The Savannah morning news., 1900-10-06
SOUGHT DEATH IN SOLITUDE.
SUICIDE OF G. ~. ENGtETr ~
WOODS NEAR ISLE OF HOrE.


WOODS NEAR ISLE Or HorE.
Body Had Evidently Been Their" for
Several Dayr-EnEIett Formerly
Drummer for Red seal L,e. mt
HAD Lost His Position-Ht- idcnt-
- Discovered Prom Letters Found
In His Pock~t-IIa- wife aud
ChiIdren in Arnnta-The n"d'
WuI Not nr Disposed of tntii
These Relatives Are Heard From.
Charles % EnF,c't ~ Atlanta. former
~ travelling man Tor Hei sal Ly"
Was found dead yesterday 700 the woods
near Baker crossing. within ahout
quarter o. a mite Of the savannah. Thun-
derbol' and Isle OF Hope Railway
The remain. wore discovered by Major
Anderson. oa.orad man. LIVING near
Sandy. VINO wa. gathering wool The
body wac JOB go secluded spot chat. bag
for On oc. .d,nt it probably never would
have been found
Anderson told 81 hia ind 10 Mr. 4. ~
Barbos at Isle OF Hope ana hc in turn
notified Coroner Goc.te. The body wac
found about lo O'Clock end the coroner
reached there about noon The body was
unreeosuizable. evidently having been
there for severul days The identify %
the man was established ~ che addresec'
on a number Of letters. which were found
10 the inner pocket % his coat Though
40 tangible evidence 800 This eject Wa
found near the body 90 s. the 'heory OF
the coroner aud those who have seen
the BODY. that tho mans death was by
suicide. and this theory is strengthened
~ the investigations shat were made
latcr
II the man committed suicide and there
is little doubt that De- did the SPOT ho
choose for the deed D. a. Nld and lone
some one as be- could have selected. 10
The farthcst part of damp meadow
about quarter ~ milr from the Isle
Of Hope Railway track. overgrowu with
tall rank grass huckIoborry hushcs
scrub palmetto and dotted here and thcre
with clump- ~ small pines. the body lav.
The man had chosen spot near "a slight
hollow and under fhc ftflrat pines. then
folding hie coat pillow wise. eos a rest
far his head had awallawfi poison ana
lay down Ia die Whom found the body
vas AFi NN f.NrN ifNNNllf ste NNNHNhN fAfA|N
had come easily ana there htd been 90
struggle The mrs lay on his back with
his arms lying easily az hls side. ana hts
right lex slightly drawn up Tho boIy
had been horribly dafared from natural
causes and hy tho sraveurors Of the air
ard woods When Morning News re-
porter visited the place. one OF those
black FraveuEcr.. the only living thing in
eleht, was perch'd on limb. keeping
aFrfnaaf.rr5.. f.sHH nj. h..
The letters chat were found In tho
pocket 81 the decd mlu's coat bore tho
addrera ~ savannah house. and when
he returned 80 tho city tho coroner cailee
az the address and found that Enrlett
had been huBrder shere FOR some tiui,
with his wife ana children. hut had scrt
his family Go Atlanta about two weeks
ESQ lie. himself had been missing since
sunday There were two letters nddrcss-
81 10 him. and these the coroner opened
and found them 20 be- from the mans
wife Co. Atlanta. The tell pathetic story
and throw some Hight on the mans NE
and his probable reason Tor taking his
life
in the frs, 81 tho letters. Gated SEP,
50 his wife tells him that she euclosel
Two advertisements ana asks him 60
answer them. az he might thereby secure
position she referred 10 d letter re-
ceived from him which she said was
the blues letter shc had ever seen ana
CLOSED her communication with q pa
thesie appeal 90 him 20 be- brave and
courageous
In tatcr letter dated oct 8 she tald
him that she had been 60 see q man on
HE behalf and thought 10 he would write
mat h. could secure n position. Tu this
letter as in the former one sh. told him
how worried she was ana asked that hc
write az once
Englett IS said 20 have been seen last
on Sundny when he leU his boarding
house Roth Messfs Rarhee and WiUeu
Of the Isle 81 Hop Railway have "a dis.
tinct recollection 81 q stranger who went
out on their car during tAe earlier part
81 the week though tney are MOI sun,
about the day. and who uot or 8f Bakers
Crossing Neither of them have any rscol-
lection 81 his having come back 60 tho
city. however They think that there &C.
little doubt that the passenger WIS Ems
lett as they took particular notice ~ him
because they saw thai he was e stranger
and it b. rather an unusual thing for any
one not familiar with the surrouu llug
country 90 get Off at the crossing
Another fact that tuuek them 90 tho
time was that th, man asa not ask that
the car be- stopped az Baker Crossing
but apparently got on without aul dcn-
mite end M view. and merely because the
car had stopped TO allow another passcr-
Fer 10 aught
The coroner will not hold an inquest
News of tho mans death has been wired
20 Atlanta and the coroner expects TO D.
advised Pos Airs Eugetf. or some OF the
dead mans relatives a. 20 what dlsposl-
ton shall b. made 81 the body ~ d.
thought that 90 would b. best 80 bury 90
whore q was found and where % now lies
pending the expected Atlanta advice.
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