The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-01-24
ADAM BOLINGER
DROPS DEAD AT HIS HOME NEAR
NORTH INDUSTRY.

He Had Been in Canton Delivering
Coal-Death Came to Him without
warning-C Coroner McQuate Pro-
nounces Verdict of Death BY VAL
vular Disease of the Heart---Deceascd
Was Once Prominent Citizen.
Monday night as o NEws-DEMoCRAT re-
porter was walking up town he met Coroner
McQuate, in his buggy. The coroner called
him and said he was going to North Industry
to hold an inquest and asked the news gatherer
to go along. Without stopping to think of the
discomforts the reporter consented. McQuate
drives good horse and North Industry was
soon reached. The wind was blowing gale.
Both parties were covered thick with mud.
The coroner thought he had better take ply.
sician with him to view the remains and con.
cluded to hunt up DR.. Pecher.
North Industry is city of magnificent dis.
tanccs. At the first house the coroner was in
formed that the doctor lived just on top of the
hill about mile and half from town. Get.
ting started on the right road, the coroner
Travelled up hill through the mud. It was SC
| dark that it was impossible to see the horse
After driving about three miles a stoT
was made at house at the top Of
the hill. Inquiry developed the fact that the
doctor lived on the top of the next hill 'oply
| half mile further on" Another long drive
Of about mile brought the coroner and the
reporter to Melchheimer's church where the
doctor was found sitting in his comfortable
home reading the STARK COUNTY DEMO
Graf. The doctor was Informed Of the pur.
pose of the call, and who the party was. The
doctor knows good thing when he sees It,
and when he learned that the dead person
| lived over near Howenstine, he begged to be
excused as he had had hard days work, and
stayed at home to enjoy his paper. 1t was O
dreary ride back through North Industry and
along the narrows for about three miles
Three different parties gave directions as "a
the route and place. and told a different story
Arriving at the house designated, the travellers
found that Adam Bolinger had dropped dead
Monday evening about o'clock. As soon as
McQuate saw the body he announced
that he had died from val
vular disease of the heart. The testimony
of the witnesses was then taken which devcl
| oped the fact that Mr.. Bolinger had been
to Canton during the day with load of coal
| W men ne TeluTHeu ne nuu unnlICneu Ills
horses at the coal bank, a short distance from
the house, and allowed his team to walk down
| to the barn, Mr.. Bolinger entered the feed
room door and few moments later was seen
coming out again. As he came out of the dooi
his wife, who was looking out of the kitchen
window, saw him fall. Calling her sister the
two women ran over to the barn, but when
| they got there life was extinct. One of the
women ran to the coal bank and summoned
the men at work and also got a number of the
| neighboring men who were working near and
Mr.. Bolinger was carried into the house
There was nothing in the testimony to change
the coroners verdict us to the cause of death
| and he was satisfied it resulted from purely
| natural causes.
Adam Bolinger was formerly one Of the best
known country hotel keepers in Stark county
For years his hostelry at Osnaburg was the
mecca of sleighing and dancing
! parties from Canton and sur
rounding towns. Everyone was sure of good
time and good supper at BOlinger's hotel. A
number of years ago Mr.. Bolinger sold his
hotel and moved down in the country wherC
| he died Mr.. Bolinger was Pennsylvania
| by birth, and at the time of his death was O.
| years of age. He leaves wife, three sons ant
six daughters, all grown. Funeral arrange
ments will be announced later.