The Washington times., 1922-09-07
IDENTITY
OF Groves HIS.
BURIAL ERROR
Unknown Mistaken for An
other Found in Asylum Here.
Laundry Clue.

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With the discovery that Stanley
Edward Grove, former candidate
for the United States Senate from
West Virginia, whose home is in
Harper's Ferry, is very much alive
and not the man who was identi-
fed as him and who was buried
in the family grave yard at
Keadysville, Nd, Washington po-
lice today are trying to have the
dead man identified.
AS was stated in The Times yea
terday. on August last the body Of
dead man lying at the District
morgue was identified by a WASH
ington man as that Of Mr.. Grove.
The body was prepared for burial
and placed In Theoretically sealed
casket and sent to the home Of rela-
tiyes at sharpesburg. Md. After
funeral rites the body was buried.
I'VE Buried Your' Cry.
Then Il developed that Mr.. Grove
was not dead; that the Washington
relative had made a mistake IN the
Identification Of the body at the
morgue.
Discovery Of the mistake came
about through the visit OF woman
friend OF the family to 81. Elizabe.n's
Hospital for the Insane. She had
been a mourner at the funeral serv.
ces of the supposed Mr.. Grove. She
vas shocked when she ran into Mr..
irove at the hospital.
I'VE thought you were dead! We
buried your" exclaimed the woman.
Mr.. Grove could not understand
what II was all about. He became
puzzled. He asked for an explana-
ton. Then the woman told him
what had happened.
Leaving the hospital. the woman
Immediately got In touch by long.
distance telephone with relatives Of
Grove. A brother. William Grove.
came 10 Washington and made sure
Mr.. Grove was alive. Arrangements
today are being made to obtain the
release Of Mr.. Grove.
On July 26 last, Mr.. Grove was
taken into custody after he ran into
bakery shop on II street north.
east, exclaiming that he was being
pursued by political enemies. He
said an attempt had been made TO
kidnap him and that he was fleeing
from his pursuers.
Suffering From DeIusions.
Questioned at police headquarters
,, by Detective Sergeant Everett l..
Phillips, sanitary officer, who be-
lieved the former politician was suf-
fering from delusions and halluci-
nations, Mr.. Grove was sent to the
hospital for mental observation.
Now, what the relatives Of Mr..
Grove want TO know Ia what they
are TO do with the body they buried
as the politician. They have ap-
pealed to the Washington police to
have the man identified 80 the body
can be exhumed. They don't want
the body of a stranger In the fam
lily burying lot.
So the police today have again
given out a description of the man.
identified as Mr.. Grove by the Wash.
ington relative, IN the hope that II
may be identified. Here's the de-
scription: .
Clew IN Laundry MARKS.
About fifyt-five years old. five feet
eleven inches tall. OF light complex
ion, mixed gray hair. Man wore
gray suit, brown Fedora hat, white
shirt, blue bow tie and carried BAN.
boo cane. In the coat pocket was a
label with the firm name OF Michael
Stern Company, Rochester, N. Y, lot
472. His underwear bore laundry
marks 1T. B."
The police are anxious TO have the
man identified and have attempted
to Identify the laundry marks. A
number of letters have been sent TO
other cities in the hope that some
trace OF the dead mans relatives can
be found.