MISSING MAN IS FOUND IN RIVER
B.J. DOOLAN MADE DETAILED JOB OF SUICIDE
Heavy Stone Wired to Body to Keep It from Coming to Top; Boat Action Brings Up Body. A police theory that B.J. Doolan, itinerant carpenter who disappeared on July 17, had ended his life by leaping into the Manitowoc river was proven true when the lifeless and partly decomposed body of the man was taken from the river at the outer harbor shortly after 8 o'clock this morning.
Doolan had gone through with his suicide in a thorough manner and when the body was found floating it was discovered that a piece of limestone, weighing about 40 pounds, had been wired on the man's back in an effort to keep the body from coming to the surface. It is believed that the action of a passing steamer brought the body to the top of the water, the Peter Reiss having passed the scene a short time before the floating body was observed by Joseph Revolinsky of the Reiss coal company.
Doolan, a former Antigo man, came to Manitowoc about three years ago after having spent considerable time in railway construction work. He was about 60 years of age and after vainly seeking employment since last November left notes, dated July 15, in which he indicated his intention of ending "it all as he was through." Following the removal of the body from the river, it was turned over to a local undertaker and burial will be made at the expense of relatives here and at Two Rivers.
Patrolmen who removed the body of Doolan from the harbor basin this morning expressed their appreciation to Manager George Murphy of the C. Reiss Coal company for his co-operation in sending the company tug with the officers to pick up the body. Had it not been for Murphy's cooperation it would have been necessary to row the unwieldly police boat several blocks.
Manitowoc Herald News, Monday, July 28, 1930 p.1
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[Barthelme Dolan/bur. 7-28-1930/cause: suicide by drowning]
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B.J. DOOLAN MADE DETAILED JOB OF SUICIDE
Heavy Stone Wired to Body to Keep It from Coming to Top; Boat Action Brings Up Body. A police theory that B.J. Doolan, itinerant carpenter who disappeared on July 17, had ended his life by leaping into the Manitowoc river was proven true when the lifeless and partly decomposed body of the man was taken from the river at the outer harbor shortly after 8 o'clock this morning.
Doolan had gone through with his suicide in a thorough manner and when the body was found floating it was discovered that a piece of limestone, weighing about 40 pounds, had been wired on the man's back in an effort to keep the body from coming to the surface. It is believed that the action of a passing steamer brought the body to the top of the water, the Peter Reiss having passed the scene a short time before the floating body was observed by Joseph Revolinsky of the Reiss coal company.
Doolan, a former Antigo man, came to Manitowoc about three years ago after having spent considerable time in railway construction work. He was about 60 years of age and after vainly seeking employment since last November left notes, dated July 15, in which he indicated his intention of ending "it all as he was through." Following the removal of the body from the river, it was turned over to a local undertaker and burial will be made at the expense of relatives here and at Two Rivers.
Patrolmen who removed the body of Doolan from the harbor basin this morning expressed their appreciation to Manager George Murphy of the C. Reiss Coal company for his co-operation in sending the company tug with the officers to pick up the body. Had it not been for Murphy's cooperation it would have been necessary to row the unwieldly police boat several blocks.
Manitowoc Herald News, Monday, July 28, 1930 p.1
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[Barthelme Dolan/bur. 7-28-1930/cause: suicide by drowning]
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MISSING MAN IS FOUND IN RIVER
B.J. DOOLAN MADE DETAILED JOB OF SUICIDE
Heavy Stone Wired to Body to Keep It from Coming to Top; Boat Action Brings Up Body. A police theory that B.J. Doolan, itinerant carpenter who disappeared on July 17, had ended his life by leaping into the Manitowoc river was proven true when the lifeless and partly decomposed body of the man was taken from the river at the outer harbor shortly after 8 o'clock this morning.
Doolan had gone through with his suicide in a thorough manner and when the body was found floating it was discovered that a piece of limestone, weighing about 40 pounds, had been wired on the man's back in an effort to keep the body from coming to the surface. It is believed that the action of a passing steamer brought the body to the top of the water, the Peter Reiss having passed the scene a short time before the floating body was observed by Joseph Revolinsky of the Reiss coal company.
Doolan, a former Antigo man, came to Manitowoc about three years ago after having spent considerable time in railway construction work. He was about 60 years of age and after vainly seeking employment since last November left notes, dated July 15, in which he indicated his intention of ending "it all as he was through." Following the removal of the body from the river, it was turned over to a local undertaker and burial will be made at the expense of relatives here and at Two Rivers.
Patrolmen who removed the body of Doolan from the harbor basin this morning expressed their appreciation to Manager George Murphy of the C. Reiss Coal company for his co-operation in sending the company tug with the officers to pick up the body. Had it not been for Murphy's cooperation it would have been necessary to row the unwieldly police boat several blocks.
Manitowoc Herald News, Monday, July 28, 1930 p.1
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[Barthelme Dolan/bur. 7-28-1930/cause: suicide by drowning]
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B.J. DOOLAN MADE DETAILED JOB OF SUICIDE
Heavy Stone Wired to Body to Keep It from Coming to Top; Boat Action Brings Up Body. A police theory that B.J. Doolan, itinerant carpenter who disappeared on July 17, had ended his life by leaping into the Manitowoc river was proven true when the lifeless and partly decomposed body of the man was taken from the river at the outer harbor shortly after 8 o'clock this morning.
Doolan had gone through with his suicide in a thorough manner and when the body was found floating it was discovered that a piece of limestone, weighing about 40 pounds, had been wired on the man's back in an effort to keep the body from coming to the surface. It is believed that the action of a passing steamer brought the body to the top of the water, the Peter Reiss having passed the scene a short time before the floating body was observed by Joseph Revolinsky of the Reiss coal company.
Doolan, a former Antigo man, came to Manitowoc about three years ago after having spent considerable time in railway construction work. He was about 60 years of age and after vainly seeking employment since last November left notes, dated July 15, in which he indicated his intention of ending "it all as he was through." Following the removal of the body from the river, it was turned over to a local undertaker and burial will be made at the expense of relatives here and at Two Rivers.
Patrolmen who removed the body of Doolan from the harbor basin this morning expressed their appreciation to Manager George Murphy of the C. Reiss Coal company for his co-operation in sending the company tug with the officers to pick up the body. Had it not been for Murphy's cooperation it would have been necessary to row the unwieldly police boat several blocks.
Manitowoc Herald News, Monday, July 28, 1930 p.1
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[Barthelme Dolan/bur. 7-28-1930/cause: suicide by drowning]
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