The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-22
BODY RECOVERED.
Suicide at Lake Is
John M. Carney Of
Whitman.
WAS OUT OF WORK.
Rash Deed Was the Re-
suit Of Sudden Des-
pondency.


The body of the man who drowned
himself off Stoddard's point, lake
Quinsigamond, Thursday night, was
recovered yesterday afternoon at S.Oi
o'clock by Officer John Horgan, who
was detailed with officers Donahue
Legasey and Hall to look for it. He
was identified as John NJ Carney Of
Whitman by DR.. M. p Higgins, who
was at the lake all day with the Off
GERS. waiting for them to recover the
body.
Carney was born in Worcester, an6
is son of Mrs. Margaret O. Carney
of so Suffolk street. He is a shoemak-
er by trade, and has been out of work
for over year. He is married and
has two children, both Of whom live al
Whitman. He has been missing from
home about 10 days, and Thursday
came to Worcester to see his mother
He called and according to a story
told yesterday looked as though he
had been drinking heavily
After leaving the house. late in the
afternoon, he was not seen again by his
folks, and the members of the family
were very reticent concerning his ac-
tions while in Worcester. To a Spy
man yesterday afternoon his sister
Mrs. P. H. Hanlon, refused to tell any
thing about her brother and DR.. M. p
Higgins who is an intimate friend OF
the family, also refused to discuss the
matter
Besides his mother, Mrs. Margaret
j., he has four sisters, Catherine D., a
teacher at the Quinsigamond school
Mrs. Patrick H. Hanlon, Mrs. James
Clifford and Miss Carney, who keeps
house for her mother, also one brother
Frank c.
His daughter received a telegraph
message from DR.. Higgins yesterday
morning at 10 o'clock, stating that heI
father was dead. This was severa,
hours before the body was found, ano
it is supposed that DR.. Higgins must
have recognized the unfortunate man
by his clothes, which he left on the
bank of the lake before committing SUI
icide.
All yesterday morning officers Leg
asey and Hall were ut the lake with
w. S. Doane and another man and
DIR. Higgins, and the lake was dragged
for several hundred feet around where
the body was found later. In the after
noon officers Horgan and DonahGe
were sent to the lake, and on the sec
ond drag officer Horgan got hold OF
the body under the right shoulder ano
brought it to the surface.
Carney had on a white shirt. ano
his pants and stockings and his un.
derwear, and over his right eye was
a bad cash about three inches long
which Medical Examiner f. H. Baker
who viewed the body later, thinks
must have been inflicted by the stone
with which Richards and Guertin. the
boys, saw the drowning man strike
himself twice before going down fol
the last time.
Undertaken Frank H Murray was
notified as soon as the body was found
and he brought it to his wareroom. Al
Park street, and prepared it for bu-
rial. His daughter, who came to Wor-
cester on an early afternoon train from
Boston, returned with her father
body last night at IS o'clock. She Is
at a loss to understand his actions, as
he had a good home and was well
cared for.
Carney moved away from Worcester
about IS years ago, and worked stead
lily for over II years. For the past year
he has been drinking, and it is sup
posed that he was given talking to
by the other members of his family
when he arrived at his mothers home
on Suffolk street, Thursday afternoon
and, feeling Respondent, ended his sor-
row by taking his life. His remarks
as heard by the two men who saw him
90 down, would tend to show that he
was suffering from insanity.
The manner in which his family Pc
fuse to discuss the matter, makes il
Impossible to learn exactly what did
happen. The body was pulled uI
about 25 feet from the shore, and was
Immediately identified by DR.. Higgins
The address found in his pocket
"Charles A. Colthier, 2s5 North Carey
street. Brockton, Mass" is the name
and home of another shoemaker who
was a friend of Carney.