Staunton Spectator

Suicide of a Foreigner at Hinton, W. Va.
On Sunday morning of last week, the body of a dead man, who had hung himself, was found in the hay-mow of the stable of Mr. Clark James in Hinton, W. Va. It is supposed that the body, which was frozen stiff when discovered, had been hanging there for two weeks,-the mow not having been used for that time-and the rats had eaten the nose and portions of the arms.

The Hinton Herald says:—

"On his person was found a railroad baggage check, seven cents in money. and a slip of paper, on which was written in a bold, free hand, the following:

'Please give this man the nearest way to Pocahontas mines. He cannot speak English. Give him all the assistance you can Does he not have to cross the river at Hinton?'

No place or name was signed to the above to designate who wrote it. or from what direction the man had come. The baggage-check found on his person bears the following inscription:

N. C. Ry. 9475 from Lykens, Pa.

It was evident that he was a foreigner The continued cold weather prevented the discovery of his body sooner, as the stable is near a saw-mill, and the railroad track The body was given to Undertaker John R. Gutt for burial."