A GRUESOME FIND.

Thames Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 10351, 26 April 1911, Page 2

A GRUESOME FIND.

MAN'S BODY INI 'RIVER.

La&t night the police were advised halt the (body of a man had been wind in the Thames river, near iopu. So far the ibody has not been dentified, and a strange circumstance in coimeotiom with tho case is hat no person has been reported nissing. Inspector Wright gave instmc-■io-na that, the body was to be brought to Thames as soon as pc»■jMe. Tha remains, we understand, were- fastened to a stalke, and were t'emovedi early this morning' when the tide Was suitable. Tha body was brought to the Thames this morningl ami! placed in the morgue. During the day several persons 1 visited) tho morgue, where CbnstaMe Bteiddelc was stationed, amd inspected) the body, but up to the time of aui going; to pre&s -tha man's identity had not been revealed 1. The deceased Would life aibout sft 7in high and was of sturdy 'build. It waia at first thought tliat.it was 'the bind* of ai bush cook who bad been missing, but some of thei latter's cnmpanioiis who saw the body said that it was not that of tho missingl man. A post mortem waia ordered by the Cbroner (Mr W. H. Lucas) and was carried out Toiy Dr 1. 'Rogers. ! The inquest) was originally fixed for 1.30 p.m. tot had to Ibie held a.t ii later hour Sk> as^to enable witnesses who could! £iiv6 Qvidenda as to the finding' of "the body, to reach Thames. At* the inquest evidence will Ye given as to the: circumstances under which the Lbdty w:as found, alsio medioal evidence as to the ciausei of death, and all other details will per forte have to ba left over until evidence oi identification is available. The facie of the deceased was photographed Hiy Mv Walter Chester, and it is hoped that this may lead to the man's identity :bteing ascertained. ■