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udymiiuurcu oy ar iormer marriage-.uea13d11 L3Jury Finds MiddaughDeath “Aecideutal”HIMday 1 chu'to t-st”A” verdict o! accidental death from bums received when his tent 'home burned to the ground** was returned last night by the coroner’s jury at the inquest held in connection with the death ofFrancis Ktiddaugh of this city. sl„ Cass county coroner Joe Lintner conducted the inquest at the cityhall assisted by deputy coroner Pau1 Harrison Police Officer Jerry Kiser wasthe only'witness to testify at the inquest. Kiser found the body | when he went to the levee at West i j Main street to investigate what- was believed .to be a rubbish fire- -When~ ItwasTouim~ that~the~leht tchrat;cdaySKsups8Ltig.FworCfolllt;servservnome of Mr- Middaugh was on fireKiser investigated and fbund Mid-,daugh’s body partly under a steel col. The lire department answer- * ed the alarm but the canvas and wooden structure burned so rapidly it was impossible to save it.Carl Wessel served as foreman of the coroner’s jury last hight. Others on the jury were Warren Bates, Marcus Huston, Joseph Orr, Charles Blum and William Zillion.TIICouiin-s
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Beardstown Illinoian Star
Beardstown, Illinois, US
Sat, Feb 03, 1951
Page 3
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