The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-08-21
BODY
FOUND By BOYS


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bushes the foot q tie alll below
East Main street near tie Dublin,
Drjdge, the puttrlfytng body d an IN.
known man was found pen3ed from
the limb o. a small tree by3thfee boys
Tuesday morning. The body was
by a rope which ba,i been
noosed around the neck and tied 70
tke tree limb, Indicating acase %
suicide, and it had been hanging there
tor probablya week. i5
The three boys who found The body
are Clark Rogers. aged 16, son Of a.
]. Rogers; Russell Baton, aged IA.
son Of Adolphus Baton, and Fleming
Baton aged 10, the son Of John Bat:
ton, all Of Broad Oaks. The Rogers
boy was on his way from his home
to a house not far away delivering
milk and the other boys were accom-
him. They stepped aside
from the road for few minutes and
on parting the branches Of bush,
the Rogers boy saw the body hang
ing from a small crab apple tree. Hor-
rIfed he called to his companions and
after seeing the grewsome spectacle
they ali started back to make report
otlt.
Deputy Sheriff John M. Knox was
notified by telephone Of the find and
In company with an undertaken went
TO the scene. Thine body was cut
down and taken to the cllford.os
born morgue where 1t now lies await
ing an inquest by Acting Coroner NJ.
s, Riley.
The body was a grewsone, hid
eous, sickening sight. It was badly
decomposed, bIackened swollen and
exhibited all of the notsome condi-
lions of animal putrefaction It's
condition was such that the under,
takers could handle 1t only with diff.
Guilty, and the acting coroner and
others did not view it until after 1t
had been soaked in formaldehyde.
fol several hours.
No clue has yet been brought to
light that leads to the Identification
Of the body. A new rope, twelve
feet in length and three.eights Of
an inch in thickness was used by the
suicide to take his life. About four
feet of one end was employed in
making a moose that held the body
and tying it around the limb Of the
zee, When found the feet OF stns
body were resting on the ground
and the knees doubled. Evidently
the man deliberately stood under the
tree slipped the moose around his
neck and then lifted his feet from
the ground.
The body was clothed in q pair Of
dark, checkered trousers, a colored
shirt, underclothing and a pair of
shoes bursted around the edges above
the soles. The suicides coat and
hat were found on the ground near
the body. The coat was ready
made garment and bore the label Of
"H. G. Demar, Hoboken, N. j." I'M
der the collier on the inside The
hat was black, soft felt the size
being OR and bore no name save a
trade mark philadelphia" which
probably indicated the style.
Nothing was found in the pockets
Of the clothing save small clasp
purse which was empty and an I'M
sollea, white handkerchief with a
printed border. There were no pa
pers nor anything else bearing . clue
to The identity Of the body.
The body is that Of man between
As and so years old, five feet, six
inches in height and. from $50 to
16O pounds in weight. Because Of
the discolored condition Of the
body it is difficult to obtain as accu-
rate description.
NJ, s. Riley, who was called upon
as acting coroner in the absence
from the city Of Coroner ". P.
Camp, will begin an investigation as
soon as the body is in shape 70 be
viewed.
Hardware dealers and other mer-
chants selling rope were questioned
concerning the sale Of rope in small
lengths such as the piece used BY the
suicide within the last ten days, but
none could recall any particular sale
as there had been quite number
in that time to various persons,
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