Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-07-16
DROWNED IN MAINTAIN CANAL.
The Dead Body of a DIssipated Tailor
 Found This Morning.

The Dead Body of n Dlssipated Tailor
 Found This Morning. Another link has been added to the long chain of violent deaths for which Waterbury is fast gaining a ghastly re- putation.
 About : o'clock this morning while Charles Kelsey, driver for Undertaken w. H. Hunt, was passing the Manhan canal on West Main street, in company with friend, he noticed a suspicious looking object in the water. At first he thought it was a dog, but upon making an investigation the shocking discovery was made that the body was that of q man, lying face downward.
 Without disturbing the body Mir Kel- sey went at once to the police station and reported the case. Officer Michael Sullivan went down to the canal and succeeded in drawing the body upon the bank. Medical Examiner Axtelle was notified and after viewing the remains gave permission for their removal to Hunts undertaking rooms.
 Up to this time the body had not been identified. The features were those of a man about forty-five years of age. In the pockets were pair of scissors, seve- ral thimbles, an empty purse, snuff box and few hairpins. The clothing con- sisted of linen coat, dark pants, white T. the man was a tailor. At 9 o'clock Thomas w. Harte identified the remains as those of Charles Lagerstrom who formerly boarded at his house, No II Canal street.
 Lagerstrom formerly worked for l.. |. Storm, the tailor at 1594 Bank street, but more recently he was employed by Joseph Goldberg, 16 Cole street. He was dissipated lin his habits and for this | low. NnENt | although a tirst-class workman. Since Saturday, June 2S, he had been out of work. Last Thursday he called on Mir Goldberg looking for work. As that gentleman expressed it to a reporter, He looked like Buffalo Bill and did not hire him." He was without money and consequently found himself without boarding house. Saturday night he was seen at the corner of South Main and Grand streets and Sunday night he was met on East Main street, near Elm, by Mir Goldberg and NJ. H. Waas. They avoided him and do not know whether or not he was under the influence of liquor.
 The theory is that being without em- ployment, money or friends, Lagerstrom | took his own life. The water where the body was found is not more than three feet deep, but it is probable that the body tloated from deeper water. It was | the opinion of those who saw the black ened and swollen features that the body had been in the canal at least ten days. That this opinion is wrong is proven by the fact that Lagerstrom was seen by four different parties within three days. | Lagerstrom was 45 years of age and has lived in Waterbury over a year. He has worked in Hartford and Seymour was a single man and has no relatives SC l far as known.
 No facts have been learned to warrant a belief of foul play. The only mark upon the body was a slight bruise under the eye. The presence of this is ex- plained by acquaintances of the de. ceased, who say that for more than a week he had been wearing black eye.
 Medical Examiner Axtelle pronounced it a case of suicide and deemed post mortem examination necessary. He said decomposition set in quickly as Lager strom had been drinking heavily and must have been bloated badly before death.