Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-02-27
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Jehn Mowrer, boy of seventeen
years, the son of Harry G. Mowrer,
East Mahoning st, died Monday even
ing in a small building on Green
street, in the rear of the Grove Pres
byterian church, all circumstances
Indicating that he came to his death
as the result Of drinking whiskey.
The boy had been drinking during
the afternoon with several companions
in the building where he was found
dead. About four o'olock he became
unconscious from the effects of the
liquor and lay on the floor in that con-
dition until he was found shortly aft
er eight O'Clock Monday night by DR..
Paules, his companions believing that
nothing serious was the matter, but
that his condition was the natural re-
suit of the whiskey.
The little building on Green street
where the sad affair occurred was built
as lumber yard office by William
Price and later used as a small store
by Moxie Teens. Lately it has served
as loafing shanty where the boys
who were present Monday afternoon
could congregate and while away the
time
After the boy had been found by DIR.
Paules to be dead, the police and dis
trict attorney were notified. Justice
of the Peace Dalton was summoned
and a corouer's jury impaneled COM
posed of the following: Edward
Leamy, Patrick Roddy. Theodore Bak
er, Thomas Tooey. Theo. r. Angle and
Lawrence Snyder.
The jury viewed the remains and
heard the testimony of two witnesses,
John Seitz and Edwin Gibson. who
were with the deceased in the after
noon
John Seitz was the first witness call
ed. He said they had been drinking
in the morning and that in the after
noon he with the four others, among
whom was the Mourer boy, went to
the building, remaining there all aft.
ernoun. with the exception of interv-
ais when they made trips outside for
liquor. Twice, according TO his testi.
mony, they went for whiskey, each
time procuring a quart They all be.
came intoxicated, and when he (Seitz)
went home to supper, young Mowrer
was lying on the floor. When he re-
turned after supper he noticed that
Mowers nose was bleeding and ply
sician was summoned. The witness
mentioned the five who were present
during the afternoon as Mont and Ed
win Gibson, brothers; boy named
Gearhart, John Seitz aud the Mowrer
lad.
The jury then listened to the testi-
mony of Edwin Gibson, which was
much the same as that of the first wit.
ness. He and his brother came to the
place about a quarter after one O'Clock
Monday afternoon. They found Seit7
there. MOWER came later. They got
two quarts of whiskey and passed the
time drinking and playing cards. AT.
er some time Mowrs sr became intoy 'c.
ated and, retiring-So corner, bee ne
sick Gibson laid him opt on ben, Il,
from where he fell to tile floor There
they allowed him to stay after making
him as comfortable as possible with
burlap bags for pillow. The boys
later went home to supper, leaving
Mowrer on the floor. When they re,
turned about seven o'clock they motto
ed that Mowrer was breathing lightly,
while during the afternoon he had
been SD 0ring heavily. This fact alarm
ed them and Gibson went for a physi
clan.
John Mowrer was the boy who sus.
tained fractured leg i'll the coastine
accident on Ash street last winter anC
who received treatment at the JOSEPH
Ratti hospital in Bloomsbury. He i:
survived. beside his father, by two
brothers and sister: Horace and El.
mira, of Danviile, and Chester, who i:
on board the u. S. BattIeship Virginia
with the feet now in the Pacific.
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