Show DROWNS HIMSELF ANIM IX SOLDIER COMMITS SUICIDE IN n THE CANAL an e X s soldier idler named ned kenyon left his room room over mannings trunk factory on second south street I 1 last tuesday morning and started in com pay with a man lamto nami l ball for jor do river ball left him in the vicinity y of what is called the second canal west of the D R G shops keu kenvon ton re ahdong that he be would stop there and taka awash he made the remark to ball N here you had better take this kopty blaey X ive ve no KO FURTHER USE FOR rr IT 19 it thi the same time offering him some emy boney which however ball refused wake this is the last seen of ken 4 gerdav v at about one two jre to a very small boat were arving t b themselves up the they ro t started from first south kieft 0 and when they had bad reached a point a little north of south street they saw an 1 object bitet in the w water a ter which they at first st opposed PP se d t to abe be a hog bog on approach he and examining it they discovered hat it was the s NA NAKED D BODY OF A MAN rang face downward in the water toey left their boat and ran to the we of wm win yates near the D R 10 0 dep depot ot be being the father of one of tte boys ya officer wm calder just at this ws juncture happened to be mr Y Ya ates teft house when he be M hailed ailed and a statement ot of the discovery made by the boys was given to min in company with sev several ral other ben officer meer calder rc repaired paired to the spot where TOe rethe the body was it was entirely rde ald and was covered with a coating co atins 11 mud some of those be began n to wash the mud from the body but a process of corrosion i wt ka token taken place to such an extent that me skin came off in the effort to wash clean and the attempt to remove the sad was abandoned about two and a halt rods from akere the body was found on the bank w the canal lay THE DEAD MANS CLOTHES B socks had been stuffer I into his W which lay close together and r the other articles of swig up I 1 were placed neatly gouier giving evidence that 74 J was sober when he be ur un awit himself when the body was the he 1 hands bands and feet were stuck strick it p mud thus thue anchoring it it had abut but a short distance from where 47 teed V d must have stepped into tho the V 1 undoubtedly I 1 it is a case of AND determined SUICIDE teter Is so shallow that deceased laid down upon bis face in eteve who wh o the attempt to wash the body was audo ned a wagon was pro procured curea into P bich the rem remains were pla placed ed thet is ere then conveyed to the office of cit sexton taylor aate parting with kenyon as above stated tar mr ball saw deputy in marshal arshat gleas n to whom he narrated the cir ance 1 mr gleason scouted the idea that kenyon kelyon would commit suicide although al he be knew the latter had bad been fur for a long time SOMEWHAT DEMENTED deceased hah bien been in the employ of the D H X G W working with the bridge gang gan and at lake park but latterly he wi baa worked at Peacocks saloon cleaning up etc officer calder found in his detains clothing peacock save gave him the dollar and it is known that besides the morning of the day on oa he drowned himself he bad thirty cents deceased was aged about 32 or 33 years an in inquest est w was a s held this afternoon before lutle justice resulting in a verdict of suicide 4 |