THE REV J. M. MARSHALL

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8287, 16 September 1903, Page 3

THE REV J. M. MARSHALL

By Telegraph.

lOta-o Daily Times' Correspondent.) Christchurch. September 15 AH doubt ar, to tlie fate of the Rev. J % .U-Uct-uiII las been set at rest. 'larinx hir.i'h hoar employees of _Mr JV - tar.rv at Heathcote dbcovered a body in tic Fl* iithcrite- River. On being brougtu asfcnp- it was found tint the body >vss clad it clerical gnrb. and on the watcuehaia was a tc-nnis championship m-.cai Wrin " tli*-- name of the cl^ruryrnnn. Sabseqitently the remains were- identiiiLti. have b'-.n taken, to the morcue. wtu-ie w ir.qnt:st will be held. The body had tMdcntlv been in. the river since the date f'.n which Mr Marshall was missed, and wtaiderably discolored. As to liow he into r;-... river it is impossible to say. It'e bds had bt-en flowing for some thr«Kd wns just on the ebb when t' l -. bodv »w seje. and it is probable thi* it n;! - s I op and down the river tor a conrolenb'.e with the ebo and uov\ "f the tide since rising in tlie r.aturu tf;iirse. T!:at it was not before no.iccd is ttsiiy aci our.ted for by the fact that ;h-_- jiatt °f tlie stream where Mr Marshall - '' fuurd i: ; a portion of a little-fr- «"jtienL.d K 'adi. about a quarter of a mi'e from -.ie ?-;rry ro.id. and also that only a smaii part of thclothing about the <h-:=t ar.u w.'ii visible to-day in :he darK waters of the river. Wtien taken from the ! tiwr tli,- body of Mr MarshaH was imty j'-lothed. even to his white clerical tie. His inciti were on and lactd up- A gold medal ™hich ininir from liis chain was most nofcabtv i or-'pic'tous. It was the mtcia. si:md" bv Mr Marshall whence won the j t'WTL championship of Z*.a.and. it was by this that the identity of 'ne fed mm at first beanie tolerably cerTlie body lies at the morgue awaitn J?.n mnncst. Nothing was fouwl in the bat mnroy (Lnclcdinii ictir nntosl. and other triffas ; no rn anvnne intention do awnr with htmsrlf was mqnest will take- to-morrovr. btit Hacr is not vet fixod.