St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-27
The Remains Those Of John
MeFeeley, a Young Cana
dian Accountant.
Dependency and Disease
Evidently Led to His Self
Destruction.
Vermin Gnaw and Disfigure
the Corpse, Which is
Frozen Stiff.

The body of the man found dead in
the woods near Inver Grove station. in
Dakota county, has been positively
identified as that of John G. McFeeley,
formerly bookkeeper and collector i'll
the employ of the Taylor-Craig Manu-
featuring company of this city. All the
circumstances point to the conclusion
that he committed suicide. When dis
covered by the two Ginter boys, about
o'clock Saturday afternoon, the body
lay on it's back with the right arm folded
across the breast and the left leg
slightly drawn up. A bullet-hole was
in the center of the forehead. McFeeley
had evidently been dead some time, the
snow having drifted up until all but the
face was covered. The features were
discolored. the tip of the nose and part
Of the right
EAR HAVING BEEN EATEN OFF,
presumably by rabbits. Chief of Police
Cooley, of South ST. Paul, was notified.
and had the body removed to the police
station, where it layyesterday. Beneath
the body, when it was raised, was found
a 32-caliber revolver with two chambers
empty. The dead man was dressed in
a black cutawaN coat and vest
of twilIed material, and tailor
made trousers of a brOWniSh
shade, Striped with black. In the peck
cts of the overcoat. which was OF dark
material with a velvet collar, a pair OF
1eece-lined kid gloves were found, but
there were no papers OF any description
and nothing to indicate who he was.
Coroner CadgOw, OF ROsemOunt, assisted
by DIR. T. A. Bower, held post mortem
examination yesterday afternoon. The
little finger of the right hand was LAGER
ated and the palm was badly scratched.
Aside from these the bullet hole in the
head was the only wound. The body
was frozen stiff making it impossible to
probe for the bullet.
The examination revealed a pltted
condition of the skin, of synthetic or
igin, and it may have been the suffering
brought Oh by disease which led Nc
Feeley toe
TAKE HIS OWN LIFE.
A cOroner's jury consisting OF James
Fitzgerald, E. r. Bryant, A. d. Clark,
Geist Chung, D. S. Harovitz and III. S.
Stapf, was impannelled and sworn.
There was no material testimony which
could be introduced, and the inquest was
adjourned until to-day. The body was
removed to Mccarthy 81 DOnnelly's UNI
dertaking rooms in this city, and will
await the disposal of his parents.
McFeeley was twenty-five years OF
age, and his home was at Kearney, On
tariO, where his parents still reside. He
has sister who is a school teacher at
Ottawa, Ontario. He first came to st.
Paul in May, 1887, and secured home
in the family of Mrs. O'Halloran, at GIL
Conway street. Frank O'Halloran. who
was his intimate friend and roommate,
saws McFeeley was a lively young fell
low, fond of the theater and sports OF
all kinds, and although he drank con-
siderably, was
VERY. SELDOM INTOXICATED.
McFeeley worked as an accountant at
Patrick Kelley'S stone quarry, on Day
toms bluff, last summer, and afterWard
went to Glenwood, Wis.,, where he was
employed short time. He was out OF
money then and pawned his watch,
which he redeemed on his return. In
January last he entered the employ of
the Taylor-Craig company as book
keeper and collector, and held that posi-
ton until the middle of February, when
he had some difficulty with his employ
ers and was discharged. For two weeks
he was idle.and trying to secure situa-
ton. On March 5 he left the home of
the O'Hallorans early in the morning,
saying that he was going to work for
the Fairbanks Electric company. He
has not been since by any of his friends
until the finding of the dead body, and
the theory is that he went to the stock
yards OF South st. Paul to seek employ
ment, and being
UNABLE TO GET WORK
grew respondent, and wandered Off
into the woods, where he accomplished
self-destructlon. He had no money, and
there could have been no incentive to
murder