The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-04
BODY OF ROY
 IS IN SELMA Taken from River by
 Launch Party. IS POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED Montgomery Farmer Who Was
 Drowned January 3. Remains wn He Shipped Here Today and Police VIII Release Negroes Held for His Murder.

Selma, March 3-(Special )-The body of white man supposed to be that O. H. D. c. Roy, who was drown ed near Montgomery on the night of January 9, was found floating in the Alabama River here this morning. There seems to be little doubt that the body is that of Roy as 1t answers the description of him.
 Whether he met death by being drowned or was killed and then thrown in the river can not be determined from the remains. The body was in a state of decomposition and the gen. eral appearance resembles the descrip- tion of MT Roy. Still there are indi- cations that the man met with foul play.
 Just to the back of the outer corner of the left eye in the scalp there is a small round hole which penetrated the skull This could not have been made by pistol shot but probably might have been made by sharp instrument. There were also other indications about the face and head t,ses he had been struck by some kind O. an instrument. But these bruises might have been made while the body was in the wa- ter. The physician who examined the body said that it would be useless to make a post mortem examination Tor the body had been beneath the water too long for such an examination to reveal anything.
 Identified as MT. Roy.
 P. M. Gates and ". R. Woods of Montgomery, examined the body. Both of them are positive that it is that of MT. Roy.
 The body was dressed in a neat but serviceable suit of black eheviot while the feet were incased in an apparently new pair of shoes. They were lace chp nd q llftfa long over the clothes there was suit Of blue over alls The jacket of the overalls was worn under the topcoat from which the left sleeve was missing. In. the pocket piece and what was once two cigars. In the other pockets of tho trousers was found two-clasp purse in Which there was a $2 bill and $4.24 in coins There was also found q salesman ticket from tho Frank Tennille Furnit- ure Company of Montgomery for a safe. This ticket upon which there had been writing, could not be deciphered even with the use of a magnifying glass, the writing upon it was so dim. But where the name of the person who had pur- chased the safe there could be seen let ters which were made out as ID: C.
 The body was first seen floating be- meath the bridge over the river about 9:3O o'clock this morning. Several who saw it informed Alex Cawthon. He steamed up his launch and with Robert lDllXes Sam N1uSuUGls Seu 1T "Aihs Wise and Police Officer Holt he starcci in pursuit of the body which was be- ing followed by Levert Hatcher and Coly Pegues, negro fishermen. The body was not overtaken until It had aoated down the river nearly eight miles
 CorOner's investigation.
 Coroner Jud BreSlin w0s notified or the find He empannelled jury and secured the services Of pr. Y. G. nu- Bose who made a careful examination of the floater. Before the coroners jury pr. DuBose testified that he had carefully examined the body and had found a little hole in the scalp above and to the hack outer corner of the left eye; that this hole did not penetrate the skull hut that the advanced stage of decomposition prevented determin- ing the exact nature of the wound; that the lower jaw teeth were widely separ- ated from each other; that they were rather long and with slight incllna-