Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-02-20
LOCAL BOY VICTIM
Went Down Win Steamer Larch.
 mont Near Block Island.

- "SD NAs~vsu usSSA tbson AAUA htho tu0t one of the victims of the Ill fated steamer IArchmont, which went down into the deep blue sea. oft Block Isl- and . week ago Monday, was James Franklin, of A Dover street. He was identified this morning in the morgae of T. +. Monohan, of Providence by employees of the Butler hospital, of that town, where the deceased had been working. The young mans mother, his age is 20, was almost prostrated this morning when she re- ceived work from Chief of Police Matthews of Providence, notifying notifying her of her sons identiflca- ton. Mrs Katherine O'Brlen, Frank lin's mother, never dreamed that her son was on the wrecked steamer until last evening she read in the Democrat how the name of one of the victims was learned by marks on his under clothing. She was at home conversing with her husband at that time when the latter exclaimed: "I'll bet that is Jimmie"
 Mrs O'Brien, who had not heard from the boy in a couple of weeks, was reluctant to admit that her son had lost his life. but she immediately got into communication with the Providence authorities and lato this morning she received a telegram from the chief of police stating how the young man had turned out to be her son.
 Mrs O'Brien said that her son left this city about month ago and al- though he was accustomed to write weekly. she did not regard the matter seriously when she had no word from him the past week. She said that she was expecting a letter every day and as she was ignorant of the fact that he was on the steamer I4archmont, it never occurred to her that he had been lost. If my husband had not read that item in. your paper last evening"" declared Mrs O'Brien this morning, perhaps my boy would have been buried without the authorities ey- CT finding out where he lived or who he was. It was while Undertaken Monohan was embalning my son that he found Franklin written in ink on the underclothing, otherwise he would never have been know"
 When Franklin was in this city he was not employed at any partlcnlar occupation. When he left town he went to the Bellevue hospital to study nursing and after remaining there for some time he returned to this city. He stayed at his home five days and left for Providence to enter the Butler hospital, to complete his course. Be. sides his mother the deceased Is sur
 vived by sister, Miss Mary Frank
 lin of this city.
 Mrs O'Brien says that at the But Ter hospital they at first declared that | they knew no such fellow as Frank
 lin. Finally they told her they would
 look up the boy and sepd on tele-
 gram last night. No word was re.
 ceived. This morning she got into com.
 munication with Chief of Police Mat.
 thews of Providence and the body
 was at length identified by Franklin's roommate. Mrs O'Brien declares that 1t was a shame the manner In whict
 the hospital people handled the mat
 ter. The body will be brought to thit
 city and taken in charge by Underta'
 ker Mulville. Funeral notice later. | Confident that the body is that ol
 the Franklin boy of this city, as 1t an
 swers the description in all particu
 lars, it was put aboard the train that left Providence at 2:10 this afternoon
 and is expected to arrive in this city
 tonight at 0 o'clock. The reason why
 the hospital authorities claimed thai
 they could not find the boy and sen'
 telegram conveying that information
 Is laid to the fact that they had mol
 investigated to any extent.