Show 4 MYSTERIES unsolved lddys that Stil purtie authorities here and abroad what became of william turner MONG the many interesting and AMONG curious facts connected with the history of individuals or nations tl ti ere are few which possess the grim corn com petting qualities of the disappearance cases the instances in which human beings have apparently vanished from the face of the earth never to be heard from again but if in addition the affair is complicated by tie tl e iden of a body which Is supposed to be that of the missing person the matter becomes one of national and sometimes international prom nence but the apparent appal ent ty of ing even near relatives Is well illustrated by a case decided in the english vice chancellor s court in con newtion with a su sir t in which the plain plim tiff wished to estabi sh the fact that a certain turner had come to his death turner had last been seen on may alay 7 while he was being entertained at guildford lie ile then presented an emaciated appearance he was un kempt and unshaven and there were many who were of the opinion that his mind sv was as unsettled and w weak eak ten days later a body was found in the kiver river wey and at the inquest which was on the same day two men named etherington that the corpse was as that of their fa ther who wa was missing at the time the friends who had entertained turner at guildford on the other hand declared their belief tl V at the body was that thit of william turner but it was nevertheless interred as that of philip It herington A colored handkerchief was found around the neck of tl e body and this article as aisted in the ultimate identification of fife tl e corpse some months later when ph lip etherington supposedly drowned and burled buried walked calmly into his daughters house and told a rambling story of why he had not previously appeared the question as to the identity of the drowned man was then revived in earnest tl TI e proofs w ere to the minds of most people clearly brought out at last for william turner had left behind I 1 urn im at guildford a frag ment merit of a handkerchief which was nag found to correspond with the one dis covered around the neck of the dro ned sued man to the vice cl angellor anc ellor s milid mirld the chain of evidence was corn com and satisfactory and judgment was given flat william had bad come to this death bv by dro drowning N ning let the two sons of PI lip eti etl erington had positively identified this same boda bod as that of gieir father whom they had seen every day diy tor for more than thirty bears ears and with whose facial and bod ly characteristics tl ti ey w be cupl ased to be as familiar as with their 0 sit moreover More Alore oer oNer in spite of the fact that thit turner was quite prominent in the community most of those who I 1 new him agreed with the as to the identity of tie tl e body despite the fact that they also claimed that there was little similarity between the appearance of turner and etherington during life nor did decomposition of the features enter into the matter in the least tor for the common notion that the human body decomposes rapidly in water is contrary to the fact for especially during winter or in the months anslen wl en the water Is cold and if the body remains below the surface the features were often remarkably well preserved identification may therefore be comparatively easl aas because of rather than in pite spite of the fact that the body has been tin mersed merged in water no case of a similar character ever created the sensation in england that the turner affair did for the reason that the body was nag not long iong enough in the water to distort the features in any way set neither the turners ti tie e nor their friends were able positively to identify the drowned man at first he be w as burled buried as eti etl cr er ington and later tie tf e stone above his grai graie e w was as altered to read turner yet the latter s family and friends have never been nil w lolly olly satisfied that it was w as his body flat tl at was w as interred there Z by the U heeler cate I 1 |