Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-14
MAN FOUND DEAD
Lived Alone For Years on Farm
 on Spindle Hill.

v twenty-five or thirty years lived on Ia farm on Spindle hill, Wolcott, about mile and a half beyond the Bucks Hill school, was found dead at his home yesterday by the select- men. Medical Examiner Goodenough viewed the body after which it was removed to Bergin's morgue, this |city. The story of the mans life and death read like romance. He was born at Moate, County Vest meath, Ireland, about sixty years ago. The family were in well to do cir !cumstances and the boy received a music and was considered one of the best violin and flute players ever heard in Waterbury. He was fond |of reading and spent most of his spare moments in company with the authors of great literary productions or playing on one of his musical in struments. When he was young man he came to this country with the family and after time they located on the farm on Spindle hill. The old couple died some time ago and since that time Michael lived alone.
 The farm consists of about hun dred acres and Horan kept 1t up pretty we'll The house Is placed a long distance from the main road and about three quarters of mile from the Andrew residence, where his nearest neighbOrs live. Nobody visited Horan, especially at this sea- son so that when he was taken sick nothing was known of it until he evidently became so weak that he died of exposure. Tuesday afternoon Mir Andrew, who was chopping some wood near the place noticed that there were no signs of Horan about the house and dropped over to in- lvestigate. The door was locked and then he went around to the barn and was mortified to find couple of cows dead in the stalls and another so exhausted that it couldn't live calf in the building. Several chick ems were also lying here and there, all dead. Mir Andrews didn't tarry long about the place and made the best time he could to the office of the selectmen, but for some reason or other no investigation was made until yesterday morning when the place was visited, the door forced and the owner found lying on the floor. He had his working clothes on and large quilt wound about his head and body. His right hand was thrust into his vest over his breast which shows that he died without a struggle It is probable that he was too i'll to start the fire and took this means of trying to keep himself warm. In any case it is likely that he was dead nine or ten days and if Mir Andrews had not made the dis covery the chances are that he would have remained several weeks longer
 The cellar and house showed that he had an ample supply of things to put him through the winter. He sold milk, butter and eggs, and al though somewhat eccentric, was re. garded as a very good citizen. In the summer evenings 1t was a rare treat to hear him play the violin and when he tired of that he would try the flute. Some years ago he was we'll known in the north end where he was frequently welcome guest at parties composed of young people whom he entertained with recita- tions and those who remember him in that connection claim that he was a good elocutionist. The number and character of the books found in the house bear testimony to his literary attachments.
 Mir Horan and his father worked
 at Brown X Brothers when Edward
 l.. Frisbie, ST, had charge of the roll
 ing mill. The old gentleman was em- ployed in the scrap room and by
 strict economy managed to accumu-
 late considerable money. Before the
 concern was taken over by Randolph
 X Cloves they bought the farm on
 Spindle hill and have been in posses.
 sion of it ever since. After the death
 of the father the son withdrew from
 the public. as far as such a thing was
 possible and as a consequence he died
 as he lived. Notwithstanding this he
 was not what one could term re-
 cluse or hermit. He came into town
 whenever he had business here. and
 although 1t was hard to engage him | in conversation. yet he had a few
 friends whom he used to visit and
 talk about old times. He had a num-
 Der of relatives in this city. The fu-
 neral took place this afternoon with | sho co.ro.r rI.ar< .,l,.~..t,