Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-09-29
OF GEORGE
TIHMIS FOUND
Dead Body Of a ReCluSe Dis
covered at Ills Hut on
North First Street.
DECOMPOSITION HAD SET IN
Facts Point 70 the Theory That
the Man Fell In a FIi and
Expired During Night.

VITA the body in such an advanced /
state of decomposition that the stencil |
arising from 4 aould hu dUtected out
In tho street, the remains Of 0eorge
Timmis. age about 80 years, q reeiuse
living at 1905 North First street. were
found lyiHg ON the aoor of the hue 10
which he lived this morning by the
little daughter of Mrs. Euronio bow.
en-, who lives IN the house next door
10 the Timmis hut The body was
only partly dressed. and a night cap
covered the head, which Is evidence
that the man had retired. when death
overlook him. The body waa lying
face downWhrda at tho side 90 the
bed. and was partly doubled up as
though the death atrugglos had been
Of violent nature. and probably the
result Of n NJ. 20 which the deceased
was subject, according 10 bis neigh
hOrs
Tmmls was last seen alive on last
friday. when he went to the home
o. Mrs. M pholan Of on North first
street. for a couple OF buckets OF wa
ter. and had probably been dead six
days when found A. the time Of got
ting the water. the old man WIS in
his usual demoanor. which was not
very talkatlve. Mrs Phelan hald this
morning that he had been coming
there for water FOR a long timo ana
she noticed no change Ia him on his
visit 10 her well on Friday. Although
being the owner Of a number % mar.
yelous cures. of his own cOncoctiOn.
he was never very well. frequently
having n,s and other spasmodlc lll.
/ nocsos. However the nlB had been
coming less frequently 10 recent years
than formerly. Mrs Phelan said that
she had missed him the past few days
but as he was Ia the habit Of Roins
out tc the mountains and staying away
several days at q time. she just sup.
/ posed that his absence al this time
was another of his mysterious visits
to the mountains
Mrs. Bowen, who was responsible
Tor the discovery Of the body. said
thai she had not seen anybody around
the hut Tor several days and having
an intuition that all was not right
there. sent her little Eirl over 10 see
what she could soc. The child came
tack In a few moments screaming
from fright The hut o. one story.
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by small trees. Tho little girl, Ia pass
Ing around the house toward the rear.
looked In the FIRST window she camn
TO. The EaBily scene OF the old man
lying on the fo0r half dressed. gave
her a terrific fright IL was several
minutes befO.e she could compose hor-
self SUFFICIENT TO tell her mother what
she had seen. Mrs. Bowen notified
a. 1NaaHNa.a q
al OH cOmpnnys OfilCe, which ls just
across the Htrest from the Timmla
hut MF Teller IN turn toleph0ned
Undertaken A. Borders. Mr. borders
called up City Physician CarnH end
to6oiher they went 0ut 20 see the dead
body
They found the house closed. every
door bOltod and every window fasten.
Cd. Entrance was finally gained by
Dr earns breaking in one Oi the doors.
The smell Of dec0mp0sed human aoah
nearly Knocked the doctor down. The
police were notified and Pairolman
Knapp vas sent out 10 take charge Of
the premises
Wac n Foul Playg
So completely mortified was the
body that an examination for the nur
pose OF nscortainlng the cause ol
death was conaiderod out, Of tho quoa
tiun. and whether old man Tlmmir
met death 40 tho hands ol persons
. who sought 90 rob Aim win probably
never DO known. However thn mur
der theory is secuted. The gcroral
, belief la taat death came 81 a result
of a o. That Iimmla lad retired
probably Friday night shortly afel
B setting water at the phelau home and
That the ne OVcrcame him in bed Dur
Ing the struggles brought on hy ht
NJ. ho fell from The bed tO the h00i
! on his face aud there died.
The robbery theory m supported
only by the fact that Timmis recently
sold r. piece Of land lying next to On,
house Dc occupied. which was also hts
and that thugs might have committed
ne murder believing that ho Dad
money seCrctod iH hia house
Some people OF she city viii romem
bor the deceased aa having had I
. great deal of trouble a few years age
Wilh young gOn. who was Away
running away Mr Timmis Inserted
several advertisement f0r the una
way boy AZ the time This son. noH
b ga hia teens, is supposed to be with
elder brothers living in Kansas
rimmlu Had Plenty " Cold.
with the 0nding oi close to $500
in caah ln pair Of dirty trousers
Ilmmis had discarded on che niEht "A
. hi8 death, the murder theory fade.
away. Anyone murderIng tho Ola mar
Tor money could have onsliy found
thlg snug fortune. al the tr0uarrf if
a..
} side che corpse in plain view. An
other thing. TOO. which roiuiea thl
foul play theory o. the fact that th,
house was found 90 De ln perfect orr
der. Everything WAS ln iia place
! The money cunalgied oi $3.50 iu gold
fI in United States currency fi2t'