The Newtown bee., 1891-01-16
Albert Turner's Suicide.

No new light was thrown upon the sui
eide of Albert A. Turner by the corOner's
inquest which was held at the Office of
Medical Examiner f. M. Smith at noon,
last week Friday. The testimony of
John B. Hubbell, Undertaken p. F. Keat-
ing and DR. E. NJ. Smith was taken, sub
stantially as given in last weeks BEE
and verdict of suicide by hanging was
rendered. In the absence of family rela-
tives or any authorized to take charge,
the property of the dead man was held
by the coroner. A search of the house
in which Mr. Turner had lived revealed
no trace of q will and nothing to explain
the cause of his rash act. AS Mr. Turner
had said to George =. Sanford that he
wished him to take charge of affairs if
anything should happen to him, the Gus
tody of the cattle on Mr. Turner's pasture
was given him; but the keys of the hous-
es were obtained by Joseph Turner,
nephew of the dead man and husband of
his divorced wife. The body lay in Keat-
ing's undertaking rooms, all day Friday
and was embalmed, after which, in
charge of Prindle & Morris, it was taken
to Lake George and remained at the
house of Mrs James Turner, sister-in-law
of Albert, until the funeral, which oc-
Cured in the pouring rain of Sunday af
ternoon. Rev Mr. Linsley OBLIGATED at
the Ihonse and the interment was at
Lands End cemetery, where repose the
bodies of father, mother and brother.
The pail bearers were A. l.. Hawley,
Isaac A. Hawley, William E. Hawley,
John II. Smith, r. A. Clark, George p.
Sanford. Mr. Turner was Sc years old.
Among those present at the funeral from
out of town were Mr. and Mrs Joseph |
Turner and baby girl of Danbnry and
Mr. and Mrs Edwin C. Randall of Bridge
water. And thus, amid the war of ele-
ments, the body of Albert Turner was
laid away. His worldly goods will de-
scend to his 12-year-old daughter Carrie,
for whom a guardian must be appointed,
as well as an administrator to manage
the affairs of the estate. Pending this,
George p. Sanford has charge. The
amount of Mr. Turner's wealth is not far
from 900 and consists entirely of real
estate and the cattle on his Platt's hill
pasture. He had GO acres of excellent
land, said to be the most thoroughly car
ed for and the most productive in town,
in what is known as the old Turner place,
where he spent much of his earlier life.
The house there is of comparatively lit
tie value, but, on the shore of the lake, is
another house in good repair, now occu-
pied by Stevens, formerly Of Danbury.
The Platt's hill pasture contains a triie
over 10 acres, with barn and cattle shed.
The two houses in the Street are valua-
BILE. Besides this, he had quantity of
wood land in the northern part of town,
but it is mostly sprout land and of no
great value. He had no mortgage or
other incumbrance on this property and
all the money he owed will not reach
$1,000. To offset this indebtedness, he
holds bills amounting to several hundred
dollars against parties here and out of
town and also has about 5000 worth of
cattle, mostly two-year-olds which he
brought in, recently. For some time, Mr.
Turner has made confidant of G. p.
Sanford and had several times expressed
a wish to board there. He spoke to j.
H. Blackman about board a number of
times before he decided to 60 there, a
little before New Years. 70 Mr. San
ford, be seemed thoroughly respondent,
spoke frequently about money matters
and evidently harbored great bitterness
against his wife and Joe Turner. ibid
YOU ever hear OF snch easel" he ex-
claimed but two days before his death.
..The Saturday before he killed himself"
said Mr. Sanford, s'he came to me and Z
was struck by a sense OF profound des-
pondency and encouragement which he
exhibited. was working In my Office I
and be sat BY the door, talking earnestly.
Money and other subjects were discussed ,
ana he finally said, We'll, II anything
happens 80 that / can't take care Of my
ELF, i want you 70 see that I am taken
80 II; and look after the property 4 II
e course asse1ted. Ny first thought /
~ tbat IL feared BE would lose his rea-