The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-11-25

w. y man up and enliyen
his spirits. Such was the experience of two
Germans who were hunting on the mountain !
above the dams yesterday afternoon.
The two hunsmen had wandered about
the mountain all afternoon and eventually |
got in the midst of some thick unde,b,ush
and small trees about three-qumters Of
mile northeast of the upper reservoir of the
Shenandoah Water Company. Suddenly Que
of them found himself face to face with a
corpse. The body was in an upright To-
sIion, held there by a strap fastened about
the neck and wound about the slender branch
of small tree. The head was slightly
elevated and the eyes were wide open. The
hunters hurried from the scene with all
possible haste and made known their dis.
covery to Squire Dengler, who notified
Deputy Coroner Brennan.
Undertaken Frank Bonin, the Deputy
Coroner, Chief Burgess Smith and a number
of others went 20 the place designated The
Burgess loosened the strap and the body was
lowered to the ground. 1t was comro, tably
d,essed. A light brown oye,colt, two black
cutaways, vest aud two sh'JCs had a. 70 ded
warmth for the upper part Of the body, aud
the rest Of the apparel was equally as good.
From the position in which the body was
iound it appears that death must have been
caused by st,meulaton The lett foot was
ljtCIe higher than the right aud barely rested
upon block of wood. The remains of
fire were also under the feet. 1t is believed
that the man fixed the block Of wood so that
he could stand upon it while he fastened the
strap about bis neck and the tree Ijmb, and
when he was ready he kicked the block over
and launched himself into eternity. 1t is
also supposed that he built the fle for the
purpose of roasting his body aod destroy his
identity. The body was frozen stiff The
arms and legs hung straight.
The Deputy Coroner searched the clothing
and found in the pockets a grocer's pass book
and S2.61 The latter was given to the men
who helped remove the body.
The remains We're brought TO town and
placed in the lookup in charge Of Chief of
Police Davis. During the evening one John
Melusky, who keeps Polish boarding house
on Cherry street. called aud identified the
body as That of William Mergus He said
that the deceased was about hi ,y-fve yems
OF age and tame 10 this county about five
years ago, leaving a wife and two children in
the old country, The deceased boalded with
Melusky foo about Two months. He did not
seem TO care 70 work and did as E,ue Of it /
as he possibly could. Lat Toesday momiug
Melgus left Melnsky's house without saying
where he was going and he was not seen alive
after, Melusky refused to take the body to
his house on the plea that he had no room for
it, He secuted the idea that the decreased
left any money or anything else of value.
The body was kept in the lookup over
night and the steam heat in the place did not
serve to stay modification, and this morning
the body was in a pretty bad state.
This morning the Denuty Coroner said he |
favored sending the body to the Jefferson
Medical College, as that Institution would !
pay all expenses of sending it there but
Poor Dhecror Tracey tanned the body over
to Undertaken BONN peudiug decision as to
whether the body viii be buried hele OF at 1
the pauper cemetery at SchuylkiIl Haven. !
AS the county allows but $40 for such burials /
there was some doubt to day as to just what !
would be done with the body. Mr.. Tracey |
said the medical college would not take the |
body owing to the case being one of suicide !
When the body was being brought to town
there was an accident which almost resulted
in dumping the corpse and driver of the
wagon into one Of the dams and causing
serious injury to NJ E. Doyle, Of the Sunday
Neos, and William Neswinter. The buggy
in which the two last named were riding
colided with the undertaker's wagon and
Doyle and Neiswinter were thrown to the
ground.
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