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The Alexandria Herald
Alexandria, Virginia
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Ebenezer Pearce, Jr., aged about 35, was found dead in Amsterdam, N.Y., on Sunday morning last, having drowned in a puddle due to intoxication after drinking cider brandy. A coroner's inquest ruled death by strangling in mud and water.
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On Sunday morning, last, a man by the name of Ebenezer Pearce, jr was discovered in the path, on the highway in this town, lying on his hands and knees, with his face in a small puddle, formed by a rut, dead. He was seen the evening before very much intoxicated, and there were appearances which left no doubt of his having in the course of the night, went into the cellar of a man for whom he had worked, and drawn a quantity of cider brandy, drank it, and then after going about a quarter of a mile stumbled and fell with his face in the mud and water, and thus died without ever stirring his hands or feet, as was evident from his tracks. A jury of inquest was called by Mr. Albert Newkirk, coroner, who returned a verdict of 'death by strangling in the mud and water, in consequence of intoxication.' He was about 35 years of age, and said his parents lived in the Genesee country.
Amsterdam, N. Y. Herald.
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Amsterdam, N. Y.
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On Sunday Morning, Last
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death by strangling in the mud and water, in consequence of intoxication
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Ebenezer Pearce, jr was discovered in the path on the highway in this town, lying on his hands and knees, with his face in a small puddle, formed by a rut, dead. He was seen the evening before very much intoxicated, and there were appearances which left no doubt of his having in the course of the night, went into the cellar of a man for whom he had worked, and drawn a quantity of cider brandy, drank it, and then after going about a quarter of a mile stumbled and fell with his face in the mud and water, and thus died without ever stirring his hands or feet, as was evident from his tracks. A jury of inquest was called by Mr. Albert Newkirk, coroner, who returned a verdict of 'death by strangling in the mud and water, in consequence of intoxication.' He was about 35 years of age, and said his parents lived in the Genesee country.