Philadelphia County PA Archives News.....Clark, John E., Shocking Murder. April 29, 1858
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The Altoona Tribune. (Altoona, Pa.) April 29, 1858
Clark, John E., Shocking Murder.
On Thursday last, the body of a young man was found floating in the Schuylkill, a
short distance above the Market Street Bridge, Philadelphia. On removing it from the
water it was found to be the body of Mr. John E. Clark, a young merchant in
Philadelphia, who had been missing since the previous Saturday, on which day he had
had some $400 on his person, with which he purposed lifting a couple of notes in
bank. On examining the body the throat was found to be cut from ear to ear. The
watch of deceased was in his vest pocket, but the chain bad been cut. Little or no
money was found upon his person. The Coroner, with a jury, is now busily engaged
taking testimony, and will leave no means unspared, to ferret out the perpetrator or
perpetrators of this hellish crime. That the deceased was foully murdered no one
doubts, although at first it was supposed that he might have committed suicide. He
leaves a young widow to mourn his untimely fate, who together with his aged mother
are well nigh distracted. We hope that justice, in this case, will neither slumber
nor sleep. 

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