Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-07
CHARLES BRESL|N
DEAD IN A SLU|CE
NEAR M|NQUADALE
He Had Been Missing From His
Home, in South Broome Street,
Since Sunday.
WHEN FOUND THE BODY
WAS ONLY PARTLY CLAD

Considerable mystery surround. the
dc.tb of Charles Brcslin, 40 years old, of
T3q South Broome street, whore partly
uuclad BODY was found yesterday after
noon in the .lice on the road between
Hannah Morris farm and the Minquadale
Home. Members of the Brcslin family
suspect foul play, declaring that they can
not see il any other way. sister OF the
dead man said today that Breslin was
accustomed to- carrying large sums of
money in his pockets.
When found the body was without over
coat. nat or coat. According 10 Coroners
Physician Briggs, death was due TO drown
ing. A thorough investigation Is beng
made by the police and an inquest Tii
be hold by Coroner Bullock on lhuSday
night.
/ sister of the man said today that
brother passed by the place where the
hodv was found Yesterday morning about
II o'clock and that the body was not
visible NJ that time. as he looked carefully
about tho bridge near the sluice. The
.,a,er also said that IL had been learned
that the man had not been dead over
eight ot ten hours.
MIR. Breslin. according 10 members of
hi. family. left his home Sunday morning
about 10 to go 20 Ninquadale and hol-
koway Terrace on business for hIs com
| neny Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Single
| ION of Iogan's farm reported seeing man
| Ivinv in the ditch. She advised the police
and PatroIrnan Skepski was sent 10 the
scene. making tho body fast pending the
| arrival of Deputy Coroner Harvey r.
| Nichols and Detectives Horace Mcdaniel
and Joseph kemrski.
MADE COLLECTIONS.
Investigation showed that the body was
| thai ~ Mr. BresIin The dead salesman
| ;s believed 10 have spent the greater part
/ of Sunday making collections from recent
n,,rchasers of house. at MinQuadale and
| Hollouay Terrace It was his practice 70
m,le his collections on Sunday, business
associates explained, because ne could
generally find the people home on that
day.
| lin - uinpoeed TO have been seen in the
| vicinity OF Seventh and Poplar streets
Later he il reported 10 have been seen
going toward Minquadale IN an auto
mobile.
i Every cffor. has been made 20 locate
/ the missing clothes, as il IS thought tint
viii r,,pyk the clue az 20 whether ne me
| a natural Ieath or as the victim Of hizn
vavrnen who assaulted him. thorough
search was made in the vicinity Tor ths
missi7g garments but they could not
| be found. There are no marks or scratch
es about the body.
Mr.. Bfeslin was not married and ht
lived with his mother. He had been {
resident of Wilmington for about eign'
wears. The family came here origin all.
from Pottstown, Pa. He was the oides
OF nine bows. the others being Patrick
William. Peter, Cornelius, James, Leo
Aloysius and Neil He had two sisters
Mary Breslin, living her, and Mrs. Hugi
McShea, living at McAdoo, Pa.
The spot where the body was found L
the same place where 3 little over lou
wears ago Della Savage threw her baby
where il drowned before her eyes. She 4
now serving hfe sentence at the Nev
Castle county workhOuse.
State Detective Frank Mccoy and Cit,
Detectives Mcdaniel and kempskl begal
work at noon today on the first clue .
Breslin's last whereabouts. \ woma
claims she saw Breslin talking 70 two me-
about o'clock on Sunday evening nea
the place where thebody was found. Sh
was unable 10 give any definite descrIptlo
of the two men
The funeral Will be held Friday mornIn
from the home of his mother, with solem
reouiem mass AZ St Ehzabeth's Church
Interment will b. mad in New PhlladeI
phla, Pa.