New-York tribune., 1905-11-30
FIND ]. N, TISDALE'S BODY
MISSING THREE WEEKS
Taken from Hqrlean RirerNo EUi.
denc6 Of Foul Pldg

The 5ody Of a man, decided to be John d
TIsdaIe. the mining. operator who has been miss
ing from his a apartments in the Hotel Seville
since November O. was taken from the Harlem
River at Lincoln-ave.. The Bronx. last night.
The clothing the measurements of the body. and
4 watch found in one of the pockets, with the
initials - n t., all correspond with the de-
scription of Mr. Tisdale furnished by the police.
The description Of the body and the face and
clothing given to Mrs T4sdaIe at her apartments
late in the night caused her TO exclaim: 1t
must be he! 1t must be he"'
Mrs TisdaIs tainted after being told Of The
6nding Of the body and wag in a serious condi-
ton at midnight Detecuve sergeants II
Police Headquarters who saw the body declared
there was no doubt but It is that Of the missing
Western mining operator
DR.. 81 clair smith. family physician Of the
Tisdnle6 visited Fordham Morgue at midnight
ana. .Beqtt1Uelg identified The body there as that
of his patron J. \. Tirdae, The body vii be
turned. over 10 the family to-day after formal
autopsy.
p The special detectives on the case had given
II unusual attention, chiefly because Mr.. lis
dale was a close friend Of sex-S Superintendent OF
Elections Mccullough Mr.. Mccullough gave
them a. detailed description Of Mr. Tisdale and
his habits. which correspond minutely with the
Patrolman Finnegan, Of the AleXander-aY
station discovered the body as he was patrolllng
The river front II was floating within 100 leet
of tbe rivers edge. He called several boatmen
II his aid and got the body on to the pier
ZyhiIa searching the clothes for something
which might lead to Identification of The pody
the policeman found S33 80 and d gold Walch'
No. 120S2. - -.
There was a cut on the forehead over the
right eve and at first the policeman was IN
clined Is think there had been foul play Cor
oner Berry. however, on viewing the BODY, dlS-
covered that the wound was fresh and ProoaDly
had been made by propeller blade. An
autopsy will be performed at FordhaIh 10 1e-
terInine the cause OF death.
Finnegan reported to his station at once, aliu "
the sergeant sent TO the Morgue at FOREMAN q
picture of Mr. TisdaIe. Although the boqy ~ -
in a bad state Of decomposition, its reseIL p4aiCe
TO the picture was traced easily" y W. 1oI-
lett the stepson Of Nj. Tisdale, has been Sco4IZ
ing the surrounding country for ais tatner- s ne
was in Boston yesterday, but il was ledEleu
that he had left there in the evening for New
York Mrs Tisdale may not he able 10 see tile
body for some days. @.-.E
Much mystery surrounded the disappear stlic5 !7
~ Mr. J7isdale and his closest friends feared lo
pIav He sent his wife ahead to TINS ciLS ~
T,rocure arartrlentS al the Seville while le
STAYED in the south on business he 1olned n,l
here Iate in october. on the night on which ~
iefr the Seville he told his wife he was gong
ia = directors meeting in Boston. There was q
meeting the following day Of some COMPANY ~ ~
which he was Interested but Mr.. llsdale :5 Me15
MOI there When he did not turn up the lliiI ii
dav Mrs Tisdale informed the police OF ms as
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