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The Quarantine Clerk Signed a Death Before the Body Appeared

The Quarantine Clerk Signed a Death Before the Body Appeared

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A quarantine clerk signed a death certificate dated July 8 for a woman found July 9-how did that signature expose a crime at Pelican Spit?

The Quarantine Clerk Signed a Death Before the Body Appeared

In this episode, we follow the timeline and documents surrounding Beverly Kowalski’s death and the startling paperwork that preceded her discovery. The episode lays out the people, places, and physical evidence that force one question: what did a signed death certificate before a body reveal about Pelican Spit?

Person: Beverly Kowalski
Date: July 8-9, 1883
Location: Pelican Spit Island quarantine pier
Person: Terry Ward
Person: Dr. Elias Fenn

- Beverly was found face-down in eighteen inches of water eighty yards from the dock while her ship would not arrive for another forty-eight hours.
- Dr. Elias Fenn signed a death certificate dated July 8 listing enteric fever before any body had been located.
- Clerk Terry Ward managed the pier, supplies, manifests, and had unsupervised authority over movement between island and ships.
- Witness Nora Beale saw Beverly at the port rail at 5:45 p.m. on July 7; Ward’s recorded time aboard ends between 4 and 6 p.m. with his departure unlogged.
- Coroner Carl Mitchell’s exam found blunt-force skull trauma and no signs of enteric fever, and tidal charts placed body entry at the quarantine pier that evening.

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