The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-02-01
Front.
q, SUPPLIES room; b, McAnif's room C, Ga
room; d, kitchen; e, Patterson's room.

Front.
a, supplee's room; b, McAnir's room C, Goss'
room; d, kitchen; G, Patterson's room.
Supplee left his room (a,) at about eight
o'clock, but said nothing to Mr.. Eckman,
his room mate, as to where he was going
He went through the halls, tried the door
C, and finding it locked went into room b,
and attempted to pass around by the win
dows. The windows are about foot
apart, with wide sill and ledge on the
outside. He stepped out on the sill and
grasping the column between the windows
with one hand he stopped to raise the win
dow of room C. when his foot slipped on
the icy sill and he fell to the roof Of the
kitchen, distance of about 12 feet. He
struck the edge of the roof in sitting po-
sition which turned him partially so that
he struck the ground on his head and
shoulders. Richard S. Patterson, a stu
dent who was sitting at the window of his
own room, (e,) saw Supplce fall, and i'm
mediately ran down stairs and informed
Mr.. Wells, the steward, that somebody had
fallen from window Mr.. Wells ran to
the dining room and with w. Housel, the
janitor, found Supplee lying on the ground
near the dining room door, with his head
bent under his body. He was Immediate
ly carried into room on the first floor,
and an examination showed slight flutter-
ing of the heart and pulse DR.. w. NJ.
Reber was Immediately summoned, but
the unfortunate young man was dead be-
fore he got there, his pulse having ceased
few moments after he was found. His
skull was crushed above the right temple
and his neck was broken. The whole dis
tance of his fall was 2Sl feet. An inquest
was held by ]. M. Clark Esq, Justice of
the Peace, acting as coroner, and the fol-
lowing verdict rendered:
COMMONWEALTH OFF
PENNSYLVANIA, COL ss:
UMBIA COUNTY.
An inquisiton intended and taken at the
Town of Bloomsbury in the County of Col
umba the twenty-ifth day of January, A.
D. 1884, before me John NJ. Clark, one of
the Justices of the Peace in and for said
County acting as coroner of the county
aforesaid, upon the view of the body of
George w. Supplee Jr, there and then ly-
ing dead, upon the oaths of j. G.. Brown,
j. r. Townsend. l. w. Niles, William
Chrisman, NJ. c. Woodward and F. c.
Eyer, good and lawful men of the County
aforesaid who being sworn and affirmed
to inquire, on the part of the Common
wealth, when, where, how and after what
manner the said George W. Supplce Jr.,
came to his death, do say, upon their oath
and affirmation that the said George w.
Supplee Jr., on the day and date aforesaid
at about the hour of s n. m, being in q
room occupied by John j, Gass located in
the third story of the boarding hall of the
Bloomsbury State Normal School, in the
said town of Bloomsbury, and that the
said George did then and there attempt to
go from and by the window of said room
upon ledge and sill running upon the
outside thereof, into room adjoining oc-
cupled by Michael H. McAniif, through the
window thereof which said window was
separated from the window OF egress by n
jutting wall about fifteen inches in width.
That the purpose Of the said George was to
| obtain his hat which he had left in the
room last mentioned the night previous,
the door of this room being locked and the
room at this time being unoccupied, and
that the room from which the said George
| attempted to go was at that time unoccu-
pied save by the said George. And upon
examination we found the window sills
| and the ledge aforesaid covered with a
| smooth coating of ice. And that the said
George in thus attempting to go from room
to room aforesaid, accidentally, casually
and by misfortune did slip and fall from
the third story windows aforesaid to the
ground, distance of forty feet or there
abouts, and thereby sustained injuries
causing his death. And so the Jurors
| aforesaid do say that the said George w.
Supplee Jr, in the manner and by the
means aforesaid accidentally, casually and
by misfortune came to his death and not
otherwise. And they do further find that
| no blame therefor attaches to any of the
officers, employees or students of the said
the Bloomsburg State Normal School. In
witness whereof, as well the said Justice
| OF the Peace acting as coroner as the ju
rors aforesaid have to this inquisition put
their hands and seals the day and year
above mentioned.
| j. Q. Brown, j. NJ CLARK, j. p,
| >. IL. TOWNSEND, acting as coroner.
| |. w. NILES, WIN. Christian,
| +. &. EYER, M. G. WOODWARD,
Jurors.
Miss Supplee, sister of the deceased
was also student at the school, and hel
feelings at the sudden and terrible death OF
her brother can scarcely be imagined.
messenger was sent to break the sad news
to the parents, who came over and con
veyed the remains to their home near Jcr
seytown In the afternoon, The school was
| dismissed for the day. The funeral tool
place on Sunday afternoon, and was at
tended by the Faculty and u large number
of the students, besides II great concours'
of sympathizing friends and neighbors.
RESOLUTIONS OF COINCIDENCE.
At a meeting of the students of the
Bloomsbury Normal School held January
26th 1884, the following resolutions wer'
unanimously adopted
WHEREAS, In the dispensation OF Hi
| all-wise providence, il has pleased AL
mighty God to remove from our midst ou
esteemed fellow student, George W. Sup
plte, Jr, an earnest student, genial com
panion and an ambitious and promisin,
young man, therefore be II
Resoiued, That while we bow In humbl,
submission to the divine will OF our Heav
emily Father, yet it is BETTING aud prope
that we place on record a Testimonial o