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Show BODY OF PAUL JONES DISCOVERED Remains of America's First Naval Hero Have Been Discovered in Paris, France, Cemetery. Ambassador Porter Has Been Engaged En-gaged In Search for Past Five Years, His Labors Finally Be Ing Rewarded. Paris, Franco. Tho remarkable search which Ambassador Porter has conducted for tho body of Paul Jone3 has been crowned with success by tho discovery of tho body nnd its Identification Identifi-cation Frlduy by tho highest French medical experts nB unquestionably that of tho famous American admiral Whrt founded tho American navy. Ambassador Porter cabled to Washington Wash-ington Friday night announcing the successful results of his long and difficult dif-ficult search. Tho body is in a good stnto of preservation, considering tho interment took place over ono hundred hun-dred years ago. Tho circumstances leading to tho final discovery of tho body aro particularly partic-ularly Interesting. General Porter has conducted tho Bcarch for tho last Uvp years and wheni congress reconUjj tob'k no action ifpon tho president's rocommcndatlon for tho expenses Incident In-cident to tho search, tho ambassador continued tho oxtenslvo labors at his own expense. A largo force of workmen work-men has been engaged night and day tunneling and crofcq-tunncling tho old St. Louis cemetery. ""This constituted a hugo operation, ombrncing nearly a block covered with buildings and requiring re-quiring a system of subterranean mining. min-ing. Finally tho leaden coffin containing tho remains of tho admiral was discovered. dis-covered. It was 'opened in tho present pres-ent of General Porter, Colonel Bnlloy Blauchnrd, secondz-gecrctary of tho American embassy, and Engineer Wols, who has been directing tho excavation. ex-cavation. Tho body was found to bo well preserved, owing to Its being immersed im-mersed in alcohol. It was wrapped In a sheet with a packing of straw and hay. Thoso present wcro lmmedlato ly struck by tho rosomblanco of tho head to that on tho medallions and bust of tho admiral. Tho limbs were wrapped In tinfoil, presumably for sea transportation, n3 Indicated in a letter of tho admiral's nearest friend and n pallbearer at his funeral, Colonel Blackenden, who said: "His body (was put In a leaden coffin, cof-fin, bo that In caso the United States, which ho had fMH:ntially served, .should clalmJflBBBktts, thoy, might -bo more eiiVBIMBjtLX ( Finding that all tho Antornnl organs were singularly well reserved, the doctors made an autopsy, which showed distinct proofs of tho dlseaso from which tho. admiral Is known to havo died. Tho Identification was pronounced pro-nounced coraploto In ovory particular. |