The diamond drill., 1921-04-02
SHAckER FOUND DEAD UNDER
SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES
MONEY AND WATCH GONE
lis Known That He Drew $500
The Day Before He Died :
CunshOt Caused Death

Joseph Yaha, slav, living in a
shack on the Genesee property was
round by one OF his neigbors lying
dead on the floor OF his shack last
Monday. The top OF his head had
been blown off by a gunshot dis
charge.
a single barrel shotgun was found In
wood box about five feet from
where the man lay, lying in such
position that the officers question
very much the possibility OF the
mans having put It there after dis
charging IL.
Nothing OF value was found upon
the mans person. His watch chain
was hanging, the hook by which IL
was attached To the watch being
broken and the watch gone. IL Is
known that he drew $500 on Satur- !
day but not cent was found upon
his person.
The discovery was made nv one /
OF his neighbors who went 10 his |
snack to visit him. He reported con
oiAons at once to the authorities.
Coroner Dawson Immediately inpan-
eied a jury but that body has not vet
completed its hearings and given its
verdict
Sunsplcion Attends Affair.
when the body was found IL was
lying face down on the floor of the
shack. II would seem that the man
was standing about six feet from the
wood box in which the gun stood and
that when killed he fell forward to-
wards the box. II he held the gun ;
In his hands and killed himself he I
must have placed the gun in the box
before he died.
Another theory is that he rested
the gun in the wood box and leaned :
forward towards IL. III so hs feet
must have been about six feet from I
the box and then II would have been I
an impossibility for him to have dis I
charged the gun.
The only condition under which he I
could have done the deed by his own y
hands Is that din falling he carried the =
gun with him until az such an angle {
that IL fell from his hands into the I
box or that the recoil Of the gun threw :
II there. Z
The conditions are certainly very c
unusual when considered in connec- o
tion with a suicide n
suspicion Because Money Gone !.
Mr.. John Tufts with whom the man :
traded and who was his banker tells "
us that on Saturday last the man !
came 20 his store and drew $500 in !
cash. II seems that instead OF keep = =
ing his money in the bank. Yaha chose y y
Mr. Tufts for a banker and when he ~
had any spare money he deposited Il "
with Mr.. Tufts.
He had been drawing out his mon
ey OF late and the 5000 that he took
on Saturday was the last or the mon !,
~ he had on deposit with Mr.. Tufts. :,
IL Is possible that he paid out all y.
or THIS amount but not at all probab- =.
10 that he did so. There wasn't -
cent OF money found upon his person - -
when the officers arrived and this ~
fact. taken I'm connection with the ~
watch affadr, lead the officers 10 ~
think that the man was murdered
and robbed. ~
most FcOple THINK Suicide -
Almost all OF those who knew the ~ -
nan are OF he opinion that he suicid- -. ~
ID. He is reported to have been -
unbalanced and II Is also =,
,laimed that he had been drinking =, ~
ieavily. The statement that he was 49, 49,
trunk Saturday night Is refuted by -.
Dthers.
Those who favor the suicide theory -
,elieve that he rested the stock OF the ~
run on the back OF chair that stood a..
lose by the wood box and that he - -
cached forward and pulled the trig- -,
Ter with one hand. holding the gun ="
lose TO the muzzle with the other -.
The recoil Of the gun caused II 10 ~,
lip off the back OF the chair and into -, -,
he box. az