Early yesterday morning Coroner Waterman received a telephone message from Weston stating that a man had been found dead on a farm near Weston. The coroner at once went to the point indicated in the message, where he learned that the dead man was named Fritz Drier, one of two brothers who have been operating a farm near Weston.

It seems that Drier had been on a visit to the home of a sister, Mrs. Fritz Klopping, two miles northeast of Weston. He left for home yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock on horseback, and his sister supposed he had arrived there safely. Mr. Klopping came home at night from Weston shortly before 12 o'clock. As he drove into the yard he noted a horse standing in the pasture. His first thought was that chicken thieves, who have been operating in that section for some time, were in the act of going through his hen roost. He entered the house, loaded his rifle and went out to investigate, accompanied by his wife. As they approached the horse Mrs. Klopping exclaimed, "That Fritz's horse." And so it proved. Drier had just light his pipe and was jogging along through the pasture, when he had evidently been seized with an epileptic fit. He had fallen forward and sideways to the ground, striking on his forehead. The fall broke his neck. When found he lay on his face, his mouth, nose and eyes filled with dirt. Bloody foam had run from his mouth and nose and had dried on his beard. His hands were tightly clinched.

The coroner did not deem an inquest necessary, and the remains were removed to his late residence, from whence he will be buried this afternoon at 2 o'clock.