The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1886-12-09
LOGAN BY Gas LIGHT!
ALMOST A CHASTITY
FIND.
David Lehman takes 4 Dive in
the Icy Waters Of the
Canal.
But Finding the Elements
Une0nSeniaD, Elmer es
fre;si ,:lle Ders, Hike II
SON Of NepsuRC,
And CcnclHdeS TO Try JERSEY Light
ning Yet another Fall.

And Cenc,GteS 10 1ry Jersey Light
ning Yet Anoti,er Fall.
Early Tuesday morning working
men passing over the bridge at Roch-
ester's warehouse, discover. d large
hole cut in tae leo and beside it
full suit of clothes. On examina-
tion the clothes proved to be those
of David Lehman. In the hat he
left note bidding farewell to the
friends OF this world and ascriblng
as the cause of his fall. too much
whiskey. Poor Dave, that was the
universal comment. as the news of
tho catastrophe flashed through
The town. Many OF the old friends
who had come down 10 the scene of
the last and most thrilling episode
/ in the ilfe of David, stood shivcring
in the ley blast that crep. along tic
canal and Shed frozen tears in men,
ory of the departed. 1t was sad
hour A man who Lad oxpericrc
cd more than huDdiel bad win
terra, enterta:ned Il crowd among The
rushcs in sheltered cove: Gen
tlemem, lnan born OF womaE is OF
few days and when he lilleth up his
bowes with bad lifucr, is full o!
trou be. 1t hardly seems possible
that with our present street lamps
that Dave could have scen to
drown himself. lie couldn't if the
lamps had not been aided by the el-
ectrlcity generated in Dare by the
whiskey. The two, it seems, furn-
lshed light enough for him to finish
the job in good shape.
Alas and then again alas While
the lnanimate form of our friend is
being nosesl over by bull heads
and other mongrel fishes, the fipc
Prrssian hand of the Governor ct
the gas factory is getting in its
work OF the gas meters of the town
and bridging the way that other
victims may find rest and peace be-
meath the cold, passicn!ess waves
of this waterway. WHISKY in in Its
way is a good thing. 1t has ena-
bed cur friend TO escape the talons
of the vulture and demonstrates
how Ii tie force is needed TO change
the siivers Of light that now torture
the night, into fifteen candle pow
er blaze By the aid Of which a man
may drown himself decen;ly.'
Coroner G. G. Gage arriving on
the scene there Wac no more M oral |
izing. He viewed the hole in the
ice. but did not slt or it. He is q
wise msn Tho hole was about four
feet square Besides it the clothes
were piled in regular order. Socks
with holes in the heels, and oder
Gus; coat, vest, pants, drawers,
, shirt, undershirt and bat Bat there
were no shoes and tho Coroner not
ed this. He could not find any
hair on the side of the hole and
that WAS bad sign. Then too, it
was thoughtful Of Dave to take the
AK home after cutting the hole in
the ice.
After Weighing the evidence be-
fore him End running back in the
history of the man, the Coroner
formally concluded that Dave could
net be drowned in eanal a;er. His
associations with it had been too In
innate.
He was satisfied. however that he
had gone into the hoe. A small
boy, (the small boy is always pres
ent on all great OCCASIONS had dis
covered some moss on the ice. That
was proof sufficient, but where was
he now? The eagle eyed boy again
proved 4 valuable assistant 10 the
Coroner. lie marked down a trail
of moss leading to another hoe, east
about seventy yards, and 1t Was his
theory that the moss rubbed from
the back of Dave as lie divcd un-i
der the ice. The Coroner praised
the boy apd lef:, well satisfied that {