Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1911-11-21
BELIEVE BODY
NEWARK MAN
"A. S. & R. Box Car Victim
May be P. Shanker--L
ter from Woman Today.
NO AUTOPSY PERFORMED
Others Think Man Is William
Dexter Who Escaped from
Railway Reformatory.

man found IN the box car at tue =.
Is. G. r.. plant yesterday morning is
that OF P. shanker, of Sc Rutgers
street, Newark, who has been miss
ing from home for eight months.
Coroner James J. Flynn received
letter from Mrs Shanker this morn.
ing, in which a description was Civ
en- OF the missing husband. The de-
lscription tallies, in nearly every re-
spect, with the body found yester-
day in the car of copper bullion and
Mr.. Flynn will reply to the Newark
woman, giving accurate measure
ments and advising that a call be
made at his morgue for identified
ton.
1t was thought, at one time today,
that the body is that of William
Walter Dexter, an escaped convict
from the New Jersey Reformatory.
at Railway A Mrs Richards and
daughter, who gave their address
as 1926 New Brunswick avenue,
city, called at Mr.. Flynn's estab-
llishment this morning and identified
the body as that of their missing
friend. The daughter said, posi-
lively, that she had seen, on various
occasions, the marks tatooed on the
mans arms. She particularly spoke
of the 1904" tatooed in the mans
left arm. The mother and daugh-'
ter cried when they saw the body.
Information received by the
EVENING NEWS at the Railway
Reformatory smashed this identif-
lcation to smithereens. The officials
Estate Dexter, who escaped on Mo-
lvember 2, had brown eyes and hair,
no tattoo marks, and was only five
feet, six inches, high. The body of
the man found yesterday has been
tatooed number of times, especial
ly on the arms. and has black eyes
land hair Nevertheless, the Rah-
way officials have dispatched man
to this city to identify the body, if
possible. Dexter was a member of
the famous Stegeway bandit gang
land very we'll known here.
! Mrs Shanker states in her letter
that her husband had the following
tattoo marks: Girl standing on
i heart; eagle above American flag,
lstar between thumb and ger
4 These laarlss tally except the lasts
Mrs. Shanker also wrote that her
husband has a burn scar on his
chest, but the body found yesterday
is so discolered that scars of such a
nature can not be seen. The wor-
ried wife informed Coroner Flynn
that her husband has the bad habit
of riding on freight trains Mrs.
Shanker failed to estimate her hus-
bands age.
Coroner Flynn believes the body
is that of Dexter, despite the accur-
ate description sent by the Newark
woman. Detective James McDer-
mott, of the Lehigh Valley Railroad
Company, told a NEWS reporter
that if it is the body of Dexter, the
convicted highwayman has taken on
considerable weight while at the re-
Iformatory. The county official places
much faith in Mrs. Richards efforts
to identify the body.
Several queries have been re-
ceiyed by Coroner Flynn since the
news of the workmens discovery
was printed in the EVENING NEWS
last night. A telegram has been re-
ceived from Chief of Police George
e. Ries, of Denver, Colo, asking for
a description; letter from Mrs. C.
Ramaine, of 27 Lemon street, New
ark, whose husband is missing; two
/ New Brunswick parties have called
to view the remains; and one Perth
Amboy man to ascertain If the body
is that of his missing brother.
| 1t is generally conceded now that
the freight car was opened after it
left Omaha, Neb. One door was un-
| sealed, it is said, and the authorities
believe the man went into the car by
that entrance
Reformatory Man Undecided.
The Reforma' ory official arrived
at Mr.. Flynn's morgue after the
noon hour and took notes on the
mans appearance. He seemed very
undecided, Mr. Flynn says, whether
1t is the body of Dexter or another
man The tattoo marks lead to the
disbelief 1t is the remains of the
missing convict Louis Conoly, we'll
known about police headquarters,
will view the body this afternoon
and endeavor to make an identifica-
/ tion. He knew Dexter very we'll, it
is said
Coroner Flynn declares no autop-
i sy will be performed unless County
| Physician Edgar Carroll, of Dayton,
comes here to take charge. The
physician has not viewed the re-
mains as yet, Mr. Flynn states. Mr..
Flynn is still of the opinion the
man died fro neither exhaustion or
starvation.