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McHENRY COUNTY. ILLINOIS^* 1 ^♦ ih9 TonInquest Pending More Clues; JDriver of Car Speeds^'from SceneJames William Conley, 65,. of Woodstock, a former Chemung re-~| sident, was fatally injured by a hit and run driver on route 173 in Capron Saturday about 11:20p. m.tMr. Conley suffered a skull fracture, cuts and bruises and a compound fracture of the right leg, and died in a Schutt and Cemy ambulance enroute to the Harvard Community HospitalAn employee of the State Highway Department for the last sixyearsTl^rT’Conl^rwasnDxrhia-way-j to visit a brother when die was struck by the unknown car,~des-cribed by witnesses as grey in color,—— Panllag MissingtThe left pantleg of the victim’s tr^isers is missing from the knee down and officers theorize that some of the shreds of it may still be adhering to the death car. Witnesses who heard the impact said the car sped away to the westrAn inquest is pending the further investigation of officers*Since Mr. Conley died in McHenry county the inquest will be conducted tty County~Coroner Harry Ehom of Richmond.3-is:aalrdxelestn,ar»rFuneral services were held on Tuesday at the Chemung Methodist church with the Rev. D. Gene Harrington officating. Burial was in Dunham-Chemung cemetery.Pallbearers were Harry Paul and Archie Green of Harvard, Jack Kennedy of Chemung, Robert “Smith; William-McRobertsand Sam McCullough of Capron;v-c-r-ceoss-id/eBom In Boon* Countyrdtylec_eirtyaeit-n.Mr. Conley w$s bom on a farm in Boone County Dec. 5, 1882, the son of John kad Margaret Conley. On Feb. 10, 1904, he was married to Minnie Lee of Chemung. Mrs. Conley died in August, 1939.Survivors include four sons, Lyle of Greenland, Colo., 'Robert of Harvard, Elmer of Poplar Grove and William of Capron; a sister, Mrs. Louis Kennedy of Harvard; four brothers, Robert; of Harvard, David and Fred of Chq-nmng, George of ^Chicago; add J2 grandchildren. vHe was preceded in death by a son, Charles, in 1940, and a sister, Mrs, Lizzie Esmond, who rdieds$bout three years ago.Tplacbeirgracand eigh 4. t(
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Harvard Herald
Harvard, Illinois, US
Thu, Sep 23, 1948
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