Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1911-11-23
BODY is TAKEN
TO JERSEY CITY
Identification of Man Found
in Box Car Is Complete
Plan for Burial.
THEORY AS TO DEATH
Coroner Finds Nothing to
Substantiate Murder--Jer-
sey City Friends Idea.

Coroner James ]. Flynn declared
today that every indication pointed
to the death of John 1vers, the Jer-
sey City young man found in the
box car at the A. S. & r.. plant Mon
day morning, by exhaustion, starva-
tion and want OF drink, and, there
fore, no autopsy will be performed
by the county physician, DR.. Edgar
Carroll, of Dayton To bear out this
belief the body was taken to Jersey
City this morning by Undertaken
William Necker, of Union Heights,
acting for the parents of the dead
man.
Mr.. and Mrs Ivers and the vic
TINS two brothers came here last
night and completed the Identified
tion. They gave the appearance OF
being people in poor circumstances
and made no showing of regret. The
body was taken to the young mans
former home at $40 Grand street in
an auto ambulance.
An Omaha Connection.
One of the latest developments In
| this mystery Is the report that lvers
was employed by Barnum & Bailey
circus last summer and, upon the
close of the show, went west with
! James Connolly. They were last
heard from at Omaha, Neb., and II
| is a coincidence the box car was
shipped from that city direct to
Perth Ambcy. Iyers' Jersey City
! friends believe the young man was
| locked in the car at Omaha, but thfs
belief is declared erroneous by the
local authorities following the find
| ing in the shoe of the dead man .
clipping bearing date of Sayre, Pa.
| November 10, 1911.
| Heart Disease Theory.
Another theory advanced as tho
cause Of the death Of the young mar
/ is heart disease. 1t Is believed by
many that this was the cause, as M
signs of agony would have been lef
on the mans face, or no WASTING
Iaway of the flesh apparent II he hat
met his end in this manner. The
murder theory was exploded yester
day by Coroner Flynn, who is still
| Inclined to his original belief thai
Ivers died from exhaustion, cold OF
possibly the want of drink. FIe does
gnot place much faith in the starva
ftIon theory
i OffIoiais at the plant of the Amer
lican Smelling & Refining Company
at which plant the body was discoy
erred, declared yesterday they haf
uncovered evidence which strength
ened their belief that the man wal
murdered and showed into the car
But the position of the body ant
general appearances of the same dis
prove any so-called murder theories
Coroner Flynn AYERS. There wer'
no marks of violence on the bod.
and nothing to indicate the deas
man had met with foul play. Ever
his pockets were in natural position
and not turned inside out, as usua
when robbery is the motive for as
sault.
With the passing of the body from
the morgue of Coroner Flynn marks
the close of one of the most unique
mysteries ever handled by loca
county authorities. 1t was the frs
case for Mr. Flynn, elected on Nov
ember Z, but he handled the cas-
with dispatch and ran down tn
mans Identification in two days. Th
box car in which the body was fount
was opened at $50 O'Clock Monda,
morning and found to contain, In ad
ditfon to a small fortune in copper
| bullion, the body of a dead man. 1
was found crouched under the only
Iunsealed entrance to the car and let
to the general belief that the mar
died while trying to climb to life
and liberty. The car left Omaha
Neb., on November and reached
here on November s.