Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-05-30
From Thursdays Daily DEMOCRAT.
ANOTHER SUICIDE.
A Mans Dead Body Found in the
Woods Near MorrellVille.
He HAD BEEN DEAD SOME DAYS.

Two Little Girls Make IA Startling Discovery
While on the Hunt for Wild Flowers
They Give the Alarm and the Local
Authorities Make an Investigation-The
Inquest and the Jury's Verdict-The
Body Taken to Henderson's Morgue.
The usually quiet town of Morrellville
was thrown into a high state Of excite
ment late yesterday afternoon by the an
nouncement that the body of man who
! had evidently committed suicide had been
ioand in the woods above that place.
The particulars are as follows A num-
Der of little girls were hunting wild flow
ers in the woods on the hill above the
farm occupied by John Hyder on the
south side of the Pennsylvania Railroad,
short distance east of Morrelville. Two
of the girls-JennIe Marsh and Annie
Bingell-werc little distance away from
the others of the party. They were NOV
ing onward plucking flowers as they
walked, when Jennie raised her head to
look for more flowers. Her fright can
better be imagined than described, when
she saw within few feet of her the dead
body of man, the face despatched with
blood, in reclining position at the foot
of large tree. 1t need not he said that
the two little girls didn't take the second
look. They ran homeward as fast as
orirl ri In hai
the house of Albert Findley, whom they
briefly told of their extraordinary expert
ence. He directed them to tell Constable
Bart Ribblett, of Lower Yoder township,
who lived near. They did so, and Mr.
Ribblet asked them to go with him to
show where the body lay.
Returning with Mr.. Ribblett the girls
pointed out to him where they had made
the startling discovery. And there he
Sound the dead mans body, the feet
planted against large stump, while partly
sitting and partly lying against the base
OF tree, so close to the stump that his
knees had been raised somewhat to enable
him to get into the space. His body Law
partly on the left side, resting on the left
elbow. Between the knees lay a revol-
yer, A bullet hole was near the right
temple, the hair on the right side OF the
head was scorched and the face was
sire liked with blood. The right hand was
sprinkled with blood evidently when the
shot was fired. Apparently the man had
taken his own life.
Mr.. Ribblett, after briefly viewing the
situation, returned to Morrellville and
notified Squire j. A. Ambrose, who in the
absence of the Coroner, empanelIed
jury composed Of James Spealman, Henry
Doyle, Albert Finley, Thomas Risinger,
Solomon Carl. and j, T. Harnish.
The Squire and Jury repaired to the
scene of the tinding and proceeded to IN
vestigate the matter as far as they were
able. The body was carried out of the
woods to the road, when it was loaded on
the morgue wagon-the morgue author
tiles having been notified in the mean
time, and the wagon dispatched at once
and taken to Squire Ambrose's Office on
Main street, Morrellville. There tie in
quest was concluded and the body was
taken to the morgue.
There was found on the body and with
one 32-calibre center-ire Hopkins &
Allen double action revolver, box Of car
tridges, $1.34 Gn half dollar, two quar-
tiers, nickels and other smaller change),
red pocketbook with five pockets, center
pocket closed with clasp, one vial of
cologne, brass watch chain with large and
small links alternating, tooth bush, key
ring with two flat keys and patent needle
locket fastener, door key loose in pocket,
memorandum book-three leaves that had
contained writing torn out-palt of P. r.
r. schedule, lead pencil.
DESCRIPTION OF TIE BODY,
The body is deacribed as follows
Height, five feet ten inches, weight 170
\ pounds, light cassimer pantaloons with
narrow black strip, black low-cut coat
and vest, sandy hair and mustache, white
shirt, turn-doNn linen collar No. 1G,
linen cuffs, black cravat, fastened to shirt
breast below, black stiff hat, aged prob
ably twentY-eight OF thirty years
THE JURY's VERDICT.
The jury after concluding the investi-
cation rendered their verdict:
We the undersigned, jurors find by the evil
dence in case of the deceased that he came to
his death by pistol shot wound in the right
temple about two inches above and I'm front of
right ear and IL is our belief that the pistol
Shot was fired by his own hand,
JAMES sPEALNAS, Foreman,
ALBERT FIEDLBY,
HENRY DOYLE,
THOMAS RIsIHGER
SOLOMON CARL,
j, T. HAREIsH.
REMAINS UNIDENTIFIED.
Hundreds of people from Morrellville
and the lower wards of the city viewed the