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118ididJCaDROWNED.No little excitement wan earned herer riday morning at the announcementthat a man had been found drowned inISr-dW ills creek at the foot of Mill street Coroner Farclict was notified and at once repaired to the sc ene when it was aseer-fmed that the remains w^re those of Roger Kerrigan who lived at the Guernsey mines east of town, lie had been missing since Wednesday morning andsearch was instituted but without effect‘mtil the time mentioned above. The discovery was made by Ik M. Stottlomirc i and Jacob Albright The pointer was given by Gotlub Uabe, who on returnfrom a days work in the city cemeterv Wednesday last seen a man lying over the railroad embankment apparently asleep, and another person, strangerstanding near. Upon inquiry the stnmgerwould give no satisfactory answer and Mr. Cube passed on supposing the prostrate:form was only that of one who had been nnbibing too freely. When on Fridaymorning Mr. Kabe heard of bis friendsi 'an^CaT!nCe. V® rf°lated t!l tirlt;-m-w fn’tl iUS ! to further search resulting in the finding of the body in Willscreek just opposite to where Mr. Rabehad seen the men the evening of Wednesday. I is supposed that the deceased became bewildered in the darkness and !pandering about fell over the steep creek 1banks. Mr. Kerrigan was known licrea- jbouts as a quiet honest man. 'J’here was no property found about his person- His I age was near Go years. The coroner’s in- 1quest showed accidental drown in-.
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Cambridge Herald
Cambridge, Ohio, US
Thu, Nov 13, 1884
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