The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-14
TELLS Or PAUL JONES FIND.
GEN. PORTER BACK WITH AN M
TERESTING NARRATIVE.
Unexpectedly Complete identification OF
the Body After lis fears-Diseases.
physical Marks. Measurements. Even
1lothes, All Agreed In FOrtifyins II.


Ilothes, All Agreed In FOrtifyins II.
cs,. Horace Porter, looking hale and
,aarty. as II the sea voyage had agreed
',,,h him immensely. and feeling much
'lo,ssd at the successful Identification Of
p,n Jones's body and the ceremonies OF
transfer to the United States authorities,
's.iysd Yesterday on the Deutschland
H.. drove with his son, Clarence Porter,
- the latters residence, 573 Fifth avenue
", wil remain there for a month and will
'a, omen his own house until the middle OF
september 49,, ,a.,.,
so.,ion of Paul Jones's body" Gen. Porter
aid formed a succession OF extremely
u,ttying surprises, was positive from
.ha location that the body must DO Paul
In,ss's but | was not prepared Tor the
.amsrk.ble accuracy with which our dis
ooyerie, conported with tho historical
.acords Of his sickness and death.
Most wonderful Of all was the autopsy
performed by Surgeon General DR.. Captain
nth the assistance Of other anthropologists
:, DISCLOSED a fbrous tissue where the left
1n,y had been affected confirming our
Lrnw,edue that Jones suffered from bron-
ob;al pneumonia The visoera were In per-
loot preservation and there we're shown
al the symptoms of dropsy, disease that
.e know he had and most strikingly Of
all. the symptoms Of nephritis, the disease
iron, which he died. That these symptoms
should be so marked, or indeed marked
at all in A body from which life had passed
ia wears before, was nothing short Of anna
zng
4 was also amazed when on opening
the casket and removing tho linen winding
sheet. which, by the way, was In excellent
preservation. to observe how closely the
countenance comported with the bust by
Houdin which the anthropologists had to
Guide them. Tho face was bit shrunken
over the cheekbones. but in no spot did the
measurements OF the body differ from
those Of the mask by over two millimeters.
The resemblance was perfect, even to the
dsheured lobe OF the left ear. The teeth
we're as we know them to have been In the
Admirals latter days. and the hair was
brown tinged with gray.
A remembrance Of Paul Jones's career
as dandy was given In tho fancy shirt
with ts ruffles and pleats. 1t bore the
mark j. There was tinfoil around hit
hands and face, and around the body hay
evidently placed there to prevent the body
from being disturbed In Its casket on the
voyage to this country which the EN-.
balmers probably expected 1t would take.
There were five oaskets. all Of them Of
lead, in the place We found the body. Foul
Of them had name plates. Thus one hac
none 1t was . mummy shaped casket
round over the place for the head, anc
displayed fine ornamental lead work
Gen. Porter said no had worked for 81,
years In the endcavor to locate and identify
the body, but refused to say to how great ar
expense he had been put. Concerning
the ceremony OF the transfer Of the body
he said.
The parade was the most impressive
seen in Paris for years. l shall never
forget the impression made upon me az
the French infantry and cavalry saluted
the dead and think was never 50 proud
as at the spectacle OF the 500 American
marines and bluejackets, with their easy
manner and confident swing, as they
marched along with precision that seemed
20 them perfectly natural.
Gen. Porter will have nothing further
to do with whatever ceremonies attend
the reception Of the body in this country.
On It's arrival at Annapolis, he said, there
will be simple ceremonies. and the body will
then lie in state until the midshlpmen re-
turn in October. He also said that his
affairs In connection with the regular as
we'll as the special embassy to France were
wound up. There was no business unfinished
at the time OF Ambassador Mccormick
appointment which he had not gone over
with that official