The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-12
HARRY divers DEATH.
Rs Died Early in the Morning and Was
Buried Before Night.
In THE GRAVE OF A PAUPER.
His Friends Indignant Because Time
Was Not Given to Communicate
With His Friends-what the Over
seer of the Poor Says.

People at the North End who we're ac-
quainted with the quite, in offelsivs man
known as Harry Oliver. or as he called
himself Harry Olleye are wondering why
he was buried with such haste after his
death early Friday morning last.
He had been i'll for long time with
consumption, as it Was supposed but ha d
kept at his work in the American Screw
company's factory and at times was very
liguIhearted. THIS was particularly the
case Thursday evening, but when
he woke up Frlday morning lie suffered
great pain in the chest aud side and
less tnan an hour died. DR.. Luke l..
Bartley who was cailel and WAS present
whea he died says the i'm uediale cause
OF his death was hrart failure, though he
undoub edly had consu Iption.
Oliver Ia livei at the home of Mrs,
Btxter, 266 Charles street for TWO years.
and wnen ne died Mrs. Baxter who had
buried her DusDan l olly two weeks pre-
yIously. felt Jnat she could not 90
through the ordeal OF anotaer funeral
from the house Sue aud her family felt
tuat IA funera. service shou d 10 held al
The undertaking. essaDIIsnmenJ, but
Who Was to Pay
for it! There was S2423 found in the
salary was due him at the screw factory.
The Baxter family knew nothing about
his re.aLiyes except that he was from
Duchess county, New York, and when
Mr.. Cummings. overseer ol the Door, was
notiried he ordered the body buried. Tue
money fouuu would DO little more tuan
pay for this.
IL was understood at the house that
the body was To De put in tOtl. b till IL
cUuli lie ascertained whetaer he had
relatives or not, out Undertaken hughes
acting unuer the orders of Mr..
Cummings, Duri-d the body. The Of
fclals Ut the American Screw comnany
meanwhile nad teles rapHed To several
towns ia Ducsess county where IL was
undersl oou that the dead man had lived
In answer TO these two letters were re
Celved, one from Il man Nno had no
doubt h L the dead man was his brother
as he knew he was III the emp,oy
OF the company aud the other
from a sister-in- law who has in charge
a 12-year-old daughter of Oliver. HIS
real name they say is E0en Hawkes., aud
his parents live IN q enham, duchess
county, y. Y. A te.egram To tue
father brought the answer: Send
DCdy il ne had money to paw
expenses, Indicating that he could not
bear the excuse hims II. The wife and
CHiiu ol I'D" kes are burIel III the North
Burial ground, aud IL would seem to be
tne ace for Linn o De buried.
Some OF the people VINO were we'll ac-
quainted with Jde man are trifie indig-
naut because he Vas not kept either in
the un .erIakins establishment or in a
tomb or lew lays, but Under
taker hughes said that he body
would not keep well, and if 1t
is TO be move il is less expensive
TO exhume the body than to pay rent
for the tomb. TLere was not money
enough to pay for funeral and he did
S lie was rdeied by tue overseer OF the
pJor.
some or divers friends say that he
alw'ys had "a srce roll OF bills and carried
a wa Gu ana are puzzled 10 know where
IL all went as no watch was found and
only small sum OF money. The Bax-
'ets say mat the ruom WAS locked up inn
medlateiy after his death and not dis
turDeu till Mr.. Cummings opened III.
Ihey we've III no hurry to have the
ooiy removed. but after IL had been
burle they wishei the rooms cleareu
or tie dead mans effects, SO that clean
log could be done. IL was always thought
al Oiver had money IN his trunk, but
none could be found. The body will
probably not be disturbed.