Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-01-25
FOUL PLAY FEARED.
Peculiar Death of a
Lynn Man.
WATCH AND MONEY GONE.
Sick but Day When His Bediellow
Found Him Dead.
WATCH AND MONEY GONE.

LYNN, Mass. Jan. p. In dilapidated
shanty, half hidden from view from the
winding roadway tmypr,lus the woods
between Cliftondale and Saugus Centre,
the dead body OF William Guulcy. I3 years
of age, woodchoppcr, was discovered last
Friday. The cause Of death Is unknown,
and IA postmortem examination has been
ordered TO prove or di~pruyc the charge
made 10y relatives, that the man was mur.
dered
Gouley was in the employ of Nathan B.
Whittier, meat dealer, on Monroe street
For several months past he had been en-.
gagged with a fellow worR man, Joseph
Jewell, in cutting wood lie was a sober
industrious man, and was reported 10
have
Saved Considerable Money.
Thursday Gouley complained of feeling
sick. He felt extremely cold, and that
evening went 10 bed early, after taking
some pills procured 10y Whittier, 10y whom
he was visited during the day. Goulcy and
Jewell occupied the same bed, and shortly
after Goulry turned IN hi, fcllow-work
man followed
Friday morning when Jewell awakened,
he observed that Goulcy was sleeping The
shanty was cold, however aud he started
fire in the stove for the benefit of tho
sick man, whose breakfast ho prepared
Then, shouldering his axe, hc departed for
work.
At noon Jewell returned to the shanty,
and finding Goulcy still iu bed cu1ca,orrd
to arouse him, and
Discovered That tie Was Dead.
The bed clothing was undi-turbrd and
there were no indication, that he ha / been
foully dealt with
Jewell informed Whittier OF Goulcy's
death Friday afternoon, and later notified
City Marshal Wells, who furnished Mrdi-
cal Examiner pnkham with the facts.
That official ordered the removal Of Gou-
lcy's body 10 Lynn, and Il now lies in
Darcy's undertaking rooms \ superficial
examination of the remain, failed 10 re.
veal any indication of foul play Medical
Examiner Pinkham reporting that the
body WAS that of aE apparently healthy
man.
Whittier Burned the Mattres,
upon which Goulcy died, assigning ~ n
reason that he did IL 10 keep the shanty
from becoming unhealthy Jewell states
that when Whittier gave Goulry the pills
Thursday the latter said: Those will not
help me; only feel cold. When hc took
the pellets hc complained they were bitter
and nauscating Gouley slept peacefully
through the night
Last Summer Goulcy worked in Marble.
head and saved considerable money, which
he did not deposit in any bank, but kept
about his person. Not a cent can now be
found, and his watch, which he had with
him the day before his death, has mystic
riously disappeared.
-Four brothers Of the deceased two from
Mcdford and two from Breed, River, y.
H., called at the Lynn police Lcadquart
ers yesterday. They believed that their
brother had been
Murdered FOR Iii, Money.
They think he must have had several
thousand dollars, as from boyhood ne had
been very saving.
II Gouley was murdered, he was proba.
bly, smothcrcd. aud If he struggled with
his murderer the latter carefully covered
up all evidence by placing Goulcy in a
natural position and covering the dead
body with bed clothing
Whittier, 10y whom GoulrN was ON.
ployed, knew the deceased for years and
had frequent business dealings with him.
He reports him 10 have been very indus
trious and reliable man. City Marshal
Wells has ordered an autOp.v