Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1865-12-16
OF MIR. j. GILLEiT I

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REMAINS OF MIR. ]. GILLETE,
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Coroner Inquest on the same-yer
dies Of the Jury=Interment Of the
'RemaIhs In this CitS. en- 4sorr-DG
Seteraldsys ago we Reproduced from ths
Toledo papers. the facts concerning the dis
eOyety and sGppOssd positive indenti6eation
of the skeleton of Mr. JonathsH Gillstt,
once a wealthy and, influential citizen Of
this city, who mysteriously disappeared
from Toledo, where he was then living, in
1 January, isss., We 1ssrn from the 8tede
that a Ceroner's inquest on. the teniIiHs Vas
held in that city on "Wednesday last We
give q resume of the evidenoerea r5er;.d
IT Mr.. E. D. Eldridss testified that he had
/ seendeceased three ssYsfsldazsin january
| 1868! IN Hudson, Mich.s and that he seemed.
perfectly RATIONAL iii had beenfeared that
deceased, in a moment of mentalabsrratfoRo
committed suicidssl Witness did not learn
! where deceased Saa E0ihss b. 90 Gilletty
| son of deceased, stated that his father left
home about the 9Th of january, With n. e.
WinsIow, of Cleveland, and Al. Handy of
Chicago, for Detroit His. fsmilyrneVer saw
him afterwards He had homf $50 t67 500,
and drew from the Marine Bank of Toledo.
on Mr.. nWinslow, of Buffalo, $780, AReek
afterheleh witness vent TO Monroe in search
of his father. He had been there several
days, suffering severely with toothache, and
had gone toqAdfians Witness next Wehtto
Hu lson, Mich, where deceased had spent,
several days, He had started for Toledo,
leaving Hudson at moo Mr. Fred. Hing
had seen deceased in Toledo after his return
from Hudson. 9-fts i s7J1ss LiW beod oihq
A numberof witnesses, including the SON
and son-in-law of deceased, testified as to
the remarkable resemblance the skull bore
10 its outlines to the head of Mr.. Gillett
Each of the many witnesses 70 this point
were quite positive of the identityav rzzvI
DR.. J.. Chesebrough, . dentist, identified
the remains by the shape, irregularity and
condition Of the teeth. His testimony seems
conclusive, ana We sfSS it entirs. hsyo1d5 f
,sl Deceased came to my Office, suffering
from toothache. 1 examined his teeth,1
and found q tooth thatneeded filing that
tooth corresponds with one found in this,
Skull. l made an appointment with him to
fill the tooth at the time L made this sp4
pointmsnt with himlto fill his tooth / found
several diseased fangs creating considerable
irritation; I extracted them; / think the
appointment with him was for the 9Th or
IOthiof December, 1862. The sppofntrisht
never was kept His teeth were very irfeg-
ular and peculiar, all of which corresponds
to the skull here present; the tooth, 20 be Ii
filed is still there on the left Of tie ttHder
jaw was no teeth the upper corresponding
were very large-the same here the pecu21i
harity of the front teeth is the same here /;
aIl ara the same as I found in Mr.. Gillett
L have no doubt that it is his skull-cerz
tainlv q very strange eoiheidepee. If it Is
not. Z doh,t think two mouths were ever I
made so near ahker's-g IT. baTi129T eAc2 10
That partof the evidence relating to the
discovery of thsremains; itsiocation3 depth
ground, 6c-,vas essentially the same
as that which We have already reproduced |,
The SON of deceased testified. that his father /,
frequently passed through an alley running Z
from the rearrof Otis Field's biilisrdosaloon
on Perry street. to Montos 6trssty In uAhicho
the skeleton was found buried. The Jury.
weighed therevidence taken and returned
the following nts7T~: 55sI ,fte tars-A m
H. VERDICT. .ooo,es .biaE,
We the undersigned, jurors empannefied
and sworn on the 18th of December, in the !
year 1885, at the City of Toledo, in the coun-
y of Lucas, by s.. Y. Bergen, Corener il
Iaid county, t~0inquire and true presentment
make in what manner a certain skeleton ]
vas found buried in an affeybetween Perry !
md Monroe SITS, and by whom the deceased 4
to death, after having heard the evi-l {
and examined said human remains, !
We do believe them to be thu. skeleton of j
.Gllett, who disappeared suddenly
n January, A. D. 1893. 81 r.-s,f
And we, the jury, do further believe that {
aid Jonathan Gillett came to his death in I
N. unnatural manner, blythe Hands of some l
lerson or persons unknown t0the Jury, some
inthe mouth Of january in the year
sos. .roE5GG-~ 20 -rls lU}5uGot Ont odd
Given under our hands at the time and ]
,lace Of said inguisition, above mentioned, !
A. HOPKINS, ~ 'h'
Pr yIti2irga e6T JoHx sIRcLltR. snoi1e3z I
20 z,rssd sif b,'atAs,,H, CoksTpoks amoj Z
to2 y,rrr,;c dan A, II, HATHAWAY, .,codfl4
=r N. W. EDDY, -,
'- 'i- " ~ HAIRY CEASE. 'h4 tt't
sff az SurlY
C~oNFIDEEeE GAHs-A SeLDIKB svINDLED /
.Ur OF FIVE HuSDREDo DoLLlRs.=A soldier j
those name we could not. get but whose I
is in Csnfeld, Mah6ning countS, and T
7hO has just been mustered out Of service, )
.avibg been a member Of an Ohio Battery Z
he last four years and four months, was /
out of all his hard-earned money, ]
ave some fifty dollars, yesterday morning; !
Ie came in on the early trainfrom Columbus, !
,hencehe hadbssn followed by a man whod-l
his acquaintance m the cars: The 4
learning that the soldier was from
Iahoning county, claimed to know every
ody about Garfield, Youngstown, and even
he farmers, generally throughout the
In this way he won the confidence
his intended and PFedestined Victim ,arT Z
1t is the same old story IN substance. Thett
ten reached the American House between 2
We and six o'clock, The confidence mani
-as there 1ictBy q tall light com plexioned 3
ian who presented his accomplice & bill f6t !
r~oceries bought amounting to upwards of :
500. DebtofFhadn no. money, but he offered the !
[l archeek for. nine hundred y
ollars in the bank He could not ?
it, as he couldn't wait until the ]
auks were open. He must leave the city s
n an early train. Accordingly debtor turns !
OnRdingly 10 the soldier, and said, will I
please let me havs $500? 'HWkentthe /
anks open you can get your money. back {
him, the check orI$9OO. The sob :
Ter gave the sum rasked, but said he would |.
company the nitort the grocery, They I
cent down towards Hagward's, but on j
the foot of digit of stairs which :
ID through the passage wsy to an exit :,
he rear of the Buildings on Superior street /,
be sharpers told the soldier to wait a mo-]l
lent, they. would be down il. q minute or J
Of course they were men of their :
,ord, and-didn't come back. The soldier !
oo1 suspected malPraetiee, snd hurriedgtod
he police station and stated his grievance. o
Ulcers were put on the watch for the parties I
vhom the Victim, describes in detail, hut (
hey doubtless made good their sscape.7uioa !
The soldier isa single mar Abodttwenty- ]