body was in a horrible state. II
Kingsley was murdered and thrown into
the river, it will take an expert physician
skilled in performing autopsies, to de-
termine the fact The police are inclined
TO the theory that the body was either
weighted and sunk in the river after death
or had become lodged under some OBJ
struction.,
They say that no corpse could be held
fast in the Harlem River mud owing to the
action of the tide, which stirs it up con-
tinlally. To prove the correctness Of their
theory the police cite the case of Adolph
Oppenheim, who threw himself hesdlong
from High Bridge and sank deep in the
face in a short time.
with a large diamond and two smaller
stones. In the necktie was a scarfpin set
with three diamonds. In addition to the
vest pocket an open-faced, gun metal
watch. 1t was engraved &C. l.. X"
The gold watch stopped at 8:45, while
the last time registered by the other time
piece is 100 In one Of the pockets the
q HlNtI cukIdNcd
Father, from Nahum and Ada, Dec. rs,
1885,
Meehan says that he was standing on
the bow of his fathers scow, watching
Charles r. Flint s turbire yacht Arrow pass
up tie river, bound for the repair docks at
Morris Heights. The propellers OF the
arrow, Meehan says, churned up the water,
and after she had passed the body shot up
to tie suffice
On the corpse were also found two pocket
knives, a geld encased lead pencil, foun-
tain zen, a Lunch OF keys and tobacco
pouch. Two lrass baggage checks of the
New York, New Haven 4 Hartford Railroad,
numbered 400 and 442. we're also found.
The body WAS removed late last night
to the Harlem morgue. Coroner jackson.
who has charge of the case sent word to
the morgue keeper that he would view the
Lody this morning and would in all prob
ability order an autopsy performed.
Richard Meehan, who found the body
and will claim the $4,000 reward offered
for its recovery, is the son of John Meehan,
the scow captain who recovered Adolph
Openhym's body and received the reward OF
$500 offered for it's recovery. The two
bodies were found in almost the same spot.
lne disappearance Oh h1nRSley mas Daen
a mystery which the police have tried to
solve with almost no result since last
November 1t was on November IA that
he was last seen by any Of his friends.
Kingsley was the eldest son OF Major
Levi 7. Kingsley, who is we'll known
resident Of Rutland, Vt. He and his younger
brother Harvey were devoted to their
father and took turns nursing him. Three
weeks before he disappeared Kingsley
came to visit his cousin, Hugh H. Baxter,
at the latter's country place on the Pelham
Road at New Rochelle. On November 10
Mr.. Baxter got up little party to attend
the Yale football game at New Haven the
next day and Kingsley Joined in. The party
came here from New Rochelle on Friday
and spent Friday night In this city.
The next morning Kingsley decided that
he wouldn't go to the football game, but,
instead, would leave for Rutland, where
his father was then i'll, He bought ticket
for Rutland at 10 o'clock that morning at
the Grand Central station and checked his
trunk there. That was the last his cousin
or any OF his friends ever saw OF him.
Kin1sley had told them that he would