Morning journal and courier., 1883-06-30
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Saturday, June 30, 1883.
A Merchant's Sudden Death.
A HOlyoke Man Found Dead 0 n the Road
 nm the East Shore.

A HOIy0ke Man Found Dead n the Road
 on the East Shore.
 Henry C.. Smith, of Holyoke, Mass, 8 clothing merchant owning an interest in stores in New Britain and Meriden, was found dead yesterday morning early, in the road in East Haven, near Morris Cove and not far from the Forbes House. In his pockets were $13o in bank notes, $2O in gold and fine gold watch and chain. He had diamond stud in his shirt worth $6O and a wedding ring on his finger marked 'tH. 0. s." Coro- ner Bollman, ,who investigated the case, found on the person of the deceased promissory notes amounting to SIG, 400, in sums as fol- lows $1,535, $500, $2OO, $200, $10o, $4oo, $15o, $40O, $2,oOo, $1,5oO, $6,ooo, $50, $175. $1OO, $1, 1000, $1. 900, $4Oo. He had in his pocket key with hotel tag, marked ''Holyoke House, Mo- 58" also gold and rubber pencil case, a white handled, wo-bladed pocket knife, a lot of loose keys and two punches of keys, two belonging to either postofice or safe locks. He also had pocketbook stuffed with paid and uncans celled checks and various vouchers and bills which the coroner declined to exhibit for the present.
 Deceased arrived in this city Tuesday and went to the Fremont House, where he has been in the habit of stopping when here on business trips.g He spoke to the proprietor in regard to an oppressive feeling about his chest and stomach and said he wanted to go for two or three days to some place on the shore where he could find rest and quiet. He. was recommended to the Forbes House in East Haven and between and o'clock 1n the afternoon was taken down there by one Of Barker dE Ransoms teams He engaged a room at the hotel, stating that he days. Some of those about the house surmised from his appearance that he had been on 8 spree and was at the hotel to recuperate. Tuesday evening he drank nothing at the bar except two light drinks of gin. Thursday he took stroll with Fredsr- ick H. Hotchkiss and during the walk re- marked that he had sworn off from drink ing He was very quiet in his demeanor, leaving the hotel during his stay for only two or three short walks. It is not known that he drank anything intoxicating after the evening of his arrival. On Wednesday he sent by the driver of the East Haven stage to 8 drug store in this city for some medicine. The same day he gave the stage driver to mail letter addressed to ''Mrs. Henry c. 1 Smith, Holyoke, Holyoke Hotel, Mass
 Yesterday morning between and o'clock | Mr. Forbes was aroused from sleep by | noise aud getting up found Smith in the | hotel sitting room fully dressed, except that l he had not exchanged his sleeping wrapper | for shirt Smith had his valise in his hand | and his manner was excited and unnatural. | Deceased told MT. Forbes that they were af. | ter him the college students were after l him. They were all after him. MT. Forbes, l perceivfng that the man was wrong in his l kI ,ivIri fho Fpogh hoir might restore him, and deceased darted out | on brisk walk up the road leading to the city. Forbes dressed and told his barkeep- CT, Fred. H. Forbes, that something was wrong with their boarder. About this time Joseph Hotchkiss arose, and he and Forbes watched Smith as far as the James Gallagher summer homestead, when intervening Instructions shut off their view Smith passed across part of Galla- eher's property. He next appeared to view while he knocked at the door of 8 neighbor- hood house which had screen door. This he partly broke down and continuing ms knocking he called to the people n the house that it was time to get up. He then went across the lots, getting over fences and through gateways. In lot north of Hon. James Gallagher's place, just inside the fence by the roadside, he dropped his satchel Two hundred feet from this point. on the opposite side of the road from the lot where
 
 who had followed him, found the dead body.
 They found Smith lying face downward in a hollow in the roadway about two hundred feet from where he left his valise. Life was evidently extinct. The body was removed to the hospital and Medical Examiner Dr. M. O. White performed an autopsy upon it in the afternoon, finding that death resulted from acute meningitis. There was nothing to in dicste that alcoholic indulgence had caused his death, although deceased indulged freely in intoxicating liquors.
 Coroner Bollmann received dispatch at 3:3O from Holyoke signed H. A. Chase, say ing, "Prepare body for interment tonight; will be there at o'clock"
 Medical Examiners, Hartford County.
 wCoroner Lewis Sperry has appointed the following medical examiners for Hartford county: Avon, George R. Roberts l; Berlin, E. H. Meade; Bloomfield, Henry Gray; Bristol, George s. Hull Burlington, George R. Roberts Canton, George F. Lewis; East Granby, G. W. Edwards East Hartford, E. J. Mcknight East Windsor, H. Allen En- field. Edward F. Parsons Pennington, Charles Darlington Glastonbury, H. c. Bunce; Granby, G. W. Edwards Hartland, G. w. Edwards; Hart ford. H. s. Fuller; Manchester, J. N. Parker; Marlborough, NO. BuRce; New Brit