The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-07-02
James j. 4itzgerald's Body
Found Under a Railroad
Bridge at Montpelier
1T LAY ON A ROCK,
ONE LEG IN WATER
Victim Was Bethel Quarry
man and Had Been in
Montpelier Several Days

| On shallow reef in the North branch
| beneath the Central Vermont railroad
| bridge at the side of the U. S. Clothespin
factory in Montpelier this morning la
borers on their way to work discovered
the body OF a man who was later iden-
| titled as James j. Fitzgerald, a Bethel
quarryman Life was extinct and the
indications were that the body had been
there during greater part OF the night.
The city health officer, DR.. William Lind
say, who was one of the first officials
called satisfied himself that death pro-
ceeded from accidental causes and or
dered the removal of the remains to Vol
holm's undertaking rooms.
Identification of the man was delayed
until some of his Montpelier acquain-
tances chanced to join the knot of eu-
rious people who gathered on the bridge
once the news Of the discovery had
spread Gus Johnson who used to work
for the Woodbury. Granite Co. in Bethel
when Fitzgerald was employed there,
recognized the features of his old friend.
His identification was afterwards sub
stantiated BY other acquaintance of the
deceased as we'll as by a tag with the
initials, -. J. f." sewed into the lining
of his waistcoat. Police headquarters
and the sheriff's department men were
early on the scene and both were active
in securing a satisfactory Identification.
Secretary Fred w. Suitor of the quarry
workers international Offices in Barre
was notified of the affair early in the
forenoon and his examination of the
body served to strengthen belief that
the man had been correctly identified.
1t was between $3.50 and Gas o'clock
when men passing over the bridge
glanced down through the ties and were
startled to see a body lying on the
rocks below They descended to the riv-
er bank and after satisfying themselves
that death had been there first they no.
titled the authorities. DIR. Lindsay ex-
amined the remains and found concus-
sion OF the brain and fracture of one
leg. There were also superficial bruises
about the body Only one limb lay in
the water. while the rest of the body
reposed on the reef. The doctor and
others share the belief that Fitzgerald's
death was caused by injuries received in
the fall and that the end was not due
to drowning.
fltZ2elalu WAS nhH VI SllihlhE sla1-
ure and at the time of his death he
wore a bushy red moustache. A prom
inent nose and head which might be
described as abnormally large combined
to make of the man a noticeable figure.
He was well clad and in his pockets
there were several articles. A letter
from man in Marshfeld told of the
decision of mutual friends to leave, but
did not 90 deeply into detail In one
pocket was found Sl.06 in change; IN
another there was razor and in third
pocket the searchers found T. ID. pipe.
is said to have been around
55 years old.
Efforts were being made this afternoon
to locate relatives of the dead man. So
far as can be learned he is unmarried.
his friends believe he has sis
.ers living in Holyoke, Mass. Fitzgerald
had been seen about Montpelier for the
past three or four days. In years gone
by he was employed as a quarrymaa on
the Barre hill and is known by many
now living in that locality. Secretary
Suitor was of the opinion that Fitzger-
aid intended to seek work, either in
or Woodbury..