Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-11-03
THINK DONLlN
WAS A SUICIDE
Empty Bottle Found Along
side OF Body--PoIice and
Go. Detective Investigate.
Family Take Charge Of Re-
mains as Positive Identifi-
cation Is Established.


In the opinion of County Detective
Richard A. Peltier, of this city, and
Chief of Police Mcdonald, of South
Amboy, James Donlin, of the latter
city, whose body was found Wednes-
day morning in Clark's gully, near
Morgan, committed Suicide six
months ago by taking poison. The
Donlin family, which resides in Hem
ry street. have accepted the identif-
cation of the body as the son and
brother, and have made arrange
ments for funeral services and inter-
ment at nine o'clock tomorrow from
st. Mary's Roman Catholic church.
Family Is Satisfied.
Mr.. and Mrs Barney Donlin, par
ents of the dead man, refused to ac-
cept the Identification of the body
yesterday, as set forth in the exami-
nation by DR.. L. F. Meinzer, q South
Amboy dentist, who declared he had
crowned the teeth found in the skull
by the body for James Donlin num-
ber of years ago. But when DR.. E.
A. Meacham, South Amboy physi-
clan, discovered bone in the right
leg had been broken, and as Donlin
suffered with broken leg some time
ago, the family became convinced
the remains are those of the missin g
boatman.
Another incident to establish the
identity was a wire from Gloucester,
South Jersey, which stated James
Donlin had not been seen in those
parts since last january. This con-
yinced the parents. Miss Celia Dom
lin, sister, was absent from school
No. this morning, where she is a
member of the faculty.
No reason can be given by the
dead mans friends or relatives why
he should take his life. The detec-
tive and chief of police are salts
fed the bottle found by the body al
one time contained deadly poison,
which was swallowed by the man
and then he laid down to die in that
human being but rarely passes,
Frank Buckelew, a gunner, came up
on the body by chance. The skele-
ton was nearly devoid of flesh, and
but few rotted pieces of clothing
were found near the corpse. The
capped teeth and the. scar OF heal
ed break Ia the right leg we're the
only means Of Identification.
A probable cause for the suicide
was ascertained by County Detec-
tive Richard Peltier this morning
when he learned that Donlin was
discharged on April 10 from the
tugboat on which he was employed
and his brooding over this fact
might have led him to commit the
deed. 1t is understood that Donlir
Informed his relatives in April that
ne was given a vacation and they
thought nothing more of the matter
A representative of the firm OF
MeGregor Company, clothfers, OF
Newark, this morning identified the
clothing as coming from the estab-
lishment he represented.
Detective Peltier, this afternoon
took the bottle which was found be-
side the dead mans body to Rutgers
College, where an analysis of the
contents will be made.
Funeral Tomorrow.
Donlin was unmarried and lived
with his parents in Henry Street.
South Amboy He was about TWEEN
ty-nine years old and employed as q
deck hand on the P. r. r. tug boat
Marion" which plies between South
Amboy and New York. Monsignor
Brady, Of st. Mary's church, will Of
fieiate at the funeral services to-
morrow mornin. InteTment In St.
Mary's cemetery. Coroner Mason,
of South Amboy, has charge of the
remains and charge Of the inyesti-
cation. AZ