The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-15
Remains of the Founder of the American Navy Are Singg-
 Iaiy We'll Preserved
AMBASSADOR PORTER IS
 REWARDED FOR PATIENCE
Body Is We'll Preserved After One Hundred Years lnterment and Features Are Readily
 Recognized.

Paris, April 14.-The remarkable scare which Ambassador Porter has conduct for the body of Paul Jones has bf crowned with success by the discovery Or the body and it's identification today, by the highest French medical experts as unquestionably that of the famous Amer ican admiral, who founded the American navy.
 Ambassador Porter cabled to Washing ton tonight announcing the successful re- sult of his long and difficult search. The body is in a good state of preservation considering that the interment took place over hundred years ago.
 General Porter has conducted the search for the last five years and when Con gross recently took no action on the Presidents recommendation for the ex- penses incident to the search the Am bassador continued the search with la borers at his own expense. A large force of workmen had been engaged night and day tunneling and cross tunneling the old St. Louis cemetery. This constituted a huge operation embracing nearly block covered with buildings and requiring system of subterranean mining.
 Hundreds of Baskets Found.
 Hundreds of wooden caskets were found, but not until Wednesday were unearthed four leaden caskets, which gave promise of containing the body of the admiral Three of them bore plates designating the names of the deceased. The fourth show ed superior solidity of workmanship. No plate was found on this casket, and it is supposed 1t was removed when an- other coffin was superimposed on it. The leaden coffin was opened in the presence of General Porter, Col. Baily Blanchard the second secretary of the American em- bassy and Engineer Weis, who has been directing the excavation. The body was found to be well preserved owing to it's being immersed in alcohol. It was wrap pea in a sheet with packing strow and hay.d Those presrnt were immediately struck by the resemblance of the head to that on the medalllons and busts of the admiral.
 As was expected no uniform, decora- ton or sword were found, as all such articles had been accounted for after the burial.
 The coffin is shaped like a mummy cof- fin. which were common at that period widening from the foot to the shoulders with round top, fitting over the head The coffin was taken to the medical SNhOOit NItit DISs .1dplldn ana BaDil- laut distinguished professors of the school of Anthropology and recognized authorities on such investigations were charged with making a thorough examin- alton for the purpose of Identification. To facilitate this, the Ambassador furnish ed them with portraits and medallions, two busts by Houdill, and authentic de- scriptions of the color of the admirars hair and the height and measurement of fha alton the following facts were fully sub stantiated:
 Facts About the Body.
 Length of the body feet inches. The admiraPs exact height.
 Size and shape of head agree with sev- eral peculiarities identical with the head of the admiral
 Hair, dark brown the same as the ad- mirafs; in places slightly grey, indlcat- ing a person of his age, 45 years
 The hair is long. reaching below the shoulders, and is combed back and gath cred in a clasp at the back of the neck
 The face is clean shaven, all corres- bonding exactly with the descriptions, portraits and busts of the admiral.
 The linen is in good condition One ar ticle bears an initial either "J. or an in- verted "P"
 The body was carefully packed The limbs were wrapped in tin foil. presum- ably for preservation Gas indicated in A letter of the admirals nearest friend and pallbearer at his funeral Col. Blackden, who said: His body was put in a 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"
 Internal Organs Well Preserved.
 Finding that all the internal organs were singularly well preserved, the doc tors made an autopsy which showed dis tinct proof of the disease of which the admiral is known to nave died The Identification was pronounced complete in every particular.
 Care has been taken to keep the body in it's present state or preservation. It will be placed in a handsome casket and deposited In the receiving vault of the American church on the Avenue de LAlma until the ambassador can learn the opinion of the government concern ing the most appropriate means of trans porting it to the United States and giving a fitting sepulchre for the body of the illustrious sailor, whose place of burial had so long remained a mystery.
 News Received in Washington.
 Washington, April 14.-Ambassador Porter's dispatch announcing the finding