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DROWNING ATLEGIONHALL* tACCIDENTALBody of Christopher Burton Found in Basement Cistern -Mondav -Eveninjr a cei Uncat e of death by accidental droWmng had been Issued todayyby Justice of the Peace Stacey S..SpeNpu acting coroner, followingan ,investigation of the death ofChristopher Burton, 71. of Draper.whose body was found in a smallcistern in * the basement erf the American Legion building.The bodv was discovered Monday night by Martin Sheeley, cm-ploye aLthe,.,C.^Edwarcl.s bo^ng.' alley and^pool room in. the 'fes^ron building. • * .Tty? victim. when found. was lying head .downward in a con.-, crpte .prrrthree square ancf* thr^S feet -deep,, in the floor of the basement. The pit is . used to . catch water which lt;occasionally floods the cell^y. When nearly full, a pump acts to remb^e the water.Mr. Burton is believed XoMwve♦stumbled into the pit in the dark.The investigation was conducted by Stacey S. Spencer, acting cor-. oner, Sheriff ♦ Wayne Kelts and ^femoi'y B. Rockwell, a'djutant of 1 W. Earle Champaign Post.1 The possibility of wsuicide was■ ruled out since the man had ob-! yiously plunged* head ffyst into the■ pit, the acting coroner said.Mr. Burton was a son of thelate Thomas arid Anna iTcdd) Burton. He is survived by a brother, John T.- Burton, and a half-brother, Charles Burton, both) of \freHsboro. — *, , /• Funeral semces will' be Tiejfti at. 2 o’clock, tomorrow aftemoqp at jthe .Draper church, with into'mentj in the West Branch cemetery. . !
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Wellsboro Gazette
Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, US
Thu, Dec 30, 1943
Page 5
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