The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-11-27
A BOY SUICIDES.
Twelve Year Old Harry Edwards
hangs Himself In His
Fathers Barn,
The hoy Does tho Job With an Or
dinary Hitohing Strap.
He is Obliged to nend His Legs In Order
to atangle to peath'''Full Particulars
OF fthe BAD Event

Harry Edwards, the twelyeYear-old son
Of Jacob hdWardh, a lumber man rehld'
Ing two miles west Of Slppo, lhla county
comm ned suicide last night by hanging
ins boy came home from school about
4 o'clock la the afternoon anl went out 10
his work about tho place, THIS was tile
last seen Of him alive,
came home on load Of hay Ito called
Tor tho boy 70 help unload y and received
no response, lie went 70 the house aud
asked his wife where Harry was, She IN
formed him the hoy had gone out 70 the
barn ~ do hia work, The father returned
and again called for Harry receiving no
| anhWer,
lilo told tho other men on the wagon not
70 unload the hay, aa he feared his son
had been taken sick aud was somewhere
la tho barn. lie searched the premlhea
aud finally went into the hay loft After
hunting around for "a time, he discovered
a coat, which appeared W be over some
object. lilo lifted up the coat hnd
&c., .FELT TiE RoY'a HEAD,
IA hasty examination showed the boy
was dead aud hanging few feet from the
| floor. lilo had used an ordinary hitehlng
strap, One end was fastened around his
| neck aud the other 10 beam, The boy
had evidently been on the beam and after
fastening the strap slid down, His neck
was not broken and Il was plain 70 be
seen he
HAD sTRANGLEp 10 DEATH,
The remains were cut down, aud with
| the aid of ladder taken out Of the barn
and Into the house, The place where the
rash act had been committed was In the
middle OF the hay stack, where much OF
| II had been taken out, The place was so
low that the boy had
10 nERD ms LE0h
In order not 20 touch the iloor.
The Edwards family Ia "a large one, con-
Stating Of father, mother and nine chill
dren, No cause can DO Assigned for the
boy taking hla own life, aa he left no
word. lie was at school during the day
and appeared 10 act natural, None OF his
companions noticed anything strange
about him,
Tho report gained circulation that the
boy had been mintreated az homo, but
neighbOrh state this IN not true aa both
Mr., and Mrs, Edwards used him very
kindly. The father aud mother are nearly
distracted over the event
Some two years ago the boy
MEr WITH ASAooiDENT,
which resulted In hips being affected. AZ
this time lao was Obliged 20 take a great
deal OF chloroiOrm and since that las not
been the same. lilo was considered one
OF Tho brightoat membera OF tho family
aud was quick 10 learn, The most plausi'
bic theory IN that ho
WAS TEMPORARILY INSANE
whom he hung himself.
The father 10 of the opinion that ho |
might have been up IN the hay loft OK.
porlmentlng and IA aomo way lost his |
hold, after having put tho strap around |
his neck. This docs not seem likely.
When ho was discovered Ii was lust |
getting dark. The boy had evidently |
taken of hia coat and thrown II over his |
head and shoulders,
no INITIATE TifE BLACK oar
Used NJ executions. llo had probably |
heon hanging about thirty minutes whom |
found by hin father,
Careful Inquiry was made 40 20 whether |
ho had nuy trouble ut school but nothing |
OF thia Kind could bO discovered, No nn- |
nouncomont has au yet been made for |
the funeral,
Tm CORONER auMMoNbEp.
Coroner Shaefor was notified about o |
o'clock last night, and started immediate. |
~ for the residence, lilo arrived there In |
about two hours, IL was u hard drive, |
tho roads being In terrible shape. His |
horses were covered with mud aud when |
he arrived all was excitement, Noighbora |
had gathered az the house and everything |
possible was being done TO console the |
members OF the family. The coroner
Viewed the remains and took some toaii.
mOny. llo will return to Sipp0 tomorrow
and hko additional testimony, giving hlH |
verdict In few days. CorOncr Shaofor
arrived homo az 4 o'clock this morning.
llo wan soon by u NEWS DEMOCRAT ro-
porter but was unable 10 give any cause
FOR the act The coat which tho boy had
over his head was missing, aud II 10 hoped
when this In found, thoro will bo some.
thing Ia tho pockets 10 explain tho cause
OF the aulcido.
A MAssiLLoN ACCOUNT.
The Masaillon correspondent OF tho
NEwS DEMOCRAT sends tho following I'D.
dliionnl particulars this afternoon;
Tho boy ia known 10y the residents OF
Slppo and Vicinity as brightnnd woll-road,
and standa foremost In hla class nt school,
He devoted most OF his spare tlmo 10 rond-
ing novels and prohibition literature,
which II " Supposed operated on his
mind and ia the CAUSE OF the suicide, His
actions Of l0to have boon known 10 bo OF
strange nature. Tho other day hls mother
discovered haltOr fastened In tho hay
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