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FOUND DEAD.

Mr. Ebenezer Cunningham of this [Olive] township, says the Noble County Investigator, was found dead on Saturday morning last, in a field five or six miles from this place. He has been missing for about two weeks, and from the appearance of the body it is supposed he has been dead for about that length of time. The last time he was seen, was on the evening of the 25th November, near the spot where he was found, sitting by the road side, in close companionship with a bottle. The reader may imagine the rest and make his own comments.

Below we give the verdict of the Coroner's jury on the case, which we have received since writing the above:

We the undersigned jurors empanneled and sworn on the 13th day of December, 1851, at the township of Olive, in the county of Noble, by John Banum, coroner of said county, to inquire and true presentment make, in what manner and by whom Ebenezer Cunningham, whose body was found on the farm of Mary Tilton, in Olive township in said county, on the 13th day of December, 1851, came to his death.

After having heard the evidence and examined said body, we do find that the deceased came to his death by DRINKING SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS furnished by Nicholas Schriver.