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According to them, death must have taken place about noonday, yet the body was found in bed. The verdict of the coroner's jury was that he "came to his death by a visitation of God." The body was buried and the public administrator took charge of the estate. ACCORDING TO THEM DEATH MUST HAVE TAKEN PLACE ABOUT NOONDAY YET THE BODY WAS FOUND IN BED THE VERDICT OF THE CORONER'S JURY WAS THAT HE CAME TO HIS DEATH BY A VISITATION OF GOD THE BODY WAS BURIED AND THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR TOOK CHARGE OF THE ESTATE
re his wants. He seemed always to have ready money, and paid cash for all his purchases at the village stores roundabout, seldom buying more than two or three times at the same place until after the lapse of a considerable time. He got no commendation, however, for this equitable distribution of his patronage; people were disposed to regard it as an ineffectual attempt to conceal his possession of so much money. That he had great hoards of ill-gotten gold buried somewhere about his tumble-down dwelling was not reasonably to be doubted by any honest soul conversant with the facts of local tradition and gifted with a sense of the fitness of things. On the 9th of November, 1867, the old man died; at least his dead body was discovered on the 10th, and physicians testified that death had occurred about twenty-four hours previously—precisely how, they were unable to say; for the _post-mortem_ examination showed every organ to be absolutely healthy, with no indication of disorder or violence. AS WERE HIS WONTS HE SEEMED ALWAYS TO HAVE READY MONEY AND PAID CASH FOR ALL HIS PURCHASES AT THE VILLAGE STORES ROUND ABOUT SELDOM BUYING MORE THAN TWO OR THREE TIMES AT THE SAME PLACE UNTIL THE LAPSE OF A CONSIDERABLE TIME HE GOT NO COMMENDATION HOWEVER FOR THIS EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF HIS PATRONAGE PEOPLE WERE DISPOSED TO REGARD IT AS AN INEFFECTUAL ATTEMPT TO CONCEAL HIS POSSESSION OF SO MUCH MONEY THAT HE HAD GREAT HORDES OF ILL GOTTEN GOLD BURIED SOMEWHERE ABOUT HIS TUMBLE DOWN DWELLING WAS NOT REASONABLY TO BE DOUBTED BY ANY HONEST SOUL CONVERSANT WITH THE FACTS OF LOCAL TRADITION AND GIFTED WITH A SENSE OF THE FITNESS OF THINGS ON THE NINTH OF NOVEMBER EIGHTEEN SIXTY SEVEN THE OLD MAN DIED AT LEAST HIS DEAD BODY WAS DISCOVERED ON THE TENTH AND PHYSICIANS TESTIFIED THAT DEATH HAD OCCURRED ABOUT TWENTY FOUR HOURS PREVIOUSLY PRECISELY HOW THEY WERE UNABLE TO SAY FOR THE POST MORTEM EXAMINATION SHOWED EVERY ORGAN TO BE ABSOLUTELY HEALTHY WITH NO INDICATION OF DISORDER OR VIOLENCE
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