OBIT: EVANS (Mr.); 1906; Spangler, Cambria Cnty., PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Patty Millich Copyright 2009. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/cambria/ _________________________________________ Cambria Freeman Ebensburg, Pa. Friday, 10 Aug 1906 Volume 40, Number 31 Finds Body in Woods Spangler Man While Enjoying Sunday Morning Comes upon Decomposed Body of Suicide Sunday morning, while walking through a very dense strip of forest, near Spangler, Guy Biss was horrified to see hanging to a tree, a badly decomposed body. He at once notified Dr. W. S. Wheeling of Spangler and Dr. McMullen of Barnesboro who communicated with Coroner Prothero of Johnstown. The coroner, not thinking it necessary to hold an inquest on account of the condition of the body instructed them to examine the corpse and if necessary to hold a post mortem. By this time nearly the whole community had turned out to view the remains as they were hanging to the tree. The two physicians followed the instructions given them and had Undertaker Wyland of Spangler remove the body to his establishment. The body is supposed to be the remains of a Mr. Evans, a former barber of Bakerton, a small town about fifteen miles from Spangler. Evans left there several years ago and tramped all over the country, working at different places several weeks at a time. The last he had been heard of was about five months ago at which time he was working at Houtzdale, Clearfield County. The identification was brought about by finding on his person a razor and a pair of scissors and by having a crooked finger on his right hand. The remains were in a badly decomposed state and it is thought the body had been hanging in the woods for several months.