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GEORGE SMITH

Redwood City Democrat

October 4, 1917

The body of George Smith, a former gateman for the Southern Pacific at the Main Street crossing was found in a small slough near the Frank Tanning Company Saturday afternoon by a number of boys in a boat. The body had been in the water for about a week. Just how Smith met his death is not known but it is presumed that he wandered down to the tannery in the dark and fell into the water. A watch found in his pocket had stopped at ten minutes past nine. The remains were taken in charge by Deputy Coroner John Lang and removed to the Redwood City Undertaking Parlors where an autopsy was performed by Dr. J.E. Chapin. An inquest was held Monday morning and the verdict was that Smith came to his death from drowning. There were no marks of violence of any kind on the body. The remains were interred in Union Cemetery Monday.

Smith was a highly educated man from a good family. His wife who died many years ago, was the daughter of Jim Yates, former sheriff of Yolo County. A son, after being wounded in the Spanish American War, was killed and eaten by sharks in Manila Bay in 1900. The deceased was about 60 years of age.