Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-06-18
ENDED HIS EXISTENCE \ J.
Frank S. Green Suicides
Wednesday BY Hanging
himself to q Try 8.
BODY DISCOVERED 1T ABOUT $50.
Health Broken, Property Squan-
dered, Life Has no Further
Attractions for Him.

The sequel to dlSSOlule HE WIS
found Wednesday, morning, when the
\ body of Frank s. Green was dis
covered hanging from the limbsof y
tree in; the rear Of the Batters hotel,
with life extinct and every indicat l!-'
pointing To self destruction.
In the rear Of the Batters hotel is
asthick grove Of large trees some 4
growing close to the fence that snr-
rounds a small garden patch on the
! fats behind the hotel. The victim u
eeli dextTuctiOn selected one Of the
tallesttrees. close to the fence and DID
his work well. He evidently climbed
unon the fence, and after placing 1.
slipping moose around his neck. he
fastened the other end Of the rope TO
the limb and jumped off. ceath being
caused by strangulatiOn.
~ VIM. Taylor, one OF the boarders,
was the first 70 discover the body.
Taylor arose early, and looking In
. the direction Of the grove at about
$50 this morning, saw Iwhat he sup
posed to be man standing by the
fence. The tree Is but u few rods
from the house and Taylor went
down to see who 1t was, and made
the horrible discovery that the man
though Standing by the fence was 9
hanging by his neck from the tree,
and was to all appearances dead.
! The coroner was Immediately sum-
moncd and an examination proved
chat he was dead, but the condition
. OF the body showed that he had not
been dead long. The rope used by
Green was an ordinary clothes line
doubled, and no doubt when lie
stood on the fence and tied it to the
tree it was drawn taut, but with
the weight OF his body it stretched
so that his feet touched the ground,
but his body was kept in an. upright
position. E.s@ .....ss- 5 a.....4 e -
There was nothing in Green's &C
tions Tuesday night that indicated
that he contemplated taking his life.
He had been on a spree several days
ago, but was sober Tuesday. He
came here from Royalton about a
week ago and stopped at the Batters
hotel, paying q weeks board. To
Landlord Batters accomplished of
having a terrible pain in bis side.
and said he thought lie bad been in
jured hut did not know how. KNOW
ing that Ihe had been drinking.
Batters offered to get him drink,
but he said that he had liquor III his
pocket, but could not drink on ac-
count of the pain. Green retired at
about 10 O'Clock, and was not seen
again until his ,lifeless body was
discovered.
1t is thought that the deed was
committed about 2 or 3 O'Clock, as
one of the boarders stated that he
heard someone going out about that
time. One incident leads to the be
lief that he has contemplated this
act for at least q day or two. for the
reason that the rope he used was
. tied around his trunk for several
DAYS, but was taken off the trunk
Monday. ~. ~. = .saf IT, n, Ri.
The coroner ordered the body
taken down, and it was removed to
Harting & Sons morgue, where an
inquest was held thatfOrenOOn. The
Jury consisted of DR.. F. III. Nero, =.
w. Belts, S. p. Brick, J :. A. Kennedy,
Robt. Heron and Frank Rodney.
and after examining all witnesses
and securing all information obtain.
able the jury returned verdict that
the deceased came to his death by
hanging, at his own hands.
SKI On Green's person was found about
$3.50 in small change, two old letters
from his wife, ard some personal
effects, such as Eyeglasses, a pocket,
book, etc. D.. 10 nv, III i a.
The deceased was about IS years
Of age, and has lived in this neigh
borhood many years. His parents
removed from the East and settled
on q farm near the mouth Of Platte
river In the early"5O's. His father,
mother. sister and brother are all
dead. His mother died few years
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