The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-08-20
BODY NOT FAR
FROM BARN WHERE
HE LEFT TEAM
Young Man Had Been De.
spondent Over iii Health
and Failure to Get Ahead
Financially AS He Had
Desired - Body Found
By Charles Hull

| Chelsea, Aug. 20.-The mystery re.
garding the disappearance of Ralph +
Sanborn on July 2s was cleared up
yesterday afternoon by the discovery
OF the young mans body, with bull
let hole in the head, the place being
about one and one half miles from the
deserted barn, near the A. /. Newman
place on the Washington road where
the mans team was found the night OF
July 2S. Evidently the discouraged
man had gone directly to the spot and
made away with himself.
The body was found by Charles Hull
who was out searching for a colt,
which had gotten ont of the pasture.
While looking for the colt, Mr. Hull
smelled something which led him to
believe that the colt had died Seek.
ing the cause of the smell, he passed
| through some bushes and came TO an
open space. There next TO stump
he found body, with a rifle lying
nearby. A mans hat lay beside the
stump. Mr., Hull at once spread the
cation. The body was so decomposed
that identification of the features was
not possible, but by means Of the
clothing and watch in pocket ii was
readily determined that the body was
that of Sanborn. The remains were
taken to Dearborn's undertaking rooms
in this place and later placed in the
receiving vault at Highland cemetery.
A prayer service will probably be held
Sunday.
The relative positions of the body
and the rifle indicated that the young
man had placed the butt of the rifle
against the stump and then knelt
down in such posture that he could
pull the trigger of the weapon, the
muzzle of which was held against his
head. Death must have been instanta-
neous.
BY an odd coincidence. the body was
found on the very day when the farm
property of the man was sold at pub
lie auction, the farm, known as the
Emery place, having previously been
sold. The auction was held yesterday
forenoon.
That Mr.. Sanborn had been discour-
aged over financial matters and his
own i'll health was known TO many
people. He had not been getting along
As well as he thought he ought to in
matters of finance, and since a fall
from horse a year ago he had not
been in his usual health. He had
lrooded over these conditions eonsid
'rably. When he disappeared. his wife
'ound a note ip which he had written
hat she would never see him again.
Despite the message limiting at sui
.ide, searching parties went out for
everal days in an effort to locate the
7oung man, many thinking that he bad
wandered away in the woods and was
n need of assistance. Others went out,
xpecting to find the body according
o intimation of intended suicide.
The young mans parents sreNdead,
nd he is survived by his wife, vino
vas Gladys Glidden of Barre, and three
hildren. Benson, Helen and Donald;
lsc a sister, Mrs. F. f. Hood of Chel
ca and a brother, Roy b. Sanborn, of
'helsea. The widow is an expectant
lother again.
As the days passed by without any
ign or word Of the missing man, G
,tter signed by Benson, Helen and
'onsld Canborn, the children of the
Kissing man. was prepared and in
srted in The Times, the latter be-
.eching the father to return or seek
lg information from anyone who may
ave seen the young man.