The New York Herald
May 30 1879
The Student Suicide
Coroner Wiggins, of Hoboken, was notified yesterday afternoon that the body of young Putnam, the student attached to Stevens' Institute, who has been missing since Tuesday last, had been found. He, in company with an undertaker, repaired to the Elysian Fields, where the body had been towed in and lay awaiting his arrival. A thorough search of the body resulted in the discovery of an ounce bottle of medicine, bearing a label of Taylor, druggist, with directions written theron to take one teaspoonful every hour; a penknife, case comb and a small amount of change. Upon each side of the head, immediately over the ears, were found large wounds, from which the blood was still oozing, when the body was found. Attached to his feet were two large pieces of granite, weighing probably thirty pounds, fastened together by his suspenders. It is supposed that while in the boat he fastened the stones to his feet, plunged his feet into the water, and while still sitting upon the edge of the boat shot himself through the head and then sand into the stream, carrying the pistol with him. Putnam belonged to a well-to-do family in Davenport, Iowa. The father of the unfortunate man is expected to arrive in Hoboken this morning.
May 30 1879
The Student Suicide
Coroner Wiggins, of Hoboken, was notified yesterday afternoon that the body of young Putnam, the student attached to Stevens' Institute, who has been missing since Tuesday last, had been found. He, in company with an undertaker, repaired to the Elysian Fields, where the body had been towed in and lay awaiting his arrival. A thorough search of the body resulted in the discovery of an ounce bottle of medicine, bearing a label of Taylor, druggist, with directions written theron to take one teaspoonful every hour; a penknife, case comb and a small amount of change. Upon each side of the head, immediately over the ears, were found large wounds, from which the blood was still oozing, when the body was found. Attached to his feet were two large pieces of granite, weighing probably thirty pounds, fastened together by his suspenders. It is supposed that while in the boat he fastened the stones to his feet, plunged his feet into the water, and while still sitting upon the edge of the boat shot himself through the head and then sand into the stream, carrying the pistol with him. Putnam belonged to a well-to-do family in Davenport, Iowa. The father of the unfortunate man is expected to arrive in Hoboken this morning.
The New York Herald
May 30 1879
The Student Suicide
Coroner Wiggins, of Hoboken, was notified yesterday afternoon that the body of young Putnam, the student attached to Stevens' Institute, who has been missing since Tuesday last, had been found. He, in company with an undertaker, repaired to the Elysian Fields, where the body had been towed in and lay awaiting his arrival. A thorough search of the body resulted in the discovery of an ounce bottle of medicine, bearing a label of Taylor, druggist, with directions written theron to take one teaspoonful every hour; a penknife, case comb and a small amount of change. Upon each side of the head, immediately over the ears, were found large wounds, from which the blood was still oozing, when the body was found. Attached to his feet were two large pieces of granite, weighing probably thirty pounds, fastened together by his suspenders. It is supposed that while in the boat he fastened the stones to his feet, plunged his feet into the water, and while still sitting upon the edge of the boat shot himself through the head and then sand into the stream, carrying the pistol with him. Putnam belonged to a well-to-do family in Davenport, Iowa. The father of the unfortunate man is expected to arrive in Hoboken this morning.
May 30 1879
The Student Suicide
Coroner Wiggins, of Hoboken, was notified yesterday afternoon that the body of young Putnam, the student attached to Stevens' Institute, who has been missing since Tuesday last, had been found. He, in company with an undertaker, repaired to the Elysian Fields, where the body had been towed in and lay awaiting his arrival. A thorough search of the body resulted in the discovery of an ounce bottle of medicine, bearing a label of Taylor, druggist, with directions written theron to take one teaspoonful every hour; a penknife, case comb and a small amount of change. Upon each side of the head, immediately over the ears, were found large wounds, from which the blood was still oozing, when the body was found. Attached to his feet were two large pieces of granite, weighing probably thirty pounds, fastened together by his suspenders. It is supposed that while in the boat he fastened the stones to his feet, plunged his feet into the water, and while still sitting upon the edge of the boat shot himself through the head and then sand into the stream, carrying the pistol with him. Putnam belonged to a well-to-do family in Davenport, Iowa. The father of the unfortunate man is expected to arrive in Hoboken this morning.
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