The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-09-20
BARRE QUARRYMAN
WAS FOUND DEAD
John Burke's Body Was In Work Car
at Concord, N. HE Left Web
sterville About a Week Ago.

John Burke, a quarryman who left
Websterylle about a week ago, was
found dead in railroad work car at
Concord, n. H., yesterday afternoon.
having died apparently Wednesday nis J,
after he had bunked himself for 4
night. There were no evidences .
play, and the body lay in ma - 20
sition, while the clothing was NOD .sar-
ranged in any way. The body was
identified by means of papers in his
pockets, chiefly by membership card
in the A. 0. H. of Graniteville.
Members of the order were notified
by the Concord authorities last evening,
and word was sent back to bury the re-
mains at Concord as Burke has no rela-
tives in this vicinity. He was about
50 years of age and had been resident
of the Barre quarry district for about
"a years, having been employed on va
rious quarries in the vicinity, recently
by the Wetmore & Morse Co. He lived
of late at Daniel Pratt's in Webster
vile. He went away week ago.
The Concord. n. H., Monitor told of
the finding of the body, as follows:
"The body OF an unknown man, evil
u
work car in the railroad yard, opposite
the passenger station this afternoon,
and was taken in charge by the au-
thorities
"The discovery was made by l.. n.
Wells an employee of the road, who
went to the ear for the purpose of pre-
pairing for its removal to the shops for
repair.
"Ie notified the police station, at
once, and Deputy Marshal Rowe and
Officer McGirr made preliminary
examination of the corpse while await
ing the arrival of the medical referee.
"The body was lying on the bunk
and the man had evidently prepared
for rest with method He had taken
off his shoes and placed them at his
back. He had also removed his coat
which he used for a covering for his
arms and chest while the rest of his
body was protected by an old blanket
which he had found in the car.
'0n the floor at the foot of the bunk
was half-pint bottle which had been
drained of its contents.
Death had evidently come suddenly
and painlessly as the face was calm
and the hands were composed as in
sleep.
1T must have occurred some time dur
ing the afternoon or night as Arthur
King identified the body as that of
man whom he had seen cross from the
station to the freight yard
during the noon hour on Tuesday. Mr.
King was positive in his Identification
as he said that when the man passed
he had noticed a bruise over the left
eye which was prominent as the man
lay in the bunk on his right side.
THE man was fairly well dressed and
was apparently we'll along in years"
The Concord Patriot had the follow
ing additional information regarding the
"Dr Sanders was called to view the
body and stated after returning to his
Office. that the man was probably John
Burke, who might have lived at Barre,
VT.
In the mans pockets were found sew
eral articles among which was a card
"John Burke and ladies" to an
and dance recently held
in Barre. There We're also two bag
gage checks among the mans belong
ings and Station Agent johnson traced
them to the baggage room, finding two
cases. Also membership
card in the A. o. H. of Gran3eville. Vt,
was found"