Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-09-18
SAD SUICIDE.
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10 RIIor It GirdlIer.
Another Good Day II SktIhs6in...GoY.
Bullaish Present.
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| Special to the KEHHEBEc JoUIHAL.
GARDINER, Sept. l7.-At about / &c
O'Clock this afternoon An unknown mar
committed suicide BY jumping into the
river from Jsvett's wharf, situated sbou'
half mile from this city. in the town Of
| Farmingdale. The circumstances attend.
ing the sad ,nsif are most peculiar. For
| the past three days the residents Of Farm
| ingdAle have seen this man hanging around
the vharvss and shore Of the river In the
immediate vicinity Of the place where the
act was committed. Mr.. Chas. Store in-
forms the Journal representative th,t On
Tuesday he say the man walking 'hs wharf
ard went down and spoke to him He
made very strange answers to the questions,
avo Ding gis.rg his name anc residence, or
Q information which would indicate sry-
| thir 9 concerning him. He insisted thst the
Gardiner bridge vas the Augusta britae,
and that it WAS burned several years sgo oy
persors be called 'Ssger and his
partner No Argument could dissusde
bin from this belief. Other answers
Indicated . mir d diseased. Mr.. Henry
Walsh eonvefsed with the man ct about
10 80 Tuesday hight. He vas ,tandirg IN
the wharf looking Into the water, and ~hen q
Accosted remafksd Abont the beautiful sp-
pearar ce Of he water by moonlight. Ms.
Ed Bowman, who resides in ue Stone
house short distance below ihs wharf,
says she has seen the man los f1pg about for
several dsys. A night or two ago he vent
to the wharf, flied his pockets With rocks,
and, baisonipg up his coat, Va ked to the
waters eege. His C, ursge evid' nty
failed, ard he returned. Mrs. Bowman
and . friend, Mrs. Oliver, we're eye w.t.
nesses to the fair today, and the former
gives the JouRNiL msu the following con-
cernirg it: II Douced him on the wharf
Just below the one from which he jumped
he wss walking bsck and forth from the
end Of the wharf to the bank. Finally he
went up to the other wharf, went down TO
the end once. came half way back,
and then returniI g, vent directly over
the edge into the water. We
both rushed from The house ard ence unt-
ers sd two men to whom We sxI Ilsined the
circumstances. They wsre both unable TO
swim but gave the outcry and Ia very
short time quite 8 crowd had collected ="
Josepbus James. mau employed
n the logs st Putnam 4 Blossoms mill saw
the man Jump and watched him until be
heard The ladies' scream when he jumped
into the best ard padded across, taking
With him q young man named Geo. Roder-
ick. They padded toward the hat which
vas floating on the user. Before they
reached it the man r. SO from the water 80
that his chest vas exposed and res hirg 9
up with bo'h hands pulled bis hat down
over his head. No further motion was
made. The men dragged the body into
the boat ard took it on shore where every
fort TO revive thp man wss made but With
out success. Deputy Sherifs Stinson
Of this city and True Of Hsllowell
took charge Of the remains ard
notified Coroner Charles Kilbre'h Of Hat
lowell. DR.. Putnam, who resides near by,
was Summoned and examined the oody.
He pronounced life ex,i, CT, ard gave ir -
his opinion that the man did not meet bis
death by drowning, but by spoplexy.
Coroner kilbreth arrived at o'clock. ex-
amined the 81 versl Witnesses to the fair
az decided that the CT SO was one of pre-
meditatsd suicide. and that no irquest vas
necs ssary. Over 200 hundred people ex-
amined the body, but were unable to iden- |
ti:y the man, although many were Of the
belief that they bad frequently met him
Some hand bills, blank brown paper, pair
of specta clFs and . small compass wtrs all
the articles found upon the person Of the
man. He wore SOFT black hat, size 7 IA,
evidently new; . heavy outside REFER OF
blue cloth, With velvet collar, complete |
suit of 81 iped, grsyish cl' the', .
blue vest with bl,ck rubber buttons. |
cotton flannel shirt. blue and pink
in color, q white understirt, Two pairs Of
drawers one faded red and the other white, |
= pair Of heavy gray voolen socks and
heavy laced boots about No 9in size. He
was ) fee, inches tall, weighed soout lS0 |
pounds, appsres'ly 10 years of age, lorg
grey beard and thick grey hair CT consider
able lpnT h. The third firger Of the left |
hard been smpurated bes~een the second
and third Joints. During the me the man
Law near the wharf 3 lady nsmed Dudley |
saw the fsce from . little distance and
,hir king il was that of her father, Joseph |
Nicholson of Hsllovell, wss seized with |
bysterics, Lster Developments proved |
,hst IL was not ne mar. The body was re- |
moved 10 the undei II klrg rooms of PrebIe |
a Kesre where it was embslmed and
will remain TO, several isys in the
hone that it nav be identified. First
Seiectman S. b. McCsusland ara A. c.
Stllppen hsve chsrge Of the mat er in the
interest Of the rowu Of Fsrmingtsle, where
il occurred. g. 4 'bnuld the body remsia
ur cls,med will inter it. Last evs ming The
be,1ef was stfong that the msn vas an in
mate OF the Solder Home, but the body
vas examined oy Ssraesns- M jor Goodwin,
who vas positive that the man bad never
i,eeu 9 me her of the Home or spilled fer
&C pi.si- n. Up to s O clock tonight, when
the underfsker's rooms we're closed, the
-.,,s al mt heen identified