The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1914-12-19
FISHERMEN
FIND MANS BODY
ON EARL ISLAND
Biloxi, December 18.

i he DOUY OF dn uukuOWH IIldn Was
found on Earl Island of the Chande-
leur group by party of Biloxi fish
ermen who returned last night from
fishing expedition and reported the
find at the office of Lewis E. Curtis,
United States deputy collector of
customs.
The man was found on December
8 by Tom Hanson, living on Reynon
street, and Frank Dismukes, living
on Charters street, both of Biloxi.
The men were on the schooner
barge, Ok, owned by Walter Lati-
mer, Biloxi, of which Dismukes is
captain. The fishermen had been
in the vicinity of the island for sew
eral days before the find was made
They returned to Biloxi last night,
bringing several trinkets that they
found on the body.
MAN WAS GREEK.
Tom Hanson stated to a represan-
tative of The Daily Herald this morn
ing that he believed the mans body
was that of a Greek, but he was not
positive on this point.
He is Of the opinion the man was
not resid ent of Biloxi or Gulfport,
or any other city along the coast,
but that he was probably from
Georgia or Florida This belief is
founded on the fact that envelopes
on the body gave Florida and Georgia
addresses.
One envelope found was addressed
to Nick Lignos, P. O. Box IA,
Apalachicola, Fla.
LETTER FROM GEORGIA.
The envelope had the return ad-
dress of BUSY Bee Cafe, Fokakis &
Mathews, Bainbr;dge, Ga" The let
ter had been sent from Bainbridge.
Ca, as indicated by the postmark.
| Owing to the fact that the man had
| his envelope on him, it is indicated
| hat the man who lost his life was
Nick Lignos and that he had lived at
palachicola, Fla.
There was no letter to be found.
only the envelope indicating it had
heen sent from cambridge and re-
eeived at Apalachicola.
BODY IS BURIED.
Mr. Hanson said he and Mrs. Dis
mukes buried the body high up on
Earl Island, so that it could not be
vashed by the waves, and the BIZ
'oxi young men erected a headstone
above the grave and placed shells
over it.
The body was badly decomposed,
h hance it is believed it had been in
the waite for some time. Owing to
this fact it was difficult to obtain
any definite Identification marks,
but Mr.. Hanson stated the man was
between 80 and 35 years of age, as
far as he could determine, had black
hair, a red mustache, weighed 130
to 140 pounds, was thirty-one inches
around the waist, and about five feet
six inches tall.
The man had life preserver on,
which indicated that he had known
in advance that it was necessary for
him to endeavor to save his life, and
which also indicates, in the opinion
of the fisherman, that he was ship
wrecked. The life praserver MaA
tied from behind, this indicating that
some one had put it on, and that
probably other members of the same
crew lost their lives with him.
Mr.. Hanson as we'll as United
States Deputy Court Clerk are Of
the opinion he was the member of
fishing crew plying out from
Apalachicola and that the fisher
men encountered rough weather and
were probably shipwrecked.
The man had on yellow oilskin
coat and gray flannel shirt, white
sweater, flannel undershirt, home
spun underwear, and gray-streaked
pants, according to the description
given by the Biloxi fsherms IN. He
also had loaf of bread under his
shirt.
"I am confident from what I saw =
said Mr.. Hanson, ''that he was fish
erman."
The man had several trinkets and a
cross on him. The fishermen found
. waterbarrel nearby. The men had
left the Ok and gone to the island IN
skiff when they noticed the body
on the bank at distance and at once
rowed up to it..
TO MAKE INQUIRIES.
Deputy Collector of Customs Lewis
stated he probably would write to
the coroner of ST. Bernard parish,
Louisiana, as the case would come
Under his jurisdiction.
He also stated that he intended to
write to the cafe in cambridge and
also to Apalachicola in order to find
cut, if possible, the id dsntity Of the
man.
J