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r redask-dish-refer-nent.PRESTON WAS (iENKROlSHouck, Otto Hot man.People Speak Kindly of the King ofShantytown.rland if ofee onBucklemThe liest HhI ve Brtilimi, Soma, ITU Korea, Tetter, Chu Cornu, and Mil Skin cures Pile*, or no |*i teed tlt; five perfect funded. Prtee 2ft e« v. Tnnuir.liilarDR. (. K. HOT!ag of CO u-towerlie Falls Over BrentIIhUEdward Preston, the king of Sliantv-lown, w ho died Friday month g si slated in Tub Civilian, whs bi..ie.Saturday, lie leaves a brother who lives at Mt. Pleasant, Pa,, and a sister in this city.Preston w as popularly known as the king of Shantytown, and was a leader among his people in that locality. Although often in the hands of the police and before the magistrates and courts, be was considered generous and free w ith bis money. He was present at every sporting gal hering and contest of any kind At the Paw Paw picnic where he received the injuries which caused his death he seems not to have been the instigator of the light and was not quar-relaome or offensive to anyone. Dr.Carr and Miller held a post-mortem examination, and found above the ear on side of the head a fracture about three j Hnd'for ibree”yet inches long with the skull pressed iu , pj* profession'at and resting on the brain. The examine-to the confirmed the belief of the attending physicians as to the natureof the wound, upon ! 1'he scalp was remarkably thick and Duncil I lough HO that the undertaker bad con-j|IP siderabie difficulty in finding the cuts made by the physicians.Coroner strong held an inquest andcom* 1 lulltional t J. B. lellin-f tinI foctor* «eorge HVwa» killed Sfalling over an ei tomuc tramway make a profeaahinstantaneous, hi scull fractured, years old and a n andoah county, \ of the Medical Inse the til, in-e was diould Com*- meiii-l at 2tii in hthe jury rendered a verdict in accord ance with the testimony of the physicians and such w itnesses as they secured who were present at the fight.Arrival of the Sinter**,Salv uittora t\f tlio I r-iilmi* iiilt;li«r uhadoubtedly the im young physician untimely end bat entire comtuuriil gret and sorrow He leaves a wife Hotel kiss, nee Barton. Dr. Ho ill Cumberland.The h*w, t: Turner, lt;n*i?rH of iutHT«m ii tti«y jK i'fcit In kt*t hmu i it *. toilet arl
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Cumberland Weekly Civilian
Cumberland, Maryland, US
Fri, Sep 11, 1891
Page 5
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