OBITS: Johnson, James; Little Falls, Oneida co., NY

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Rome Sentinel December 23, 1908
Little Falls - The body of James Johnson, an old hunter and trapper of this 
place, was found last evening in a boat house on the south side of the river, 
where he went several days ago and discharged the contents of a shotgun into 
his left tmeple. The body was found by Chief of Police Long and John Stark, who 
were called upon by relatives of Mr. Johnson to investigate his absence. They 
were directed to the boat house and there found the body frozen in an upright 
position in the chair where Mr. Johnson sat when he discharged the shotgun. He 
had evidently been dead several days. 

Mr. Johnson was 73 yrs old and was a well known resident of this city. He was 
one of the few men of this locality who passed many years of their leife unting 
and trapping wild animals. About 30 or 40 years ago he servied on the Little 
Falls police force for some time.