Show P A CLEARED i I 1 V the tie body of J J murphy found in i it a canal I 1 I 1 cwm Ite IrED AID DISCOLO discolored ZED I 1 chil amea nil bad been ihl the water la in hooper cinal cana I 1 nod rind tte the corpse and lotife 4 thi be five weeks ago james J murphy an n officer from CC in n 1 abia I C city in company ay iy with a bo boy V 01 auoe named clinton ton Boling bonse murphy tj registered at the keno reno hotel and the 0 following morning mysteriously disappeared I 1 yesterday morning his body was ras found in the hooper irritating I 1 1 aitch ditch on the premises of john F fife about two milea miles west est of this city th the 0 story of the discovery dia covery as told b by Y f mr fife is about as follows there id are ro two chinaman occupy mccu dying D a portion ti I 1 0 the 1 1 land on the sout south t 1 an end tb the C aft i m bad had prepared e d a be barrel rel 0 of 1 eaber car kraat kraut and wanted wants a rock to i place ace on the cover K knowing 0 1119 that 1 them ther e was a number of 0 I 1 large r a rocks in t the 11 d ditch 1 the proceeded r ded to q that tbt 1 locality ac aliby to procure one the ditch Is very narrow an and id quite deep 7 bat at this season of the year con bains but little water I 1 the chinaman jumped into the i ditch and was horrified on discover aing ing the body of 0 a man restine against 1 1 I 1 a rock the terrified celestial climbed out of the ditch and ran to thereat the residence of mr fife and informed him J 0 of f the discovery fife went to the 4 ditch and saw the body which was A 1 lying face down he ile immediately came to the conclusion that the remains hmains were those of the missing 1 murphy the discovery wag was made about 7 in the morning I 1 mr fife came into town and notified marshal metcalf of the discovery ol 01 the body the coroner was notified J A and at once empanelled empanel led T E fitzgerald J J clayton and J 11 ii knauss as a jury the marchal ma rahal coroner and jury drove to the ditch I 1 and the body was removed to the bank after being viewed by the I 1 jury the corpse was placed in a coffin fod taken to undertaker shaws establishment I 1 when searched the following articles and money were found in bis his I 1 pockets the money consisting i ot of two hilts bills ten 1 1 10 0 bills and in silver a f liver silver watch and ald chain I 1 a p 0 lic emans leather billy two railroad ros cl tickets from columbus ohio to I 1 san francisco requisition papers from the governor yo vernor of ohio to the governor governo r of california for the delivery I 1 cofone of one james clark wanted in col 1 ambus umbus on the charge chai co of ra rape the jury met in undertaker I 1 i Pre Presha shaws wg parlors and beard heard the I 1 many of several witnesses mr fife t testified leati fiad substantially the same as his statement published above dr ion tones as wa was a called and te testified stifled that he I 1 ha had d made an examination of the I 1 body and discovered no marks on the I 1 bead or trunk which would produce leah death it is impossible to tell con tinned the doctor whether he came tto 0 his death from natural e causes a u s e from rom drowning or from t the h 0 e effects f fe c t e al of I 1 some drug if it poison bad been taken he the effects would not show on the face ot of the body the body bad had evidently I 1 been in the water a long time the he body is now decomposing very a fsr but lying ying in the water and not I 1 being lecog subject to the action of the air ltd bad preserved it to some extent marshal metcalf was called and old told about the same as mr fife in re gard ard to the body lying in la the ditch a ind ild it its a removal TI of the search which lad had been instituted at the time of the Idl rance of deceased the i t m it stated ted that when Murp bya hya brother was in oden ogden he elated stated that james had mysteriously disappeared I 1 f I 1 irom from columbus Colom baB once wore before lie was i gone one for or quite a while and no trace of him could be found after an absence of f several weeks a letter was received I 1 from rom the missing man a 8 sting that he vas was in ireland murphy bad had often complained of severe puns in in the I 1 lead which h at times made him very bado d respondent ap d n james obrien ot of salt like 1 led bed that he be recognized the remains as those of jas J murphy this closed I 1 I 1 the he evidence and the jury returned the he following verdict we find that on a or about the day of septem I 1 1 ier r 1890 1800 james J murphy while cimring boring under a temporary aberra i tion lon of mind came to ills life death by I 1 accidental drowning 1 1 word was received from bis his brother i to a prepare the body for shipment the he remains willbe will be sent to columbus ohio hlo this morning |