Abbreviations used
Date May 5 1884
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Daily Telegraph
The language of the text is the original used in the newspaper entry and as transcribed by Daniel F. Johnson. Records acquired by the Provincial Archives are not translated from the language in which they originate.
'Well', said one of the oldest policemen in the city, 'poor old John DRISCOLL is dead. He has been a vagrant for 30 years and has spent half his 60 years of life in jail.' (see original)