Morris (Pat) Halpin, WWI veteran, took his own life by hanging himself in the cattle sheds at the fairgrounds shortly before 9 o'clock last night. The act was not discovered until this morning after several hours search by relatives. His despondency over lack of employment is blamed.
Halpin, for several years a brakeman on the M & M railroad had worked infrequently as a relief man in past months and this fact is the only motive that could be advanced by his widow or Coroner James W. Graves. Mr. Halpin left his home last night at 8:30 and was never seen again alive.
When he failed to return his wife sought the aid of William Lally and Fred McLaughlin, relatives and they started to search for him. They went to Mohawk and points in this village where Mr. Halpin was in the habit of visiting occasionally but could find no trace of him. This morning they again started to search and again visited Mohawk. On the way back about 6 o'clock they decided to visit the fairgrounds. They discovered the body.
Mr. Halpin was born in Herkimer, NY 19 Mar 1889 and enlisted in the U.S. Navy 23 Mar 1918 in Syracuse, NY. He was sent to the Brooklyn Navy Yard for training and later assigned to the USS Kroomland as a fireman second class later being promoted to First Class.
During the war he traveled with his ship, which was a troop transport, 14 times across the submarine infested Atlantic. After the war he transferred to the Naval Hospital at Portsmouth, VA, and was discharged with honor 17 May 1919.
His ship brought the first troops home from France, leaving Breste in Nov 1918 and arriving in Hobken, NJ to receieve a national welcome 12 Dec 1918.
In addition to membership in the American Legion, Mr. Halpin was affiliated with St. Francis de Sales Church, the Knights of Columbus and the Brotherhood of Railway Brakemen and Firemen.
In addition to his widow, the former Gertrude Smith, he leaves two brothers B. J. Halpin of Herkimer, NY and Edward Halpin of Groversville, NY; two sisters Mrs. William Lally of Herkimer, NY and Mrs. Harry Beche of Batavia.
Published in The Evening Telegram, Herkimer, Herkimer, NY 4 Jun 1932.
Halpin, for several years a brakeman on the M & M railroad had worked infrequently as a relief man in past months and this fact is the only motive that could be advanced by his widow or Coroner James W. Graves. Mr. Halpin left his home last night at 8:30 and was never seen again alive.
When he failed to return his wife sought the aid of William Lally and Fred McLaughlin, relatives and they started to search for him. They went to Mohawk and points in this village where Mr. Halpin was in the habit of visiting occasionally but could find no trace of him. This morning they again started to search and again visited Mohawk. On the way back about 6 o'clock they decided to visit the fairgrounds. They discovered the body.
Mr. Halpin was born in Herkimer, NY 19 Mar 1889 and enlisted in the U.S. Navy 23 Mar 1918 in Syracuse, NY. He was sent to the Brooklyn Navy Yard for training and later assigned to the USS Kroomland as a fireman second class later being promoted to First Class.
During the war he traveled with his ship, which was a troop transport, 14 times across the submarine infested Atlantic. After the war he transferred to the Naval Hospital at Portsmouth, VA, and was discharged with honor 17 May 1919.
His ship brought the first troops home from France, leaving Breste in Nov 1918 and arriving in Hobken, NJ to receieve a national welcome 12 Dec 1918.
In addition to membership in the American Legion, Mr. Halpin was affiliated with St. Francis de Sales Church, the Knights of Columbus and the Brotherhood of Railway Brakemen and Firemen.
In addition to his widow, the former Gertrude Smith, he leaves two brothers B. J. Halpin of Herkimer, NY and Edward Halpin of Groversville, NY; two sisters Mrs. William Lally of Herkimer, NY and Mrs. Harry Beche of Batavia.
Published in The Evening Telegram, Herkimer, Herkimer, NY 4 Jun 1932.
Morris (Pat) Halpin, WWI veteran, took his own life by hanging himself in the cattle sheds at the fairgrounds shortly before 9 o'clock last night. The act was not discovered until this morning after several hours search by relatives. His despondency over lack of employment is blamed.
Halpin, for several years a brakeman on the M & M railroad had worked infrequently as a relief man in past months and this fact is the only motive that could be advanced by his widow or Coroner James W. Graves. Mr. Halpin left his home last night at 8:30 and was never seen again alive.
When he failed to return his wife sought the aid of William Lally and Fred McLaughlin, relatives and they started to search for him. They went to Mohawk and points in this village where Mr. Halpin was in the habit of visiting occasionally but could find no trace of him. This morning they again started to search and again visited Mohawk. On the way back about 6 o'clock they decided to visit the fairgrounds. They discovered the body.
Mr. Halpin was born in Herkimer, NY 19 Mar 1889 and enlisted in the U.S. Navy 23 Mar 1918 in Syracuse, NY. He was sent to the Brooklyn Navy Yard for training and later assigned to the USS Kroomland as a fireman second class later being promoted to First Class.
During the war he traveled with his ship, which was a troop transport, 14 times across the submarine infested Atlantic. After the war he transferred to the Naval Hospital at Portsmouth, VA, and was discharged with honor 17 May 1919.
His ship brought the first troops home from France, leaving Breste in Nov 1918 and arriving in Hobken, NJ to receieve a national welcome 12 Dec 1918.
In addition to membership in the American Legion, Mr. Halpin was affiliated with St. Francis de Sales Church, the Knights of Columbus and the Brotherhood of Railway Brakemen and Firemen.
In addition to his widow, the former Gertrude Smith, he leaves two brothers B. J. Halpin of Herkimer, NY and Edward Halpin of Groversville, NY; two sisters Mrs. William Lally of Herkimer, NY and Mrs. Harry Beche of Batavia.
Published in The Evening Telegram, Herkimer, Herkimer, NY 4 Jun 1932.
Halpin, for several years a brakeman on the M & M railroad had worked infrequently as a relief man in past months and this fact is the only motive that could be advanced by his widow or Coroner James W. Graves. Mr. Halpin left his home last night at 8:30 and was never seen again alive.
When he failed to return his wife sought the aid of William Lally and Fred McLaughlin, relatives and they started to search for him. They went to Mohawk and points in this village where Mr. Halpin was in the habit of visiting occasionally but could find no trace of him. This morning they again started to search and again visited Mohawk. On the way back about 6 o'clock they decided to visit the fairgrounds. They discovered the body.
Mr. Halpin was born in Herkimer, NY 19 Mar 1889 and enlisted in the U.S. Navy 23 Mar 1918 in Syracuse, NY. He was sent to the Brooklyn Navy Yard for training and later assigned to the USS Kroomland as a fireman second class later being promoted to First Class.
During the war he traveled with his ship, which was a troop transport, 14 times across the submarine infested Atlantic. After the war he transferred to the Naval Hospital at Portsmouth, VA, and was discharged with honor 17 May 1919.
His ship brought the first troops home from France, leaving Breste in Nov 1918 and arriving in Hobken, NJ to receieve a national welcome 12 Dec 1918.
In addition to membership in the American Legion, Mr. Halpin was affiliated with St. Francis de Sales Church, the Knights of Columbus and the Brotherhood of Railway Brakemen and Firemen.
In addition to his widow, the former Gertrude Smith, he leaves two brothers B. J. Halpin of Herkimer, NY and Edward Halpin of Groversville, NY; two sisters Mrs. William Lally of Herkimer, NY and Mrs. Harry Beche of Batavia.
Published in The Evening Telegram, Herkimer, Herkimer, NY 4 Jun 1932.
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