The Paducah sun., 1906-02-12
Collar Maker Who Had Been
Missing a Week, Drowned.
His Neck Observation-Disclosures IL Was
Foul Play, Accident, or Sui
eide is Unknown.
TWO INQUEsTs HELD IN CASE.

NDfAoi hOdAAh6 III
the river Sunday morning shortly be-
fore o'clock by Frosty" Morgan,
q ship caulker, who was working on
small gasoline boat at the foot of
Jefferson street. The body was clear-
ly visible and Morgan summoned as
sistance and hooked It into the
bank. The identity of the fioater was
at first unknown and it was not un-
I'll the body had been taken to the
MattilIEfnger undertaking establish
ment that 1t was positively identi-
fed as that of Garner, who had been
missing from his boarding house for
= week
The body was floating face down
ward with one arm projecting above
the water. A new derby hat was
pulled tight over the head and froz-
en-, necessitating force In pulling It
off. The hands were slightly shriv
eled and the body had begun to
bloat. but was in an excellent state
OF preservation.
The only object found to lead to
Identification was a letter found ia
the coat pocket addressed to Chas.
Marie, and signed Burns Garner,
1915 Jones street. 1t was dated sew
eral days back and the writer had
stuck It in his pocket and evidently
failed to mail it, AT first il was sup
posed to have been a letter received
by the drowned man, it being loose
With no envelope, and a telephone
message TO the residence of Mr. Will
lam Aday at 1915 Jones, where Gar
ner boarded, resulted in identifica-
ton
Later Mr.. John Waynick, of Ohio
street identified the body as that of
Garner. and was followed by d. r.
(Tip) Waynick. his son. who work
ed with Garner
Mrs. VIM. Aday, with whom he
boarded. stated that the last heard
from Garner was Sunday afternoon
a week ago, about 4:30 when the
snow storm began. The young man
had come in from the country four
months ago and gone to work as an
apprentice for the Rehkopf Co, ,un-
der VIM Kraus, foreman of the COZ
lar shops. He had not been drink
ing for four months, he declared
at breakfast Sunday, adding that he
intended getting drunk that day.
True to his boast he showed up
Sunday afternoon at o'clock very
much intoxicated. He was with the
younger Waynick. who was trying to
get him home. lie refused to go in
and created a great deal of excite
ment in the streets. His actions be-
came such that the officers got after
him, but somehow Garner managed
to elude them, going through the
hollows in the neighborhood of the
Thompson stock yards. A warrant
for disorderly conduct was issued,
but not served. as the young man
could not be found.
lie had relatives in the county and
Mrs. Aday presumed he had gone out
TO visit them. The finding of his
body floating in the river yesterday
was the first news of his whereabouts
received Since he disappeared.
Yesterday soon after Coroner
Eaker was called TO view the remains
be held an inquest, and a verdict OF
death from drowning was returned
The man at that time had not been
identified.
This morning, however, Coroner
Eaker heard that Garner had beer
shaved last Friday or Saturday a.
the Garrison shop on South Third
Nick Frakes, one of the BARRIERS
while not personally acquainted with
the man, identified the corpse as that
of man he shaved Friday or Satur-
day, who had left his spectacles or
the shelf behind the chair, and came
near going away without them. The
young man was plainly drinking, but
not drunk.
If Garner is the man, where he
was from last Sunday until Friday
or Saturday is not known, and M
one has been found who could vouch
safe any information on the subject.
1t is likely however, that Garner
is not the man, as corpse may Of
ten resemble score of men a bar
Ter may shave in day.
Coroner Eaker, however, decided
this morning to have an examination
made of the body, and Drs. p. II.
Stewart and w. j. Bass made an eX-
animation, and ascertained that Gar
ner's neck was broken.
This was not apparent at previous
examinations, because the body was