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   VOLUME XXIX No. 44 NARROWSBURG, NY OCT. 30 - NOV. 5, 2003  

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Reports of Wearry ghosts appear

By CHARLIE BUTERBAUGH

NARROWSBURG, NY — In the annals of Tusten history rests the tale of the Wearry brothers, two men whose bodies were discovered on January 21, 1967 when a curious postman, Herbert Ropke, searched their property on Beaver Brook Road.

The brothers had not retrieved mail from their box for three days, and when Ropke peered through the front window, he saw Clarence Wearry lying on the floor.

Prompted by Ropke’s call, state police rushed to the Wearry residence and found Floyd Wearry, 76, lying inside a two-story chicken house on the brothers’ property. Then, they found Clarence, 62, lying dead inside the brothers’ home.

Led by state police senior investigator Salvatore Indelicato, police found several hundred dozen spoiled eggs in pails and wire baskets as well as empty cans of food piled in a corner. Indelicato said the brothers had been dead at least three days.

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