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Friday January 12, 1883
George Derrick, of New London, died suddenly and unexpectedly while asleep in his bed, early on Thursday morning of last week. The preceding day he was feeling quite unwell of pain in his head, and toward evening sent for Dr. S. H. Ward, the resident physician, who came and left him some medicine to be taken through the night. The doctor did not consider his illness serious, and believed that a night's rest would bring him around all right. Mr. Derrick took three doses of the medicine once in fifteen minutes, according to directions, and then fell into a sound sleep from which he never awakened.
His wife sat up with him during the night, and as he did not awaken, she decided to awake him about half past five in the morning. On attempting to arouse him, to her dismay she discovered that he was dead. The body was warm, and the prim messenger had only come a few minutes before.
Dr. Ward was sent for, and as he could discover no reason for the death, he concluded it best to have a coroner's inquest, that a post mortem examination might be made. He accordingly sent word to Dr. H. C. Sutton, the new coroner, but the messenger failed to do his errand, and the notification did not reach him till the next day.
Friday afternoon, Coroner Sutton went to New London and impaneled a jury consisting of the following persons:
David Maurer, Henry Guest, Robert Mooney, William Guest, Charles Roberts, Martin Knittle and Leonard Smith. Dr. E. J. Lawton, late coroner, accompanied Coroner Sutton, and assisted him in holding an inquest. Drs. Lawton and Ward made a post mortem examination of the body and found that the left lung had been badly diseased at some time. A cicatrix had formed at the apex of the lung, and the lung had adhered to the chest.
It was apparent that deceased had had the consumption and recovered from the disease. The lungs had been so badly used up that when they became congested from cold, deceased was not able to get enough air through then to sustain life. The death was evidently the result of natural causes, and the jury so found after listening to the evidence.
Mr. Derrick was about 37 years of age, and had generally enjoyed good health so much so that he had not before called a physician for a number of years. He was a veteran soldier of the late war, having served in the 118 N.Y. Volunteers. Since the war, he had followed farming and was a sober, industrious man. He leaves a wife, four children and also a mother, three brothers and five sisters. Adam H. Derrick, proprietor of the Whitesboro House in this city, is one of the brothers.
Friday January 12, 1883
George Derrick, of New London, died suddenly and unexpectedly while asleep in his bed, early on Thursday morning of last week. The preceding day he was feeling quite unwell of pain in his head, and toward evening sent for Dr. S. H. Ward, the resident physician, who came and left him some medicine to be taken through the night. The doctor did not consider his illness serious, and believed that a night's rest would bring him around all right. Mr. Derrick took three doses of the medicine once in fifteen minutes, according to directions, and then fell into a sound sleep from which he never awakened.
His wife sat up with him during the night, and as he did not awaken, she decided to awake him about half past five in the morning. On attempting to arouse him, to her dismay she discovered that he was dead. The body was warm, and the prim messenger had only come a few minutes before.
Dr. Ward was sent for, and as he could discover no reason for the death, he concluded it best to have a coroner's inquest, that a post mortem examination might be made. He accordingly sent word to Dr. H. C. Sutton, the new coroner, but the messenger failed to do his errand, and the notification did not reach him till the next day.
Friday afternoon, Coroner Sutton went to New London and impaneled a jury consisting of the following persons:
David Maurer, Henry Guest, Robert Mooney, William Guest, Charles Roberts, Martin Knittle and Leonard Smith. Dr. E. J. Lawton, late coroner, accompanied Coroner Sutton, and assisted him in holding an inquest. Drs. Lawton and Ward made a post mortem examination of the body and found that the left lung had been badly diseased at some time. A cicatrix had formed at the apex of the lung, and the lung had adhered to the chest.
It was apparent that deceased had had the consumption and recovered from the disease. The lungs had been so badly used up that when they became congested from cold, deceased was not able to get enough air through then to sustain life. The death was evidently the result of natural causes, and the jury so found after listening to the evidence.
Mr. Derrick was about 37 years of age, and had generally enjoyed good health so much so that he had not before called a physician for a number of years. He was a veteran soldier of the late war, having served in the 118 N.Y. Volunteers. Since the war, he had followed farming and was a sober, industrious man. He leaves a wife, four children and also a mother, three brothers and five sisters. Adam H. Derrick, proprietor of the Whitesboro House in this city, is one of the brothers.
Roman Citizen
Friday January 12, 1883
George Derrick, of New London, died suddenly and unexpectedly while asleep in his bed, early on Thursday morning of last week. The preceding day he was feeling quite unwell of pain in his head, and toward evening sent for Dr. S. H. Ward, the resident physician, who came and left him some medicine to be taken through the night. The doctor did not consider his illness serious, and believed that a night's rest would bring him around all right. Mr. Derrick took three doses of the medicine once in fifteen minutes, according to directions, and then fell into a sound sleep from which he never awakened.
His wife sat up with him during the night, and as he did not awaken, she decided to awake him about half past five in the morning. On attempting to arouse him, to her dismay she discovered that he was dead. The body was warm, and the prim messenger had only come a few minutes before.
Dr. Ward was sent for, and as he could discover no reason for the death, he concluded it best to have a coroner's inquest, that a post mortem examination might be made. He accordingly sent word to Dr. H. C. Sutton, the new coroner, but the messenger failed to do his errand, and the notification did not reach him till the next day.
Friday afternoon, Coroner Sutton went to New London and impaneled a jury consisting of the following persons:
David Maurer, Henry Guest, Robert Mooney, William Guest, Charles Roberts, Martin Knittle and Leonard Smith. Dr. E. J. Lawton, late coroner, accompanied Coroner Sutton, and assisted him in holding an inquest. Drs. Lawton and Ward made a post mortem examination of the body and found that the left lung had been badly diseased at some time. A cicatrix had formed at the apex of the lung, and the lung had adhered to the chest.
It was apparent that deceased had had the consumption and recovered from the disease. The lungs had been so badly used up that when they became congested from cold, deceased was not able to get enough air through then to sustain life. The death was evidently the result of natural causes, and the jury so found after listening to the evidence.
Mr. Derrick was about 37 years of age, and had generally enjoyed good health so much so that he had not before called a physician for a number of years. He was a veteran soldier of the late war, having served in the 118 N.Y. Volunteers. Since the war, he had followed farming and was a sober, industrious man. He leaves a wife, four children and also a mother, three brothers and five sisters. Adam H. Derrick, proprietor of the Whitesboro House in this city, is one of the brothers.
Friday January 12, 1883
George Derrick, of New London, died suddenly and unexpectedly while asleep in his bed, early on Thursday morning of last week. The preceding day he was feeling quite unwell of pain in his head, and toward evening sent for Dr. S. H. Ward, the resident physician, who came and left him some medicine to be taken through the night. The doctor did not consider his illness serious, and believed that a night's rest would bring him around all right. Mr. Derrick took three doses of the medicine once in fifteen minutes, according to directions, and then fell into a sound sleep from which he never awakened.
His wife sat up with him during the night, and as he did not awaken, she decided to awake him about half past five in the morning. On attempting to arouse him, to her dismay she discovered that he was dead. The body was warm, and the prim messenger had only come a few minutes before.
Dr. Ward was sent for, and as he could discover no reason for the death, he concluded it best to have a coroner's inquest, that a post mortem examination might be made. He accordingly sent word to Dr. H. C. Sutton, the new coroner, but the messenger failed to do his errand, and the notification did not reach him till the next day.
Friday afternoon, Coroner Sutton went to New London and impaneled a jury consisting of the following persons:
David Maurer, Henry Guest, Robert Mooney, William Guest, Charles Roberts, Martin Knittle and Leonard Smith. Dr. E. J. Lawton, late coroner, accompanied Coroner Sutton, and assisted him in holding an inquest. Drs. Lawton and Ward made a post mortem examination of the body and found that the left lung had been badly diseased at some time. A cicatrix had formed at the apex of the lung, and the lung had adhered to the chest.
It was apparent that deceased had had the consumption and recovered from the disease. The lungs had been so badly used up that when they became congested from cold, deceased was not able to get enough air through then to sustain life. The death was evidently the result of natural causes, and the jury so found after listening to the evidence.
Mr. Derrick was about 37 years of age, and had generally enjoyed good health so much so that he had not before called a physician for a number of years. He was a veteran soldier of the late war, having served in the 118 N.Y. Volunteers. Since the war, he had followed farming and was a sober, industrious man. He leaves a wife, four children and also a mother, three brothers and five sisters. Adam H. Derrick, proprietor of the Whitesboro House in this city, is one of the brothers.
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