Utica Morning Herald
April 12, 1876
Rome, April 12 - The body of Michael Baltzer, the German who was lost January 11, as mentioned in the Herald about that date, was found in Red Creek, about a mile west of West Rome, by Thomas Bram and William Shea, two trackmen on the Rome Watertown & Ogdensburg railroad early this morning. Coroner Lawton was informed and proceeded to his late residence and impaneled a jury, with Charles F. Sturdevant as foreman. The evidence before the coroner disclosed the following facts: That the deceased left his home between 9 and 10 am January 11, saying that he was going to visit his father-in-law, who lived about three-fourths of a mile from his home. As he did not go there nor return home, a search was instituted that evening and kept up for a week or more, but without success, and nothing more was seen of him until he was found this morning. Baltzer had been very gloomy for some time, and would sit all day long without saying anything. He would have been 51 years of age had he lived until March. The jury, after hearing the evidence, rendered the following verdict: That Michael Baltzer came to his death on or about January 11, 1876, in Rome, by drowning in Red Creek, and the jury further say that they believe the same occurred while the deceased was bemumbed from cold and exposure while wandering around in an unsound condition of mind.
April 12, 1876
Rome, April 12 - The body of Michael Baltzer, the German who was lost January 11, as mentioned in the Herald about that date, was found in Red Creek, about a mile west of West Rome, by Thomas Bram and William Shea, two trackmen on the Rome Watertown & Ogdensburg railroad early this morning. Coroner Lawton was informed and proceeded to his late residence and impaneled a jury, with Charles F. Sturdevant as foreman. The evidence before the coroner disclosed the following facts: That the deceased left his home between 9 and 10 am January 11, saying that he was going to visit his father-in-law, who lived about three-fourths of a mile from his home. As he did not go there nor return home, a search was instituted that evening and kept up for a week or more, but without success, and nothing more was seen of him until he was found this morning. Baltzer had been very gloomy for some time, and would sit all day long without saying anything. He would have been 51 years of age had he lived until March. The jury, after hearing the evidence, rendered the following verdict: That Michael Baltzer came to his death on or about January 11, 1876, in Rome, by drowning in Red Creek, and the jury further say that they believe the same occurred while the deceased was bemumbed from cold and exposure while wandering around in an unsound condition of mind.
Utica Morning Herald
April 12, 1876
Rome, April 12 - The body of Michael Baltzer, the German who was lost January 11, as mentioned in the Herald about that date, was found in Red Creek, about a mile west of West Rome, by Thomas Bram and William Shea, two trackmen on the Rome Watertown & Ogdensburg railroad early this morning. Coroner Lawton was informed and proceeded to his late residence and impaneled a jury, with Charles F. Sturdevant as foreman. The evidence before the coroner disclosed the following facts: That the deceased left his home between 9 and 10 am January 11, saying that he was going to visit his father-in-law, who lived about three-fourths of a mile from his home. As he did not go there nor return home, a search was instituted that evening and kept up for a week or more, but without success, and nothing more was seen of him until he was found this morning. Baltzer had been very gloomy for some time, and would sit all day long without saying anything. He would have been 51 years of age had he lived until March. The jury, after hearing the evidence, rendered the following verdict: That Michael Baltzer came to his death on or about January 11, 1876, in Rome, by drowning in Red Creek, and the jury further say that they believe the same occurred while the deceased was bemumbed from cold and exposure while wandering around in an unsound condition of mind.
April 12, 1876
Rome, April 12 - The body of Michael Baltzer, the German who was lost January 11, as mentioned in the Herald about that date, was found in Red Creek, about a mile west of West Rome, by Thomas Bram and William Shea, two trackmen on the Rome Watertown & Ogdensburg railroad early this morning. Coroner Lawton was informed and proceeded to his late residence and impaneled a jury, with Charles F. Sturdevant as foreman. The evidence before the coroner disclosed the following facts: That the deceased left his home between 9 and 10 am January 11, saying that he was going to visit his father-in-law, who lived about three-fourths of a mile from his home. As he did not go there nor return home, a search was instituted that evening and kept up for a week or more, but without success, and nothing more was seen of him until he was found this morning. Baltzer had been very gloomy for some time, and would sit all day long without saying anything. He would have been 51 years of age had he lived until March. The jury, after hearing the evidence, rendered the following verdict: That Michael Baltzer came to his death on or about January 11, 1876, in Rome, by drowning in Red Creek, and the jury further say that they believe the same occurred while the deceased was bemumbed from cold and exposure while wandering around in an unsound condition of mind.
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