Obituaries (October 20)

David Reed

Chenango Union, July 1907

David Reed, a stranger, died of tuberculosis at the Bainbridge town hall, on Sunday, where he had been cared for after an attempt to get him in elsewhere had failed.  He was walking to Albany and was exhausted when he reached Bainbridge.

Source unknown

A death accompanied with circumstances occurred in this village [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY] Sunday morning.  Friday morning a stranger called at Charles Br--- house and asked for nourishment, saying he was sick and that he had lain in a barn nearby two days and two nights unable to move or summon help.  Justice of the Peace John M. Cooper, was notified who in turn apprised Overseer of the Poor, Geo. Ireland.  Mr. Cooper in the meantime secured a physician and prepared a comfortable place in Corporation Hall for him. The stranger was well dressed and was gentlemanly in appearance.  He was very weak and in sore need of help and care, all of which were given him by Mr. Cooper and Overseer Ireland.  He gave his name as David Reed and occupation as a waiter and had been employed in Keeler's hotel, Albany, until March last when his health failed and since had been at the home of a cousin, his only relative, in Corning.  Feeling better he had started to return to work. Being without money he walked and had got as far as Bainbridge when his strength gave out and he sought rest in this barn.  Though he received medical attention he was beyond help.  He died Sunday morning at 9 o'clock [July 28, 1907].  A message was sent to his relative in Corning asking what disposition to make of the body. As no satisfactory response came Overseer of the Poor, Geo. Ireland, took charge of the remains which were taken to Hastings undertaking rooms on East Main street.  Monday afternoon at 5:30 a short service was held at these rooms, Rev. VanWoert officiating, and burial was in Green Lawn cemetery [Bainbridge, NY].  The unfortunate man was about 30 years of age and was suffering from catarrh of the stomach and accompanying ailments from which he died.

Albany Evening Journal, July 31, 1907

David Read, a stranger, died at Bainbridge under distressing circumstances Sunday.  Before death he made a lengthy statement to justice of the Peace Cooper, in which he said that he was an employee of Keeler's restaurant in Albany, and early in March, being in poor health, went to Corning.  His funds gave out, and he started to walk back to Albany.  He reached Bainbridge, and being unable to go any farther he crawled into a barn, where he remained three days without food or drink.  Finally he made his way to a nearby house, and was cared for. Death was caused by consumption.  Inquiry was made at Keeler's hotel and at Keeler's on state street and on Green street, but nothing was known of the man in those places.

William F. Wells

Binghamton Press, September 1907
August 13, 1851 - August 15, 1907

A blow from a cow's tail caused the death of William F. Wells, a prominent resident of Newark Valley [Tioga County], on Thursday evening, according to a dispatch to the Associated Press.  Mr. Wells was in his usual health on Thursday and attended his farm duties. Toward night while milking a cow the animal, annoyed by flies, switched her tail, striking Mr. Wells on the forehead.  He returned to the house, complaining of a pain in the head where the cow's tail had struck him.  He attempted to eat supper, but the pain increased at a rapid rate, and home remedies having no effect, a physician was summoned, who found Mr. Wells suffering from a stroke of apoplexy superinduced by the blow from the cow's tail.  He sank rapidly until death occurred.  Mr. Wells was 56 years of age, and is survived by a wife.  He was prominent in Masonic circles, and the funeral will be held at Newark Valley tomorrow, in charge of the Masons.

Eli Watrous

December 1907

Coventry [Chenango Co., NY]:  Eli Watrous died of heart failure at his residence here Thursday last at 4:15 p.m. aged 73 years.  He was a veteran of the war for the union and belonged to the 50th Regt., N.Y. Vol.  A faithful member of the M.E. church and a consistent Christian and a good quiet citizen.  His son, George, and two surviving daughters mourn his loss.  Interment was made at Ouaquaga.

Joseph Mascovatio

December 1907

Joseph Mascovatio, aged nine years, son of Michael Mascovatio of Afton [Chenango Co., NY] was accidently shot and killed by an elder brother at their home in that village Sunday morning at about 7:30 o'clock.  The father is a flagman at the railroad crossing near the milk station and left home early that morning to go to his work leaving his three boys alone in the house, their mother being dead.  The brothers, two being older than Joseph, became engaged in play in the sititng room and had an old broom set up for a Christmas tree, which they were decorating with various articles.  Joseph had a piece of rope with which he started to tie one of the brothers in a chair. The brother stepped into the kitchen and took his father's revolver, 38 caliber, from a shelf. The two  met almost in the doorway when the revolver was discharged and the ball tore a large hole through Joseph's head, killing him instantly. Coroner Geo. D. Johnson was called to Afton, and after investigating the case decided that it was an accident. The boy said he did not know the revolver was loaded, and the father said he thought it was unloaded when he put it away in the kitchen.  It was one of many fatalities that have resulted by careless parents leaving firearms where children can get hold of them.

Iva Johnson

August 1907

Coventry [Chenango Co., NY]:  Iva, the only child of Elmer and Ella Johnson, yesterday received injuries that resulted in her death, after a few hours. About four o'clock the child went to the old sawmill, north of the Johnson home, on the Converse farm in the south part of the town, with her parents and two aunts to get a load of wood. While there one of the women said "I wonder can we roll this log over?"  and started to roll a heavy piece of timber down a hill.  The little girl's dress caught on the timber and she was carried under the log.  Dr. Chapin of Greene was hastily summoned and stayed until morning.  The child never gained consciousness and died at seven o'clock this morning.

Obituaries (October 18)

Frank Lyman Jackson

February 15, 1870 - October 7, 1907

Frank Lyman Jackson was born in Windsor, Ill., on the 15th day of February, 1870, and departed this life on Oct. 7, 1907, aged 37 years, 7 months and 20 days.  His early life was spent in Illinois where he attended school and was a bright and promising scholar.  In 1882 he removed with his parents to Oneida, N.Y., where the family remained two years, later returning to Illinois and living in Edinburg for awhile; afterward removing to Southern Kansas where the family resided in Anthony and Hugoton until after the death of the mother in 1887.  Returning to Oneida in the winter of 1889-90 he had since resided in this State, making his home in Greene [Chenango Co., NY], where he served his time as an apprentice for a machinist.  Nearly all that time he had worked for the Lyon Iron Works until the past four months he had been employed in Norwich by the A.B. Ireland Iron Works.  He was married to Bessie L. Ingraham of Chenango Forks on Feb. 16, 1893, and to the happy union were born two children, Lora Eliza, on June 23, 1897, and Percy John, on May 28, 1904, both of whom are living.  He enrolled his name on the records of the M.E. church in Greene some years ago and lived honestly in that faith.  His life was one of self sacrifice and devotion to family and friends, and his warm heart and impulsive desire to help those in need won him hosts of friends wherever his lot was cast.  His faults and imperfections incident to all humanity were more than outweighed by acts of loving kindness and charity, and his untimely end is deeply mourned by the family and friends.  Beside the wife and two little ones he is survived by one brother, R. Percy Jackson of Danville, Ind., and one half sister, Alma Hazel Jackson of Oneida. The remains were taken to Greene for burial.

George C. Roberts

February 2, 1834 - July 1907

George C. Roberts, junior member of the firm of Denison & Roberts publishers of the Chenango American, died at his apartments in Greene Friday morning last. Deceased had been in failing health for the past year, and on the preceding Wednesday morning on being spoken to replied that he felt as well as usual, but would sleep awhile longer before arising.  An hour or so later he was found in an unconscious state from which he never rallied.  Mr. Roberts was born in Troy, N.Y., February 2, 1834, and at the age of six years removed to Greene with his parents, his father, Dr. George W Roberts, being the first homeopathy physician to locate in Chenango county.  His education was obtained at common schools of that day and at Oxford Academy. While a boy in his teens he went with a party of gold seekers to California, where he remained for six years.  During his residence there he witnessed many strange and wild scenes that were common to California in those days among the rough and lawless men from every clime, which he interestingly told from time to time in the columns of the American. Returning to Greene he learned the printer's trade in the American office, then conducted by Fisher & ---ison.  During the Civil war he enlisted in the Navy and severed several months on the U.S. Steamer Maumee.  Again returning to Greene he purchased a half-interest in the American and since then has been, ---  Mr. J.D. Denison, closely identified with the publication of that newspaper.  Mr. Roberts was a terse local ---, and intensely loyal to Greene and her institutions.  In politics he was a staunch Republican, seeking no local office but had held several other town offices and positions in the fire department.  He had a large group of friends outside his town.  Mr. Roberts was married in December, 1864, to Helen J Gray of Greene, who died some three years ago, and is survived by two sons, George B. and Wilkie C. Roberts of Greene, and one daughter, Mrs. Charles B. Cooley of Chicago. There also survive him two sisters, Mrs. Dora C Read of Greene and Mrs. Anna Stevens of New York city, who is a physician, and one brother, Dr. Frank Roberts of Connecticut. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon in Zion church, of which deceased was a member, and were largely attended, several representatives of the newspapers in the county being present.  

Norwich Sun, July 22, 1907

Greene [Chenango Co., NY]:  The funeral of the late George C. Roberts was held Sunday afternoon at half-past two from Zion church, Rev. P.T. Olton officiating.  Burial was made in Sylvan Lawn cemetery [Greene, NY].  Mr. Roberts' health had been gradually failing for months and the end came Friday morning.  He was 73 years of age.  He is survived by two sons, Wilkie C. Roberts of Greene, and George B. Roberts of Chenango Forks; one daughter, Mrs. Charles B. Cooley of Oak Park, Ill.; a brother, Frank, of Connecticut, and two sisters, Mrs. Anna Stevens of New York and Mrs. D.C. Read of Greene.  Mr. Roberts was born in Troy, February 2, 1834.  His father came to Greene when he was but six years of age, and in this village he received his primary education.  He then took an advanced course in Oxford academy, and upon leaving school went to California, where he remained for six years. Returning to Greene in 1857, he began to work in the office of Chenango American and a few years later he purchased a half-interest in the same, which business has interested him ever since.  On Dec. 12, 1864, he was united in marriage with Helen J. Gray, and they were the parents of three children--George B., Wilkie, C. and Mabel L. Cooley.  In politics, Mr. Roberts was an uncompromising Republican and held to the principles of his party with the steadfastness that characterized all the other actions of his life.  He was decided in his opinions and fearless in the maintenance of them.  Mr. Roberts enlisted in the navy during the Civil War and served several months on the united States steamer Maumee, and on his discharge received papers from Captain Parker, marked "Conduct most exemplary."  The local department of the Chenango American of which Mr. Roberts has had full charge, has been filled with locals, crisp, fresh and entertaining and his "Man About Town" was one of his best writings. Although on several occasions he has been asked to take political honors, he refused all.  he has been first assistant engineer of the Greene fire department, village trustee and has filled other offices in the village.  Mr. Roberts in all his walks of life was honorable and his newspaper work will be missed in this section.

Marshall F. Porter

Norwich Sun, August 15, 1907

Greene [Chenango Co., NY]:  Marshall F. Porter of Greene, one of the most prominent attorneys of Chenango county, passed away at 8:30 o'clock this morning at his home here.  Heart failure is said to be the cause of death.  He was 59 years of age.  Mr. Porter had been in the yard this morning and then came into the house and sat down to read the morning paper.  He had been reading only a few minutes when his daughter heard the paper fall and her father's head fell to one side.  He expired almost instantly.  He had been troubled with his heart for some time and that trouble is thought to have caused his sudden demise.  Mr. Porter was born in the town of New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY] but in his younger manhood went to Greene and studied law in the office of Edgar Arnold and after being admitted to the bar, settled in Greene where he has since resided.  He was prominent in local affairs and at the time of his death was the president of the village.  He was a vestryman in Zion church and a member of Genegantslet tribe, I.O.R.M.  He leaves a wife and daughter, Mrs. George Burdick of Greene, and a granddaughter to mourn his untimely taking away.

Ben Sherwood

August 1907

Ben Sherwood, of Afton [Chenango Co., NY] up to --- years ago a resident of Bainbridge, fell from a third story window Wednesday night at a hotel in Carbondale, Pa., and received a fracture of the skull.  he died Sunday morning without gaining consciousness. Ben Sherwood had been in Carbondale for the past few months working in a harness shop and roomed at the hotel with a companion.  Wednesday night they went to their room which was on the third floor and prepared for bed. The room had dormitory windows and the sill being up from the floor only about six inches. When his roommate retired, Sherwood was sitting in the window to get the benefit of the breezes. This was his custom warm nights.  3 o'clock the next morning he was found in his night clothes on the pavement below unconscious and his skull fractured, and was taken to the Emergency Hospital.  He did not respond to treatment and Sunday morning an operation was performed and several clots of blood removed.  He died one hour after completion of the operation.

Maurice Birdsall

June 15, 1815 - March 2, 1907

Maurice Birdsall, aged ninety-two years, died in his home in Binghamton [Broome Co., NY] Saturday afternoon, March 2, at five o'clock.  Mr. Birdsall was born in Hillside, N.Y., June 15, 1815, and resided in Greene until 1882, since which time he has reside din Binghamton.  He was a member of Otseningo Lodge, no. 435, F.&A.M., Malta Commandery and Christ Episcopal Church.  He is survived by two sons, Henry Birdsall, of Binghamton, and Richard Birdsall, of Chicago. The funeral was held from Christ church Tuesday afternoon at 2:15 o'clock, and the burial was held here that afternoon on the arrival of the four o'clock train and was conducted by Wor., Bor, Longley, of Otseningo Lodge. Delegations from Otseningo Lodge and Malta Commandery accompanied the remains, which were met at the station by Eastern light lodge, No. 126, F.&A.M., of which Mr. Birdsall had been a member, and the last rites over their departed brother were held in the old cemetery.  Mr. Birdsall, in his active business life in Greene, was energetic and successful.  For many years he was in the mercantile trade, and his firm was the leader in the dry goods trade.  he also speculated in butter and bought largely of this and other farm products. At one time he with Lewis S. Hayes, did quite a banking business here in the rooms now occupied by Dr. J.E. Bartoo, for about three years.  Mr. Birdsall was one of our leading business men who was ever active in promulgating plans for the benefit of Greene. As a citizen he was always a pleasure to meet his stately form upon our streets.

Marriages (October 17)

Burchard - Miner

October 1907

Miss Mary Elizabeth Burchard, oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Burchard, was united in marriage to Floyd Locke Miner of Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] last evening, at the home of the bride's parents, 36 Hayes street, Norwich [Chenango Co., NY].  The parlors were handsomely decorated with evergreens, ferns, ground pine and hydrangeas.  The dining room where the wedding supper was served was prettily trimmed in yellow, and white, the class colors of the bride, large yellow chrysanthemums, forming the basis of the decoration.  The wedding ceremony took place at 8o'clock and was performed by Rev. William DeLancey Benton, rector of Emmanuel Episcopal church, of Norwich.  Miss Florence Burchard, a sister of the bride, acted as maid of honor, and little Miss Elizabeth Martin as ring bearers.  The groom was unattended.  The bride is an accomplished young lady who is well known and highly esteemed in this village and Norwich. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence R. Miner.  The father of the groom is a well known farmer and business man of Oxford and for several years represented this town in the Board of Supervisors.  After the couple were pronounced man and wife and had received the congratulations and best wishes of their many friends and relatives, refreshments were served to the guests by Misses Marion Eaton, Minnie Hartigen, Ethel Jewell, Mildred Curtis, Amy Wands, Margaret Burchard and Mabel Windolph of Norwich, and Miss Elizabeth Newkirk of Oxford.  Mr. and Mrs. Miner will make their home at no. 38 Hayes street [Norwich, NY].  A large number of people form this village attended the wedding.

Purdy - Ketchum

July 1907

Miss Maude Ketchum, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Morell Ketchum and William H. Purdy, all of this village, were married at the Baptist parsonage Tuesday evening, June 25th, by Rev. C.B. Parsons.  The party were attended by Miss Quenna Ketchum, sister of the bride, and LaMott Seeley.  Mr. and Mrs. Purdy left for Norwich, where they took a train for a tour of the Thousand Islands, returning in time for a reception that was tendered the couple by Mr. and Mrs. Ketchum at their home on Fair street Last evening.

Kark - Livingstone

November 1907

Harpursville [Broome Co., NY]:  The home of Mr. and Mrs. Milton E. Tyrrell of West Colesville [Broome Co., NY]was the scene of a simple, but beautiful wedding Tuesday, when their daughter, Inez E. Livingston, and Harry G. Kark of Harpursville, were married by Rev. E.D. Cook of Sanitaria Springs.  Only the immediate friends, about fifty in number, were present, many of these coming from Susquehanna, Binghamton, Afton, Harpursville and Sanitaria Springs.  Festoons of running pine, white chrysanthemums and fine ferns were attractively arranged about the rooms.  At twelve o'clock, to the strains of a wedding march, played by Miss Maude Thompson of Harpursville, the bride and groom, unattended entered the room. The bride wore a charming gown of white silk batiste, trimmed with Valenciennes lace. A dinner followed the ceremony, the bride's table, having a large centerpiece of white chrysanthemums and an effective arrangement of fine ferns.  Many useful and valuable presents, consisting of silver, cut glass, linen, etc. were received. After a short trip to New York, Mr. and Mrs. Kark will be at home to their friends in Harpursville, about January 1, 1908.

Sherman - Benedict

September 1907

Herbert J. Sherman connected with Burchard Bros. hardware store in this village, and Miss Lucy E. Benedict of Smithville [Chenango Co., NY] were united in marriage Wednesday, August 28, by Rev. J.H. Dickerson at the Methodist parsonage in Preston.  They will reside in Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] and have taken rooms at the St. James hotel.  Congratulations and well wishes are extended by their numerous friends.

Scott - Hoyt

October 1907

Miss Verna A. Hoyt was married to Benedict W. Scott of Afton [Chenango Co., NY] at the home of the bride's parents at Otego [Otsego Co., NY]\Wednesday Oct. 9th at noon.  Rev. E.L. Jeffery of Schuylers Lake officiating.  The bride was attended by her sister, Miss Bessie Hoyt and the groom by his nephew, Attorney Arthur Curtis of Binghamton.  Only immediate relatives and friends were present.  Both are well known in Bainbridge.  The bride until Sept. 1st was employed as a compositor in The Republican office. She is a bright and attractive girl.  The groom is route agent for the Grand Union Tea Company of Binghamton. The couple left on the afternoon train for Albany, New York and New Haven, Conn. They will be absent about a week and upon their return will make Afton their home.

Obituaries (October 14)

Wreck on the D.&H.
Charles Craig & Morris Keglar
Bainbridge Republican & Express, June 20, 1907

A back wreck occurred on the D.&H. Tuesday morning about fifteen minutes past seven o'clock, one mile and a half above this village [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY], in which two men were killed.  The scene of the wreck was just back of the Alvin Hayes farm residence above the Beatty crossing.  A fast freight going east overtook another train going in the same direction, causing a rear end collision, the engine of the second train crashing into the caboose of the first train.  The impact was so great that the engine was thrown from the track down a fifteen foot embankment and rolled over once and a half. The engineer and firemen were crushed beneath the engine and instantly killed.  It is believed that just before the collision the engineer jumped and the engine rolled onto him, and that the fireman was caught while at work near the tender and went down with the engine. The caboose of the first train was smashed into splinters and a steel coal car was rendered shapeless. A coal car next to the derailed engine was thrown across the west bound track and together with the wreckage of the caboose, burned. The remained of both trains were left on the track.

It was a terrible accident considering the fact that from the spot where it occurred extended a straight and clear stretch of track for some distance. The train ahead could have been seen by the engineer of the approaching train and it almost seems that the collision could have been averted.  It was stated at the scene of the wreck that the crew of the engine which caused the collision had been on duty continuously for twenty-five hours and that the engineer had fallen asleep only awaking in time to jump.  It was also said that the air brakes on the train failed to work which was the cause of failure to check the speed of the train.  That the engine struck the caboose with great force was seen by its position afterward, some distance from the track.  Two members of the first train crew who were in the caboose saved their lives by jumping.

The engineer who was killed was Charles Craig, age 25 years, and lived at Carbondale [Lackawanna Co. PA].  He was married and had one child.  His wife and child are in the west on a visit.  The fireman was Morris Keglar, aged 21, who was unmarried and also lived at Carbondale.

The news of the wreck reached this station soon after its occurrence and many people hastened to the scene.  Both tracks were blocked for some time.  The Oneonta wrecking crew arrived and the tracks were cleared at 11 a.m. so as to resume the running of trains.  Coroner Johnson, of Oxford, was sent for and viewed the bodies of the dead engineer and fireman. They were placed in charge of Undertaker Hastings and brought to this village and shipped to their homes in Carbondale on the evening train.

Emma A. (Waldron) Harrington

January 27, 1840 - November 1907

At the family residence yesterday occurred the death of Emma A. Waldron, wife of A.D. Harrington.  She was born January 27, 1840 at Pharsalia [Chenango Co., NY], the daughter of Mirtalu N. and Calesta (Bourne) Waldron, and was united in marriage Sept. 30, 1862, to Mr. Harrington in the town of her birth.  The union was one of happiness unbroken until the shadow of illness fell upon the home.  In 1872 they came to Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] to reside.  Mrs. Harrington had been seriously ill during only the last ten weeks, five of which was spent at Faxton Hospital, Utica, returning home last week Tuesday and had made no complaint of pain or suffering since her return.  The immediate cause of death was from a shock sustained at 2 o'clock Sunday morning.  Everything possible had been done that science could suggest and loving hands accomplish, but she gradually grew unconscious until Monday noon and passed away at 12:30 p.m. yesterday.  Mrs. Harrington was a member of the Congregational church and took an active part in its work.  For many years she was a standard teacher in the Sunday school.  She was also an active member of the Round Robin -?- until illness compelled her to resign from the work she so well enjoyed.  Besides her husband, Mrs. Harrington is survived by a son J. Waldron Harrington of this village and one sister, Dr. M.M. Waldron, resident physician of Hampton Normal Institute, Hampton, Va.  The funeral will be held from her late home Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Rev. Theo. W. Harris officiating.  It is expected that Rev. Dr. Sutherland of Wellsville, a former pastor of the Congregational church, will be present and assist in the services.  [Buried Riverview cemetery, Oxford, NY]

Joseph Dwight VanValkenburgh, Jr.

16 September 1842 - 4 November 1907

The death of J.D. VanValkenburgh occurred at his home about two miles east of this village on Monday morning at 9 o'clock, from acute Bright's disease, a disease from which he had been a sufferer for nearly a year, aged 58 years.  Mr. VanValkenburgh was a man of a pronounced character and followed out his own ideas and what he thought was right with a determination to win, which at times gained more disapproval than praise from his friends.  Withall he was a good citizen, one who was always looking to the advancement of his home town and its people and by his death we lose a man the community can ill-afford to spare.  He was for many years one of the most prominent fire insurance men in the state, holding a high position with the American Central company with offices in New York.  Upon retiring from that company he bought the VanValkenburgh homestead farm and for a number of years has made farming his principal vocation, but still had offices in this village doing a general insurance business.  He was at the head of the Brookside water works company, which until the municipal system was laid was the principal water company of this village.  He is survived by a wife, five sons, Ralph D., of Chicago, Ill., Dr. Raymond H., of Schenectady, and Richard, Edward and Dwight of this town, and three daughters, Mrs. Raymond Elliott and Emma and Gertrude VanValkenburgh, of this town.  His funeral will be held Thursday afternoon from his late home, Rev. J. A. Hansen of the Central Baptist church officiating.  [Buried Sylvan Lawn Cemetery, Greene, Chenango Co., NY]

Charles Snyder

October 1907

Charles Snyder, who lives in the town of Coventry [Chenango Co., NY], a few miles from Page Brook, was shot Friday afternoon about 3 o'clock by having the contents of a shot gun discharged in his stomach, while in a fight with Frank Allen in Snyder's house.  Physicians from both Greene and Harpursville were called but Snyder died in about three hours, previously making an ante-mortem statement relieving Allen from all blame in the shooting.  Allen, who is a carpenter, and Snyder, who was a helper, worked for Edgar Watrous of South Coventry.  During the afternoon they started for Snyder's house, where hard cider was imbibed. The latter's wife, who was Lucy Kruger, being the innocent cause of the quarrel, the two men making an agreement outside the house concerning her, which she would not consent to, and which Snyder denied when she upbraided him for it.  This gave Allen the lie, and in the heart of the war of words Snyder punched him. Then he went to another room and bringing out the gun began to club Allen. As he struck at Allen, the gun was discharged with the muzzle against Snyder's stomach, and he received the full charge. The woman was the only witness to the quarrel and fight, but Snyder bore out her statements, and Allen threw additional light on the events leading up to the Tragedy.  Coroner George D. Johnson of this village visited the scene Saturday and declared there is no doubt that the gun accidentally discharged.  Snyder was a young man between 25 and 30 years of age and of foreign birth.  He had no relatives in this part of the country and so far as could be learned, he is alone in the world.  He had lived in the vicinity of Greene or Coventry for about three years, working out by the day.