Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-07-22
M Missing Rutland Man Found.

The strange disappearance of Henry
Baxter Kingsley of Rutland, at New
York November ii was solved by the
finding of a body in the Harlem river
last week which was unquestionably that
OF Mr.. Kingsley. So badly was the
body decomposed that the features did
not aid in the Identification, but rings,
baggage checks and other things found
assured the New York police that they
had the body of the Rutland man.
Maj. L. G. Kingsley, father of the
dead man, after reading description of
the jewelry found on the body, said:
THAT is surely Henry
The body was found floating in the
Harlem River opposite 157th street by
Richard Meehan, a boatman living at
18TH street. The boatman notified a
policeman, who secured the body with
rope and towed it away from the group
of boats among which it was found,
down the river to 152d street, where it
was taken ashore and carried to police
station.
AT the police station it was noted that
one Of the watches found in the pockets
of the dead man had stopped at 6:45
o'clock, the other at 7:15 This is taken
as an indication of the hour, approxim-
ately, at which young Kingsley fell into
the water.
Several of the pieces of jewelry were
marked in a manner which made the
identification certain, as they were heir
looms which Mr.. Kingsley had inherited.
The gold watch was marked SC. NJ
sc. S. k: a tobacco or snuff box was
marked ITO father from Nathan and
Ada, December 25, 1885," and the other
watch was marked al. G.. K, c.. L. X. ,
Jan. IA, 1868. Under this was a case
mark 1874, with a figure four under
it.
Among the other articles found on the
body were gold ring set with dark
stone and bearing the initials H. B. X .
a membership card of the New York
Athletic club made out to H. B. Kings
ley and baggage checks Nos. 400 and
442 of the New York, New Haven and
Hartford railroad.
All theories that young Kingsley had
been robbed were destroyed by the fact
that in the pockets of the clothing of the
dead man were found many pieces of
jewelry as well as wallet containing
$50 i'll cash. On the fingers of the dead
man were a ring with one large and two
small diamonds, and a gold ring with
his initials, and in his tie a scarf pin set
with pearls.
In his pockets were found scarf pin
set with dark stone, fountain pen. a
silver tobacco box, a tobacco bag, a
bunch of keys and two pocket knives.
beside the watches.
Maj. Kingsley said that all these things
belonged TO his son.
Mr.. Kingsley went to New York No
vember ii from Pelham Manor, n. y,
where he had been visiting his cousin,
Hugh II. Baxter. Mr.. Kingsley babe his
cousin and a party of friends goodbye at
the Grand Central depot as they were
starting for the Princeton Yale football
game. He then checked his own bag
gage for Rutland, intending to start for
home that night. The afternoon of
November IA he was in Brentano's book
store and later at night he was thought
to have been at the RossmOre hotel. He
was never again seen alive.
Henry Baxter Kingsley was born at
Rutland 80 years ago and he had always
lived there. After completing the
courses in the Rutland public schools he
went to Phillips academy. Exeter, n. H..
for a year, and since that time he has
been associated with his father in the
hardware business. He is survived bv
one brother, Harvey r. Kingsley of
Rutland