THE MISSING MAN, JACKSON.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 95, 7 September 1878, Page 3

THE MISSING MAN, JACKSON.

On Wednesday evening some /Maoris railed upon 'Mr Alter?, of Riverdale, - near J/ac^eyto^wn, and informed hinr that they had seen . the body of a man on the bank of jthe Manawatu vßiyer, about a mile and a half from his house. Ifext morning he went" with the Natives, and haying VeeoveTedth© body, secured it with/ioime^flaij so>as to keep it from drifting away. He then, communicated jritK the police m Palmeraton, anel yesterday morning, Constable Gillespie started on horscbackV acoompanied by Mr'Waltoii ;«ind Mr E. King. On arrival at Jackeytown, they found the drowned man was upon the opposite side of the riveri and: as Ifmost ; of the Maoris were, away from the- plate, and no canoe could be obtained; it was found necessary to follow the river up to Mr Akers\ cross over, amd travel clown the stream- apain, , The body, which was m a frightfully- decomposed/state, was '* recognised by both the constable and Mr Waitbn, by the clothes, as that of the uhfortjmate imaji, Jonathan Jackson, missing as far back-as. the 12th oif> June; was no upon the ■'"'tody', but/the trousers was identified -as .that worn .by hip by a^ patch. r From' a. pocket ■ in y the * trousers a carpenter's rule was protruding, and that taken with., the faefcthat Mr Jackson was of that tf adeijeft no doubt of. the unfortunate man's identityi ;As an eyidehce'tha^the remains iad^ been^ under water until very recently, it may be, stated that the nails m/ the. ■*p\os l -: of the boots were quit© briglit,f which .would not have been r the case^ ha 4 they been long above wa^er. , Jt m more than possible that the body has beenjheld by the coat to a snag, and the las>iiresh, m; wresting i^free from' it« entariglement, had torn it off. Before starting m. the rmorning, Constable. d-illeßpie h&i ■. made arrangements with Messrs Meyrick and Perrin to make .and forward the coffin during the afternoon to Jackeytown, with the view of bringing' the remains to Palroerstonfor the inquest. As they did not dp so. Constable ; oilleßpie made, arrangements before -leaving .for town to, have the body ; jbrpughtion to Palmerston this morning. 'Hb'e^bffin went down. by the train last night, ami tHe inquest will be yield at the P^lmerston^Hotel this after--noon at two o'clpck. Harrowing, no doubt, as it roust be to Mrs Jackson to have the. wound re*opened, it must certainly be some consolation to have the gad fate of her husband for ever set at Test, and be able to pay the melancholy . tribute-tb'hiß memory by following his remains to their ''last resting? place. •■■>.