| Show i I I IDENTIFICATION DOUBTFUL L John Paul Joness Body May b bo tell Lefi n Paris 1101 or of Or Oc Occurred Ii h html but ot Ne York Feb to exhume the bones bontS ot of Commodore John Paul Jones and bring them to this hlll country for tor burial burla must probably be abandoned The nn navy department III at has from Win D B Sims naval t to tIme the States embassy In a let letter letter ter on the subject from whIch the tol oh lowing extract Is taken It Is the tho opinion ot of the am ambassador that the remains of John Jones are definite Iy located In the area clear clearly I In In M 1 dt do s report but It appears to be a 11 matter ot of conjecture as to whether the actual remains ot of John Paul Jones Joncs cOUld be ed This would depend on whether or not he was burled buried In Iii such lIuch a manner that his hili remains would be and particularly r his bore any an inscription anti whether lie hI was 1118 burled In I a uniform or with A 11 sword or some emblem of his lii tanner former grade arade SM I do states In the report n above bo referred to that the Information given therein Is token from documents In various arlous archIves and from authentic plans of at the elt city or of Paris and that no statement has been made that Is not supported b by documentary proof that In each ench case can be pro produced if t needed In view IN or of the reputation or of M de and his In re researches searches particularly particular that In locating the body of It Is safe ate to coil corio elude clude that th time statements contained In Inthe Inthe the report r purt Mil as he says be thorough thoroughly ly authenticated fly Dr reason of time the occupatIon of M 1 do de ho ha lies not been able up to the present time lime to me any uny fur tur timer ther concerning subject but In ConversatIon with him ho he R ac acknowledges s that although he Is ablo convinced that the tho bod body ot of John JohnPaul JohnPaul Paul Jones was vas burled In the area arta In and has never neer bet removed ho he still cn considers It purely conjectural whether or not It would be possible to Identity identify the remains although he Is II reasonably sure lure that he lisa hils t hed within t a narrow limit the silo whore th the wall vita burled buried It vas all by reason ot of this uncertainly of Identifying the tho bod body that M tie nl ud recommended the advIsabIlity ot of I a part or orall nil all of the tho area formerly Included In Inthis this cemetery and after clearing It of the tho Inconsiderable Incon structures which now corer It to make It a small and erect treet thereon n a suitable monument to the n naval al hero An effort wilt will noW 1 be to 1 have o Congress authorize the purchase or of the property In Paris and time tho erection ot of a monument thereon |
