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FOUND DEADlohn AderV Liifbless Body Fbaftd' MCourt House Yard.About two o’clock Monday a. m. the body of John Ader was found in the court house yard, with lifeextinct. Notice of his death was gi.en by Policeman Ashley, who was called to see Ader by Wicke Ratliff. The latter went to sleep in the northwest corner of the yardlate Sunday evening and wasawakened about two o’clock by the groaning of a man who was lying at his side. I; proved to be Ader, who was seemingly unconsciousand in pain. Ratliff hurried to Conklin’s restaurant for help. When he returned a few minutes later the man was dead.Ader was commonly known about the city and was crippled, his right foot having been cut off some eighteen years ago by a Mo-non engine, while Ader was asleep on the platform. He has two sons, Dave and Will, and a daughter, Mrs. Elmer Burton, wife of a railroad engineer who lives in St.Louis. His wife secured a divorce from him some time ago.Coroner Kleinbub held an inquest to determine ths cause of death.His finding was that it was due to alcoholism.
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Greencastle Banner
Greencastle, Indiana, US
Fri, Aug 25, 1899
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