The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-13
MYSTERY ABOUT
DROWNED MAN
HIS BODY WAS ExHUMED.
n c. CLARK THOUGHT HE
MI i'cuT RE HER MISSING HUSBAND.

mead Was Crushed in BY
s,e Blunt Northumberland IN
- Mans Pocket Does Not
a,,,ro,v Any Light ON His Identity
po5v Was Buried at Ways Station
p.tyeen Railroad Track and the
Road.
,rvstery that deepens with each
.-,-,s+igation surrounds the finding of
,b4 body of an unknown white man
the Ogeechee trestle on the Atlantic
go Line Railway last Thursday
arring and the belief prevails in the
..,o;,i+v of Ways Station that thor
onob Investigation will bring to light
chose directly responsible for the mans
death.
Drzssrs. w. M. Easterlin C. s.
o.Conneu and Richard Barrett went
- WAYS Station yesterday to exhume
.bo bodv. which had been inferred at
an old cemetery near the railroad
trocks TO ascertain if it were that
81 n c. Clark. Mr.. Easterlin is
cousin of Mr.. Clark and went to look
of the body at the urgent request OF
Mrs. Clark, who resides at No. 3l4
Liberty street, west.
MIR. Easterlin is positive the body
was not that of his cousin. being too
small and with different colored hair.
Had Played the Races.
"T saw at a glance it was not the
body of Mr.. Clark" said Mr.. Easter
lin AS had been previously stated
the man had on button shoes, neat
snit of dark clothes and a large check
ed shirt. He did not have on collar.
hut had a small blue necktie in his
pocket. .,-o4 ,,,o,.o .
novel Ivan, the Serf," card bear
ing the name of Il. G. Lavinge, 100
Washington street, Columbia, 5. e.;
ten bookmaker's tickets, showing the
man had been playing the races at
columbia. as the tickets bore the name
of "The Southern Club" which was one
of the bookmakers doing business at
tbe fair there recently. The tickets
indicated that the man had bet any
where from 81 to IS on a race, having
several tickets on Lady w.
His Skull Was Crushed.
.'When we took the top off the box
# was evident, beyond doubt, that
the man had been struck in the head
with some instrument which had
crushed his skull The body was in a
bad state of decomposition, but l
could easily see he was not Mr.. clark.
According to statements which were
made to us, there is something very
mysterious about the case. The body
was found by Horning, a duck hunter,
it was stated, at Kings Ferry. He
said he brought it down to the Ogee-
chez trestle and tied it up. The body
remained in the water all Thursday,
and was moved several times. 1t is
not generally believed in the neighbour
hood that the body was put in the
water at Kings Ferry.
ION the card bearing the name of
the Columbia man were several other
names in pencil. One of these, 1 re-
member, was Jones. ! do not recall
the initials
Wife of Clark Relieved.
After Mr.. Esterlin. and the two
gentlemen who accompanied him had
viewed the body. they reinterred it.
He returned to Savannah and assured
Mrs. Clarke it was not her husband.
A special from Columbia contains
the following information:
There is no such name as Ievigne'
in the city directory and there is no
such number as 1106 Washington
street, since Washington street be-
gins with the 700 block to number.
Mr.. L. c. Levin, the auctioneer. has
his place of business and residence
at 1lO6 Washington street but he said
Yesterday afternoon that he had nc
knowledge of the man. 1t is possible
that some one, perhaps a fair week
visitor. for some purpose took down
Mr.. Levin's name and got the spelling
and the number wrong.