Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-05-07
DEAD BODY found
At k|PP'S RUN

The dead body of man was found
in the river at Kipp's run Sunday
afternoon. The remains were generally
believed to be those of victim of the
Mifflinville bridge accident, although
decomposition is so far advanced as to
make identification difficult.
The body was found by Peter Bulla
and his son, Walter Bulla of Blooms
burg, basket makers, who are camping
along the river, gathering willow
twigs. The body was lying about
thirty feet from the shore, lodged
among some bushes just opposite the
farm OF J. G. Richart estate. Deoom-
position has so far advanced that the
bones of the hands are exposed.
After the body was discovered, Wal
ter Bulla came up to South Danyille
for the purpose of notifying Justice of
the Peace E. W. Young. Justice
Young in turn notified Coroner Dreh-
er of Shamokin. An inquest will be
held.
The remains were taken in charge
by Undertaken Doster who removed
the body to his establishment Sun
day evening.
The body found is that of a man ap-
parently As years of age and . feet, s
inches tall; sandy hair and moustache.
He wore dark suit of clothes and
was dressed for cold weather. A red
striped shirt covered heavy suit of
underclothing. A blue polka dot hand
kerchief was tied about his neck. He
wore gum boots, one of which was
missing.
Superintendent Luton Of the York
Bridge company, accompanied by Geo.
D. Faux. father of the missing bridge
victim. came down to Danville from
Mifflinville Monday morning and
viewed the body at Dosters undertake
ing establishment. They were positive
that the remains were not those of
Faux, nor of any one Of the other
bridge victims whose bodies have not
as yet been recovered. OF the seven
men who were swallowed up by the
river when the bridge collapsed three
are still missing.
E. W. Young, acting coroner, i'm.
panelled a.jury Sunday evening, con-
sisting of the following men William
Kimbel, r. B. Bird, S. Fl. Shultz,
Lafayette Sechler, William Welliver
and NJ L. Richart. The jurors view
ed the body, after which it was re-
moved to the uudertaker's establish
ment in this city.
1t was learned Monday that body
was seen floating in the river by train
men Saturday between Nescopeck and
Danville. The body was observed at
different points by couple of different
crews. 1t is not at all unlikely that
the body found at Kipp's run was the
one seen by the railroaders.
On March goth Burgess Rogers re-
ceived a communication from Justice
of the Peace Phillip Walters Of Ply
mouth, asking for information con-
cerning Abram w. Jones Of that place,
who disappeared from home on March
Is. The description given by Justice
Phillips in a general way applied to
the man found in the river at Kipp' S
run.
The justice of the peace was called
up by telephone and in response the
Rev. Mr.. Griffith Of Plymouth came
down to this city on the 1 ;33 D. L. &
W. train Monday afternoon. After
viewing the body he was inclined to
believe that it is that of the Ply
mouth man, with whom he was we'll
acquainted. Owing to the fact that
decomposition has so far advanced the
clothing has to be relied upon mainly
as means of ide .tification. Accord
inglY Mr. Griffith was provided with
sample of each garment found on the
dead man which he took home with
him and showed to Mrs. Jones.
Tuesday morning William a. Phil
lips of Plymouth arrived in this city
on the 10 d. L. & W. train for the
purpose of making a further eXamina-
tion Of the body. The result of his
visit was to clearly establish the i'd
entity of the drowned man as Abram
w. Jones of Plymouth.
Mr.. Phillips said that the samples
of clothing shown to Mrs. Jones were
clearly identified by her as the materi-
al of which her husbands 5 garments
were made. 1t only remained to fiud
the traces of several well-known marks
upon the body to complete the identi-
fication. Traces of these marks, not
withstauding decomposition, were
easily found by Mr.. Phillips on his
visit Tuesday morning. There was
no longer any doubt that the body was
that of Abram W. Jones and arrange
ments were at once made to have it
shipped to Plymouth.
The drowned man was fifty. five
years of age and is survived by his
widow and two sons, one of which is
half-grown boy and resides at home
the elder son lives in New York State