The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-07-11
SICKENTNG SUICIDE.
IF A Pennsylvania FARMER
Near ClAy.rlile-Joha Emery llapgs In . Barn
for Two DaJs-Ths R.'oitlng Seen,s Con.
A'st.d with the Discovery Of the body. !.
An Iadlnsrtht Wife and Broih.r. II Z

special 10 the lntelllsenccr. .ll E7 .,s.t
CLAYsvlLLE, Pa, July lo.-our little
town was shocked on yesterday by The
news that John Emery had committed sui.
eide. Emery was tenant on the farm o!
TO. Noble, abou, a mile from here, and
had worked for years in the employ Of
Hugh Clark, n gardener, near Wheeling.
Avisit to the Noble farm proved the rumor
to be true.
On Friday morning Emery had omar.
rel with his wife. This was nothing IN.
usual. She had locked up the house, yiv.
him the keys and gone away. Friday
morning she and her brother. came 10 the
house and had to break open the door to
gain entrance. They then supposed ,ha.
Emery had gone away. They le., in a lii.
tie time and returned Sunday morning
with Mrs. Brownlow, neighbor. Hap.
pening to 60 into the loft they found Eme.
ry hanging to the raiten By short rope.
The body had evidently hung some time
as it was swollen and discolored and mort.
iacatioR had commenced, rendering i, very
offensive. As soon as the news spread peo.
pie gathered from all directions 10 view the
ghastly spectacle. g-.E.r
For some time nobody would cut the
body down, but finally Wm. Li,h aud Vim.
McCEacken essayed to do It. They tied n
rope around the corpse and took a board
from the floor and placed it obliouely
under the body to slide it down easily.
Then they eli, the rope around the neck, but
the rope around the body was not stron:
enough. Itbroke and the swollen, horrible
corpse slipped from their grasp, iell to the
floor below and burst, an awful, sickeniny
sight.
Squire Mckee empaneled a iTry con-
sisting OF Vim. Wilson, John Birch, j. ID.
Campsey. Roll Rolls;in, John Holmes and
]. D. Mckibbin. They examined wit.
neSses and deliberated for seven or eish,
hours. coming TO the conclusion that it was
a case OF suicide, and that John Emery me,
his death at his own hands.
The remains werr now placed in a rude
box, a. no coffin could be procured large
enough TO hold the swollen, distorted form,
and the funeral train wended It's way 10
the Potters' field. Such o funeral Fol.
lowing the box containing the remains was
the crowd that had collected, on horse and
on foot On the way TO the final resting
place who should the procession NEE, hui
the dead mans wife and brother, s.andin.
as spectators OF the roadside. They were
taken into the wagon containing the Jury.
The man was in his bare feet. Tie remui,,s
deposited in the Pottefs field the last &C;
OF the horrible tragedy was ended.
Emery was abou, fifty years OF age. and
weighed about one hundred and eighty
pounds. This woman is his second wife.
BY his first wife he has three children liy.
ing near Board Tree Tunnel, W. Va. The
woman is eighteen years OF age, bu: has
been married three times. Emery had
lived in this country but eighteen months,
and seemed TO have no friends n. all, al.
though he appeared quiet and industrious.
Onc curious fact remains unaccounted
lo!. When found the door OF the house had
been locked from the outside by paddock
and staple. The keys we're on the inside,
No evidence OF foul play was found on the
body by the physicians Throughout il is
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