Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2011, All Rights Reserved U.S. Data Repository Please read U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the US Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ ========================================================================= U.S. Data Repository NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ========================================================================= Formatted by U.S. Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== NEWSPAPER: The Citizen Advertiser, Auburn, N.Y., Monday, May 5, 1941 =========================================================================== BODY OF AGED MAN FOUND IN MARSHY TRACT _____________________ John T. Whalen Had Been Visiting His Daughter in Moravia -- Apparently Fell From Water Works Mill ______________________ The body of John T. Whalen, 70 of Cortland, was discovered Sunday by Donald Green of Moravia R. D. in the marshy lands in rear of the Moravia stone mill when he went there in search of fishing bait. He reported his finding of the body to Chief of Police Lee McCormick who in turn notified Sheriff Wil- lard Wilcox and Coroner R. C. Almy. Mr. Whalen was last seen on the streets of Moravia shortly before noon Friday. He then had left the home of his daughter, a mile and a half northeast of Moravia to go to Cortland. Sheriff Wilcox, Coroner Almy and District Attorney Theodore M. Coburn conducted an investigation. They found no evidence of violence to the person of Whalen. The man was found lying in a shallow pool, his hat and glasses in different places, indicating that he had fallen from the water works hill to the marshy land below. Sheriff Wilcox expressed the opinion that Whalen had arisen af- ter his fall and wandered about the muddy marsh land until he fell dead or dying from what Coroner Almy termed concussion of the brain, producing hemorrhage. The coroner estimated that he had been dead since Saturday night. Mr. Whalen's wife, ill has been staying at the home of their daughter, Mrs. Thomas Ryan, just outside Moravia village. Identification of Whalen was made from a bankbook and social security card found in his cloth- ing. For many years he had been employed as blacksmith at the Wickwire Brothers plant in Cort- land. He was born in Scipio, the son of James and Mary Hyland Whalen. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Whalen; a daughter, Mrs. Ryan; a brother, James Whalen of Port Byron; a sister, Mrs. Thomas Donovan of Sher- wood, several nieces. Funeral services will be held at 9:20 Wednesday morning at the home of his daughter and at 10 o'clock at St. Patrick's Church, Moravia. Burial will be in St. Pat- rick's Cemetery, Moravia. ===========================================================================