The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-04-15
PAUL JONES' BODY FOUND
 IN OLD PARIS CEMETERY
SUCCESS CROWNS EFFORTS OF
 AMBASSADOR PORTER.

I NIGHTLY a oIOch SONGNCu "ANNs
 ings TunneIIed and Cross-TunneIled Hundreds of Wooden GOffins Found
 and Finally the Leaden One Contain | ing Remains of American Admiral
 Body We'll Preserved.
 | Paris, April fl. - The remarkable search which Ambassador Porter has conducted for the body or Paul Jones has been crowned with sue cess by the discovery of the body and it's Identification to-day by the highest French medical experts as unquestiona- bly that of the famous American admir- al who founded the American navy. 1 Ambassador Porter cabled to Washing | ton tonight announcing the successful results of his long and difficult search l The body is in good state of preserv- alton, considering that the interment took place over 100 years ago. The cir- l cumstances leading to the final discoV- cry of the body are particularly in 1 teresting. General Porter has conduct | ed the search for the last five years, and when congress took no action on l the presidents recommendation for the | experses incident to the search the ann Ibassador continued the extensive labors at his own expense. A large force of workmen has been engaged night and I I. rt.,e, tttta ali old St. Louis cemetery. This constitute | ed a huge operation, embracing nearly a block covered with buildings, and re- quiring a system of subterranean min l ing. ...-.. >.... .s.. Hundreds of wooden caskets were found, but not until Wednesday were lunearthed four 1eaden caskets which gave promise of containing the body of the admiral. Three of them bore plates designating the names of the deceased. The fourth showed superior solidity Of 4 workmanship. No plate was found on this casket, and it is supposed that it was removed when another coffin was superimposed on it. The leaden coffin was opened in the presence of General Porter, Colonel Bailey Blanchard, the second secretary of the American en1- Ibassy, and Engineer Weiss, who has been directing the excavation. The body was found to be well preserved, owing to it's being immersed in alcohol. It was wrapped in a sheet with a packing of straw and hay. Those pres ent were immediately struck by the re I semblance of the head to that of the medalliions and busts of the admiral. T As was anticipated, no uniform, no decoration or sword were found, as all such articles had been accounted for after the burial.
 The coffin is shaped like a mummy coffin, which coffins were common at that period, widening from the feet to the shoulders, with a round top fitting over the head.
 The coffin was taken to the medical school where Drs. Capitan and Papil- laut, distinguished professors of the School of Anthropology, and recognized authorities on such investigations, were charged with making a thorough exam ination for the purpose of identifica- ton. To facilitate this the ambassador furnished them with portraits and me- dallions, two busts by Houdin and au- thentic descriptions of the color of the admiral's hair, and the height and 2 measurement of his body. After the most minute examination the following facts were fully substantiated:
 Length of body, 5 feet, z inches; the admiral's exact height.
 Size and shape of the head--Agree with several peculiarities identical with the head of the admiral.
 Hair, dark brown, the same as the admiral's; in places slightly gray, indi- eating g. person of his age. forty-fiye years. The hair Is long, right below the shoulders, and is combed back and gathered in clasp at the back os the neck.
 The face is clean shaved, all corre- spending exactly with the descriptions, portraits and busts of the admiral The llinen is in good condition. One article bears an initial, either "J'' or an in- verted "P." The body was carefully packed. The limbs were wrapped in tinfoil presumably for sea transporta- ton, as indicated in a. letter of the Iadmiral's nearest friend, and a parf- bearer at the funeral, Colonel Blackden, who said:
 "EIis body was put in leaden coffin so that in case the United States which he had so essentially served should claim his remains they might be more easily removed"
 Finding that all the internal organs were singularly we'll preserved, the doc tors made an autopsy, which showed distinct proofs of the disease from which the admiral is known to have died. The Identification was pronounce ed complete in every particular.
 Care has been taken to keep the body in it's present state of preservation. It Twill be placed in a handsome casket, and deposited in the receiving vault of the American church on the Avenue de L'Alma, until the ambassador can learn the opinion of the government concern ing the most appropriate means of transporting it to the United States, and giving a fitting sepulchre to the body of the illustrious sailor, whose place of burial had so long remained a mystery
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