John Walsh
Cincinnati Enquirer, Wednesday, 19 March 1873, page
7
ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE-John Walsh, formerly Deputy Marshal of Newport
and more recently a Constable, attempted to commit suicide on Monday night at
his boarding house on Cabot street, between Madison and Bellevue, by swallowing
a considerable quantity of laudanum.
A powerful emetic was administered to him by a physician which relieved the sufferer and yesterday he was walking about the streets as if nothing had happened. It is reported that financial trouble caused him to attempt to destroy himself.
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Kentucky Post, Monday, 16 December 1895, page 5
OFFICERS-Joe Hooker Post GAR, elected officers for the ensuing year Saturday night as follows: Commander, James S McDowell; Junior Vice Commander, Louis Mullich; Quartermaster, W C McLean; Chaplain, William Foster; Surgeon, Mahlon Bolser; Officer of the Day, S H Maxwell; Officer of the Guard, John Walsh; Delegates to the Department Encampment, D J Hewetson, S W Emerson; Alternates, J S McDowell, John Baughman; Trustees, George E Currie; D J Hewetson. Public installation the second Saturday evening in January.
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Kentucky Post, Monday, 11 February 1918, page 1
FATAL ACCIDENT-John Walsh, 77, of Terrace av. near Sixth st. Dayton, was killed when struck by a Chesapeake & Ohio commuter train at the Vine st. crossing, Dayton, Monday. His skull was fractured and both legs were nearly cut off. He died at Speers Hospital shortly after being removed there.
According to witnesses, the aged man was walking along the track. He stepped from in back of a passing freight train into the path of the commuter. The engine thew him quite a distance over an embankment. The body remained at Speers Hospital quite a time before it was identified by Judge A R LeRoy, formerly police judge of Dayton. Walsh lived with his wife. Dr. Matt Higgins of Campbell co. investigate the accident. Walsh is the third railroad victim in Dayton within the last few months. His body was mangled beyond recognition.
Walsh fought in the Civil War and was a pioneer of Campbell co. He resided at Grants Lick, south Campbell co. for a number of years. His sister, Jennie Walsh, taught school in Newport for several years. Coroner Higgins will summon the crew of the "chippie" in a few days to investigate further into the accident.