Body of Engineer Taken From River – Kenneth Honeyman Believed Suicide Victim.
Bricks In Trousers -- Workmen on Dredge Make Find as They Attend to Their Work Out in River.
The body of Kenneth Honeyman, 39, a marine engineer, who lived at Palatine hill, was found yesterday in the Willamette river south of the Sellwood bridge, near the place where the dredge Rescue is stationed. The body was discovered by workers on the dredge.
Honeyman had been shot through the head, the bullet entering above the left temple and coming out over the right eye. Deputy Coroner Crabtree, who went for the body with Chief Engineer Prehn of the harbor patrol, was of the opinion that Honeyman had taken his own life. If it develops, he said, that the man was left-handed, it is virtually a certainty that it was suicide. If he was right-handed, it might have been suicide, anyway, he said. In either case, it was admitted, Honeyman might have been the victim of foul play.
When the body was found it was dressed only in dark trousers and underclothing. Bricks tied in the trousers, however, led Police Detectives Goltz, Collins, Tackaberry and Phillips to believe the man had met his death somewhere near the old pumping plant south of Riverside on the west side, where there are many bricks. The detectives went up there and found Honeyman's coat and vest. In the posckets they found the driver's license which led to his identification.
David T. Honeyman of the Honeyman hardware company told Crabtree that he believes Kenneth was a second cousin of his, though he had not seen him for some time. The man's mother, Mrs. Jessie M. Honeyman, and a sister live in Eugene, the coroner's office was informed.
Arthur Honeyman, brother of the man, came here last night from Ilwaco, Wash. He told the deputy coroner that he could not remember whether Kenneth was left-handed, as he had not seen him for a long time.
Honeyman was third engineer on the steamship Laurel, but left he ship when she was in drydock here before her last voyage on which she was wrecked on Peacock spit near the mouth of the Columbia, Crabtree was informed.
[The Oregonian, 30 Jun 1929, p17]
Bricks In Trousers -- Workmen on Dredge Make Find as They Attend to Their Work Out in River.
The body of Kenneth Honeyman, 39, a marine engineer, who lived at Palatine hill, was found yesterday in the Willamette river south of the Sellwood bridge, near the place where the dredge Rescue is stationed. The body was discovered by workers on the dredge.
Honeyman had been shot through the head, the bullet entering above the left temple and coming out over the right eye. Deputy Coroner Crabtree, who went for the body with Chief Engineer Prehn of the harbor patrol, was of the opinion that Honeyman had taken his own life. If it develops, he said, that the man was left-handed, it is virtually a certainty that it was suicide. If he was right-handed, it might have been suicide, anyway, he said. In either case, it was admitted, Honeyman might have been the victim of foul play.
When the body was found it was dressed only in dark trousers and underclothing. Bricks tied in the trousers, however, led Police Detectives Goltz, Collins, Tackaberry and Phillips to believe the man had met his death somewhere near the old pumping plant south of Riverside on the west side, where there are many bricks. The detectives went up there and found Honeyman's coat and vest. In the posckets they found the driver's license which led to his identification.
David T. Honeyman of the Honeyman hardware company told Crabtree that he believes Kenneth was a second cousin of his, though he had not seen him for some time. The man's mother, Mrs. Jessie M. Honeyman, and a sister live in Eugene, the coroner's office was informed.
Arthur Honeyman, brother of the man, came here last night from Ilwaco, Wash. He told the deputy coroner that he could not remember whether Kenneth was left-handed, as he had not seen him for a long time.
Honeyman was third engineer on the steamship Laurel, but left he ship when she was in drydock here before her last voyage on which she was wrecked on Peacock spit near the mouth of the Columbia, Crabtree was informed.
[The Oregonian, 30 Jun 1929, p17]
Body of Engineer Taken From River – Kenneth Honeyman Believed Suicide Victim.
Bricks In Trousers -- Workmen on Dredge Make Find as They Attend to Their Work Out in River.
The body of Kenneth Honeyman, 39, a marine engineer, who lived at Palatine hill, was found yesterday in the Willamette river south of the Sellwood bridge, near the place where the dredge Rescue is stationed. The body was discovered by workers on the dredge.
Honeyman had been shot through the head, the bullet entering above the left temple and coming out over the right eye. Deputy Coroner Crabtree, who went for the body with Chief Engineer Prehn of the harbor patrol, was of the opinion that Honeyman had taken his own life. If it develops, he said, that the man was left-handed, it is virtually a certainty that it was suicide. If he was right-handed, it might have been suicide, anyway, he said. In either case, it was admitted, Honeyman might have been the victim of foul play.
When the body was found it was dressed only in dark trousers and underclothing. Bricks tied in the trousers, however, led Police Detectives Goltz, Collins, Tackaberry and Phillips to believe the man had met his death somewhere near the old pumping plant south of Riverside on the west side, where there are many bricks. The detectives went up there and found Honeyman's coat and vest. In the posckets they found the driver's license which led to his identification.
David T. Honeyman of the Honeyman hardware company told Crabtree that he believes Kenneth was a second cousin of his, though he had not seen him for some time. The man's mother, Mrs. Jessie M. Honeyman, and a sister live in Eugene, the coroner's office was informed.
Arthur Honeyman, brother of the man, came here last night from Ilwaco, Wash. He told the deputy coroner that he could not remember whether Kenneth was left-handed, as he had not seen him for a long time.
Honeyman was third engineer on the steamship Laurel, but left he ship when she was in drydock here before her last voyage on which she was wrecked on Peacock spit near the mouth of the Columbia, Crabtree was informed.
[The Oregonian, 30 Jun 1929, p17]
Bricks In Trousers -- Workmen on Dredge Make Find as They Attend to Their Work Out in River.
The body of Kenneth Honeyman, 39, a marine engineer, who lived at Palatine hill, was found yesterday in the Willamette river south of the Sellwood bridge, near the place where the dredge Rescue is stationed. The body was discovered by workers on the dredge.
Honeyman had been shot through the head, the bullet entering above the left temple and coming out over the right eye. Deputy Coroner Crabtree, who went for the body with Chief Engineer Prehn of the harbor patrol, was of the opinion that Honeyman had taken his own life. If it develops, he said, that the man was left-handed, it is virtually a certainty that it was suicide. If he was right-handed, it might have been suicide, anyway, he said. In either case, it was admitted, Honeyman might have been the victim of foul play.
When the body was found it was dressed only in dark trousers and underclothing. Bricks tied in the trousers, however, led Police Detectives Goltz, Collins, Tackaberry and Phillips to believe the man had met his death somewhere near the old pumping plant south of Riverside on the west side, where there are many bricks. The detectives went up there and found Honeyman's coat and vest. In the posckets they found the driver's license which led to his identification.
David T. Honeyman of the Honeyman hardware company told Crabtree that he believes Kenneth was a second cousin of his, though he had not seen him for some time. The man's mother, Mrs. Jessie M. Honeyman, and a sister live in Eugene, the coroner's office was informed.
Arthur Honeyman, brother of the man, came here last night from Ilwaco, Wash. He told the deputy coroner that he could not remember whether Kenneth was left-handed, as he had not seen him for a long time.
Honeyman was third engineer on the steamship Laurel, but left he ship when she was in drydock here before her last voyage on which she was wrecked on Peacock spit near the mouth of the Columbia, Crabtree was informed.
[The Oregonian, 30 Jun 1929, p17]
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