The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-13
COMPLICATIONS
 OVER DEAD BODY Remains Identified as Those of
 Roy THE WIDOW IS INDIFFERENT Mrs. Roy Says She Has Buried One Husband and Will Not Accept
 Identification of the
 Second Body.
THE WIDOW IS INDIFFERENT

Montgomery, April 12.-(SpeciaI )-The interest of Montgomery is aroused over the finding of body this morning in the Alabama river that carries with the find ing number of mysteries. The first of the mysteries is whether or not the body found is the body of H. D. c. Roy, the Elmore county resident who disap- peared from Montgomery so mysterious ly on the night of the 18th of January, and the other chief mystery is whose body 1t was that was inferred in the private burial ground of the Roy's on the 9th of March
 The fact of Roys disappearance from this city on the Saturday night nearly three months ago, when, it is alleged, the last sight of him was on the ferry be- low Montgomery that connects this coun- ty with the county of Elmore, have all been amplified in these columns No trace of a missing body was. found until Sunday. March 4, at which time the find ing of a body supposed to be that of Roy's was reported from Selma. num- Der of Montgomerians who were well ac- quafnted with Roy identified the Selmian
 
 county resident, and proceeded with the body to this city, where others were of the opinion that the missing man was found.
 Owing to the decomposition of the first body not much argument in support of this conclusion could be advanced, the principal link at the time upon which friends relied being that of a purse which was supposed to bear his initials vxh uuas ha o1 ,iu person. The body was inferred in the family burying grounds of the Roys and reward of $500 was given to the parties who had been instrumental in recovering the body.
 Receives Telephone Message.
 Early this morning Coroner w. H. Tice of this city received telephone message saying that the body of white man had been found in the vicinity of Three Shoots, about four miles from Montgom- cry, hung between a net of rubbish and partly concealed by willow tree, in the limbs of which the rubbish had been en- meshed
 The discorers of the body, Dennis and Columbus Williams, two negro fisher men, state that it was at the time of the discovery partly submerged in the water and partly exposed to the air. The mass of timber and trash that clustered around it made it almost invisible. Upon near scrutiny, however, 1t developed that the body was one of a white man and the coroner was accordingly notified.
 The body was brought from the place of discovery to this city and placed in the vestibule of Loveless' stables on North Court street. A crowd quickly gathered around the mass of almost total decomposition, and the verdict of those who saw the body and who knew Roy was that this body was his beyond doubt. One of the onlookers, who had not heard the discussion in regard to this feature of the case, after a nasty glance at the body said that he recognized 1t as the body of charcoal seller who used to peddle coal in Montgomery, and the on- lockers, taking up this as clew, in the most familiar role of the deceased. pro- nounced the body that of Roy, the seller of charcoal on the streets of Montgom- cry.
 Blue Serge Trousers.
 The clothing in which the body was ar rayed was plainly discernible, and by