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The News Democrat
Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
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Two young girls, Agnes Alland and Lizzie McGorry, discover the decomposed body of an unidentified man, about 50 years old, in bushes near Merino Flats in Olneyville. A strap is tightly around his neck, an empty bottle nearby, shoes removed. Estimated dead two weeks; Medical Examiner Perkins notified.
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Agnes Alland and Lizzie McGorry, two little girls, residing on Greenwich street, while going across lots, opposite the Merino Flats in Olneyville, about noon today were horrified to stumble on the body of a dead man.
As soon as they could they notified persons residing in the neighborhood. The men who first viewed the body thought it had been exposed to the elements about two weeks as the face was black as coal.
A strap such as is sometimes worn by a man about his waist was drawn tightly around the dead man's neck.
He had lain down and placed his black coat under his head for a pillow.
Before so doing he had taken off his shoes, which had been tapped, and blue woolen stockings.
By his side lay an empty bottle.
The dead man was apparently about 50 years old and weighed about 180 pounds.
His hair was dark and his moustache red.
He wore dark trousers and his coat was faded.
There was no hat found near the body.
One man who came by after the discovery of the body thought it was that of a Burrillville man, though the traveller, not being sure, would not say who he thought it was.
The body was hidden from view by bushes and scrub growths.
Medical Examiner Perkins was notified.
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Opposite The Merino Flats In Olneyville
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About Noon Today
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Two little girls from Greenwich street discover a dead man's body hidden in bushes near Merino Flats in Olneyville. The body, about 50 years old and 180 pounds, has a strap tightly around the neck, dark hair, red moustache, dark trousers, faded black coat used as pillow, shoes and blue stockings removed, empty bottle nearby, face black from two weeks exposure. One man suspects a Burrillville resident. Medical Examiner Perkins notified.