Dead Three Weeks
Dead Body of "Cooney" Bracken Found Near Alexander, Ky
Lived At Westmoreland
Supposed to Have Died From Injuries Sustained by Falling From Bluff Around Which the railroad Runs****Body Had Been Exposed for Over Three Weeks.
Bransford Brackin, better known to the people of the northeastern part of the county as "Cooney" Bracken, was found dead last Saturday morning near Alexander, in Allen County. Undoubtedly Bracken had been dead three weeks. Bracken's body was found about sixty feet from the C. & N. railroad track at a point just opposite the "brick house," which is the home of the Roarks, well known as violators of the liquor laws of Allen County. The find was made by a man named Shelton, who was walking along the track and discovered an old musket lying some fifteen or twenty feet from the track and on the side of the little bluff around which the railroad runs at that place. Going down to pick up the musket Shelton noticed the body of a man in the snow just a little distance beyond the gun. He identified the corpse as that of Backen. Bracken, who was old bachelor and a man about 65 years old, had lived during the winter with his niece, Mrs. Perry, at Westmoreland. Four weeks ago last Monday he passed Turner's Station walking. That evening he stopped at the home of Morgan Hunt and got his supper. He left there to go to Alexander, saying that he would spend the night there with a niece and get on the train next morning and return to Westmoreland. So far as can be learned that was the last time he was seen alive. It is supposed that he was walking along the railroad track and fell over the bluff, receiving injuries from which he died some time during the night. It is presumed that after receiving these injuries he managed to crawl thirty or forty feet to the place where his body was found. When found his face was discolored, which resulted probably from being frozen, but there was no signs of violence. The body was taken to New Hope, near Westmoreland, and interred Sunday.
Dead Body of "Cooney" Bracken Found Near Alexander, Ky
Lived At Westmoreland
Supposed to Have Died From Injuries Sustained by Falling From Bluff Around Which the railroad Runs****Body Had Been Exposed for Over Three Weeks.
Bransford Brackin, better known to the people of the northeastern part of the county as "Cooney" Bracken, was found dead last Saturday morning near Alexander, in Allen County. Undoubtedly Bracken had been dead three weeks. Bracken's body was found about sixty feet from the C. & N. railroad track at a point just opposite the "brick house," which is the home of the Roarks, well known as violators of the liquor laws of Allen County. The find was made by a man named Shelton, who was walking along the track and discovered an old musket lying some fifteen or twenty feet from the track and on the side of the little bluff around which the railroad runs at that place. Going down to pick up the musket Shelton noticed the body of a man in the snow just a little distance beyond the gun. He identified the corpse as that of Backen. Bracken, who was old bachelor and a man about 65 years old, had lived during the winter with his niece, Mrs. Perry, at Westmoreland. Four weeks ago last Monday he passed Turner's Station walking. That evening he stopped at the home of Morgan Hunt and got his supper. He left there to go to Alexander, saying that he would spend the night there with a niece and get on the train next morning and return to Westmoreland. So far as can be learned that was the last time he was seen alive. It is supposed that he was walking along the railroad track and fell over the bluff, receiving injuries from which he died some time during the night. It is presumed that after receiving these injuries he managed to crawl thirty or forty feet to the place where his body was found. When found his face was discolored, which resulted probably from being frozen, but there was no signs of violence. The body was taken to New Hope, near Westmoreland, and interred Sunday.
Dead Three Weeks
Dead Body of "Cooney" Bracken Found Near Alexander, Ky
Lived At Westmoreland
Supposed to Have Died From Injuries Sustained by Falling From Bluff Around Which the railroad Runs****Body Had Been Exposed for Over Three Weeks.
Bransford Brackin, better known to the people of the northeastern part of the county as "Cooney" Bracken, was found dead last Saturday morning near Alexander, in Allen County. Undoubtedly Bracken had been dead three weeks. Bracken's body was found about sixty feet from the C. & N. railroad track at a point just opposite the "brick house," which is the home of the Roarks, well known as violators of the liquor laws of Allen County. The find was made by a man named Shelton, who was walking along the track and discovered an old musket lying some fifteen or twenty feet from the track and on the side of the little bluff around which the railroad runs at that place. Going down to pick up the musket Shelton noticed the body of a man in the snow just a little distance beyond the gun. He identified the corpse as that of Backen. Bracken, who was old bachelor and a man about 65 years old, had lived during the winter with his niece, Mrs. Perry, at Westmoreland. Four weeks ago last Monday he passed Turner's Station walking. That evening he stopped at the home of Morgan Hunt and got his supper. He left there to go to Alexander, saying that he would spend the night there with a niece and get on the train next morning and return to Westmoreland. So far as can be learned that was the last time he was seen alive. It is supposed that he was walking along the railroad track and fell over the bluff, receiving injuries from which he died some time during the night. It is presumed that after receiving these injuries he managed to crawl thirty or forty feet to the place where his body was found. When found his face was discolored, which resulted probably from being frozen, but there was no signs of violence. The body was taken to New Hope, near Westmoreland, and interred Sunday.
Dead Body of "Cooney" Bracken Found Near Alexander, Ky
Lived At Westmoreland
Supposed to Have Died From Injuries Sustained by Falling From Bluff Around Which the railroad Runs****Body Had Been Exposed for Over Three Weeks.
Bransford Brackin, better known to the people of the northeastern part of the county as "Cooney" Bracken, was found dead last Saturday morning near Alexander, in Allen County. Undoubtedly Bracken had been dead three weeks. Bracken's body was found about sixty feet from the C. & N. railroad track at a point just opposite the "brick house," which is the home of the Roarks, well known as violators of the liquor laws of Allen County. The find was made by a man named Shelton, who was walking along the track and discovered an old musket lying some fifteen or twenty feet from the track and on the side of the little bluff around which the railroad runs at that place. Going down to pick up the musket Shelton noticed the body of a man in the snow just a little distance beyond the gun. He identified the corpse as that of Backen. Bracken, who was old bachelor and a man about 65 years old, had lived during the winter with his niece, Mrs. Perry, at Westmoreland. Four weeks ago last Monday he passed Turner's Station walking. That evening he stopped at the home of Morgan Hunt and got his supper. He left there to go to Alexander, saying that he would spend the night there with a niece and get on the train next morning and return to Westmoreland. So far as can be learned that was the last time he was seen alive. It is supposed that he was walking along the railroad track and fell over the bluff, receiving injuries from which he died some time during the night. It is presumed that after receiving these injuries he managed to crawl thirty or forty feet to the place where his body was found. When found his face was discolored, which resulted probably from being frozen, but there was no signs of violence. The body was taken to New Hope, near Westmoreland, and interred Sunday.
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