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John Slosson
11 22 1905
Thursday morning the dead body of
John Slosson was found in the Henry Box
factory where he had been employed off and on for some time.
He had been on a protracted spree
and entered the factory, according to the night watchman, about
Later, Officer Bruegger was summoned who was accompanied by Dr. W. H. Hoermann, the city physician, and the remains brought to
the city morgue and it being ascertained that he had a wife and son residing at
Dowatiac, Mich., a telegram was sent asking what
disposition should be made of the body. An answer was received in due time
saying that they would be to no expense to bury the body here.
A relative at Clinton, Wis., was
communicated with by telephone but he refused to be at any expense, so a few
friends in this city who had known the deceased in his best and prosperous days
contributed the means to give the body a Christian burial, the funeral being
held Saturday under the direction of John T. Ryan, undertaker, and internment
in Oak Hill cemetery.
John Slosson
was out of a good family and was a very promising and popular young man, a
mechanical genius, who had it not been for drink, would have been one of the
most successful and prosperous men in the country and have held the esteem and
respect of all.
History of Watertown,
Wisconsin