Arizona republican., 1915-08-09
THE BODY NOT
 YET IDENTIFIED
Some Persons Still Wonder ing Who Dead Man Was and Whether There Ever Was Dead Body Found in RiyerSide'S Pool

Scores of people looked at the body" at Riverside park yesterday, but no one could identify it as the dead body of any person they ever had known living, although many wild guesses were made.
 Early in the morning a man, whose real name is withheld for various reasons, appeared at River side and asked to see the body. He was directed inside the park and stopped at the soft drink stand by the swimming pool.
 "Where is the body of that dead man?" he demanded T want to see that corpse.''
 He was informed that the body was hanging on the greased pole in the center of the plaza. Looking around he saw an ungainly effigy, suspended from the pole, bearing huge sign with the inscription: "I am the dead man claimed to have Somebody lied. One Hundred Dol lars reward will be paid for the arrest and conviction of any person maliciously circulating rumors that Q dead man was found in the pool at Riverside
 That's all right said the man. You might kid some of them, but you can't kid me I am an officer of the law and I want to see that corpse" They tried to explain that there had been no dead man found and that it was all a result of rumors being circulated by some person or persons, but couldn't con- In official so he was directed to the office Arriving there he again de- manded to be shown the corpse and was again told that the only body at Riverside was the effigy hanging on the pole, and that had been placed there with the sign on it as a means of convincing people that there never had been any dead body on the grounds.
 You can't fool me-" he repeated. 'I have heard about it for the last ten days. I know you've got a corpse hid down here and you've got 10 give it up," he threatened. He was referred to the sheriffs office and finally convinced of the truth The sheriffs office and The Re i with telephone calls as to the iden- tity of the supposed dead man nearly everyone in Phoenix having heard the rumors which have beer circulated about the body being 1 found in the pool.
 The park management stated that they used this means to convince skeptical and nervous people that nc one had been drowned in the poo and no dead body found. If any body ever had been found both the j sheriff's office and the cOrOnei would have been. the first to have known of it and it would have beer l impossible to have kept the facts out of the newspapers; nevertheless scores of people actually believed and some may still believe, that g body was found in the pool. ,
 The swimming pool at Riverside is kept scrupulously clean and i' probably the cleanest kept and mos
 sanitary public swimming pool il ] the entire west, being drained 1 scrubbed sterilized and rinsed thor
 oughly and regularly The water i'
 SO clear that no object of any siZt
 could remain on the bottom mor' than a few minutes before someon,
 would see it. The public as a rul are credulous, but if there are an! 1 people who still believe a body wa
 found in the pool they can call LII the sheriff The sheriffs office ha:
 only answered this question abOu 1747 times and they are not yer,
 mad yet.