INQUEST - Coroner Burke held an inquest, yesterday, on the body of a woman about 60 years of age, who was found frozen to death near the hotel at Big Tree Corners, on Sunday morning. From a paper found on her body, it is thought that her name was O'Dea, and she was from Canada. It Appeared from the testimony of one of the witnesses, that she purchased a pint bottle of whiskey, at the tavern of Mr. Jordan, at Limestone Hill, on Saturday about noon. The bottle was found lying beside the body - empty. The jury returned a verdict of death from exposure.
Buffalo Evening Post (Buffalo, NY) 9 Jan 1872
Buffalo Evening Post (Buffalo, NY) 9 Jan 1872
INQUEST - Coroner Burke held an inquest, yesterday, on the body of a woman about 60 years of age, who was found frozen to death near the hotel at Big Tree Corners, on Sunday morning. From a paper found on her body, it is thought that her name was O'Dea, and she was from Canada. It Appeared from the testimony of one of the witnesses, that she purchased a pint bottle of whiskey, at the tavern of Mr. Jordan, at Limestone Hill, on Saturday about noon. The bottle was found lying beside the body - empty. The jury returned a verdict of death from exposure.
Buffalo Evening Post (Buffalo, NY) 9 Jan 1872
Buffalo Evening Post (Buffalo, NY) 9 Jan 1872
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