Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1914-05-28
Only One of the Bodies Has
Been Positively Identified; It
Beina That of Valentine
Bachmann of Elizabeth.
BOAT STRIKES ONE CORPSE
Youths in Small Boat Find a
Body Floating in Water Off
lehlgh Valley R. R. Freight
Dock Last Night.

Three decomposed bodies, two so
badly disintegrated that their feat
ures were beyond recognition, were
dlsgorged from the bottom Of
the Staten Island sound by the tides
yesterday morning, yesterday after
noon and this morning, at this place
and Elizabeth. Only one of the
bodies has been positively identified.
which was found to be the remains
of Valentine Bachmann, who was
drowned in the Newark bay when a
motorboat in which he and five cons
panlons had been sailing Sunday af-
ternoon sank. The others of the
party were rescued.
The body OF the man found off
Elizabeth about 5 o'clock yesterday
morning is believed to be that of a
missing barge captain who was last
heard of by his company, the Bartle
DAILY Transportation Company, of No.
l Broadway, New York, about a
month ago. The captain was in
charge of the boat James Judd ard
had been sent to South Amboy to
load a cargo of coal Since then the
company heard nothing from him,
the captain dropping suddenly out Of
his surroundings to the amazement
of his fellow boatmen, none of~whom
reported seeing him drown. The
company took for granted he had
fallen overheard at night, and sent
another man to South Amboy to take
charge of the James Judd. -Ths-lnar
missing from the Bartle DAILY Com
pany was Fred Johnson, Of Water
street, New York City. Though the
mans body was so badly decomposed
that his features could not be recog-
nized, bill of lading was found in
one of his pockets which bore the
name, Captain l.. G. Donald, of Perth
Amboy, Pattison & Downs Transport
tation Company, No. 1 Broadway,
New York. No such name is listed
in the local directory. Neither was
such man in the employ of the
Pattison & Downs Company, who de-
clare they have not missed a man
this year. Some declare, however,
that the body found yesterday is not
that of Johnson, but believe that
the corpse washed up on the shore
of Keyport Tuesday morning, which
Is awaiting Identification at Under
taker Bedle's morgue, is the body Of
Johnson.
The body was washed up by the
rising tide in about the same place
as the body found off Elizabeth about
S o'clock this morning, and which
was identified as the body of Valen-
tine Bachmann, of 70 Fort street,
Elizabeth, twenty-five years old.
ta1 fn a
Keeper Martins place.
The third body given up by the
sound following the advent of warm
weather was found off the Lehigh
Valley Railroads freight dock about
8 o'clock last night by Frank Balm
ski, of STA Charles street, and Louis
Paskoivcki, who were out in row
boat, when the craft struck the de-
composed corpse. The disintegrated
body gave way under the blow,
crumbling as it was rammed. The
youths stopped the boat and towed
the corpse to shore. The police and
Coroner James J. Flynn were noti-
fed and the latter took the body to
his morgue. 1t was so badly decay
ed that it was necessary to bury tho
remains this morning, the burial be-
ing in Potter's field. Inside of heavy
overcoat worn by the man was found
an envelope bearing the name and
address of Charles Mosley, of 75
Lawrence street, Brooklyn. whom
the dead man is supposed to be. The
coroner believes the body has been
in the water since cold weather be-
cause of the overcoat in which it
was enwrapped. The coroner will to-
day try to communicate with the
mans family. The man wore a
brown overcoat, black trousers and
appeared to be about sixty years old.
Patrolman Quinn was notified of the
finding and in turn communicated
with the coroner.