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MISTAKEN IDENTITYIealt;l Man at Frankfort is Oscar Me* Duiile. of Muncle, and not Georjte Wino.The man supposed to be George Wine who was found dead along the Clover Leaf tracks near Frankfort has been identified as Oscar McDuffie a laboring man of Muncie. Me Du Hie had left Muncie the Sundav before and had intended to go to work a I Frankfort.When found he was wearing a coat containing letters addressed to George Wine and that was the reason for the mistake in the identification. The authorities have not located Wine as vet and are* unable to find out howv mMcDuftle came to be in possession of the coat.It is thought that Me Du Me was beat» mg his way on a freight train into■Frankfort and that he had been thrown from a box car by some unknown', person after being murdered with a hatchet.
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Hartford City Telegram

Hartford City, Indiana, US

Wed, Jun 04, 1902

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