“The finding of the badly decomposed body of a man, apparently 70 or 75 years of age, hanging from the limb of a tree in the woods four miles from Stewartsville, Thursday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock, leads to the theory that the mystery surrounding the disappearance of Wash Baker, the aged Rosemount citizen, has been finally cleared away. All indications point to the fact that the suicide is none other than Mr. Baker, who has been missing from his home for over two months.”
“The body was found by Victor Simon, a steel worker, and Carl Walters, a New Boston young man, while the two were out hunting.”
“The badly decomposed corpse was clothes in a dark coat, light trousers, and wore a Scotch hat.”
“Coroner Robe1 was notified soon after the discovery and left for the scene.”3
- Orin Werrett Robe
- Think suicide is Wash Baker. (1911, January 26). Portsmouth Daily Times, p. 2.
Ohio Certificate of Death for Washington Baker2“Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9PJ5-977L?cc=1307272&wc=MD9F-R38%3A287602601%2C294697501 : 21 May 2014), 1910 > 68000-70411 > image 2146 of 2658.
