The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-06-06
Decomposed Remains Partly
Identified by Papers in
the Pockets
DISCOVERY MADE
AT TRoW & HOLD S
There Are Some 6 u ,icions
of Foul Play in His
Death

Stevens branch gaveup the badly deeom.
posed body of man, believed to be
Adolph Puro of Graniteyille, this fore
noon, the remains being found at a point
some thirty yards below the Trow 4
Holden dam off South Main street. Ma.
chlnists working in the shop across the
stream from Brooklyn street made the
lgrewsome discovery when someone hap
pened to glance out OF an open window
toward the opposite side of the branch
at Haas o'clock. Supt. E. NJ. Tobin. to
whom the machinists communicated their
discovery, hurriedly notified police head
quarters and later Health Officer Charles
oliver was called to view the BODY.
Mystery surrounds the affair as there
are circumstances which tend to support
the theory that the man met with foul
play. Alderman A. Z. Bruce was one of
the first to reach the bank of the river
after the body was discovered and be-
fore 1t had been removed to A. w. Badg-
er Co.'S undertaking establishment Al
dermen A. NJ. Rossi and G. r. REYNOLDS
looked at the remains Orders were left
with the undertakers to hold in allowance
preparations for burial pending a de-
tailed investigation.
When the authorities came to exam
inc the mans personal effects it became
evident that the deceased was Adolph
Puro, Graniteyille quarryworker, who
left Barre Town three or four weeks
ago. Identification was expedited by
Socialist due book, in which the dead
mans name was entered. Stamps tes-
tifying to the decadent's regularity in
the matter of paying dues indicates that
he had closed his account with Granite
vile Socialist local May /.
On the mans person were found gold
watch of the Waltham brand. bearing
the number 46ll99, chain and charm
which appeared to be the emblem of a
organization. In the vest
pocket was fountain pen and in a hip
pocket the police found wallet contain
ing seven dollars in bills and Sll5 in sill.
yer. The entry book issued by the So
'ialist party in Graniteville was inscribed
With the mans name in his own ha nd
writing, apparently. Puro, if it develops
hat the identity is complete. was man
II 32 years OF age, his friends saw
How long the body had been in the
water is matter for conjecture The
'olice join with the machinsts at the
row & Holden plant in believing that it
must have been washed over the dam
ometime during the night Possibly il
nay have lain on a rock in little eddy
Ormed by the rapids below the fall all
he forenoon. Sheltered by bushes. the
ody might not have been noticed. except
Or a casual glance across the river for
everal days. The man was garbed in a \
lue suit soiled at the time of the dis
1very by the mud and water man of
Iedium height, apparently he was well
ressed when he met his death. The ac-
on of the water had so transformed his
'atures as to make him wholly unrecog-
able. In the absence of any phvsi-
ans. Health Officer j. W. Stewart being
1t of town, expert opinion as to how
ne the man had been in the water was
Vt available. In the opinion of the un-
rtakers, however, it was said that Puro
ight have been drowned nearly month
o. When the body was discovered. it
rs lying face upward on a rock.
When Chief Sinclair and Officer J. w.
neen arrived on the scene. the body
is held fast in the stream seven or
yht feet from the shore. Efforts to
stem a rake about the mans belt prov
Z futile, Isaac Corey, who was on the
nth Main street side Of the stream.
'ded the branch and proffered his serv-
:. IL was Mr.. Corey who grapped for
, body with rake and finally succeed
in towing 1t ashore with the aid of by
nders.
Soon ,.fter the notebook was found on
: mans person, the chief got in touch
tn Sec. F. W. Suitor of the quarry.
rkers' international association. At
Office in the Seampini block, Mr.. Suit
examined the rolls Of the Granteville
Websterville locals and discovered
name Of Adolph Puro thereon. Then
secretary got in communication with
drew Mann. blacksmith at the
rry of the Barre Granite & Quarry
in Websterville. Mr.. Mann. in turn.
imoned his friend. Andrew Winner. a
lpatriot OF the missing Puro. to the
phone.
Ir. Winner said he would hasten 10
re and complete the Identification. If
sible. Questioned more in detail. Mr..
ner said that Puro left Graniteville
er three or four weeks ago. on
Irsday. ostensibly bound for some
sr quarrying district, although he did
state definitely his destination At
time he carried small satchel with
personal belongings He planned TO
, the train al Barre. Mr. Winner said.
description Of how Puro was dressed
ie left Graniteville Tailed well with
appearance Of the man pulled out Of
water this forenoon. Mr. Winner
{ on 70 say that Puro was around 81
e old. had been active in the Socialist
]. and was without relatives in Amer
He was 2 native Of Finland
lc watch found 10 the mans waist
had stopped al u O'Clock. accord
b the police Examination Of nu-
,us bruises about the mans BODY had
deferred this afternoon, pending the
al 81 z physician A desp cleft in
bead gave rise e the theory that the
had been roughly handled but the
ination vas advanced that the hodv
rt have been eIt by rocks a. L
down the branch and finally went
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