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hemiin,to,ngreled a signal battalion in France. |deiAyedal-reirslisheevofth.ixDEATH FOLLOWSFALL WITH GUNPJohn Andre, Farmer Near M Nortonville, is Victim of Accident.A deep, jugged shot wound in his | dy I side, the body of John Andre, Nor- I *y i tonville farmer, was found late Frl- wll It ! day night near his home by two mem- a ] of! bers of a searching party which for ds! several hours had been looking for ild I him. ,ar5iesj Conditions about the body indicat- R. ed that Mr. Andre had fallen while attempting to climb a short embank- jui* ny j ment, bis shotgun discharging as he . ng' stumbled,, and sending a full charge .(rt as | into his abdomen, killing him almost: ed! instantly. The gun was found at the ; q »m I side of the body, with the muzzle only jex! | a few inches from the spot where the 'Spr ds • charge had entered tlie body. Mr. An- tril Injure had been dead for several hours (jei he when Ed. Weishaar and Paul Schmidt, nm I-; mendiers of the party searching for eori si-i him. came upon the body at approxi- hel | mutely 11 o’clock. i*‘L | About 3 o’clock Friday afternoon 1 Ift Mr. Andre left his home, two mileseast of Nortonville, and n quarter of.c,,ra mile west of the place where the; _body was located. At supper time members of his family missed him, and when darkness came they called for the help of neighbors and friends. . The entire neighborhood was scoured far:e.nt*11,illntheofmlheusCOHit2hiubefore ills IhhI.v was located.a mMr. Andre was born In Cummings. juneoaItsheeeheiulRE»Fifisi-imet*s-11)ir-aheon\offtoincAugust 1, 1S77. He lia«l been a resi-I dent of Atchison county practically all pu, * of his life. For several years he lived i '[ 1 near Hhatiuon, but a year ago moved to the present Andre home, near Nor-tonville.He is survived by his widow and by six children: Mrs. Ed. Dorssom,J of Lancaster; John Andre, jr.. of Atch-j Ison, and Laura. Anmrieh, Irene and Carl Andre, at home. A brother, Charles Andre, resides nt Cummings, and unother brother. Ern Andre, at ftuhvillc. III. Ills father, Anmrieh j Unlt; Andre, lives nt Cummings, and there ‘ 15, are also five living sisters: Mrs. Kiley Idai Carson and Mrs. C. $ wend son, of Mon- j ed rovla: Miss Clara Andre, of Kunsas.OOtl City, Mo., and Mrs. O. I). Amend and I “j'AIrs. Edna iiilderhaek, of Cummings, for lu,| Funeral servlets will Is? held nt thejeig ns j Methodist church ut Cummings at 2 . Col J o’clock this afternoon, with burial in am the Cummings cemetery. wn— j da*MARSHALL DENIES MURDER rtbomapoi
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Atchison Sunday Morning Globe
Atchison, Kansas, US
Sun, Mar 21, 1926
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