Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-05-02
FOUND DEAD IN THE CREEK.

About 10 o'clock yesterday forenoon
two little boys while playing along the
road above East Conemaugh were horri-
fed to find man lying dead by the road
side. One Of the lads recognized the
dead man as Abram Good, chiefly from
the fact that the cane lying by his side
had on it string which the same boy
had tied on it two days previously,
while Mr.. Good was visiting the boys
parents.
The alarm was Immediately given and
a number of citizens of East Conemaugh
soon gathered at the place and removed
the body, and afterwards carried it to the
home Of his son Daniel, in East Cone
maugh. There was at first suspicion
that there had been foul play and word
has sent to this city shortly before noon
to have the Coroner investigate, and sub
seouently Coroner McGough at Portage
was lotified. That official came down
3 on the early afternoon train, but by that
time facts were developed which pointed
clearly to accidental causes of death so
that no inquest was held and the coroner
left for home on the o'clock train.
Mr.. Good formerly resided here, but
recently returned from Iowa to visit old
friends in this section. He is abont
seventy years of age and has been quite
feeble, having had several slight paralytic
strokes during the winter. On Monday,
Mr.. Hiram Rlbblett drove him in buggy
TO visit Rev. Solomon Benshof IN West
Taylor township, one of his old friends
who is also i'll. Mr.. Ribblett left him
there and came home, as Mr.. Good in
sisted that he would be able to get back
to Conemaugh without any assistance
On Tuesday he visited Mrs. Martha
Strayer, who lives in the neighborhood,
and after dinner left on his trip toward
Conemaugh. After leaving there he
stopped possibly short time at the home
of Mr.. John Ribblatt but at present moth
ing is known as to how he got along on
his trip after leaving Mrs. Strayer's until
he was met ON the road half mile above
where he was found by a Mr.. Parks about
four o'clock ON Tuesday evening. Then
he was staggering along and his clothes
showed that he had fallen in the mud.
Mr.. Parks not knowing the old gentle
man remarked to him that he seemed to
be pretty full of liquor. Mr.. Good then
said that he was a total abstainer, but
that he felt rather weak, and upon Mr.,
Parks learning who he was he insisted
upon taking him back to the home of his
neghew, Mr.. John Good, who lives in the
neighborhood. The old gentleman, how
ever, said he thought he could get along
all right, and Mr.. Parks went home.
Some time afterward he was met by Mr..
Cornelius Hunt, within few reds OF the
MACE where he died, and Mr.. Hunt, being
well acquainted with him and noting his
haggard appearance, insisted on taking
him back in his wagon to his nephews,
but still Mr., Good said he preferred to go
ahead, and as Mr.. Hunt could not induce
him to go with him, he let him have his
way. This was the list seen of him until
found by The boys on Wednesday morn.
ing, although number of teams had
passed on the road in the meantime.
His body was found in little creek
lust above the road at short bend about
half q mile above Conemaugh, on the
Ebensburg road 1t would seem that he
had gone down over the stone bridge at
the upper side of the road to wash some
of the nd from his clothes-having eX-
pressed this intention to Mr.. Hunt-and
ust as he reached the stream he must
have had paralyhc attack and fell for
ward with his face in the stream, where
he must have died without a struggle
When found the forepart of the head and
face was several inches under water with
the arms spread out and the legs resting
higher up, The body had not been dis
turbed and there was one dollar and one
cent change in his pockets, which his
friends say is about all he carried with
him.
Mr. Good was well known to the older
residents of this place, having been born
and raised on a farm comprising the land
on which he died. He lived on the farm
now owned by John Good, mile or so
above Conemaugh, but about twenty three
years ago sold out and moved with his
family to Blackhawk county, Iowa. For
the past twelve or thirteen years he has
been living in Linn county, Iowa, where
he owns farm, but his wife died there
last fall and this spring he rented his
farm, and wife his son and daughter came
East about month ago to visit his chill
dren and friends here.
He was in his seventieth year and was
a son of old "Christlie Good, and he
has only one brother, Mr. Christ Good of
near Vinco, Jackson township, now living.
The late Jacob Good, of East Taylor
township, was a brother. He was an
uncle of Messrs. John Good and Christian
Good of West Taylor township. He is
survived by eight children in the order of
their ages named as follows: David,
JOseph Daniel Lizzie Robert John