The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-02-27
Had Been Dead Probably
Since Last Friday
Deceased Was Quite Wealthy
And Lived Alone

Frozen stiff from exposure to the
blizzard and bitter cold Of several
days, the body Of Mrs. Sarah Green,
wealthy widow Of Monroe township,
was found Wednesday afternoon lying
in the front yard at her home on the
Amity road, just off the Coshocton
road, about four miles northeast of the
city. Her body was nearly covered
with snow and 1t is believed that she
had lain there since Friday or Satur-
day of last week. She was SO years
of age and was the widow of the late
William Green.
The discovery of the frozen body
was made by Mr.. ". E. Hogue and Mr..
Ban Evrie, both Of whom reside a
short distance from the Green home.
Shortly after noon Wednesday MIR.
Hogue said that he believed he would
go over and see how Mrs. Green was
getting along. Mo smoke had ben seen
issuing from the chimney at her home
and no other sign of life had been
noticed. It was for this reason that
MIR. Hosue, accompanied by Mr.. Evrie,
went to investigate.
The two men went to the barn first.
They found the stock locked inside
and apparently greatly in need of food
and drink. The chickens were locked
in the chicken house and were also
evidently unfed Becoming alarmed
at these unforbidding signs, the men
fastened through the barn yard to-
ward the residence. They reached
the fence which surrounds the yard
and there they saw Mrs. Green's body
lying in the front yard about fifteen
feet from the front porch. She was
clad rather thinly, as though she had
expected to be exposed to the cold
for only short time when she left
the house. She wore arctics over her
shoes and had on a coat over her
dress. She had nothing over her
head, however. The body was almost
covered over with snow. This fact
strengthens the belief that the aged
woman must have laid out in the yard
for at least two days because no snow
had fallen nor had there been suffici-
ent wind to blow the snow over her
since Monday night.
The body was carried into the house
Immediately after it had been found
and Acting Coroner B. G. Deeley and
Sheriff Woolison were called. They
arrived later, but no satisfactory eX
animation of the body could be made
on account of its thoroughly frozen
condition. The body was later re-
moved to the Mccormick undertaking
establishment in Mt. Vernon where
more thorough examination will be
made after the frozen condition is re-
duced.
Mrs. Green was last seen alive last
Friday morning She was then no.
ticed out in the front yard by neigh
hors. Her dead body was found We'd
nesday afternoon at about 8 o'clock.
She is not known to have ever suffer-
ed attacks of heart trouble, apoplexy
or paralysis and the reason for her
sad death cannot be explained further
that that she was frozen to death.
The only reasonable solution for her
having been frozen is that she sus-
tanned stroke of some kind that rem
dered her either unconscious or un-
able to help herself.
The aged widow had lived alone in
the big house for over two years. She
had done all of the light work about
the house and barn during that time
and the fact that she had not been
seen for several days would not have