From the Ontario Repository and Messenger of 28 May 1873
The body of Mr. John H. Franklin, who has been missing several weeks, was found on Saturday last, the 24th, in the outlet at Chapinsville, by some boys who were fishing.
They gave the alarm, and the body was recovered; word was at once sent to officer George P. Frost, who with his usual promptness at once notified the Coroner, who had a jury summoned and in the evening proceeded to hold an inquest over the remains at the Undertaker shop of Mr. O. N. Crane, when a verdict in accordance with the above facts was found.
There can be no doubt of the deliberate suicide of Mr. Franklin. A plow point was found tied around his neck, and his pockets were filled with stones. In all probability he sought his watery grave near where his body was found. The remains were taken to Lyon, Broome county, for interment.
The body of Mr. John H. Franklin, who has been missing several weeks, was found on Saturday last, the 24th, in the outlet at Chapinsville, by some boys who were fishing.
They gave the alarm, and the body was recovered; word was at once sent to officer George P. Frost, who with his usual promptness at once notified the Coroner, who had a jury summoned and in the evening proceeded to hold an inquest over the remains at the Undertaker shop of Mr. O. N. Crane, when a verdict in accordance with the above facts was found.
There can be no doubt of the deliberate suicide of Mr. Franklin. A plow point was found tied around his neck, and his pockets were filled with stones. In all probability he sought his watery grave near where his body was found. The remains were taken to Lyon, Broome county, for interment.
From the Ontario Repository and Messenger of 28 May 1873
The body of Mr. John H. Franklin, who has been missing several weeks, was found on Saturday last, the 24th, in the outlet at Chapinsville, by some boys who were fishing.
They gave the alarm, and the body was recovered; word was at once sent to officer George P. Frost, who with his usual promptness at once notified the Coroner, who had a jury summoned and in the evening proceeded to hold an inquest over the remains at the Undertaker shop of Mr. O. N. Crane, when a verdict in accordance with the above facts was found.
There can be no doubt of the deliberate suicide of Mr. Franklin. A plow point was found tied around his neck, and his pockets were filled with stones. In all probability he sought his watery grave near where his body was found. The remains were taken to Lyon, Broome county, for interment.
The body of Mr. John H. Franklin, who has been missing several weeks, was found on Saturday last, the 24th, in the outlet at Chapinsville, by some boys who were fishing.
They gave the alarm, and the body was recovered; word was at once sent to officer George P. Frost, who with his usual promptness at once notified the Coroner, who had a jury summoned and in the evening proceeded to hold an inquest over the remains at the Undertaker shop of Mr. O. N. Crane, when a verdict in accordance with the above facts was found.
There can be no doubt of the deliberate suicide of Mr. Franklin. A plow point was found tied around his neck, and his pockets were filled with stones. In all probability he sought his watery grave near where his body was found. The remains were taken to Lyon, Broome county, for interment.
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