The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1885-12-03
A MEL0NCH0LY DEATH.
Henry Mellon, Of Masslllon, Falls From
Hls Buggy this Morning
And is Cholsed to Death In a Horrible Man
ner, While His Horse Walks Quietly
Along tho Road,

About 0 o'clock this morning as Frank
Rooms, fOrlnerly of the fIm or fost x
Rooms, stove and tiDware dealers OF thls
city, was driving along the Massillon
road westward, he encountered q pay
horse attached to buggy walking
0uIetly along the road In the vicinity Oh
Rloom'e half way house, In the direction
of MassillOn with the lines trail ing on
the ground aud no driver ylsable. lie
drew up along side the team, ana was
Mortified 10 And the dead body OF o man
living on his back where the shaft and
whiiIl tree meet, with his head closely
wedqed In between shaft and one OF
The front wheels. The body was found
10 be vet warm, indicating that the man
had not been long dead. by thls Time .
number of people living In the yiclnlIy
had gathered TO the spot, ana an attemp'
was made TO raise the body from ils re-
cumbent position, but the heaa WAS 30
6rmly wedged In between the wheel ana
shaft' that II was necessary to take OH the
wheel before the body could be extrlcat'
ed, On raisingit up, the dead man was
fonnd 10 be Henry Mellon, OF Massillon,
A travelling salesman for the wholesale
grocery house Of @. l. McLain q Co., OF
the same town. The body was carefully
placed In the buggy on which IL was
fonnd. and John Blaucher, who happen
.ed 10 be driving along towards Canton
about the time, was dispatched 70 notLy
the Coroner, which no did, ana that OF
aclal, on being found, left Immediately
for the scene OF the casualty
The Coroner, on examining the body,
fonnd the head badly bruised, but no
signs OF foul play, the man having quite
MAINLY pitched headlOng out OF the
bngQy and been chOked TO death, The
body Of MIR. Mellon having 6een lald IN
hIa own buggy, Coroner Laininger got
In 10 thls nnd drove TO Mas flllon with II,
while polICeman Owens, Of this city, who
accompanied the Coroner, drove the lat
ter's carriage along behind, The remains
OF the deal man were taken 10 MS nome
In MasaillOn, and on the news oelhg
broken TO the wife, but now WIDOW, or
the dead, ahe became almost frantic
with grief, and AZ present lies In u very
serious condition.
As stated above, the dead man was
n travelling salesman for O. Il, McLain
q CO.. Wholesale grocery dea era, OF
Maasillon, aud, II was learned, hRd left
ihe atore AZ 1880 this morning on one Of
hIa usual business trips through the
county. driving towards Canton. He
was subject 10 epileptic tts,
and while driving along the road
was, without doubt, oyertaken with one
OF these and fell out OF the buggy into
the place where he was found, ana
choked 10 death white hls horse, oil nn.
conscious, poor brute, OF the dreadful
tragedy taking place along side his
hody. walked leisurely ahead, and when
he found no guiding hand on the lines
turned, and started back towards Mas
sillon. About n year ago Mr. Mellon had
a similar NJ, aud this was the last one
he was afflicted with until this fatal one
that robbed him OF life.
The deceased gentleman was Q very
popular young man, win splenula
reputation, and was loved ana respected
by all who knew him, He was very
hard working, industriou, man, never
touching lQUOr, and had succeeded by
his own Individual Efforts In placing
himself In quite comfortable clrcum'
stances ,,-,,,..
His tragIcal death Ia q sOrrowful blow
IN hia family and friends, and the uni
versa feeling Of all who were acq 1aint'
ed with him IN one Of unlelgned sadness
AZ his untlmely taking of, Mr. Mellon
was 8s years old, and leaves, In addition
TO hIs wife, three interesting young
children. Ha served several terms ny
Township Clerk Of Perry Township and
was A trustee OF the Eaglish Catholic
Church Of Massillon.