Putnam patriot., 1930-10-16
Body of J. Walter Arnold, Found Hanging From Sap
 ling Sunday Afternoon
Respected Citizen and Deacon ef
 Church

A severe blow on the head suffer ed about two months ago is believed to have led to the suicide of J. Wal ter Arnold. highly respected citizen of Pomfret. whose dead body was found hanging from a sapling not far from his home. Sunday after noon between two and three o'clock by a searching party. Mir. Arnold left the house about il.30 Sunday morning. When he failed to put in an appearance for the midday meal relatives became anxious about him. A boy who lives near the Arnold home told of seeing Mir. Arnold walk ing toward a swamp. A search was immediately begun and soon his body was discovered.
 Leaving his home Mr. Arnold went to the lonely spot apparently intent upon taking his own life. From a slight cut on one wrist it is believed he may have first contemplated sev- ering q large vein or an artery. Ap- parently he changed his mind. He used his belt for a moose. Placing it about his neck he attached the free end to a sapling. His feet were not off of the ground.
 Dr. $. B. Overlook. medical ex- aminer of pomfret, was called. Af- ter he viewed the body he gave per mission for it's being removed to the home.
 Recall Queer Actions
 Relatives of Mir. Arnold recall that about two months ago while in the cellar he hit his head a severe blow on a pipe He has since had times when he did not feel we'll but made little complaint in his household. Friends now recall his occasional queer actions In one instance a man saw Mir. Arnold walking beside the highway in manner that at tracted the friends attention. He stopped his automobile and asked Mir. Arnold if anything was the matter. He said that he was not feeling well. 4 few days later Mir. Arnold met the same friend and recalled his having stopped and spoken Co him and ad- mitted that at the time he was in somewhat of daze.
 4 young lady in Pomfret, to whom Mir. Arnold always stopped and spoke. related to her family how he passed her by without recognizing her
 Rev. George A. Barker. pastor of the Congregational church. of which Mir. Arnold is a member and a dea- con. said that the Sunday before Mir. Arnold's death he had spoken to MT. Arnold in church and asked him how he felt. Mr Arnold replied that he was better than he had been. He then told the minister Of the ae- c. dent in which he severely bumped his head. Mir. Barker says at that time. as he looks back. Mir. Arnold did not seem to be quite himself and appeared to be laboring under stress.
 Other friends recall instances now when Mir. Arnold did not appear quite himself. He appeared to have spells when he did not seem to rec ornize all things and appeared in a daze.
 Born in Woodstoek
 Mir. Arnold was born in Woodstock. October 6. 1869. son of Joseph and Adelaiue (Warnerl Arnold. He at tended school in Woodstock and lat  CT in Pomfret when the family re- moved there. He also attended Wood stock Academy For a time he was employed in the office of the Ben Grosvenor Inn He learned the paint CTS trade and had been in business for himself for the past thirty years. He was a man widely known through out the town. was we'll liked and highly respected His tragic death has brought forth many expressions of sincere sorrow for his family.
 Mir. Arnold was married April goth. 1892. to Miss Eliza MeNeill. a native of Scotland. at that time liv- ing in Pomfret. Besides his wife he leaves six sons, Frank. Walter. Emery and Thomas of Hartford. Robert of Waterbury and Edward of Pomfret, a daughter, Mrs. James Me Carter of Hartford and a brother Frank of Putnam.