The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-03-14
DEATH OF AGED HERMIT.
Found Dead in Old Shack in Plum HoI-
low, near Fort Liitleton, Last
Thursday Morning.
WAS GRADUATE OF UNIVERSITY OF PA


well up in the afternoon OF life,
came lntp Dublin township, this
county, and beng pleased with
the territory and the people, de-
cided to abandon his migratory
life and settle into home of bis
own. he, therefore, struck a
deal with George WIlds, and was
given possession of little saw
mill shanty in Plum Hollow, on
the J Dad leading from Fort Little.
ton to Clear Ridge.
There being nothing in his APP
pcarance to suggest that he was
heavy stockhclder IN the Stand
ard Oil Company, or that he own
ed )ntrolliug interest IN the
Peoples Telephone Company,
and being a quiet, inoifenslve, un
obtruslve citizen, little inclined to
be communicative, his presence
in the com munity attracted but
little att ntion.
AS time went along, the sym
pathy Of the people of that com
munity went out toward the old
man living there entirely alone
through the heat of summer and
The chllls of winter, and many
were the acts of kindness and at
tention bestowed upon him IN the
way of furnishing food and cloth
lrg.
1t was known during the early
part of last week that he was suf.
fering from the effects of a Sc.
we're cold, and on Thursday morn
ing as a couple of Squire Flem-
iny's boys were passing the her
mlt's home, they went in to see
how the old man was getting
along, when to their great sur
prise, they found him dead. They
hastened to Fort Lttleton and
gave out the information about
his death, when in short time,
number of cltizens-bo of
Fort Llttleton and Clear Ridge
Lad assem- bled at the hermit S
home.
The remains were taken to the
undertaking establishment of N.
B. Henry at Clear Ridge, the
body was prepared for burial
with the same care as would have
been bestowed on the best citizen
IN the county-a nice casket was
furnished, and on Friday his re-
mains were laid to rest IN the
cemetery at the M: e. church at
Clear Ridge, the funeral services
being conducted by Rev. Harry
Daniels, of Hustontown.
In preparing the body for bur-
ial, the sum Of $68. 81 was found
sewed in the lining Of his vest,
and in little bags secreted in his
pockets.
From diploma which was seen
by some of the neighbors, he was
graduate from the University of
Pennsylvanla-both in medicine
and IN dental surgery. In con-
versatlon some Sime ago, he ssld
that his diploma and other papers
were in a tin box, That he had
hidden the box in q hollow log not
far from his shanty; but fearing
that they might be disturbed by
some chance huuter chopping in
to the log for rabbit he had
taken the box out of the log, and
had buried it on the hillside. 1t
is suspected by some persons
that when that box is found 1t
will contain, perhaps, a large sum
of money.
The hermit's name was James
Turner, and he was known local
ly as Doctor Turner. From the
best information obtainable, he
was born near Cassvllle, Hunting
don county, and he possess
cd an interest IN a two hundred
acre lara. His stepmother re
sides in Kansas at the age of SO
The ''Doctor's' age at the time
of his death was about IS
In early life he is SAID to have
heen school teacher. Those
who knew him best say that he
possessed more than ordinary
Intelligence. There is, perhaps
chapter in the old mans history
that Is not known to his Dublin
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