From the
Democrat Messenger
Waynesburg, Pennsylvania
(Greene County)
February 10, 1943
FARMER FOUND
DEAD OF WOUND
FROM SHOTGUN
Joseph Crayne, 50, of
Homeville Section Dies
From Head Wound
While Hunting Crows
WIFE FINDS BODY
With a gunshot wound in his head, Joseph Crayne, about 50 years, well known farmer of the Homeville section, Jefferson Township, was found dead in the edge of a piece of timber about 500 yards from his home yesterday sfternoon about 4 o'clock. His body was discovered by his wife.
Coroner Raymond C. Adamson, who conducted a preliminary investigation last night said it had not yet been determined whether Crayne's death was accidental or suicide. Mrs. Crayne told the coroner that her husband had left the home with a 410 gauge shotgun to hunt crows and when he did not return at the time he usually started his evening chores she went in search of him and found his body sprawling across the gun in the edge of the woods at the rear of the Crayne farmhouse. Coroner Adamson will continue his investigation this morning.
Mr. Crayne was a son of Thomas Crayne, deceased, and Mrs. Harriett Crayne, who survives, and spent all of his life in the Homeville section. He was a member of the Jefferson Methodist Church. Besides his wife, Margaret Crago Crayne, and his mother, he leaves one brother, Frank, Crayne, also of Jefferson Township; a sister, Mrs. Jesse Stilwell, of Lippencott, and an aunt, Mrs. Henrietta Burril, who made her home with him.
Democrat Messenger
Waynesburg, Pennsylvania
(Greene County)
February 10, 1943
FARMER FOUND
DEAD OF WOUND
FROM SHOTGUN
Joseph Crayne, 50, of
Homeville Section Dies
From Head Wound
While Hunting Crows
WIFE FINDS BODY
With a gunshot wound in his head, Joseph Crayne, about 50 years, well known farmer of the Homeville section, Jefferson Township, was found dead in the edge of a piece of timber about 500 yards from his home yesterday sfternoon about 4 o'clock. His body was discovered by his wife.
Coroner Raymond C. Adamson, who conducted a preliminary investigation last night said it had not yet been determined whether Crayne's death was accidental or suicide. Mrs. Crayne told the coroner that her husband had left the home with a 410 gauge shotgun to hunt crows and when he did not return at the time he usually started his evening chores she went in search of him and found his body sprawling across the gun in the edge of the woods at the rear of the Crayne farmhouse. Coroner Adamson will continue his investigation this morning.
Mr. Crayne was a son of Thomas Crayne, deceased, and Mrs. Harriett Crayne, who survives, and spent all of his life in the Homeville section. He was a member of the Jefferson Methodist Church. Besides his wife, Margaret Crago Crayne, and his mother, he leaves one brother, Frank, Crayne, also of Jefferson Township; a sister, Mrs. Jesse Stilwell, of Lippencott, and an aunt, Mrs. Henrietta Burril, who made her home with him.
From the
Democrat Messenger
Waynesburg, Pennsylvania
(Greene County)
February 10, 1943
FARMER FOUND
DEAD OF WOUND
FROM SHOTGUN
Joseph Crayne, 50, of
Homeville Section Dies
From Head Wound
While Hunting Crows
WIFE FINDS BODY
With a gunshot wound in his head, Joseph Crayne, about 50 years, well known farmer of the Homeville section, Jefferson Township, was found dead in the edge of a piece of timber about 500 yards from his home yesterday sfternoon about 4 o'clock. His body was discovered by his wife.
Coroner Raymond C. Adamson, who conducted a preliminary investigation last night said it had not yet been determined whether Crayne's death was accidental or suicide. Mrs. Crayne told the coroner that her husband had left the home with a 410 gauge shotgun to hunt crows and when he did not return at the time he usually started his evening chores she went in search of him and found his body sprawling across the gun in the edge of the woods at the rear of the Crayne farmhouse. Coroner Adamson will continue his investigation this morning.
Mr. Crayne was a son of Thomas Crayne, deceased, and Mrs. Harriett Crayne, who survives, and spent all of his life in the Homeville section. He was a member of the Jefferson Methodist Church. Besides his wife, Margaret Crago Crayne, and his mother, he leaves one brother, Frank, Crayne, also of Jefferson Township; a sister, Mrs. Jesse Stilwell, of Lippencott, and an aunt, Mrs. Henrietta Burril, who made her home with him.
Democrat Messenger
Waynesburg, Pennsylvania
(Greene County)
February 10, 1943
FARMER FOUND
DEAD OF WOUND
FROM SHOTGUN
Joseph Crayne, 50, of
Homeville Section Dies
From Head Wound
While Hunting Crows
WIFE FINDS BODY
With a gunshot wound in his head, Joseph Crayne, about 50 years, well known farmer of the Homeville section, Jefferson Township, was found dead in the edge of a piece of timber about 500 yards from his home yesterday sfternoon about 4 o'clock. His body was discovered by his wife.
Coroner Raymond C. Adamson, who conducted a preliminary investigation last night said it had not yet been determined whether Crayne's death was accidental or suicide. Mrs. Crayne told the coroner that her husband had left the home with a 410 gauge shotgun to hunt crows and when he did not return at the time he usually started his evening chores she went in search of him and found his body sprawling across the gun in the edge of the woods at the rear of the Crayne farmhouse. Coroner Adamson will continue his investigation this morning.
Mr. Crayne was a son of Thomas Crayne, deceased, and Mrs. Harriett Crayne, who survives, and spent all of his life in the Homeville section. He was a member of the Jefferson Methodist Church. Besides his wife, Margaret Crago Crayne, and his mother, he leaves one brother, Frank, Crayne, also of Jefferson Township; a sister, Mrs. Jesse Stilwell, of Lippencott, and an aunt, Mrs. Henrietta Burril, who made her home with him.
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