The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-10-07

Floating face downward in the bay
a short distance of BayIen street
wharf, the body OF a white stranger.
who has been identified rs p J. Fal-l
Ion. was found at an early hour yes
terday morning. The operator OF =
naphthR launch discovered the floating
body. It was secured and word i'm
mediately sent to the coroner. The
body was viewed, but no inquest was
held. No evidence OF foul play could
be found. and there was an equal di-
vision among those who were cog
infant of known facts yesterday
whether his death was due to acct
dent OF suicide.
is HE p. J. FALLONP
A note book was found on him with
the name of p. J. FallOn on the cover.
Through the book were numerous ad-
dresses, and one gave an address OF
P. J. Fallon & Co, 81 RiseT building,
Atlanta. Ga. Most of the addresses
found we're of people in Atlanta, and
newspaper clippings pasted in the
book all had some reference to Fall
lon. From it all it is worked out that
Fallon was contractor and concrete
builder.
MANY SAW BODY.
The body was embalmed at Pou's
undertaking house on West Intenden-
cha street, and during the day scores
of people visited the place and look
ed at the dead man. in an endeavor at
Identification. Some had seen him In
life, but none who called could say
positively who he was.
OF PROMINENT FAMILY.
10 was learned late last night that
his home was in Birmingham, but that
he had been working in Atlanta lately.
Police chiefs of each city were wired
a description and circumstances OF
his death, but UP to a late hour no
reply had been received
He was dressed in clothes OF fine
quality and on his right fore finger
was found q gold ring with ruby set
ting. In a box in his pocket was
found q diamond ring, which was
thought to have possessed a mucn
higher value than its intrinsic worth
alone. On his right arm had been
tattOoed the figure of a woman cloth
ed in an old-fashiOned hoop skirt,
with the letters NJ and f on opposite
sides. On the left arm were tattOOed
the letters NJ and r. The man waa
about feet 3 inches IN height, weigh
ed about 100 pounds, Of rudy COM
plexiOn, had thin light hair ana a
sandy mOustache. When found he
had on no coat, vest or hat.
SAW HIM ON WHARF.
wOrkmen on Central wharf yesteF-
day stated they saw a man answering
in detail descriptions furnished OF the
dead man, on Central wharf late Mon
day night. They said he appeared "a
have been demented, for he talked
with no meaning and gesticulated
wildly. They did not understand any
thing he said, one OF them advancing
the opinion that he was 'tOngUe-tied."
He Sham hIpd abOut the wharf until
he met a negro face to face. RecOv-
ering his apparently lost faculties OF
speech, he asked the cOlOred man
how far down was the end of the
wharf. Being told that be was with
in twenty feet Of the end he stood
still a moment and then turned to go
up the street, colliding with a barrel
of turpentine. Later he was seen TO
fall near the corner of Cedar and
Jefferson streets. The woTkmen, be
lieving he was a foreign sailor and
that he was getting over a spree. let
him pass out of the minds. No one
was found yesterday who saw him
later than Monday.
BODY is HELD.
The body is held at POu's place,
and will be kept a few days in the
hope proper claim by relatives will be
made.
CLOTHES FOUND,
A coat. hat, collar and tie were
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