Coroner's reports 1896-1935 Monroe County, Indiana · Coroner's reports 1896-1935 Monroe County, Indiana ... Coroner's reports 1896-1935 Monroe County, ... Leonard 20 5'8"/145 Murdered

Coroner's reports 1896-1935 Monroe County, Indiana

Death Date Name Age Ht/Wgt Cause of Death/Personal Effects

Coroner's reports 1896-1935 Monroe County, Indiana / indexed by the Indiana Room, Monroe County Public Library and Mita Glass. Bloomington, Ind.: Monroe County Public Library, 2002

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07/04/1925 ABRAM, Richard E 4 mths 30"/10 Enterocarditis?//Nothing of value. 08/25/1918 ADAMS, Alta 31 5'4"/135 Accidentally crushed, auto accident, injury to abdomen and chest.//Nothing of value. 06/30/1925 ADAMS, Barbara Jean 9 days 26'/6 Enterocalitis.//Nothing of value 07/23/1931 ADAMS, Charles E 67 5'10"/160 Hemorrhage and shock following a crushing injury to his left leg. While deceased was

work-ing on the Griffy Creek hill an automobile skidded and caught him between it and a guard rail at about 2 p.m., July 22. He was taken to the Bloomington Hospital and his leg was amputated just above the knee at 9 p.m. He died at 6 a.m. July 23, 1931.//Nothing of value.

01/14/1934 ADAMS, Chester W 52 6'4"/210 Accidental traumatism; automobile accident. Deceased was rounding a left hand curve about 1 mi. west of Bloomington on the Bloomfield Road and his car skidded on ice, head-ed north, ran up an embankment and turned over on its top. He was thrown out to the ce-ment road. He was unconscious when picked up, never regained consciousness, and died at 4:25 a.m. Accident happened at 6:30 p.m.//Nothing of value. Lacerated scalp over occipit.

07/05/1921 ADAMS, Denzil 4 3'1"/70 Fall from top of Leonard's Mill dam into water 25' deep.//Nothing of value. 11/27/1911 ADAMS, George 72 5'10"/160 Alcoholism.//Pocket knife, a pocket book, cash $20. 11/07/1931 ADAMS, George H 55 5'8"/165 Cerebral hemorrhage following gunshot wound through middle of forehead, self inflicted

(suicide). Deceased left note giving reason for his act as despondency over his inability to handle his job as a cashier for the Rwy Express Co. adequately. No shortages were found in his accounts.//The sum of $1.91 and 1 gold Elgin watch, a receipt for which is attached to this record.

12/17/1915 ADAMS, George W. 51 5'11"/190 Accidental electrocution: accident happened at George W Adams' barn while attempting to turn on an incandescent light, said light being attached to a secondary light wire, which had in some way been connected to a primary wire of 2300 volts or more. Said connection was made by a piece of lamp cord.//1 gold watch, 1 knife, 1 rule and $67.83. The same was turned over to his widow, Mrs. George W. Adams, and receipt taken for same.

06/29/1934 ADAMS, Henry Sherman 56 5'11"/150 Apoplexy. Deceased had had two strokes previously. His daughter had left him sitting in a chair in the front yard and when she came back five minutes later she found him dead, lying on his face on the ground. He died at 3 p.m.//Nothing of value.

01/07/1907 ADAMS, John Wilson 54 5'10"/160 Organic heart disease.//Nothing of any value.




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06/27/1932 ADAMS. Len 38 5'11"/160 Cerebral hemorrhage due to basal skull fracture on left due to automobile accident on June 25, 1932. His car turned over and hit a fence post, throwing him into the post and pinning him under its left running board. His face & head hit post. He died in the Bloomington Hos-pital at 12:30 a.m. June 27, 1932, following an operation for setting his broken arms.// Nothing of value.

12/25/1927 ADKINS, John Roland 69 6'1"/150 Chronic myocarditis complicated with a chronic sore leg with which he had suffered for 15 years.//Nothing of value.

05/05/1899 AITKEN, James 52 5'6"/165 Struck by local freight #44 - being asleep on the track at time of accident, Railway employ-ees having used all precautions to prevent the accident. Evidence shows that he had been drinking.//Eye glasses, pipe and tobacco, watch and chain, pocket book containing 8 cts, private papers - all of which were given to his wife Agnes Aitken.

12/21/1923 ALBERTSON, Donald H 5 wks 26"/12 Icterus Gravis.//Nothing of value 10/31/1933 ALENBAUGH, Carl 56 5'10"/150 Cerebral hemorrhage. Deceased was found lying in the basement of his place of

business in a semiparalyzed condition on the afternoon of October 31. He died at 8:20 p.m.// Nothing of value.

03/06/1928 ALEXANDER, Charles 61 5'1"/150 Chronic nephritis.//Nothing of value. 01/04/1928 ALEXANDER, James A 68 5'8"/135 Frozen while siting in a chair in his one room house which was very scantily furnished,

and indications were he had little or no fire. He had probably been drinking, according to bottles found; he was about half dressed.//Nothing of value.

12/19/1928 ALLEN, John M. 72 5'5"/125 Murdered: struck on the head with some blunt instrument in the hands of Charles Houston, with homicidal intent, causing fractures of the left and right orbital bones in conjunction with the frontal bone; also developed a meningitis from the effect of injury. He died on Dec 19, the attack was Dec. 16, 1928.// Nothing of value.

08/12/1915 ALLEN, Samuel David 64 5'11"/160 Myocarditis.//Nothing of value. 10/08/1929 ALLISON, Raleigh Baker 19 5'4"/130 Fractures of skull with shock and hemorrhage. This man was driving south on state road

from Ellettsville to Bloomington and collided with an automobile driven by Archie Coan, approx. 1 mile south of Ellettsville, the collision causing the death of both parties.//Nothing of value.

02/18/1926 ANDERSON, Glenn Reed 11 mths 29"/5 Lack of care, extreme malnutrition.//Nothing of value.




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09/13/1930 ANDERSON, Marion 43 6'1"/175 Suicide. Despondent because of ill health and nervous disease, this man cut his throat several times with a pocket knife. Death was due to shock and hemorrhage.//Nothing of value.

11/15/1906 ARCHER, Rose Mary 20 days 2'/7 Accidental suffocation, she having vomited a curd of milk which was lodged in trachea.// Nothing.

12/29/1927 ARNOLD, Pattie 69 5'4"/200 Apoplexy. Deceased was visiting in Bloomington - her home was in Kentucky. Ate a very hearty supper and went to bed when this attack came and she died in a few minutes.// Nothing of value.

03/24/1922 ARNOT, Leroy 46 5'8"/155 Struck by railway train while riding in automobile; death due to shock and hemorrhage and crushing of bones in head & body.//Watch & chain, glass case, pencils, Masonic ring, cuff buttons, Mason pin, note book, 61 cents cash, pocket book with $27, keys, handkerchief, receipted for by Wm. Jett.

04/15/1909 ARTHUR, Leitha 78 5'5"/150 Heart disease.//Nothing of value. 12/16/1928 ATKINS, R. L. 25 5'10"/180 Struck by the engine of train No. 3 at 5:00 a.m. Dec. 16 at 2nd and Morton Sts.,

Blooming-ton, causing a fractured skull, right femur crushed, both hips fractured, and a broken spine from which he died instantly.//Nothing of value.

11/19/1926 ATKINSON, Hugh 76 6' /160 Septic endocarditis complicated by a chronic ulceration on leg of 10 years duration.// Nothing of value.

01/28/1915 AULD, Cyrus N.S. 71 6'/175 Arterio sclerosis and organic disease of heart; natural, without physician in attendance.//Nothing of value.

03/06/1912 AXSOM, Dora 3 wks No notations made. 02/05/1924 AXSOM, Ira 6 mths 24"/8 Lobar pneumonia.//Nothing of value 10/09/1912 AXSOM, Nora Agnes 14 5'4"/75 Nothing noted.//Nothing noted. 07/31/1935 AYERS, Jerry 47 5'8"/145 Was found dead in a sand pit on South Morton St., next to the Monon railway tracks. He

had been drinking heavily for several weeks and when last seen was intoxicated. He evi-dently died of myocardial insufficiency due to alcoholism.//Nothing of value.

07/08/1925 BACON, Robert E 20 6'/210 Fracture of cervical vertebrae, sustained when diving into pool at Cascade Gardens, 1-1/2 mi. north of Bloomington. Deceased struck another swimmer with his head before reaching water, causing fracture of vertebrae.//A bathing suit only.




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04/08/1935 BAIN, Charles D 46 5'9"/155 Internal hemorrhage caused by crushing injury in an automobile collision, as stated in the testimony of the witnesses. Deceased died at 7:50 p.m. in the Bloomington Hospital.// Nothing of value.

04/15/1907 BAKER, Joseph 68 5'5"/160 Run down by a Monon Switch Engine, fracturing skull and also his left arm. Death was due to shock and hemorrhage.//$3.16 which was turned over to Dr. C. E. Harris and his receipt for same taken.

06/26/1932 BAKER, Leonard 20 5'8"/145 Murdered by his father John Baker, with 2 shots from a double barreled shotgun. Both father & son had been drinking and were fighting. The father got the shotgun, after neigh-bors had reported the two, and shot the boy first in the back and then shot through the right elbow, severing the brachial artery and its branches. The deceased bled to death before aid could be rendered.//Nothing of value.

05/05/1933 BAKER, Paul 49 5'8"/180 Accidental traumation by railway train. Deceased was run over by a passing train about 1 mi. n.w. of Bloomington at about 11:25 a.m. May 5, 1933. The engineer and the train crew saw nothing of him. He was seen first by the train crew on a freight which came about an hour later. This train was stopped before it reached the body.//Nothing of value.

06/21/1912 BAKER, Robert 55 5'9"/187 Gun shot wound penetrating heart.//Nothing. 06/26/1929 BAKER, Willard 32 6'0"/180 Fracture of 2 & 3 lumbar vertebrae, right femur, left tibia and bones of left foot, shock and

hemorrhage. This man discharging his duties as a second drag saw operator at the Shawnee Shoals was caught beneath a "rough bart", which fell from a truck and sustained the above injuries. He died in ambulance en route to the hospital.//Nothing of value other than usual working man's clothing.

08/21/1927 BALDWIN, Michael Julian 4 days Hemorrhage following circumcision; was circumcised on August 20 afternoon and died dur-ing the early morning of August 21.

06/09/1919 BANK, Andrew J. 65 5'6"/115 Homicide: injury to skull crushing same, inflicted by blunt instrument, also gunshot wound to head and chest. The body recovered after about ten days in abandoned quarry water hole near Sanders, Ind., wrapped in an old comfort, feet and body bound together with wire.// Nothing of value.

09/18/1912 BANKS, Ralph 16 5'6"/135 Killed by Monon freight Leg amputated at hip, arm at wrist. Fractured knee. Accidental.// Nothing




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08/29/1928 BARBER, Lucy 86 5'/85 Gunshot wound, caused by a gun in the hands of Jefferson P. Kemp - done with homicidal intent; the bullet, a .45 calibre, passing through the heart near the apex, causing instant death.//Nothing of value.

09/02/1899 BARNES, John Henry not given

not given Pistol ball wound in the forehead, said pistol ball being fired from a pistol in the hands of Fannie Enochs//Nothing listed

06/26/1929 BARNES, Stella 54 5'4"/200 Myorcarditis and pulmonary edema.//Nothing of value. 01/22/1929 BARRETT, Byron 26 6'0"/170 Drowning.//Nothing of value. 10/11/1930 BARRETT, Ishuel O. 37 6'3"/190 Crushed right leg and thigh. Hemorrhage and shock. This man working at the Victor

Oolitic Stone Co., as a hooker, was caught beneath a stone which accidentally fell, crushing his right leg and thigh. He had been warned of the dangerous position of the stone and proba-bly thoughtlessly walked into danger.//Nothing of value.

05/09/1930 BARRICK, Samuel Marvin or Marion

1 1'10"/16 Whooping cough followed by bronchial pneumonia.//Nothing of value.

04/30/1933 BARROW, David P 74 5'11"/145 Apoplexy. Deceased had an attack of apoplexy while in church. He died before he could be gotten home.//Nothing of value.

08/22/1910 BARROW, James L 3 mos. Cholera infection.//Nothing noted. 01/22/1931 BATES, Arthur Mann 50 6'1"/155 Cerebral hemorrhage due to self-inflicted bullet wound of the frontal area of head. Bullet

entered right temple and came out left temple. The bullet was of .22 calibre, fired from a Colt's target revolver.//Nothing of value.

01/23/1924 BAUGH, Robert 3 wks 26"/8 Acute mastoiditis.//Nothing of value. 06/17/1928 BAUGH, Ula R. 7 mths 25"/25 Skull fractured by a post falling from under a porch roof, which it was helping to hold up,

causing death to follow in a few minutes.//Nothing listed 02/05/1910 BAYNE, Infant 4 mos. Bronchitis.//Nothing of value. 06/26/1930 BAYNE, Robert Ellis 8 mths 26"/14 Bronchial pneumonia following measles.//Nothing of value. 04/29/1927 BEAM, Raymond 23 6'1"/180 Having a fractured skull and lower jaw bone, said accident the result of two automobiles

coming together, the cars driven by Raymond Beam and Henry Gregg and I find that Beam's car was being driven on the wrong side of the road toward the left side and that Beam's death was accidental. Three teeth were knocked out in the collision. The man's right hand had previously been amputated.//Nothing of value.

07/03/1907 BEARD, John 27 5'10"/170 Drowning in the Monon Lake near Bloomington, IN.//Nothing of any value.




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09/05/1933 BECK, Mrs. John (Laura) 24 5'7"/128 Accidental traumatism, automobile accident. Deceased was driving a Chev. Sedan from Indpls to Bloomington, Ind. About 1/2 way between Martinsville & Bloomington, rounding a curve at a high speed, she lost control of the car, hit the rt. hand bank, and turned the car over several times. She was thrown about 30 ft. into a ditch on the left side of road, suffer-ing a fractured skull from which she died soon after. The accident happened at about 3:20 p.m.//Nothing of value.

07/24/1932 BEDENHAMMER, John 76 5'7"/130 Acute myocarditis, secondary to chronic myocarditis. Deceased complained of shortness of breath shortly after eating supper and at about 7:45 p.m. he was taken to his bed by his son-in-law. He became unconscious and at 8 p.m. ceased to breathe.//Nothing of value.

11/20/1919 BEEDE, Edward 55 5'11"/175 Organic heart disease.//Nothing of any value. 03/19/1933 BELL, Delia 51 5'7"/190 Fracture of the skull done by fall on head down the cellar stairs at the home of her son-in-

law, Leonard Patterson. Deceased slipped on the top step and fell headlong to the concrete floor beneath, landing on the right side of the head.//Nothing of value.

04/13/1909 BELL, Earl 3 mos. Bronchitis.//Nothing. 07/08/1923 BELL, Noan L 12 days 23"/4 Premature birth.//Nothing of value. 10/08/1925 BENDER, John 65 5'7"/145 Struck by an automobile driven by one Foster Pepper, causing a compound fracture of

the ankle resulting in gangrene, septicaemia, and death on Tuesday night following accident on Thursday, Oct. 1.//Nothing of value.

07/05/1921 BENDER, Peter F 24 5'6"/165 Accidental drowning; entered Leonard's Mill Lake in effort to save Denzil Adams who fell into water 25' deep.//Nothing of value.

10/03/1934 BENDER, Robert Earl 25 6'/150 Suicide by hanging himself. Deceased's father found him hanging from a rafter in the hay loft of the barn at about 6 a.m. Oct. 3, 1934. The family could give no explanation for this act and no evidence could be found to furnish a reason for it.//Nothing of value.

12/09/1910 BENJAMIN, Jacob 36 5'6"/ Gun shot wound of right temple. Suicide.//$3.00 cash, gold watch, small diamond stick pin (given to Mrs.(?) Becovitz.

07/17/1930 BENNETT, John 35 5'11"/180 While driving a truck on N. Walnut St., it overturned causing a fracture of 6th & 7th cervical vertebrae.//Nothing of value.




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12/20/1933 BENSON, Samuel Leonard 20 5'10"/165 Accidental traumatism. Deceased was hit by a railroad en-gine, as he was sitting on the track, apparently unconscious to its approach at about 3 p.m. Dec. 19, 1933. He died of a fractured skull at about 12:15 a.m. Dec. 20, 1933.//Nothing of value.

02/20/1935 BENSON, Tyson 66 5'10"/170 Coronary occlusion. Complained earlier in evening of a pain in his chest and shortness of breath. Deceased retired at 8 p.m.; about 12 a.m., deceased's wife heard him breathing with difficulty and he died as she entered his room.//Nothing of value.

10/28/1924 BERNS, Mary Etta 3 wks 22"/7 Accidental suffocation complicated by malnutrition.//Nothing of value. 11/30/1926 BERRY, Casey S 18 5'11"/165 Fell 40 feet from new Hoadley-Klein stone mill, injuring back and internal organs; death

oc-curring several hours afterward at the Bloomington Hospital.//Nothing of value. 08/07/1924 BINKLEY, Adam 69 5'10"/160 Cerebral hemorrhage.//Nothing of value. 11/17/1918 BISHOP, Mary Elizabeth 76 5'3"/140 Organic heart disease.//Nothing of value. 10/22/1923 BLACK, Floyd 15 5'6"/144 Accidental electrocution by playing with electric light bulb and cord which he attached to

high tension wire and completed circuit by turning on socket while holding same in his hand.//Nothing of value.

03/19/1919 BLACK, J. W. 81 5'8"/148 Accidental; falling from a southbound train at the 8th Street crossing, Bloomington, Ind., breaking left leg above the knee, breaking his (back), injuring the face and fracturing skull at base of brain.//A pocket book, eye glasses, pair of gloves, and cash to the amount of $1.45 which was turned over to the undertaker to be applied on funeral expenses.

04/26/1925 BLAKE, Aaron J. 50 5'4"/165 Erysiplas (facial).//Nothing of value. 11/30/1906 BLAKE, infant 4 mths 14"/5 Infantile inanition.//Nothing 03/29/1931 BLAND, Elizabeth Jane

Shields 39 5'6"/100 Acute nephritis. Autopsy was done on this body due to the fact that her physician, Dr.

Rodney Smith, suspected that she may have taken poison.//Nothing of value. Deceased died at 1:30 p.m. 27 March 1931. Autopsy showed pathology in both kidneys. Examination of stomach contents by Dr. H. T. Briscoe showed no evidence of poisoning.

01/24/1925 BOCK, John 18 5'11"/160 Strychnine poisoning - motive undeterminedl//Nothing of value nor of service in establishing a motive for the poison.




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07/19/1924 BODEN, Charles 65 6'/165 Gunshot wound of right orbit, entering brain cavity with attendent hemorrhage, inflicted by a single barrel shotgun in the hand of James Galyan.//One common Barlow knife, handker-chief, portion of plug of Star tobacco, pocket book containing $23.11 which was deposited to his credit at the Monroe County State Bank, receipt of which is attached to papers filed with County Clerk.

12/16/1928 BODENHAMER, Lafayette 47 5'8"/155 Acute myocarditis.//$1.53 which was turned over to his sister. 07/15/1917 BODENHAMER, Mary M 60 5'5"/225 Accident.//Nothing of value. 11/05/1932 BOLIN, William H. 82 5'8"/140 Accidental traumatence, automobile accident. Deceased tried to cross the Dixie Highway

1 mile north of town and was hit by a car which knocked him to the pavement causing a fracture of the skull and of the left clavical. He died almost immediately. Driver of the car was not to blame for the accident. The deceased was about totally deaf and apparently didn't see the car until too late.//Nothing of value.

03/30/1927 BOOKER, Robert William 5 mths 25"/15 Suffocated while sleeping between his mother and Ortha Booker.//Nothing of value. 04/23/1929 BOONE, Brady 56 5'9"/170 Coronary thrombosis, arteriosclerosis.//Usual working man's clothing, 1 Studebaker watch

& chain, 2 pocket knives, 2 rings of keys, screw driver, 1 pair of pliers, 2 pocketbooks con-taining $9.00 and $8.24 respectively. These were given to Walter Allen, receipt taken therefore.

12/28/1920 BORLAND, Minnie 48 5'6"/160 Cerebral apoplexy.//Nothing of value. 01/15/1924 BORUFF, Carrie Catherine 1 mth 26"/6 Suffocation by being too tightly wrapped up in blankets and held while riding in an

automo-bile.//Nothing of value. 01/16/1927 BOUGH, Ida Venora 52 5'4"/100 Accidental; burned about the head, body, and limbs, having caught fire from a drum

stove, she being alone at the time this happened.//Nothing of value. 07/18/1935 BOWERS, Chas. 62 5'6"/125 Suicide. Deceased hanged himself in the barn at his home west of South Union, Ind at

about 5 a.m. Ill health and financial distress were given as the probable reasons by his wife.// Nothing of value.

11/08/1925 BOWERS, Eli 84 5'10"/160 Cerebral hemorrhage and senility.//Nothing of value. 01/24/1931 BOWERS, Samuel E 78 5'11"/130 Strangulation. Samuel E Bowers hanged himself with a rope strung from a beam over a

horse stall in his barn, and was found by his son and his wife at about 7 a.m., after he had been absent from his house since 6 a.m.//The sum of $18.00 which was turned over to his wife by W. W. Allen, funeral director.




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05/30/1933 BOWLES, Harry 53 /140 Suicide by shooting himself in the right temple with a .38 cal. revolver. Deceased shot him-self on the park road off the Dixie Highway at about 1:15 p.m. May 30, 1333. He left a note stating the disposition of his body but gave no reason for his act.//Nothing of value.

06/11/1903 BOYNTON, Frank 53 5'9"/160 Hit by a falling stone which at the time was being lifted by the derrick. The accident hap-pened at the Diamond Stone Company's quarry situated in the branch of the CL&L Ry, about 3 miles southwest of Clear Creek, the deceased being at the time employed at said quarry.//One pocket knife and a plug of tobacco, both of which were given to his wife.

12/24/1934 BRADSHAW, Roy 20 5'7"/145 Homicide, justifiable. Deceased was trying to escape from officers of the law in a stolen car. He refused to stop his car and was shot thru the left temple and thru the left shoulder blade, the latter bullet emerging just below the left scapula. He died almost immediately, saying before he died that the officers had gotten the right man. He died at 10 p.m. in the 300 block of E. 2nd St.//$24.66 which he had stolen from a slot machine; this sum was turned over to Walter Allen, funeral director.

11/29/1928 BRANAM, (William) Thomas 63 While dragging logs down a hillside to a mill about 300 yards distant, a log behind him became detached and, rolling down the hill, struck him in such a way as to break his neck, knocking him to the ground on his face and the log rolling on top of him; was found in that position about 10 a.m. on Nov. 29, 1928. This accident happened on the Joshua Hendrick-son farm in Washington twp. about 12 miles from Bloomington. No one saw the accident but these conclusons were drawn from position of body, the team of horses and the way the logs lay. Witness Ambros Gorman, for whom Branam was working, Newton Fulford, Russell Fulford, and H. J. Gorman.//Nothing listed.

12/04/1930 BRANAM, James Buchanon 74 5'9"/160 Cerebral hemorrhage, terminal result of cardiovascular renal disease. This man has been ill since a stroke of paralysis several months prior to this time. Had seemed as well as usual and fell from his chair, dying in a few minutes. //Nothing of value.

12/29/1934 BRANNON, Edith Pearl 16 5'5"/135 Broken back and reptured spleen sustained in an auto accident. The car in which she was riding turned over and she fell under it, the running board and00 door crushing her body. She died at about 12:30 a.m., about 15 minutes after the accident.// Nothing of value.

06/24/1920 BRANUM, Paul I 10 4'6"/65 Drowning.//Nothing listed on form.




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06/06/1933 BRASHABER, Druie A. 35 5'4"/125 Pulmonary arterial thrombosis, secondary to injuries in an automobile accident May 14, 1933. Mrs. Brashaber died suddenly June 6th from the above cause, as was determined by an autopsy, a report of which is attached. Verdict of coroner was unavoidable accident.// Nothing of value.

09/12/1930 BREEDLOVE, Carl Clifford 18 6'0"/170 Secondary hemorrhage following a gunshot wound of the right chest and arm, wound in-flicted Sept. 2, 1930, by a 20 gauge shotgun in the hands of George Isaac Hays (colored) with homicidal intent.//Nothing of value.

06/08/1906 BRIDWELL, Charley 21 5'9"/160 Bullet wound in head, self inflicted. One bullet entering forehead and glancing out without crushing skull and one bullet wound to left hand and the fatal bullet entered posterior part of skull behind the left eye. Death was suicide and due to pressure on brain. He lived from 6 a.m. to 11 a.m. The wound was produced by a .32 calibre revolver of the Ivy Johnson make.// (some kind of) scarf, gold watch and chain, cuff button, knife and $5.49 which was all given over to his uncle William Graham of Bloomington, Ind. and his receipt for same taken and filed.

07/01/1906 BRIGHTON, Thad C 23 5'9"/160 Run down by a Monon express train No. 3 at 12 o'clock at night, breaking right (?) at neck of femur and also middle lower leg, left leg at middle of thigh and at ankle, right arm broken at elbow joint, all the fractures were compound. Body bruised and contused and head badly bruised.//Nothing of any value, 25 cents and 2 keys that were turned over to his brother Michael Brighton, and his receipt taken..

09/10/1903 BRINSON, Charles 48 Run over by train No. 9 on the C.I & L railroad, one mile south of the depot in Stinesville about 7:15 p.m., at which time the deceased was upon the track and right of way. Evidence shows that said Charles Brinson had been drinking beer during the afternoon of said day//Nothing of any value.

04/24/1906 BROCKMAN, David 53 5'8"/155 Accidental means, by being in the burning building owned by John Buffo as a laborer while it was burning and was suffocated by smoke.//Nothing

04/02/1928 BROSMAN, Dorothy Lucile 10 mths 24"/16 Broncho pneumonia.//Nothing of value. 04/14/1919 BROWN, Anna Jane 91 5'4"/112 Chronic nephritis.//Nothing of value. 08/17/1928 BROWN, Ethan 25 5'6"/140 Taking carbolic acid with suicidal intent, causing his death a half hour later at the Bloom-

ington Hospital, about 4 p.m. August 17, 1928.//Two finger rings which have been turned over to his father.




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03/16/1912 BROWN, Hal 25 5'10"/175 Accidental, railroad.//Nothing noted. 12/04/1922 BROWN, Henry A 65 5'7'150 Kicked in head by horse, crushing skull; shock & hemorrhage.//Nothing of any value. 03/29/1919 BROWN, John S. 87 6'/160 Poisoning, the result of (?) gangrene.//Nothing of any value.

03/04/1896 BROWN, Sanford 3 5'8"/155 Crushed under a railroad car loaded with stone, on Smith track extending from the main line of L, N, A.& C Ry to the stone quarries in Hunter Valley, Bloomington Twp, while said car was being moved by the hands of the Consolidated Stone Quarry, said death was so far as I am able to ascertain, purely accidental and without negligence upon the part of anyone.//One open face nickel plate watch which was given to his oldest son Richard Brown.

11/18/1927 BROWN, Stephen Douglas 60 6'2"/140 Apoplexy while riding horseback near his home about 9 a.m.//Certificate of deposit for $3.50 drawn by the Paragon State Bank, Paragon, Ind., which was turned over to his sister, Mrs. Emma Wampler, and his brother, P. B. Brown, the said Brown having no family.

03/17/1915 BRUCE, John Wm, 55 5'9"/175 Fell off a wagon and broke his neck. Accidental. //Nothing of value. 11/04/1926 BRUMMETT, Fredrick Merle 6 wks 21"/6 Broncho-pneumonia.//Nothing of value 05/23/1927 BRUMMETT, William Everett 36 5'9"/175 Suicide; shot himself, tearing away the entire back part of his head with a no. 12

cartridge; dying instantly.//Nothing of any value. 01/10/1924 BUCKLEY, Mrs. L.J. 63 5'5"/150 Suffocation by smoke from burning building in which she was trapped.//Nothing of value. 09/11/1910 BULLOCK, James E 35 5'5"/170 Killed by Monon RR Louisville Express train at 3:30 p.m. Accidental.//Nothing 03/12/1912 BUNGER, W. F. 77 5'8"/175 Accidentally thrown from buggy; fractured skull.//Nothing 06/28/1924 BURCH, Asbury 59 5'7"/120 Cerebral hemorrhage, arterio sclerosis.//Nothing of value. 06/22/1929 BURCH, Mrs. Ella 40 5'6"/110 Fractures of 3, 4, & 5 cervical vertebrae. This woman was struck by an automobile driven

by Al Dobson. Taken to the home of her sister by him, and died approximately 80 hours later of general paralysis.//Nothing of value.

05/17/1923 BURCH, Susan Matilda 69 5'7"/190 Cerebral hemorrhage.//Nothing of value. 09/20/1926 BURKS, Walter 57 5'10"/135 Cerebral hemorrhage.//$347, pocket knife, 1 pocket book, tobacco, handkerchief, etc. 05/26/1911 BUSH, Ross 20 5'8"/135 Accidental, railroad.//Nothing 07/13/1896 BUSKIRK, Morton 27 5'7"/150 Struck by lightning.//Nothing of any value. 12/11/1909 BUTCHER, Etta 24 5'6"/180 Syncope - Gall stone colin.//Nothing of value. 05/29/1906 BUTCHER, John O 24 5'8"/150 Was examining stone for dogs when the stone came together catching his head and

accidentally fracturing base of skull; death resulting immediately.//Nothing of any value




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08/25/1934 BUTCHER, Lawrence 27 5'10"/200 Coronary occlusion (thrombosis). The deceased became ill while returning from Blooming-ton, went to bed immediately when he reached home, and died within a few minutes.// Nothing of value.

02/23/1922 BUTCHER, Maud Ellen 53 days 17"/12 Influenza & pneumonia fever?, duration of 4 days.//Nothing of value 04/26/1930 BUTCHER, Paris A 66 5'10"/200 Chronic cardiovascular renal disease with anginal failure terminating. This man feeling as

well as usual was taken suddenly with precardial and abdominal pain and died before medi-cal aid cold be summoned.//Nothing of value.

05/19/1933 BUTLER, William Clements 76 6'/250 Myocarditis, acute. Deceased ate breakfast as usual of the morning of his death, but had been complaining all week of pains over his heart and of "rheumatism." His daughter, Mrs. Nell Weaver, found him dead in bed at about 11 a.m. May 19, 1933.//Nothing of value.

03/09/1919 CAIN, Isadoro 6 days 1'2"/6 Failure of the closure of the Foramen Ovale of the heart to close at birth. 12/13/1924 CAIN, John E 46 5'7"/140 Gunshot wound of left chest, not involving heart, but destroying a large area of lung

tissue. Point of entrance of charge was above point of exit and other circumstances & testimony show that the deceased was a suicide.//Nothing of value except $4.15 in change and a single barrel shotgun.

07/17/1923 CAIN, Malinda 83 5'6"/100 Senility and chronic myocarditis.//Nothing of value. 04/25/1935 CAIN, Myrtle 24 5'8"/140 Gunshot wound in the left side of the thorax, inflicted by her 5 year old son, Clifford Cain.

The accident happened at about 10:30 a.m.//Nothing of value. 07/07/1924 CAIN, William Henry 7 days 22"/7 Convulsions complicated by gastrointestinal stacis.//Nothing of value. 08/28/1933 CALABRIA, Violet 30 5'6"/135 Asphyxiation by breathing illuminating gas with suicidal intent.//Two diamond rings and

one wedding ring, which I have delivered to Primo Calabria her husband 07/02/1934 CAMPBELL, Jane 83 5'5"/130 Apoplexy. Deceased was called for breakfast and when she didn't answer, Sherman

Kristler, with whom she was living, opened the door to her room and found her dead, lying on the floor.//Nothing of value.

04/12/1925 CAMPBELL, John Glanton 21 5'11"/160 Murdered by an unknown hand, cause of death being internal hemorrhage and surgical shock. Wound was inflicted by a .38 calibre revolver, the bullet entering the left side be-tween the seventh and eighth costal cartilage and ranged to the right tearing through right lobe of liver and stopping just under skin of right side between 8th & 9th ribs.//Nothing of value.




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04/02/1924 CAMPBELL, Nelson 69 5'6"/140 Body severed in twain and otherwise badly mangled by being struck and run over by a fast Monon passenger train north of Harrodsburg, Ind. Deceased was trespassing on right-of-way picking up coal at the time.//Nothing of value.

06/16/1911 CAMPBELL, Robert 82 6' /160 Apoplexy.//Pocket knife, pocket book, $4.16 cash. 09/26/1903 CANADA, Roy E 15 5'9"/155 Accidental discharge of a .32 calibre revolver, said revolver being at the time in the hands

of Bridge J. Nichols. The bullet from said revolver entered the left side of his forehead and penetrating the brain making its exit on the right side of the back of the head.//Nothing of any value

07/31/1917 CANTRELL, Cecil 21 Mos. 3"/30 Accidental drowning caused by falling into a 12 gallon jar which was about 5 inches deep with water.//Nothing of value.

03/23/1927 CARLISLE, John 26 5'6"/145 Accidental; shot by a bullet of .38 calibre by Elmer Webb, a deputy sheriff, while said John Carlisle was being taken from Bedford to Bloomington under arrest, he made an attack on Elmer Webb with a piece of iron, striking him from behind and sending him temporarily un-conscious; then Webb on regaining consciousness fired at Carlisle striking him with the bullet just over the heart, through the aorta. The shooting was justified homicide and done by Elmer Webb in self defence.//Nothing of any value.

09/13/1909 CARNAHAN, William Verne 21 5'8"/160 Dynamite explosion, Kinser Pike; accidental.//Nothing 03/14/1907 CARR, Charles 15 5'3"/110 Shock and internal hemorrhaging due to a .41 calibre bullet wound of abdomen from a

revolver in the hands of Policeman Willaim Shinn.//Nothing of any value 04/11/1931 CARTER, George Thomas 69 5' 10"/150 Chronic myocarditis. Deceased had been suffering with heart trouble for several years.

On the morning of his death, he was fighting a brush fire near his home. While exerting himself, he fell dead.//Nothing of value.

12/14/1916 CARTER, Morton 41 5'9"/160 Accidentally crushed and mangled beneath a railroad train near stone mill at Clear Creek.// Bank book, papers belonging to Stone Co., and 2 checks payable to men working at stone mill, all of which was turned over to secretary of stone company and receipt taken for same.

04/02/1926 CARTER, Oscar 62 5'2"/140 Apoplexy.//Checks: $18.33, $25; Cash $5.04; books & glasses.




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07/21/1933 CAVENESS, Leota Mae 54 5'6"/120 Acute myocarditis, secondary to chronic myocarditis. Deceased died suddenly at 9:40 p.m. Her husband heard her groaning in bed and she ceased to breathe shortly after he found her. She had been ill for 3 or 4 months.//Nothing of value. No scars except stria gravidarium.

01/27/1904 CAZEE, Mary Ann 55 5'4"/180 Disease of heart complicated by some kidney trouble// Nothing of any value 11/28/1917 CHALDERS, Wm. R 75 5'8"/165 No cause given.//Nothing of value. 11/03/1909 CHAMBERS, A J 47 5'11"/160 Typhoid fever. No physician.//Nothing of value. 09/04/1931 CHAMBERS, Anne 2.75 hrs 1'8"/6 Premature birth, 8 months. Baby born at 3:45 a.m. and died at 6:30 a.m. on the same

day. //No doctor was present at the delivery nor was one called after the delivery.//Nothing of value.

06/24/1929 CHAMBERS, Charley 61 6/1"/200 Struck by lightning. This man was plowing corn near Harrodsburg; had taken shelter under a tree. Lightning struck the tree, killing him and one of his mules.//Nothing of value.

08/21/1932 CHAMBERS, Julia Anne 66 5'6"/ 140 Suicide. Deceased shot herself through the left hypochondria region and the shot came out just above the (?) chest posterior laterally. She shot herself at 6:30 p.m., was conscious until 8 a.m., and died at 8:20 a.m.//Nothing of value.

05/12/1912 CHAMBERS, Lewis 26 5'9"/152 Falling timber.//One gold watch 02/17/1922 CHAMBERS, Luther 58 5'9"/145 Suicide; rifle shot from .22 calibre Remington automatic rifle in head just above the right

eye.//Nothing of value. 01/19/1929 CHAMBERS, Roy 43 5'8"/160 Chronic mitral insufficiency.//Nothing of value. 12/09/1929 CHANDLER, Isaac M,. 60 5'7"/170 Myocarditis, arteriosclerosis with cerebral hemorrhage. //Nothing of value. 07/16/1929 CHANDLER, William Clifford 58 6'/160 While working at his trade, painter, at 112 Cottage Grove Ave., a round broke from a

ladder allowing a scaffolding to fall. Mr. Chandler fell with it striking his head upon the sidewalk, sustaining a basilar fracture of the skull with subsequent intracranial hemorrhage. Accident happened at approx. 10:07 a.m., death occurred at 2 p.m.//Nothing of value.

12/17/1925 CHENOWITH, Joseph 44 5'9"/150 Chronic myocarditis complicated and aggravated by a recent attack of influenza.//Pocket book, knife, tobacco, etc., which was turned over to the widow.

09/06/1934 CHESTNUT, Ben 83 5'8"/155 Accidental traumatism - automobile struck him causing fractured skull, fractures of right humerous, and right tibia.// Nothing of value.

03/16/1934 CHITWOOD, Beatrice Joyce 1 mo 20"/5 Prematurity. Deceased was a premature baby and died suddenly at about 10 p.m.//Nothing of value.




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03/04/1929 CHORD, Rev. Spencer Howard

72 5'8"/170 Struck by a moving automobile, causing a fracture of the cervical vertebrae, right frontal bone, right ulna, both tibia and fibula.//Nothing of value.

11/22/1933 CHRISTIE, Alva Preston 61 5'10"/190 Coronary occlusion. Deceased had attended a basketball game at Ellettsville with his son-in-law, Ray Porter. After the game the two walked to the Lucas filling station. Deceased dropped to the ground and died almost immediately, 9:30 p.m.//Nothing of value.

02/03/1929 CHRISTIE, John 33 5'6"/165 Gunshot wound of chest wall and abdominal viscera, viz. Sigmoid colon and bladder, which gunshot wounds were caused by a .38 calibre lead bullet fired by a party as yet unde-termined, with homicidal intent. Contributory causes, shock & hemorrhage.//Nothing of value.

04/20/1918 CHRISTY, James F 78 5'4"/195 Organic disease of heart.//Nothing of value 07/07/1932 CHRISTY, John E. 55 5'8"/195 Myrcarditis, acute, secondary to chronic myocarditis and arteriosclerosis. Deceased sat

down in chair at Tourner Hotel at about 3:25 p.m. July 7, 1932. At about 3:28 p.m. he gasped for breath several times and then ceased to breathe.//1 gold watch and 7 cents in money which were turned over to Tom Weir, funeral director.

05/20/1921 Cl … infant of Zachariah Cain 14'/ Premature birth.//Nothing of value. 07/23/1922 CLARK, Alfred 61 5'10"/160 Organic heart disease.//Nothing of value. 05/08/1926 CLARK, Ella M 66 5'6"/140 Cerebral hemorrhage.//Nothing of value. 09/28/1911 CLARK, Frank 20 5'10"/165 Drowning (Bean Blossom) Accidental.//Purse, knife, watch. 10/11/1920 CLARK, James Thomas 72 5'7"/150 Organic heart disease.//Nothing of any value. 08/13/1925 CLARKE, Eugene Edward 6 mths 26"/16 Entero colitis.//Nothing of value. 06/08/1925 CLARKE, William 67 5'8"/175 Shot through the upper abdominal region with a 12 gauge shotgun, either accidentally or

with suicidal intent. Unable to determine accurately.//Nothing of value. 02/19/1932 CLEMENS, Edith Julia 5 41"/39 Accidental burns over whole body. Deceased caught her clothing on fire from a heating

stove and her whole body was burned. She died in about one hour and a half.//Nothing of value.

04/17/1929 CLENDENING, James Frank 76 5'9"/140 Chronic myocarditis and chronic nephritis.//Nothing of value. 08/15/1929 CLENDENNING, William

Thomas 72 5'7"/160 Arteriosclerosis with cerebral hemorrhage.//Nothing of value.




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01/00/1900 COAN, Archie M 29 5'7"/130 Fracture of skull with shock and hemorrhage. This man driving north on State Road from Bloomington to Ellettsville collided with an automobile driven by Raleigh Allison approx. a mile south of Ellettsville. The collision causing immediate death of both parties.//Valuables as receipted for by W. Wallen.

12/?/1908 COAN, Stephen A 57 6'1"/168 Struck by a northbound passenger train while crossing the tracks at Stephenson Crossing, crushing skull and producing death from shock and hemorrhage./Nothing of any value.

11/15/1928 COCHRAN, Sarah Malinda 54 5/7"/155 Chronic myocarditis.//Nothing of value. 01/08/1932 COEN, Eliza 75 5'0"/125 Hypostatic pneumonia due to being confined in bed for a long period of time.//Nothing of

value. 01/06/1909 COFFEY, John Davidson 87 5'8'/125 Cerebral apoplexy.//Nothing of value. 01/31/1935 COFFEY, Opal 52 5'10"/150 Accidental burns. Deceased made a statement to his physician before he died that some

gasoline caught fire on the floor of the cement house at the Rogers Stone Crusher where he worked as night watchman. In attempting to put the fire out with an old sack his clothing became ignited and he was badly burned (over) his whole body surface except the feet and the face. He died in the Bloomington Hospital at 11:20 p.m.//Nothing of value.

12/31/1911 COFFMAN, Orville Lee 22 5'6"/135 Shock, fractured skull, smashed shoulder & chest.//One pocket knife and $2.00. 05/27/1916 COLE, Roger A Accident; in attempting to step from caboose to flat car, he fell between the caboose and

flat car and his body was cut almost in two by moving train.//Nothing of value. 07/07/1924 COLEMAN, Charles 39 5'11"/155 Cerebral hemorrhage.//Nothing of value. However, valuables were gathered up about the

house and turned over to Ben Coleman, his authorized administrator. 02/14/1925 COLEMAN, Johnson A 74 5'11"/200 Fracture of cervical vertebrae, fracture of left forearm and minor cuts and bruises

sustained by being hit by train while attempting to cross tracks in closed car.//Watch, pocket book and small amount of change, which was turned over to Johnson Coleman.

04/02/1934 COLEMAN, Ruth 23 5'8"/185 Suicide. Deceased took K.C.N. late the night of April 2nd. Her mother found her dead at about 7 a.m. the morning of the 3rd. She left a note saying that she thought she would be better off dead. Her mother said deceased had threatened to commit suicide previously several times.//Nothing of value.

02/10/1912 COLLINS, Henry Martin 32 5'7"/155 Nothing noted.//Nothing




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07/20/1919 COLLINS, Joseph 33 5'11"/210 Electrocuted by coming in contact with a live wire while working as lineman for the Southern Indiana Power Co., Bloomington Ind.//Nothing of any value.

09/19/1930 CONNER, Hays Eugene 1 2'7"/23 Acute illeocolitis.//Nothing of value. 01/29/1910 COONS, Stanley H 9 4'4"/80 Accidental drowning, Central Stone Mill.//Nothong of value. 12/14/1923 CORDELL, Ed. 48 5'9"/145 While hooking at the Bert Hoadley Stone Mill, Bloomington, Ind., deceased was accident-

ally caught between a large block of stone being swung from the tramline and a pile of blocks, crushing him about the head and body.//Cash amounting to $11.00, check book, bank book and signal whistle.

05/10/1926 CORDER, Frank 55 6'/160 Cerebral hemorrhage.//Nothing of value. 12/20/1906 CORLETT, infant birth 15/ When the baby was born it was dropped to the floor, severing the umbilical cord, allowing

the baby to die from hemorrhage.//Nothing 03/28/1931 COURTER, Rolla 57 5'7"/180 Septicemia due to an infection in the right great toe which was injured March 3rd at the

University Quarry, property of the Ind. Limestone Co.//Nothing of value. 08/03/1930 COVEY, William 21 5'9"/170 Shock and hemorrhage following a compound comminuted fracture of left femur, tibia,

and fibula. This man, while riding a motorcycle, collided with a car driven by G. S. Nichols of Bloomington, on State Road 37 about 2 mi. north of Harrodsburg.//Nothing of value.

11/24/1906 COX, Marrit "Tude" 23 5'11"/170 A boom on derrick at National Quarry 6 miles south of Bloomington, broke under load, fall-ing on Cox, crushing skull the size of 1 1/2" x 1" above left eye, breaking left leg above knee, lacerating perineum and tearing both testicles from his scrotum and crushing left elbow. Death resulted almost instantly from the shock and hemorrhage.//A gold filled watch which was turned over to his brother, Chester Cox, and his receipt taken for same.

12/28/1933 COX, Newton R 18 5'10"/136 Hemorrhage from a gunshot wound accidentally sustained while hunting with a 12 gauge single barrel shotgun. Deceased put the butt of the gun into a culvert after a rabbit and on pulling it out snapped the hammer accidentally shooting himself in the left upper thigh. He died from hemorrhage at the Bloomington hospital at 1:00 p.m.//Nothing of value.

08/15/1932 COX, Willis H. 83 5'11"/200 Suicide by drinking carboric acid. He became furious with his daughter-in-law Arizona Cox, and they had a quarrel. After the quarrel, he went to his room and swallowed the poison.// Nothing of value.




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11/07/1925 COX. Mary C 63 5'6"/210 Rupture of abdominal viscus with hemorrhage into abdominal cavity, complicated by surgi-cal shock. Injuries were sustained when deceased was struck and run over by an Overland Touring Car, driven by one Orbie Bennett.

01/05/1909 CRAFTON, Alonso B 15 5'7"/140 Asphyxiation due to aspiration of vomit.//Nothing of value. 07/11/1928 CRANE, Doris Hope 13 days 16"/3 Inanition.//Nothing of value. 06/15/1935 CRIDER, Howard 75 5'9"/150 Acute myocarditis secondary to chronic myocarditis. Deceased was found dead in bed at

the county poor farm at about 5:30 a.m.//Nothing of value. 05/30/1922 CRITES, Sam 47 5'8"/175 Accidental gunshot from .12 gauge shotgun in heart.// Nothing. 12/05/1905 CROCKETT, infant 1 hr. 1'4"/7 Asphyxiation//Nothing of any value

09/08/1899 CROUCH, Joseph 50 5'5"/170 Morphine poisoning taken with suicidal intent.//Nothing of value 02/22/1906 CROUCH, Lizzie 9 2'10"/50 Pneumonia following whooping cough.//Nothing of any value. 12/11/1920 CROUCH, William 57 5'8"/135 Pulmonary tuberculosis.//Nothing of any value. 07/28/1923 CROWE, Lou 72 5/4"/95 Shock, fracture of cervical vertebra; compound fractures of both wrists and numerous

con-tusions of extremities as result of being struck by an automobile driven by one Walter A. Tapp. Accident occurring about 2 mi. north of Bloomington on State Road #22 at 6:00 p.m.//Nothing of value.

02/19/1918 CROY, C(ristopher) C. 54 5'9"/190 Organic disease of heart.//One pocket book, one knife, one time (?) book and seven dollars and fifty-one cents which were turned over to Elmer Croy and receipt for same taken.

03/24/1923 CRUM, Melkerd 73 6' /185 Lobar pneumonia, complicated by chronic interstitial nephritis.//Nothing of value. 01/27/1935 CRUM, Mrs. Jacob (Celia?) 63 5'10"/130 While milking she suffered a cerebral hemorrhage. The left side of her body became

paralyzed. This happened about 9:30 a.m. She was carried to the house by her husband, Jacob S. Crum, and Mr. Cyrus Cunninghamn and died about 11 a.m.//Nothing of value.

03/16/1904 CRUTCHFIELD, Luke 67 5'8"/170 Apoplexy caused by excessive drinking and hardening of the arteries.//Nothing of any value.

10/01/1932 CUMMINGS, Louis F 14 5'0"/96 Traumation, automobile accident. While trying to hop on the running board of a school bus in which he had carried (ridden?) from Kokomo, Indiana, he fell under the rear left wheel of the bus. It crushed his pelvis, chest and fractured his skull. He died at 3:59 a.m. at the Bloomington Hospital.//Nothing of value.

08/15/1927 CUNNINGHAM, Amos Marcus 57 5'9"/170 Acute myocarditis.//Nothing of value.




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10/19/1924 CUNNINGHAM, Thomas Alfred

72 5'10"/175 Chronic myocarditis. Death occurred about 2 a.m. October 19, 1924, at his residence, 503 W. 11th St., Bloomington IN. //Nothing of value.

11/02/1924 CUSIC, John B 65 5'7"/155 Cerebral hemorrhage.//Nothing of value. 10/18/1927 DALTON, Nora 58 5'4"/165 Chronic endocarditis.//Nothing of value. 07/26/1911 DANIELS, Joseph Ernest 5'5"/140 Accidental, railroad, self (?) [Obit indicates he fell through railroad bridge and

drowned].//Gold watch and chain, 2 gold rings, one with key, cash 40 cts. 02/13/1931 DANIELS, Nancy 72 5'6"/130 Heart failure due to post influenzal myocarditis.//Nothing of value. Deceased was found

dead in her bed at about 10:30 a.m. by her daughter, Mrs. Oscar Jones, at whose home deceased was living.

08/10/1928 DANNER, Malcolm Theodore 23 5'9"/150 Fracture of skull compound - comprising orbital process of frontal bone and parietal bone, destroying right eye, the fracture was caused by a stone thrown by a blast at a rock quarry a mile north of Bloomington.//Nothing of value except a cheap watch.

11/23/1903 DAVID, Olive Lillian 18days /6 Intracranial hemorrhages.//Nothing of any value. 04/17/1933 DAVIDSON, Robert 7 4'2"/60 Alcoholic poisoning, acute. Deceased's father gave him liquor to drink the afternoon and

night before he died. Autopsy reveals congested stomach full of alcoholic smelling con-tents. Chemical analysis of the stomach and bladder contents revealed it strongly positive for alcohol. Deceased died in coma at about 2:30 p.m.//Nothing of value.

06/17/1934 DAVIS, Elmer 22 6'/165 Cerebral hemorrhage following fracture of the bones of the skull, broken nose, broken mandible and maxillae in auto wreck. Deceased was riding in rumble steat of DeSoto car driven by Raymond Conner. Two other people, Connor's wife and Fred Snoddy were also in car. Connor and Snoddy had been drinking but hospital attendants and police officer in-vestigating case swear they were not intoxicated. Deceased died at about 3:30 a.m. June 17, 1934, immediately after accident.//Nothing of value.

12/22/1932 DAVIS, Mary 2 mths 1'10"/6 Influenza pneumonia. Deceased contracted influenza 15th December and died at 3 p.m. 22nd December, 1932.// Nothing of value.




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02/16/1935 DEAN, George 42 5'10"/150 Traumatism. Deceased was driving his car south across a preferential street, E. 5th Street, at the corner of Lincoln St., and hit a taxi going west on 5th. In the collision he was thrown from his car and in some manner sustained a wound in the right side just below the ribs. His liver was cut in two and his right kidney was torn loose. He bled to death without re-gaining consciousness and died at about 10 a.m., about 15 minutes after the accident. //Nothing of value.

08/13/1925 DEARMIN, Morris 65 5'8"/155 Suicide, having taken approximately 15 gms powdered strychnine sulphate.//Nothing of value.

09/09/1928 DECKARD, Annie S 61 5'3"/200 Chronic endocarditis, contributing cause malaria.//Nothing of value. 07/09/1907 DECKARD, Charles Franklin 21 5'11"/168 Drowning in the Oolitic Stone Quarry, 6 miles south of Bloomington.//Nothing of any

value. 02/21/1925 DECKARD, Clara R 63 5'6"/185 Cerebral hemorrhage.//Nothing of value. 11/14/1927 DECKARD, Clarence M 21 6'/150 Accident; having his neck broken, also lower jaw and skull fractured at the base while

riding in a Ford roadster crossing the Monon R.R. at Clear Creek, the automobile was struck by the engine drawing train No. 331 southbound at 2:18 p.m., causing instant death from these injuries.//Nothing except a New Haven watch which was turned over to his father.

10/19/1934 DECKARD, Clifford Raymond 5 wks `1'6"/5 Prematurity. Mother of deceased had been ill since its birth 5 weeks ago and the baby had not nursed well. It was a pre-mature baby weighing 5.5 pounds at death, 3:30 a.m.// Nothing of value.

06/13/1933 DECKARD, David 63 5'10"/150 Myocarditis, acute, secondary to arteriosclerosis & cardiorenal disease. Deceased died in bed and was found at about 5:00 a.m. by his sister with whom he lived. He had complained of heart pain, shortness of breath, and swelling of his legs for several months. Died some-time between 8 p.m. June 12 and 5 a.m. June 13, 1933.//Nothing of value.

04/29/1930 DECKARD, Edward 5 3'6"/50 Empyemia and pericarditis.//Nothing of value. 01/11/1930 DECKARD, George M 5 5'6"/170 Acute dilatation of heart with a chronic myocarditis.//Nothing of value. 08/07/1930 DECKARD, infant of Mrs.

Walter 2 hrs 16"/5 Prematurity.//Nothing of value.

03/04/1922 DECKARD, John W 73 5'10/160 Cancer of face and head, five years duration.//Nothing of value.




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06/19/1928 DECKARD, Kenneth 26 5'8"/160 Struck by ligntning which caused instant death near Bloomington, Ind., about 4 p.m. June 19, 1928.//One pocket knife, one finger ring which was delivered to Herbert C. Pigg, under-taker at Dugger, Ind.

03/15/1920 DECKARD, King A 75 5/10"/160 Organic heart failure following 3 weeks sickness of influenza.//$230 in currency, $2.42 in silver, receipt for this is attached.

02/16/1923 DECKARD, Nancy Elizabeth 82 5'8"/135 Cerebral hemorrhage.//Nothing of value. 05/11/1921 DECKARD, Perry 8 days 16"/7 Failure to close of foramen ovale.//Nothing 09/23/1909 DECKARD, Rosanna 78 5'2"/145 Cerebral hemorrhage.//Nothing. 01/11/1933 DECKARD, William F. 74 6'1"/185 Myocarditis, acute. Deceased had been sick for several months with shortness of breath

and pain in the cardiac region. He was alone at the time of his death, but had apparently felt better at noon. His niece left him at 2:30 p.m. and his nephew found him dead at 2:45 p.m.//Nothing of value.

11/01/1912 DECKER, Amelia 50 5'7"/200 Apoplexy.//Nothing. 03/24/1916 DEEM, Etta 14 5'9"/150 Carbolic acid poisoning with suicidal intent.//Nothing of value. 10/28/1920 DENTON, William O 74 5'3"/138 Accidentally falling from ladder, fracturing skull and breaking neck.//$5.30 in money in

pocket book which was turned over to his sister, Mrs. F. M. Johnson. 12/30/1934 DEPUTY, George Mitchell 87 5'8"/180 Pneumonia. Deceased had been sick about 24 hours. When the family called me, he was

dead.//Nothing of value. 11/06/1912 DEVINE, Fred 28 6'1"/150 Apoplexy.//Nothing. 12/10/1929 DEWAR, James T 21 5'9"/170 Electric burns and shock. This man, while working at the B. G. Hoadley Quarries, came in

contact with a high tension wire causing a burn of scalp and left hand, and instant death.// Nothing of value.

12/03/1931 DILLARD, Charles Edward 4 38"/36 Cerebral hemorrhage due to fracture of the skull, sustained in an automobile accident. Deceased backed off pavement at corner of South Rogers and Dodds streets in front of the truck of B.F. Mason and was run over.//Nothing of value.




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11/21/1930 DINSMORE, Wylie Henderson 56 5'8"/150 Mr. Dinsmore was last seen walking east on State Road 46 approx 1/2 mile west of his farmhouse, following a corn shredder which was being moved by a tractor driven by Mr. Sam Binkley. It was fast becoming dark, there was no light on the rear of the shredder, and a Ford driven by Mr. M. W. Hatfield overtook the shredder and collided with it. Mr. Dinsmore was crushed between the two, suffering a fractured skull and both legs, also numerous flesh wounds.//Usual working man's clothing, one gold watch, very badly damaged.

07/04/1911 DiROCCO, Terry 33 5'10"/175 Accidental drowning in Consolidated Quarry Monroe Co.//$51 cash, one revolver. 02/03/1933 DOBBINS, Nora 65 5'5"/210 Acute myocarditis. Deceased was found dead in her bed at about 12:30 p.m. by a roomer

in her home. He had not seen her during the morning and when he could not arouse her, he opened her window and entered her room. Rigor mortis had set in but the body was slightly warm. Apparently she must have died at about 6 a.m.//Nothing of value.

01/02/1921 DORUFF, John 59 5'11"/290 Cerebral apoplexy.//$34.47 09/07/1916 DOUTHETT, Robert Earl 3 wks 1'11"/7 Failure of closure of the Foramen ovale between the auricles of heart; child being

delivered prematurely; natural.//Nothing. 07/07/1905 DOVER, Chester 16 days 20"/7 Asphyxiation from being covered with a bed comfort in the night.//Nothing of any value

03/30/1899 DOWELL, Chas 35 5''7"/150 Exposure//Nothing 08/19/1903 DRAKE, Nathanial P 60 5'6"/160 Natural causes, namely some heart disease. Probably fatty degeneration.//One nickel

case watch, one pocket knife, 2 small pocket memorandum books and some papers, all of which were given to his son, Fay E. Drake.

05/23/1933 DROLL, Walter 24 5'10"/145 Accidental drowning. Deceased, while swimming with Dorothea McHenry in Weimer's Lake, suddenly became unable to swim and sank before help could be gotten. He had been under water about 1/2 hour and could not be resuscitated.//Nothing of value except $1 which was turned over to Weirs' Fundral Home.

04/28/1924 DUGAN, Justina 24 5'2"/120 Result of an illigally performed operation to produce an abortion, at the hands of one Dr. Cecil Harrod of Columbus, Indiana. The immediate cause of death was septicemia and general peritonitis.//Nothing of value.

07/161908 DUNCAN, James Elbert 84 5'11"/125 General senility.//Nothing of value. 10/02/1909 DUNHAM, Rosa 29 5'6"/125 Chloroform poisoning, accidental, self-administered.//$1.35 given to relatives. 12/22/1915 DUNN, Ray A 38 5'10"/140 Organic disease of heart which was contributed by acute alcoholism.//Nothing of value.




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04/29/1917 DUPREE, Arthur 29 5'7"/165 Hemorrhage and shock caused by being accidentally crushed and mangled under a Monon switch engine on main track at upper end of McDoel's yards.//Nothing of value.

03/11/1925 DURNAL, John 79 5'10"/125 Cerebral hemorrhage.//Nothing of value. 04/03/1931 DURNAL, Mary Jane 85 5'1"/135 Influenza.//Nothing of value. 11/12/1910 DURNAL, Silas C 61 5'6"/110 Organic heart disease. Natural.//Nothing of value. 06/05/1923 DUZAN, John 72 6' /170 Cerebral hemorrhage.//Nothing of value.

01/181920 EADS infant 1 month 20"/ Congenital heart trouble, failure of closure of Foramen Ovale.//Nothing of any value. 01/06/1925 EADS, Henry 80 5'9"/160 Cerebral hemorrhage.//Cash amounting to $252.25, same being turned over to widow,

receipt being taken. 10/04/1924 EADS, Mary E 3 wks 24"/8 Suffocation due to sleeping between parents.//Nothing of value. 07/08/1912 EADS, Mary Margaret 18 5'6"/130 Gunshot wound penetrating heart.//Nothing 10/07/1915 EADS, Perry 47 5'10"/165 Struck on the head at the left temple with a blunt instrument in the hands of some party,

as yet unknown, with murderous intent. The blow causing concussion of the brain which caused death.//Nothing of value.

10/12/1929 EAST, James Rufus 17 6'/150 Fracture of 3rd & 4th cervical vertebrae with respiratory paralysis. While riding in an auto-mobile on State Road 37, approx. 1-1/2 miles north of Dolen, the car left the road, over-turning, causing the above injury. The accident was caused by slick roads and fast driving.//Working man's clothing, purse containing $10.84, 1 wrist watch and other articles, and receipts of no especial value. These were left in custody of Mr. Arthur Day and receipt taken therefore.

03/10/1909 EASTON, Delila V 72 5'7"/190 Acute cardiac dilatation.//Nothing of value. 06/07/1910 EATON, Henry L 49 5'10"/160 Hanging; suicide.//Nothing of value. 08/29/1908 EATON, Hugh Martin 71 5'9"/160 Cerebral apoplexy.//$3.06 which was turned over to Elmer Nixon(?) and his receipt for

same taken. 05/18/1919 EATON, Nellie 53 5'8"/125 Organic heart disease.//Nothing of any value. 11/02/1922 EDWARDS, John B. 74 5'6"/160 Hanged himself with a wire from the limb of a tree.//No valuables. 12/22/1932 ELGAR, Mary L 85 5'2"/100 Influenza and pneumonia. Deceased became ill with influenza a week ago, contracted

pneumonia and died at 2:45 a.m. 22 December, 1932. Deceased was a believer in faith healing and did not call a doctor.// Nothing of value.




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11/19/1903 ELKINS, David Oscar 20 6' /140 Accidental discharge of a shotgun while he was hunting, said gun being in his own hands. The entire load of shot entered the front of his right thigh at the junction with the body and severed the right iliac artery. The hemorrhage causing death in about 15 minutes.//Nothing of any value

07/22/1923 ELKINS, Rebecca 17 5'6"/135 Drowning in Adams Bros. quarry hole near Bloomington.// Nothing of value. 03/02/1929 ELLIOTT, Jennie 62 5'4"/100 Chronic myocarditis and chronic nephritis.//Nothing of value. 01/06/1922 ENGLEDOW, Stella 45 5'7"/120 Accidental, revolver wound to left breast, .32 calibre revolver, death instantaneous due to

shock and hemorrhage.//Nothing of any value. 07/22/1934 EPPERSON, Charles 17 5'9"/145 Drowning. At 1:30 p.m.deceased went to Johnson's quarry west of S. Rogers St. and

north of Rockport Road, to bathe. He couldn't swim and went in alone. Several small boys heard him cry out and saw him sink. He was found in 20' of water about an hour after he sank.//Nothing of value.

01/29/1926 ERTON, William H 60 5'11"/195 Influenza complicated by myocardial degeneration.//Nothing of value. 01/12/1935 EVANS, Homer 27 6'/175 Skull fracture sustained when deceased was hit by auto driven by D. H. Waggener, 12

Jan 1935, 10:30 p.m. Deceased was going along the Ellettsville road toward his home and was run into by Waggener and his body was carried about 100 yds. down the road. He had both legs broken and crushed, the left thorax (?) crushed, the left arm broken and the right side of his skull fractured. He was taken to the Bloomington Hospital where he died at 11 p.m.// The sum of $7.06 in cash and one gold watch, a receipt for these articles being attached hereto.

03/14/1899 FARIS, Eugene M 37 5''7"/135 Pistol wound of the head which was inflicted by himself.//Was dressed only in night clothing, consequently nothing found on his person.

03/16/1912 FARMER, Arthur 25 5'8"/140 Accidental, railroad.//Nothing listed. 08/09/1928 FARMER, John W 64 5'9"/165 Chronic interstitial nephritis.//Nothing of value. 09/20/1907 FARMER, Ware 19 5/4"/120 Suicide; .32 calibre revolver wound to head, bullet entering in medium line of frontal bone

ranging backward, (gun) in own hand.//Nothing of any value. 08/02/1930 FARR, Adaline McNeely 79 5'2"/170 Angina pectoris associated with chronic cardiovascular renal disease.//Nothing of value. 11/09/1932 FARR, Sarah 49 5'4"/150 Acute myocarditis, secondary to chronic myocarditis. Deceased had not complained

during the day. She collapsed at about 8 p.m. and ceased to breathe almost immediately.// Nothing of value.




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09/22/1905 FARRAR, Rocco 23 5'5"/160 Bullet wound of the head from a .38 cal. revolver in the hands of Giuseppe Dominicus//A pocket book containing a check to Italian No. 239 from Spencer camp, 4 copper cents, a pipe, one pocket knife and an Italian dirk or stilletto. The pocket book with the copper and check turned over to Jas. M. Hunt, the undertaker, together with a bunch of keys found and his receipt of same, the knife and stilletto I still have.

02/23/1925 FAULKNER, John 27 5'9'/120 Pulmonary tuberculosis.//Nothing of value. 05/31/1924 FEDERMANN, Dr. C. A. 54 5'11"/160 Cerebral hemorrhage and acute bronchitis.//Nothing of value. 09/27/1912 FELL, Rolla Dean 34 5/7"/220 Apoplexy.//Nothing. 9/4/1929 FELTON, Wilbur 46 5'10"/170 While at his usual occupation, was accidentally struck by a lifting bar, causing him to fall

from a car striking his head upon a rail, thus causing a fracture of the 3rd, 4th, & 5th cervical vertebrae, from which he died some 18 hours later. Accident occurred approx. 1 mile from Ellettsville on the Monon R.R.//Nothing of value.

12/08/1905 FENDER, Jesse Norwood 24 5'8"/150 An arm pin through the collar at the end of derrick boom broke, allowing the derrick boom to fall on said Fender while lifting a stone at the Johnson Quarry, breaking his neck, crushing posterior part of skull, breaking his nose, --- his left eye and superior lip, breaking his left leg above the knee and crushing and breaking the bones of his right foot.

06/06/1935 FENDER, Ora 46 5'7"/127 Acute myocarditis. Deceased went to bed about 9 p.m. 6 June 1935. He became short of breath and then unconscious. He died at 9:30 p.m. In the last four or five weeks he has had several such attacks.//Nothing of value

10/19/1919 FENDER, Wm. Henry 63 5'4"/145 Chronic nephritis.//Nothing of any value 02/29/1922 FERGUSON, Carl 37 5'9"/180 Struck by automobile crushing bones of head, face & limbs, neck broken & body

mangled; death due to shock & hemorrhage.//$75 and a bunch of keys on ring which was turned over Mrs. Jessie Brubaker for Mrs. S. W. Ferguson and her receipt for same taken.

09/28/1930 FIA, Atellio 49 5'8"/180 This man stepped in front of a moving automobile driven by Guy Mitchell. He suffered a compound fracture of the skull. Accident occurred at Sanders, Ind.//Nothing of value.

08/18/1931 FIELDS, John Wm. 50 6"/160 Fracture of right clavicle and 3 ribs on the left side with puncture of the left lung. This injury occurred when the automobile in which he was driving, turned over after hitting a car driven by Earl J. McWilliams. Deceased was crushed by his own car and pinned under it at about 8 p.m., August 16, 1931.// Nothing of value.




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01/07/1931 FIGG, Franklyn Pierce 71 5'10"/140 Fire. Franklyn Pierce Figg was last seen alive at about 2 p.m. by Mrs. Oscar Stevens who states that he appeared to be in his normal state mentally. At about 10:00 p.m. 7 Jan. 1931, Mr. Figg's neighbors discovered that his home was on fire. When they reached the house it had fallen in. Mr. Figg's charred remains were removed with a long fork.//All cloth-ing completely burned. All that remained of body was skeleton of trunk, intestines, and buttocks.

06/29/1918 FILLION, Mike 60 5'6"/174 Apoplexy.//Nothing of value. 07/03/1899 FINLEY, George P 54 6'2"/165 Paralysis of the heart//Nothing

10/03/1915 FINLEY, Joseph 49 5'11"/180 Accidentally crushed and mangled under a switch engine and caboose on Monon track in north end of McDoel yards.//Nothing of value

08/22/1908 FINLEY, Mitchell 66 5'11"/165 Organic heart disease, result of rheumatism.//$28 in cash which was turned over to his wife, Lorie Finley, and her receipt for same taken.

06/28/1924 FLEENER, Harry 26 5'11"/165 Accidental drowning in the victim's lake, cramps being the cause.//Nothing of value. 05/14/1918 FLEENER, Nicholas 50 6'2"/175 Organic disease of heart.//Nothing of value 01/11/1933 FLEENER, Ruth Alverta 4 days 1'8"/6 Inanition, Inability to nurse. Baby girl died at 3:45 a.m.// Nothing of value. 02/02/1917 FLEETWOOD, Lewis 63 5'6"/150 No cause given.//Nothing of value. 06/25/1929 FLEETWOOD, Martha 75 5'4"/80 Carcinoma of stomach, chronic myocarditis.//Nothing of value 05/06/1931 FLEETWOOD, William Henry 44 6'2"/185 Suicide by drinking 1 ounce of carbolic acid.//Nothing of value. 12/20/1933 FLOYD, James Hershel 47 5'9"/155 Hanged himself (suicide) in his barn loft by using a horse halter tied to a rafter. He had

been having financial trouble and was despondent.//Nothing of value. 10/29/1916 FLOYD, Russel Hubert 2 mos. 2'/18 Abscess of brain, following otitis media.//Nothing of value. 06/28/1927 FORESTER, Samuel 73 5'6"/160 Suicide; shot himself in the head with a .32 calibre revolver.//$4.47 which was turned over

to Walter Allen, administrator. 12/29/1907 FOULFORD, Ollie B 28 5'4"/135 Thoracic appoplexy.//Nothing of any value. 04/30/1915 FOWLER, (Everett) Leon 5 3'8"/65 Accidental shooting in neck and upper thorax with .38 calibre revolver in his own

hands.//Nothing of value. 09/05/1917 FOWLER, Forest Granger 41 6'/ 170 Accident.//Nothing of value. 12/29/1924 FOWLER, Robert 76 6'/180 Chronic myocarditis.//Illinois Central R.R. checks, properly endorsed as follows: To Renza

(?) Kelly, $32.69; to Chas. Adkins for $30.03; Currency $27.00, Silver $4.05, total $93.77.




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08/08/1908 FOX, Isaac 61 6'/160 Accidentally thrown from buggy attached to a run-away horse, fracturing the base of the skull causing death from shock and cerebral conpression.//$1.38 which was turned over to R. A. Pauley, and his receipt for same taken.

01/21/1927 FOX, Richard L 59 6'1"/190 Myocarditis, contributing - chronic nephritis.//A purse containing $6.42, 2 knives, watch, and in his clothes, two revolvers. These articles and money were turned over to his widow, Mrs. Richard L. Fox, of Bedford, Ind.

01/26/1908 FRANKLIN, Freddie H 5 wks 1'2"/14 Congenital heart deficiency//Nothing. 09/25/1919 FREEMAN, Fletcher 63 5'8"/165 Cerebral apoplexy.//Nothing of value. 07/16/1907 FRITZ, Herschel 8 days 14"/8 Congenital heart disease./Nothing of value. 07/25/1908 FRY, infant 3 mths 20"/11 Choleric infection./Nothing 05/12/1921 FULFORD, Jefferson 14 4'10"/100 Accidental drowning.//Nothing of value 10/02/1931 FULFORD, Lorene Cowden 21 5'7"/145 Cerebral hemorrhage from fractured skull sustained in an automobile accident on the 2nd

day of October at about 10 p.m., 1.5 miles from Ellettsville on State Road 46.//Nothing of value.

03/07/1909 FULFORD, Susan Alice 11 mos. Spinal meningitis.//Nothing of value. 11/10/1919 FULKERSON, Joseph 80 5/9"/145 Cerebral apoplexy.//Nothing of any value. 09/17/1933 FULTON, Alva (Whitie) 47 5'8"/170 Homicide. Shot in right occipital region and neck with 12 gauge shotgun, death being in-

tananeous. He was shot by James McDonald about 2 a.m. on Sept. 17, 1933, at the home of said James McDonald who says he thought deceased came to his home to do McDonald and his family bodily harm.//One empty purse and can partly filled with smoking tobacco.

01/29/1916 GAIL, Pauline R 20 4'3"/100 Accidentally run over by a Monon switch engine which cut her body in twain and otherwise mangling her body.//Nothing of value.

02/28/1934 GALYAN, Lester 14 5'11"/160 Crushing chest injuries sustained when an auto ran over him as he was sledding across S. Walnut St. from E. Hillside Drive. His chest was crushed, chin cut, jaw broken, and prob-ably had a fractured skull. He was hurt Feb. 27 and died at about 2 a.m. Feb. 28 at the Bloomington Hospital. Robert Northcott, driver of the car, was not to blame for the acci-dent.//Nothing of value.

12/10/1911 GANG, Fred 24 5/8"/145 Gunshot wound (accidental).//Nothing. 08/01/1922 GANGLE, Marie S 45 5'6"/145 Suicide: swallowed carbolic acid.//Nothing of value




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08/10/1922 GANGLE, Stephen 63 5'6"/155 Suicide; .38 calibre revolver shot through head.//Nothing of value. 10/17/1905 GARRISON, William S. 3 mths 26"/20 Ordenna Glottides//Nothing of any value 01/26/1912 GENOLIN, John F. 57 5'8"/135 Acute alcoholism. (Newspaper story indicates possible drug overdose)//Nothing. 07/26/1909 GENTRY, Eliza 75 5'7"/ Cerebral hemorrhage.//Nothing of value 05/24/1904 GENTRY, Thomas H. 41 5'11"/180 Struck by a stroke of lightning//Nothing of any value. 03/05/1927 GILBERT, William 55 5'8"/160 Chronic myocarditis.//Two dollars and 10 cents in money and the key to a Chevrolet auto-

mobile which were turned over to …(no name given). 07/18/1935 GILLESPIE, Otto 61 5/7"/165 Suicide. Hanged himself in the garage of his home 524 So. Walnut at about 8:30 p.m. Ill

health was the probable cause of this act.//Nothing of value. 07/01/1899 GILMAN, Henry L 62 5'7"/160 Heart failure//Nothing of value

01/23/1933 GOENS, Robert Gerald 10 4'3"/67 Accidental traumation, automobile accident. While playing in the street, deceased was hit by a passing car. His spleen was ruptured, several ribs fractured on the left side, puncturing his left lung and his left femur was broken in the lower third, the left tibia just at the epiphyr-eal line//Nothing of value.

03/03/1927 GOODE, Charles 31 5'8"/160 Suicide, having taken about two ounces of Carbolic acid.// One dollar in money and a pair of cuff buttons which were turned over to his wife, Irene Goode.

11/01/1921 GOODMAN, John P 71 5'9"/168 Cerebral apoplexy following organic heart trouble of several years standing.//Nothing of value.

11/19/1927 GOODWIN, John Charles 59 6'/185 Angina pectoris. The deceased, a resident of Frankfort, Ind., was visiting in Bloomington, he was taken suddenly ill late in the afternoon, was taken to the hospital by Dr. Melvin F. Boulden, together with his son, J. W. Goodwin, where he died in a few minutes after ar-rival.// Nothing of value. The deceased was taken to his house at Frankfort, Ind. for burial.

12/01/1917 GOOLDY, Rachel 84 5'2"/115 Organic heart disease.//Nothing of value. 07/30/1933 GORMAN, Hugh J. 51 6'0"/155 Suicide by shooting himself through the right temple with a .38 calibre revolver at 8:45

p.m. The family knew of no reason for this act as deceased had been in apparently good health. //The sum of $33.43 and one gold Hamilton watch. This was turned over to Herbert Z. Gorman in the presence of witnesses.

03/10/1933 GRAY, Bertha 25 5'4"/120 Acute dilatation of the heart. Deceased had been complaining for several days of pain in the stomach and unnatural feeling around the heart. She died suddenly at about 4 p.m..// Nothing of value.




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07/26/1911 GREEN, Jerry Randell 57 5'3'/120 Apoplexy.//Nothing 03/21/1924 GREEN, Joseph A 73 5'11"/160 Cerebral hemorrhage.//Pocketbook containing a small amount of change which was

turned over to his daughter in the presence of witnesses. 10/08/1930 GREEN, Logan Oren 16 5'7"/170 Green, with Philip Royer, was driving a motorcyhcle east on state road and collided with

a Chevrolet sedan driven by Clyde Skirvin. Green suffered a compound fracture of skull and superior mitral, numerous lacerations about the face, left knee and leg, a fracture of right femur. His death was almost instantaneous. From evidence, Skirvin was in an intoxicated condition and probably on the left side of the roadl//Usual clothing, a few valuables, trinkets, and sixty-five cents in change.

11/06/1931 GREENE, John B 78 6'/150 Coronary thrombosis with arteriosclerosis. Deceased became ill the night of 5 November after his marriage and died at about 9:30 a.m. on Nov. 6.//The sum of $67.50, one gold watch, a receipt for which is attached to the record.

03/16/1918 GREENE, William 64 5'8"/175 Organic disease of heart.//Nothing of value 02/20/1922 GREY, Jerome 67 5'8"/165 Cerebral apoplexy.//Nothing of value. 06/20/1928 GRIFFIN, Timothy 72 5'3"/140 Apoplexy.//Nothing of value. 06/07/1908 GRIFFY, Marion Daniel 68 5'7"/165 Cerebral compression from cerebral apoplexy.//Nothing of value.

Not given GRIMES, Rupert Darral 10m Cerebrospinal meningitis, probably tubercular origin.// Nothing of any value 08/12/1920 GRIMSLEY, Emma 58 5'4"/130 Struck by lightning while walking on the CI&L railway.//$78 in money applied by request of

daughter on funeral account. 01/09/1934 GROUNDS, Theodore I 2 mths 22.5"/9 Broncho-pneumonia. Baby was sick about 2 days with a cold and was found dead in bed

by mother at about 8:30 a.m. Body was still warm.//Nothing of value. 05/01/1915 GRUBB, Isaac 59 5'9"/160 Wound in his left breast with a double barreled breech loading No. 12 shot gun, with sui-

cidal intent; said wound being as follows: The charge entered left breast 1 inch below and 1 inch to the left of left nipple passing through sixth rib and left lung, making its exit at lower angle of scapula on back. (The gentleman was also blind in left eye.)//Nothing of value.

01/09/1935 GRUBB, Maude 42 5'8"/170 Coronary occlusion. Deceased suddenly became ill while in bed at about 11:50 p.m. and died before aid could be had. //Nothing of value.




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06/19/1928 HACKER, Otto 47 5'8"/200 Struck by lightning which caused instant death near Bloomington Ind. about 4 p.m. June 19, 1928.//Two dollars and sixty-five cents, one bunch of keys and one package of Moose receipts, one pipe.

06/19/1928 HACKER, Thomas 49 5'8"/190 Struck by lightning which caused instant death near Bloomigton, Ind. About 4 p.m. June 19, 1928.//One watch & chain, one knife, one bunch of keys, three finger rings, four dollars in money, one package of receipts and papers.

07/06/1930 HACKER, Walter 25 5'10"/160 Electric shock; struck by lightning while repairing a leak in his roof.//Working man's cloth-ing and valuables given to his wife and receipt taken by Mr. A. Day.

09/10/1907 HALL, Barton 70 5'8"/160 Suicide. Asphyxiation from being hanged by a rope around neck from a rafter in chicken house.//Nothing of any value.

10/22/1934 HALL, Luther Dale 17 5'10"/150 Shock and hemorrhage following an automobile accident. His abdomen was ruptured on the left side from the rib margin to the pelvic bone allowing his intestines to protrude. The motorcycle he was riding collided with an automobile driven by Cloyd Anthony. Anthony made left turn directly in front of the motorcycle which was on the right side of the street. Deceased died at Hospital at about 1:30 p.m.//Nothing of value.

04/30/1907 HALL, William N 55 5/1"/90 Pulmonary tuberculosis.//Nothing of any value. 12/07/1918 HAM, Catherine 87 5'4"/110 Cerebral apoplexy.//Nothing of value. 05/08/1930 HAM, Delmer Ray 2 mths 1'8"/8 Marasmus. This infant had never been well and was unable to assimilate its

food.//Nothing of value. 03/23/1917 HAM, Etta May 1.5 Mos. 2'4"/12 Laryngesmus stryipulus.//Nothing of value. 09/28/1917 HAM, Herbert A 2 mos. 2' /16 Accidental suffocation caused by being overlaid by his parents, Mr. And Mrs. Alva Ham.//

Nothing of value 03/31/1931 HAMPTON, Adam 57 5'11"/120 Acute myocarditis and broncho pneumonia.//Nothing of value. 11/09/1909 HANSEN, Charles 40 5'8"/160 Suicide by hanging.//Nothing of value. 08/09/1921 HARDEN, William 36 5'5"/140 Cerebral apoplexy following two years sickness of influenza.//Nothing of value. 03/24/1922 HARDIN, Ruby J 1 2'2"/15 Lobular pneumonia.//Nothing of value. 03/24/1906 HARDIN, William Arthur 13 4'2"/93 Accidental discharge of a No. 16 single barreled shotgun, the load entering the right

shoulder and neck, severing the sub-clavian artery and jugular vein, ranging downward and to the left, and causing death within a few seconds from shock and hemorrhage.//Nothing

02/20/1925 HARDING, Helen Louisa 4 mths 24"/10 Pneumonia and malnutrition.//Nothing of value.




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01/31/1919 HARDY, Arlise M 15 5'2"/128 Pulmonary tuberculosis.//Nothing of any value. 06/27/1925 HARLEY, Maxine 5 3'2"/35 Pharyngial diphtheria (untreated).//Nothing of value. 11/10/1919 HARREL, Lewis Edgar 49 5'11"/180 Cerebral apoplexy.//Nothing of value. 10/11/1929 HARRELL, Allison VanBuren 6 3'11"/50 Fracture of skull with crushing injury to chest. While crossing road approx. 1 mile south of

Bloomington on Walnut St., this child was struck by a car driven by Mr. G. O. Ross, and sustained the above injuries. Mr. Ross being in no way at fault.//Nothing of value.

04/23/1919 HARRIS, Alfred Edward 51 5'7"/150 Suicidal: Carbolic acid poisoning.//The following which was turned over to his brother Elizah Harris and his receipt for same taken: Cash $31.73, gold watch and chain; one S & W .38 calibre revolver, 1 pr. Glasses, 1 pocket knife, 1 pipe, Odd Fellows pin, 1 note on Arizona and Elija Harris for $75, given Dec 11, 1916, due in 6 mos. at 7% interest.

05/11/1932 HARRIS, Mary newborn 20"/4 Asphyxia neotnatorium. Infant was 1 month premature, took several gasps and then ceased to breathe.//Nothing of value.

10/26/1919 HART, Mary J. 55 5'8"/145 Shock from being struck by automobile; scalp wound, and crushed rushed left chest. Statement filed with report of Felix J Brown, Raymond Lipsich, Ernest Thrasher and Thomas P Jacobs.//Nothing of any value

10/16/1932 HARTFIELD, Franklin P 39 5'10"/160 Murder. Deceased was shot through the left hypochondriac region with a .32 caliber bullet, which ranged upward through the left lung, finally lodging in the upper lobe at the level of the 2nd rib posterially. His common law wife Bernice Adams shot him after they had had a quarrel over another woman.//Nothing of value.

04/13/1933 HARTLINE, Clyde E., Jr. 3 3'/32 Accidental burns. Deceased took a match from the house, went behind the barn, and in some manner caught his clothing on fire. Before the flames could be extinguished, his abdomen, legs and arms were pretty badly burned. Medical attention was had but deceased died at 6:05 a.m.//Nothing of value.

06/14/1917 HASTINGS, Clara 41 5'5"/140 Drowning, suicidal.//Nothing of value. 09/12/1934 HATCHETT, William J 32 5'11"/160 Fracture of skull, broken right arm and clavicle. Deceased was working in a valve pit at

the sewage disposal plant, digging when the north side of the pit caved in and covered him with dirt. His head evidently was crushed against the stone on the floor of the pit. The accident happened at 4 p.m. and he died at 6 p.m. the same day at the Bloomington Hospital.//Nothing of value.




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12/11/1933 HATTON, Rosetta 45 5'5"/150 Myocarditis, acute. Deceased was sweeping in the front room of her home and fell dead. Her husband was present and said that she had complained of shortness of breath and pain over her left chest. She had been ill for several years. Death occurred at 3:15 p.m.// Nothing of value.

12/04/1925 HAWKENS, Mary Kathryn 15 mths 32"/20 Broncho-pneumonia.//Nothing of value. 12/10/1925 HAWKINS, Bernice 4 3/5"/40 Second and third degree burns sustained from spilling coal oil on clothing and catching

fire from stove.//Nothing of value. 02/09/1905 HAWKINS, Jackson's infant at birth /8 From a protracted and tedious labor/Nothing 03/21/1926 HAWKINS, Mary C 70 5'6"/145 Chronic endocarditis.//Nothing of value. 03/21/1927 HAWKINS, Perry 23 5'8"/145 Fell from a ledge at McMillan Quarry, a stone fell on his right shoulder almost severing his

right arm from his body, and he died from shock and hemorrhage.//Nothing of any value. 07/06/1933 HAY, Everett 56 5'10"/150 Accidental traumatism. Railroad accident. Deceased was walking west on the Monon

tracks, under the I.C.C. overhead just off N. Fairiew St. A passenger train hit him and he sustained a basal fracture of the skull. The accident happened shortly before 12 noon July 6th, and he died at 2:30 p.m. the same afternoon. A curve in the track kept the crew from seeing the man until too late to stop.//Nothing of value.

07/02/1930 HAYES, William 74 5'11"/160 Chronic cardiovascular renal disease, acute myocardial failure.//Nothing of value. 06/28/1917 HAYNES, Anderson, alias

T.Cherry 26 5'5"/165 Accidentally crushed by wheel of engine.//Nothing of value

06/24/1932 HAYS, Amanda Ellen 77 5'7"/150 Acute myocarditis, secondary to chronic myocarditis & arteriosclerosis..//Nothing of value. 05/13/1919 HAYS, George Goodman 43 5'8"/132 Lobular pneumona following influenza. // Nothing of value. 05/31/1925 HAYS, Henry S 71 5'6"/120 Cancer of larynx.//Nothing of value. 01/28/1934 HAYS, Robert 58 5'10"/160 Diagnosis of heart disease made of history of the case.//1 hushing (?) peg and one twist

of tobacco. 02/21/1904 HEAD, Mary C. 64 5' /100 Disease of heart.//Nothing of any value. 01/12/1912 HEADY, Herman 27 5'10"/180 None given.//Nothing. 03/30/1935 HEARTH, Alfred 25 5'8"/175 Broken neck sustained in automobile accident. He was driving his automobile down the

hill at about 25 miles per hour when the car slid off the road, turning over and pinning the victim under the wreckage. This accident occurred at about 7:30 p.m., about one mile south of Mt. Ebal.//$1.25 which was turned over to his sister, Mrs. Grant Stewart.

08/27/1925 HECKEL, Earl Eugene 2 2'11"/25 Accidental strychnine poisoning.//Nothing of value.




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01/08/1927 HEDGEWOOD, William C 59 5'8"/175 Apoplexy.//Nothing of value. 05/18/1912 HELMS, Chas. Edward

Christian 4 wks Gastroenteritis.//Nothing.

12/05/1934 HELTENBURG, David 83 5'5"/120 Cerebral hemorrhage sustained in an automobile accident 4 Nov. 1934. Deceased lived until 6 p.m. 5 Dec.//Nothing of value.

09/11/1932 HELTON, Abraham K. 62 6'/175 Coronary occlusion, secondary to arteriosclerosis. Deceased became ill while riding Sunday afternoon, 11 Sept.'32. When he got home at about 5:15 p.m. he vomited. He ceased to breathe at about 5:30 p.m.// Nothing of value.

03/15/1930 HEMPHILL, Wm. 90 5'10"/130 Angina pectoris complicating a chronic myocarditis.// Nothing of value. 05/17/1919 HENDERSON, Margaret

Louise 49 days 2'/12 Failure of closure of Foramen Ovale.// Nothing of value.

10/19/1925 HENDERSON, Mary F 2 mths 28"/4 Malnutrition and lack of care.//Nothing of value. 05/25/1935 HENDRICKS, Louise 18 5'5"/90 Auto accident. Deceased was riding in a Chev. coupe with Winfred and Robert Bales, and

it collided with a hay rack full of children. She died on the way to the hospital, about 8:25 p.m.//Nothing of value.

07/26/1935 HENDRICKS, Mary 64 5'7"/125 Hanged herself. Deceased had been in ill health for several years and had been mentally infirm. She had threatened sui-cide several times previously. She died between 4 and 5 a.m. by hanging herself from the limb of a peach tree in the back yard of her home.// Nothing of value.

5/7/1930 HENDRICKSON, Harvey 36 5'10"/100 Suicide: gunshot wound of heart. This man who had been ill with tuberculosis for over one year apparently became despondent and shot himself with a .35 caliber pistol thru the heart.//Nothing of value.

04/24/1935 HENDRICKSON, Lettie Myrtle 51 5'8"/135 Cerebral hemorrhage following an automobile accident Sunday April 21. Deceased was riding in a C.C.C. truck with Aloys Roseninsky, one of the C.C.C. men and the truck hit two trees injuring deceased. The truck driver did not have permission to use the truck and was apparently drunk at the time. Deceased died at 5:40 a.m., April 24. The accident occurred in the Brown County State Park.//Nothing of value.

09/22/1923 HENLEY, Fannie Rhodes 51 5'7"/200 External injury to chest and abdoman as result of an automobile accident occurring at 6th & Wash. Sts., Bloomington IN.//Nothing of value.

01/02/1919 HENTHORNE, Margaret 90 5'5"/100 Cerebral apoplexy.//Nothing of value.




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03/19/1899 HERBEN, Effie 14 5'5"/135 Morphine poisoning, said morphine being administered by her own hand//Body was dressed only in underclothing - found nothing in cloak pockets but some notes.

07/05/1911 HIGGINS, John 39 5'10"/154 Fractured skull caused by stone thrown by Vernon Sanders.//cash 10 cents 07/07/1899 HIGHT, Wallace Sr. 67 5'8"/160 Paralysis of heart//Nothing of value

05/31/1927 HILL, Floyd 25 5'9"/165 Suicide, having severed his esophagus and trachea, also right common carotid and internal and external jugular veins with a razor and bled to death in a very few minutes.//$2.69 which was turned over to his uncle, Levi Hill.

07/03/1899 HILL, Mary 60 5'2"/145 Exhaustion from hemorrhage//Nothing 03/16/1912 HILLERMAN, Morris (?) 20 5'7"/147 Accidental, railroad.//Cash - 32 cents, watch. 12/03/1931 HINKLE, Helen Irene 39 5'6"/150 Hemorrhage from severed brachial artery 2" above elbow in right arm. Deceased was

hurt about 2:30 p.m. December 3 and did not receive medical attention until about 4:30 p.m.// Nothing of value.

08/01/1926 HINKLE, Homer 43 6'2"/225 Internal abdominal injuries with free blood in peritonial cavity - due to automobile accident near Spencer, Indiana.//Nothing of value.

02/10/1899 HINKLE, J.M. 48 5'10"/180 Being frozen//$3.46 in silver, knife, pocket book, memorandum book, keys, all of which were given to Hillary Headley and receipted for by him.

01/20/1935 HINKLE, John H 80 5'8"/165 Acute myocarditis secondary to chronic myocarditis. Deceased had been out on his front porch, walked back into the house, and collapsed at 4:30 p.m.//Nothing of value.

05/19/1926 HINKLE, Walter 34 4'0"/65 Chronic nephritis complicated by deformity from birth and imbicilic by inheritance.//Nothing of value.

10/25/1934 HIPPENSTEEL, Vincent 20 5'9"/ Accidental shooting with .33 cal. rifle. Deceased in climbing a fence accidentally fired his rifle into his heart, killing himself instantly. He was found lying near Sheets Hill road by Mrs. James Matlock at 5 p.m. He had evidently been dead about l/2 hour.//Nothing of value.

02/21/1907 HOADLEY, Bert 4 3'6"/40 Falling into Jack's Defeat Creek near Hoadley's Mill at Stinesville, and drowning.//Nothing of any value.

12/26/'1911 HOADLEY, Paul Bertrand 11 4/9"/80 Drowning, accidental.//Nothing, 02/14/1926 HOARD, Winnie C 55 5'5"/140 2nd & 3rd degree burns sustained when clothing caught fire while dressing near stove -

accident occurred Jan 29 and death Feb. 14 at city hospital.//Nothing of value.




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02/04/1933 HOBERT, Francis E 62 5'4"/225 Acute dilatation of the heart. Deceased had just finished eating her dinner, and had gotten up from the table. She took one step to empty her dishes and fell to the floor. She breathed several times and then died. She had been suffering from heart ailments for the past 15 or 20 years.//Nothing of value.

07/30/1934 HODGES, Noah B 52 5'10"/155 Alcoholism. Deceased became intoxicated on bootleg whisky about two weeks ago and became violently ill. He died at 9:50 p.m. July 30.//Nothing of value.

11/24/1921 HOGATE, Ann C 71 5'1"/168 Cerebral apoplexy.//Nothing of value. 10/13/1930 HOGATE, Jessie M 55 5'3"/120 Suicide; phenol poisoning. This woman for some time has been mentally depressed.

She was urged to go to a sani-torium for rest but refused. She probably feared that she would be forcibly taken and to prevent such, drank approximately two ounces of carbolic acid.// Nothing of value.

07/02/1925 HOLDER, Henrietta 63 5'3"/210 Chronic interstitial nephritis and post-operative ventral hernia, long standing.//Nothing of value.

06/19/1928 HOLT, James 27 5'10"/140 Struck by lightning causing instant death near Bloomington, Ind. about 4 p.m. June 19, 1928.//One pocket knife, one watch, one letter from his father and mother.

05/21/1925 HONEYCUTT, Daniel Arwine 34 61"/185 Murdered at the hands of one Mrs. William (Gladys) Holder. The steel jacket bullet from a .22 German Luger automatic revolver passed through the thorax, entering on the left side, two inches lateral to inferior angle of scapula, ranging upward and the bullet was found ly-ing just under the skin of the right arm, on anterior surface, at the level of the upper border of the axiela.//The following articles, a receipt for which was taken when turned over to widow: empty pocket book, $9.75 in bills and silver, 1 watch, 1 stick pin.

05/30/1932 HOOD, Artemesia Jane 68 5'6"/ Cancer of the left breast and cervix uterus, after a long illness. Deceased was Christian Scientist and had had no medical treatment.//Nothing of value.

01/15/1919 HOOD, George 43 5'7"/145 Organic heart disease with asthma.//Nothing of any value. 04/10/1922 HOPPER, Joseph 65 5'9"/180 Cerebral apoplexy.//Elks charm with diamond set, gold hunting case Waltham watch,

gold ring with diamond set, fountain pen, pair glasses in case, leather cigar case, white hand-kerchief, pocket knife, 2 keys for safety deposit box, 92 cents in silver, $152 in currency in pocket book, key to room at Hotel Bowles; receipted for by administrator.

01/04/1929 HOPSON, Lawrence Perry 11 days 20"/6 Suffocation due to being in bed with adults and bedclothing preventing him from receiving sufficient air to maintain life.// Nothing of value.




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02/08/1912 HOUGH, George Louis 28 6'4"/183 Organic heart disease.//Nothing. 11/38/1934 HOUGHTELING, Ernest 54 5'10"/160 Acute heart disease. Deceased collapsed while working at home. He had not been ill

previously.//Nothing of value. 12/21/1919 HOUSHAM or HOUSHOUR

infant Stillborn Inanition.

04/07/1916 HOUSHOUR, infant 8 Mos 1'4"/6 Accidental injury before birth, said injury was caused by a fall of the mother (purely acci-dental).//Nothing of value

4/13/1921 HOUSHOUR, Lillian 2 days 1'6"/ Malnutrition due to deformity.//Nothing. 02/17/1915 HOUSHOUR, Olan stillborn 1'6"/9 Premature separation of placenta (natural). No physician in attendance.//Nothing of value. 07/03/1918 HOWARD, Clarence 52 5'6"/155 Organic disease of heart.//Nothing of value 09/09/1909 HOYT, William 63 5'8"/165 Organic heart disease.//Notes and cash turned over to brother. 02/23/1935 HUBBLE, Harvey 79 5'7"/145 Found dead in bed on Feb. 23, 1935 by one of his neighbors. I found the corpse lying in

bed on right side with both knees flexed on the abdomen. He had been vomiting. He had taken the mail from his box on Wednesday but mail that was deposited on Saturday was still in the box. He had been dead for several hours, possibly since Wed. Feb. 20, 1935, or Thurs, the 21st, 1935.//Nothing of value.

02/24/1921 HUBER, Hulda 76 5'7"/168 Cerebral apoplexy.//Nothing of any value. 01/15/1926 HUDOFF, Anna 39 5'6"/125 Epileptic convulsions resulting in myocardial failure.//Nothing of value. 11/22/1925 HUDOFF, Hervy 9 mths 26"/10 Accidental suffocation caused by sleeping between parents (also a marked degree of

malnutrition).//Nothing of value. 08/28/1916 HUDSON, William 44 5'6"/140 Strangulation caused by hanging to a rope with suicidal in-tent.//Ten dollars and ninety

cents, one gold watch which were turned over to family and receipt taken for same. 11/20/1932 HUFFMAN, Horace Wayne 8 3'11"/55 Accidental traumation by .32 cal. pistol bullet. Deceased was shot accidentally through

the head by his brother, who was putting the gun away after taking cartridges from the clip.// Nothing of value.

09/10/1926 HUFFMAN, Ruby Hazel 8 4'6"/80 Chronic endocarditis and chronic interstitial nephritisl// Nothing of value. 08/12/1925 HUGHES, Dessie Mae 19 5'8"/185 Accidental and violent means: Being struck and run down by an automobile driven by one

James Edwards, causing a fractured skull, broken right ankle, broken left tibia, and extensive lacerations and contusions of the scalp.//Nothing of value.




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08/11/1928 HUGHES, Mary M 72 5'6"/100 Chronic myocarditis, on the 11 day of August 1928 at her house a mile northeast of Stinesville, Ind.//Nothing of value.

02/03/1910 HUMPHREY, David Bryan 3 mos Bronchitis; natural.//Nothing of value 07/11/1906 HUNTER, Idrell 12 5'2"/85 Accidental discharge of a .22 calibre rifle in his own hands, the bullet entering his mouth,

passing out at back of neck a little to the right of the medium line.//Nothing of any value 12/28/1929 HUNTER, V. Thomas 15 5'3"/95 Accidental gunshot wound of abdomen followed by hemorrhage. This boy, while hunting

on the farm of Wm. Harmon, Perry twp., accidentally discharged a 12 gauge shotgun, the shot striking the right illium and passed into the lower abdomen.//Nothing of value.

12/02/1932 HUTCHINS, Hazel Fern 25 5'7"/118 Acute dilatation of the heart secondary to an attack of epilepsy. Autopsy revealed the cause of her death.//Nothing of value.

05/21/1922 HYDE, Carl L 6 mths 19"/18 Diarrhea.//Nothing of value. 03/19/1922 IRELAND, Robert K infant 6 days 14"/10 Accidental asphyxiation.//Nothing of value. 04/04/1921 IRVIN, George 70 5'8"/155` Cerebral apoplexy.//Nothing of value. 06/25/1932 ISOM, Louisa 75 5'6"/130 Burns sustained when her clothing caught fire from a coal oil lamp she was lighting. Her

face and her arms and the anterior aspect of her body were burned very deeply. She had this accident at about 8:30 p.m. June 24, 1932, and died at 8:30 p.m. June 25, 1932.// Nothing of value.

05/13/1921 JACKSON, Evelyn Dee 10 days 2'1"/ Tubercular pneumonia.//Nothing of value. 12/19/1919 JACKSON, Jennie 68 5'6"/140 Cerebral apoplexy.//Nothing of value. 08/17/1915 JACKSON, Lee 46 5'6"/145 Accidentally crushed and mangled beneath a train of moving cars on Monon track at

south end of McDoel yards.//Nothing of value. 02/20/1934 JACKSON, Nancy Oma 77 5'7"/130 Death a result of burns. At about 7 a.m., 20 Feb. 1934, deceased was standing in front of

her kitchen stove and her dress caught fire. By the time the fire was put out her lower ex-tremeties were severely burned. She died at 2 p.m. in the Bloomington Hosp.//Nothing of value.

5/5/1930 JACKSON, Raymond Donald 2 mths 18"/8 Measles following an upper respiratory infection.//Nothing of value.




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07/14/1903 JACKSON, William Jerome 60 5'4"/160 Apoplexy following heart disease.//Twelve dollars in money and 2 checks: one a certificate of deposit No. 38421, First National Bank of Bloomington, Ind., dated July 3rd 1903, of the amount of $20 to Dora Brown and endorsed by Dora Brown and H.E.Marshall, the other a payroll check on the Consolidated Stone Company, No. 14782, of the amount of $36.90, to Mat Kale and endorsed by Mat Kale and H.E.Marshall. This was dated July 1st 1903. The above checks and money were turned over to J.E.Henley by order of Jackson's widow and upon his receipt for same.

09/12/1933 JEFFERS, Homer 10 5'2"/100 Accidental burns and electric shock. Deceased was climbing a high electric tower near his home when his brother, who was above him, came in contact with the wires. This charged the tower, throwing deceased to the ground, shocking him and igniting his clothing. He was badly burned over his entire body and died at about 1:50 p.m. at the Bloomington Hospital. The accident happened at about 7:30 a.m.//Nothing of value.

09/12/1933 JEFFERS, James 14 5'8"/130 Accidental electric shock. Deceased with two of his brothers, climbed a high tension elec-tric tower near their home at Harrodsburg and deceased touched one of the wires carrying 33,000 volts. He was immediately killed. This happened at about 7:30 a.m. The body was badly burned about the face, torso, and arms.//Nothing of value.

06/10/1919 JEFFRIES, Arch 42 5'8"/210 Accidentally struck by train No. 4 at the Strain Railroad crossing, 1-1/2 miles north of Har-rodsburg and crushing his head, chest, limbs and arms.//Nothing of any value.

03/10/1911 JOHNSON, Albert Edward 1 mo. No information given. 12/06/1904 JOHNSON, Alfred M. 3 mths /10 Gastric and intestinal indigestion.//Nothing of any value. 06/06/1932 JOHNSON, Collett 35 5'7"/160 Accidental traumation due to railroad accident. Deceased in some way fell under freight

car as it came into I.C. station at Bloomington. Both legs were crushed and amputation above knee on right and just below knee on left was necessary. Deceased died at 9 a.m., June 6, 1932. According to report he had bummed his way from Indpls. Ind.//Nothing of value.

12/30/1933 JOHNSON, Conny Lee 17 days 19"/5 Premature birth. Deceased lived 17 days after birth - 7 months baby.//Nothing of value. 04/08/1929 JOHNSON, Hubert 18 5'6"/160 Hydrophobia. Examination of brain by Indiana State Board of Health Laboratories

reported positive for negri bodies (rabies).// Nothing of value.




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11/04/1928 JOHNSON, James W 58 5'8"/200 His right femur fractured, right knee crushed, ribs on right side fractured, and hip bone on left side crushed, all done by a slab of stone falling on him while at work at the McMullen Mill of the Indiana Limestone Co.//A check from Indiana Limestone Co. for $26.40 and $5.83 in money which were turned over to his widow.

04/17/1932 JOHNSON, Nancy J 54 5'8"/150 Fracture of the skull and broken neck due to accidental traumatism in an automobile acci-dent at the corner of S. Rogers & W. 2nd St., Bloomington, at about 8:45 p.m. 17th April. She died at about 9:00 p.m. of the same date.//Nothing of value.

08/25/1926 JOHNSON, Oliver E 3 mths 2'6"/13 Acute colitis//Nothing of value 08/01/1912 JOHNSON, Robert Wm 12 4'10"/80 Nothing given.//Nothing. 04/10/1926 JOHNSON, William 43 5'8"/175 Murdered by one Charles Anderson with a .38 calibre revolver.//Nothing of value. 12/08/1934 JOHNSON, William E 33 5'10"/120 Hodgkins Disease. Deceased had been ill for 3 years, dying 8 Dec. 1934.//Nothing of

value. 08/20/1908 JOHNSTON, Emma A 35 5'10"/160 Suicide: drowning.//Nothing of value. 06/11/1920 JOHNSTON, James Leslie 30 5'8"/ Cerebral apoplexy following epileptic convulsions.//Nothing of any value. 11/20/1933 JONES, John W. 87 5'11"/190 Cardiovascular renal disease. Deceased was found dead kneeling on the floor with his

face on his bed at about 1 p.m. He had been ill for several years, but hadn't apparently been feeling any worse when he was seen last by his daughter-in-law at about 10 a.m.//Nothing of value.

12/27/1931 JONES, Rosemary 68 5'9"/195 Acute dilatation of the heart.//Nothing of value. 10/13/1928 JONES, Samuel A. 57 6'/175 Skull fractured at the junction of the temporal parietal and accipital bones on left side of

skull, caused by falling 30 feet from a ladder at the power house of Indiana University, on which he was working.//Nothing of value.

09/03/1909 JONES, Wallace 23 5'11"/ Neck broken on Monon RR., 3:45 a.m., southbound passenger train.//Nothing of value. 04/21/1931 JORDAN, Grant 62 6'/200 Coronary occlusion, secondary to arteriosclerosos.//One copper cent in money and

nothing else of value. 09/16/1912 JUDAH, Alberta Mildred 4 mths Strangulation, accidental.//Nothing noted




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07/27/1931 KARSELL, William 54 5'10"/130 Suicide by means of shooting himself through the right temple with a .32 calibre revolver. The bullet penetrated the brain and fractured the left parietal and left side of frontal bones. The shooting occurred at about 12 noon and deceased died at 6 p.m. the same day. Karsell was found lying in a field east of the Fee Lane I.C. Railway bridge.//Nothing of value.

09/12/1896 KAY, Adolphus (Owen Co) 17 5'9"/140 Struck by an engine of the L.N.A.&C. railroad company which was in motion at 6th & R.R. St. crossing in the City of Bloomington, while driving a team & wagon, and attempting to cross railroad track.//One twenty-five cent piece, 1 gold ring, a comb & hanky which was given to his father October 10, 1896.

09/16/1916 KAYS, Maude 31 5'1"/105 Suicide by taking concentrated lye.//Nothing of value. 03/02/1911 KEIL, George 52 5'10"/145 Rheumatism & resulting heart disease.//Cash $2.07, Prudential policy. 05/09/1924 KELLEY, Daniel Webster 75 6'/125 Cerebral hemorrhage.//Nothing of value. 12/15/1925 KELLEY, Doyle Edward 2 days 24"/4 Atelectosis.//Nothing of value. 11/08/1929 KELLEY, Edward Forest 71 5'6"/160 Toxic myocarditis complicated by arteriosclerosis. This man was found dead in his bed.

He was apparently as well as usual the day before. It was commonly known that he consumed large quantities of questionable "mule".//Nothing of value.

07/25/1934 KELLY, Mary 76 5'6"/90 Myocardial degeneration. Deceased lived alone and when her neighbors had not seen her for a day, they looked in the door and saw her sitting in a chair. When she didn't answer their calls, they notified Dr. Robert Rogers, who broke in the door and found her dead. She had apparently died the day before while asleep in her chair (the 25th of July).//Nothing of value.

08/29/1928 KEMP, Jefferson P 69 5'10"/235 Gunshot wound inflicted with suicidal intent; the ball, a .45 calibre, entered the left parietal bone passing through the posterior brain and through the right parietal bone making a large wound from which he died at 6:05 p.m., the shot having been fired at 3:20 p.m.//$1.12 which were given to his widow.

07/20/1908 KENNEDY, John Logan 77 6'/200 Cerebral apoplexy.//$4.06 which was turned over to Mr. Perry McComber and his receipt for same taken.

2/6/1930 KENT, John William 53 5/7"/175 Second and third degree burns on entire body. This man received his injuries in an explo-sion and fire of unknown origin at Showers Bros. Co.//Nothing of value.

10/25/1925 KENT, Kenneth B 1 mth 26"/6 Suffocation due to sleeping in same bed with parents.//Nothing of value.




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07/14/1925 KENT, William M 2 28"/20 Entero colitis.//Nothing of value. 01/04/1915 KERLIN, Lewis J 17 5'4"/120 Strychnine poisoning; suicide.//Nothing of value. 11/08/1919 KERR, Joseph Kelley 29 5'10"/145 Accident; shock from being crushed in chest between two railroad cars on Monon

Railroad. //Nothing of any value. 08/15/1925 KERR, Samuel 59 6'1"/175 Cerebral hemorrhage./Nothing of value.

03/25/1899 KING, James 38 5'11"/175 Exposure//Knife, handkerchief, pipe and tobacco. 02/07/1920 KING, Leora May 16 5'2"/102 Pulmonary tuberculosis.//Nothing 11/24/1933 KING, Peter C 51 5'8"/135 Accidental burns, alcoholism, and exposure. Deceased was found at about 8:30 a.m.

Nov. 15, lying dead in a creek east of the Bloomington Reservoir. His face was out of the water, his legs, thighs, and abdomen burned. About 10 yards from this spot were found two bot-tles which had contained rubbing alcohol, one of which was empty and one 1/2 full. Burned pieces of deceased's clothing were also found here. He had evidently gotten drunk and caught himself on fire Nov. 24, 1933.//Nothing of value.

03/04/1910 KINSER, Clonia 16 5'/100 Influenza which caused premature childbirth followed by puerperal fever.//Nothing of value.

05/18/1931 KINSER, Ollie Richard 60 6'/175 Acute dilatation of heart secondary to chronic cardiovascular renal disease.//One pocket knife and $1.45 in money which was turned over to relatives.

06/01/1931 KIPHART, Guy A 37 6'/207 Hemothorax of right thorax due to crushing injury. A limb of a tree fell on him while he was felling another tree.//Nothing of value.

08/15/1934 KIRBY, Opal 27 5'5"/150 Coronary occlusion. Deceased was on a visit with her mother. Suddenly felt a pain over her heart and died within a few minutes, at 11:30 a.m., at her mother's residence, 333 S. Lincoln St.//Nothing of value.

10/23/1927 KIRK, Mary Frances 42 5'4"/200 Chronic interstitial nephritis.//Nothing of value. 12/1/1921 KLEINDORFER, Rosaline O 19 days 18"/ 7 Congenital heart malfunction.//Nothing of value. 11/05/1927 KLINDOFFER, Robert Franklin 3.5 mths 23"/17 Broncho pheumonia following influenza.//Nothing of value 12/05/1932 KNIGHT, Florence 63 5'5"/200 Acute dilatation of the heart, secondary to acute cardiovascular renal disease. Deceased

had this attack shortly after going to work at Junior High School building. She died at 4:05 p.m.//Nothing of value.

06/18/1923 KNIGHT, Irene 40 5'10'/140 Edema of the lungs complicated by interstitial nephritis & pregnancy.//Nothing of value. 02/15/1919 KOMYATHY, Elizabeth 55 5'4"/100 Organic heart disease.//Nothing of any value.




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08/07/1933 KOONTZ, Alva D 55 6'1"/215 Coronary thrombosis acute. While visiting at the home of a neighbor, was stricken sudden-ly with extreme pains in chest and died immediately.//Nothing of value.

01/19/1924 KOONTZ, Ellen Ruth 79 5'7"/150 Chronic myocarditis, complicated by senility.//Nothing of value. 08/30/1928 KOONTZ, Evaline Louise 6 wks 20"/5 Acute indigestion.//Nothing of value. 02/24/1934 KOONTZ, James Wm. 25 days 2'/'10 Pneumonia. Deceased had had a cold for several days and at 4 a.m. awakened its

mother with its crying. She rocked it to sleep and went to sleep herself. At 6:30 a.m. when she awakened she found it dead.//Nothing of value.

05/25/1929 KOONTZ, Mary Katherine 65 5'6"/150 Chronic myocarditis and pulmonary edema.//Nothing of value. 01/29/1925 KREBS, Frederick Charles 57 5'10"/160 Cerebral hemorrhage.//Nothing of value. 05/27/1931 KRUTSINGER, Harry H. 49 5'6"/150 Acute alcoholic poisoning, secondary to chronic alcoholic poisoning. Deceased had been

drunk for over 10 days.// Nothing of value. 08/01/1924 LaHUE, Cortenz 55 5'7"/140 Carcinoma of face.//Nothing of value. 07/22/1931 LANE, Earl 19 5'6"/135 Fracture of cervical vertebrae and spinal cord injury due to the overturning of his auto-

mobile. //Nothing of value. 07/13/1906 LANE, Green Berry 68 5'11"/190 Was cutting down a tree, the tree lodged on another, and in dislodging, it pushed back

and cut a limb, struck his head, crushing head and fracturing his neck. 08/03/1933 LANGLEY, Edna Elizabeth 26 5'7"/105 Myocarditis acute. Probably secondary to toxic thyroid disease. Deceased became

uncon-scious suddenly and died within about 10 min.//Nothing of value. 11/03/1910 LANGLEY, Isaac 0 Stillborn, natural.//Nothing of value. 09/23/1931 LANGLEY, Lillie V 53 5'6"/165 Hemorrhage from esophageal veins, caused by accidental traumatism during chiropractic

adjustment.//Nothing of value. 3/15/1930 LANGLEY, Milton Edgar 71 5'9"/150 While walking on state road 3 miles west of Bloomington, was struck by an automobile

driven by J. W. Sappenfield of Lyons, Ind. The deceased suffered a fracture of both tibiae and fibulae, and right humerus. He died seven days after the accident in uremic coma. Mr. Sappenfield was in no way to blame for accident.//Nothing of value.

04/06/1921 LANGLEY, Winfred Scott 69 5'10"/155 Suicide by taking arsenic.//Nothing of any value.




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08/04/1934 LANGUELL, Charles 59 6' /170 Homicide. Deceased fired a shotgun at some negroes who were stealing his watermelons and one of the negroes, Hartwell of Bloomington, fired back shooting deceased in the abdomen, chest, and thighs. Deceased was operated on by Dr. J. E. Moser 3 Aug. 1934, and died at about 8:30 a.m. 4 Aug. due to hemorrhage (finding at autopsy). The accident occurring in Owen County.//Nothing of value.

04/11/1910 LANUM, Alex 50 5'11"/175 Organic heart disease; natural.//Nothing of value. 06/04/1929 LARKINS, William Wesley 63 5'6"/140 Fracture of sternum, 3-4-5-6-7-8 & 9th ribs on both sides, shock and hemorrhage. This

man, while working at his trade, was caught between a stone on a planer bed and the planer bit, and received a severe crushing wound of the chest. Accident happened at the Indiana Hill Mill (Hogan) near Clear Creek.//Working man's clothing, 1 watch, 1 knife, 1 purse and 94 cents in change. These were turned over to the undertaker and receipt taken therefor.

05/04/1920 LATE, James Wilford 4 18"/12 Whooping cough and cold.//Nothing. 03/13/1924 LAWDER, L. Clarence 44 5'5"/155 Alcoholic poisoning - drinking quantities of "canned heat", a compound of wood alcohol,

soap, & potassium acetate - complicated by myocarditis.//Nothing of value 05/01/1924 LAYMAN, Wm.. A 69 5'8"/135 Drinking a product known as "Alconel", containing wood alcohol & other poisons and ex-

pressly stated to be for external use only. Immediate cause of death was poisoning & hemorrhage of cerebral vessels.//Nothing of value.

12/16/1915 LEAR, Charles 65 5'5"/135 Shotgun wound through chest from right to left side, said gun was accidentally discharged by Willis Gentry (colored) and was a S and W .38 calibre.//1 dollar watch, two knives, two pocket books and $7.90 which was turned over to County Auditor and receipt taken for same.

08/14/1923 LEMING, Wm. 64 5'8"/135 Carcinoma of stomach.//Nothing of value. 08/15/1923 LENTZ, Mary 26 5'6"/160 Shock; internal injuries and fracture of base of skull as result of being thrown from an auto

in which she was riding, which turned over down an embankment near Mitchell School house, south of Bloomington. Driver Vincent Drehold of Bedford. (Mrs. Lentz) died in ambu-lance on way to hospital at about 8 a.m.//Nothing of value




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06/10/1932 LENTZ, Rex Forsythe 21 6'1"/150 Rupture of bladder (urinary) and traumation to intestines due to crushing by an automobile, June 4, 1932. Deceased went to his garage and cranked his car. It was in gear, and crushed him against the rear of the garage when it started up, tearing out rear wall of garage before stalling. He died at 11:30 p.m. June 10, 1932, at the Bloomington Hospital from the injuries referenced.//Nothing of value.

05/02/1910 LENTZ, Tilghman 44 6'3"/180 Suicide, strychnine.//$61.00 in paper, $2.35 in silver = $63.35; 1 nickel plated watch, 1 receipt for $100 from (unreadable). 1 receipt, 1 memorandum book which were later turned over to his daughter on her receipt.

09/02/1917 LESCHINSKI, Albert 83 5'4"/110 Natural causes.//Sum of $69, $15 of which was turned over to county auditor and receipt taken for same, the balance being turned over to administrator.

04/13/1916 LESCHINSKY, Carolina 80 5'4"/115 Angina pectoris.//Nothing of value 05/13/1917 LEWIS, Leonard 67 6/1"/180 Chronic intersticial nephritis and organic disease of heart.// Nothing of value. 08/05/1924 LEWIS, Thomas Chesley 5 mths 24"/12 Acute entero-colitis.//Nothing of value 01/15/1929 LEWIS, William Ezra 61 5'11"/180 Angina pectoris.//Nothing of value. 09/19/1927 LEWIS, Willis 79 5'11"/170 Pulmonary tuberculosis.//Nothing of value. 07/17/1933 LIEBNER, Frances 51 5'7"/160 Crushing injury to the left chest and possible fracture of skull sustained in an auto

accident 10 miles south on the Dixie Highway. Deceased's husband, Otto Liebner, was driving and in passing another car, pulled too far in front and went over the road turning his car over. Deceased died in the Bloomington Hospital of her injuries at 12:27 a.m.//Nothing of value. Health good - no identifying scars.

08/07/1932 LINCICOME, Benjamin Franklin

74 5'8"/130 Acute myocarditis, secondary to chronic myocarditis.//The sum of $6.64 which was turned over to and receipted for by Chas. Newby, son-in-law of deceased.

12/28/1930 LINDSEY, Florence Irene 3 days 1'10"/7 Cerebral hemorrhage following a birth injury.//Nothing of value. 12/08/1916 LISK, Timothy 50 5'5"/150 Organic disease of heart.//1 Ingersol watch, and pocket book containing four dollars and

sixty-one cents. There is to his credit (at time of death) in Bloomington National Bank, $367; there is due him for labor at John Hoadley Stone Mill, $9.80, all of which was turned over to Adms. Nat U Hill except the $4.61 which was found on person, it being turned over to county; receipt taken for same.




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05/22/1927 LITTLE, Leonard 46 5'7"/145 Accident; skull fractured in an automobile accident, the car in which he was riding turned over, pinning him under the car, and caused injuries which caused his instant death.// Nothing of value except a watch which was turned over to his son, Palmer Little.

01/17/1920 LITTLEJOHN, Mrs. L. C. 65 5'6"/160 Organic heart disease.//Nothing of any value. 04/19/1935 LITZLER, Cecil William 36 5'8"/145 Heart disease. Deceased became ill at about 6 a.m. and died at 6:30 a.m. He had not

been sick previous to this attack.//Nothing of value. 02/15/1907 LIVELOTTE, Julius 45 5'10"/200 Falling from a scaffold at the I.U. College building alighting upon his head, crushing his

skull, producing almost instant death from shock and hemorrhage.//Nothing of any value. 07/08/1933 LIVELY, Henry B 74 5'10"/165 Myocarditis, acute. Deceased went to the outside privy at about 1:30 p.m. and was found

dead at 2:00 p.m. by his wife. He had been ill for quite a while with heart disease.// Nothing of value.

01/12/1924 LIVINGSTON, Elizabeth 57 5'5"/185 Cerebral hemorrhage.//Nothing of value. 04/21/1926 LIVINGSTON, Irwin 38 5'6"/150 Explosion of dynamite which caused destruction of major portion of face and neck with a

fractured skull, fractured arns and destruction of both hands.//Nothing of value. 02/09/1906 LIVINGSTON, Jasper M 52 6'/130 Heart disease, mitral stenosis.//Nothing of any value. 07/17/1932 LIVINGSTON, Merline Lou 6 wks 21"/6.5 Congenital syphilis.//Nothing of value. 09/05/1918 LIVINGSTON, Robert 45 5'10"/180 Shock from injury caused by railroad accident.//Nothing of value. 04/02/1929 LOWERY, Sarah Jane 75 5'6"/100 Cerebral hemorrhage following a chronic arteriosclerosis and interstitial

nephritis.//Nothing of value. 10/08/1934 LOWERY, William E 48 5'11/200 Myocarditis, acute. Deceased had had heart trouble for some time. He woke his wife up

at 4 a.m. and told her to get him soda water. He gradually became worse, pain around heart, short breath, and died about 5:30 a.m.//Nothing of value.

9/27/1933 LUCAS, Frank M 63 5'9"/200 Myocarditis, acute. Deceased had complained several days of pain in the right chest. On Sept. 27, 1933, the pain became worse. At about 7 p.m. breathing became labored and pain increased. He died at 11 p.m. at the house of his niece, Mrs. Ray Wingert.//Nothing of value.

01/17/1919 LUCAS, Lilly A 25 5'6"/115 Lobar pneumonia following influenza.//Nothing of any value. 12/28/1917 LUTHUR, Joseph H 73 5'8"/150 Organic disease of heart.//Nothing of value




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10/20/1932 MAHER, Richard E. 33 5'11"/160 Murdered. Deceased was shot through the upper left abdomen with a .32 cal. bullet from an automatic by his wife on the night of October 19, 1932, and died at about 8 a.m. October 20 at the Bloomington Hospital. Wife of deceased refused to testify but told Dr. Wm. C. Reed that the shooting had not been accidental.//Nothing of value.

11/11/1934 MALAN, John Paul 1 2'6"/22 Suffocation. Deceased was chewing on a piece of pumpkin and it went into his trachea. Efforts to remove it were unavailing and he died at 5 p.m.//Nothing of value.

04/18/1933 MALOTT, Claude 59 5'8"/200 Suicide. Deceased shot himself through the left chest with a 12-gauge shotgun. The wound externally was about 1" below and to the left of the nipple. It fractured several ribs and tore the left lung without entering the heart. He died at about 2:30 p.m. April 18, 1933. He left a note stating that he'd rather face death than ill health. The shooting occurred in garage of deceased, and he was found later by someone passing by.// The sum of $69 which was put in the custody of Walter Allen, funeral director, a receipt for that amount being attached to the record; also one gold Elgin watch was receipted for.

06/30/1905 MANNINGTON, Libbie R 54 5'4"/148 Cerebral apoplexy following an epileptic seisure.//Nothing of any value 12/27/1926 MANTELL, Catherine 43 5'5"/175 Overcome by illuminating gas while working in a small kitchen in her home.//Nothing of

value 11/04/1933 MARKELL, John George 45 5'11"/150 Coronary occlusion. Deceased had been complaining of pain over heart, shortness of

breath, and pains in left arm for about a week. He suddenly became seriously ill at about midnight, 3rd of Nov. He died at about 2 a.m., before his doctor arrived.//Nothing of value.

11/25/1927 MARKSBERRY, William 49 5'10"/160 Accident: his neck broken while riding in an automobile on the Dixie Highway about two miles north of Bloomington. The automobile in which he was riding left the road at a sharp turn in the road, striking a tree and throwing Marksberry on his head, breaking his neck. With him in the auto was Edward Harris, Daniel Axsom, and an unknown man, the men were all probably drinking an alcohol beverage.//Nothing of value.

07/09/1924 MARKSBURG, Rosa 52 5'7"/185 Extreme mental shock accompanied by chronic myocarditis occasioned by seeing her husband in an auto wreck.//Nothing of value.

01/12/1907 MARSHAL, Elijah 71 5'8"/155 Organic heart disease.//Nothing of any value.




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02/12/1928 MARTIN, George C. 70 5'4"/135 Having his skull crushed, caused by being hit with a switch engine when crossing the Monon R.R. at Vernal crossing outside city of Bloomington, fracturing left frontal bone and orbit, left autmaxillary arch and left side of nose, having a comminuted fracture of both bones of left leg. He died shortly after this injury at City Hospital, Bloomington.//A watch, pocket knife, and $1.50 which were turned over to his wife.

12/23/1928 MARTIN, James L 58 `5'6"/150 Crushing injury to chest and fracture of skull caused by collision with a Grayhound Bus driven by Charles Jackson on road no. 37 about 14 miles northeast of Bloomington, Ind., at 3:15 p.m. Dec. 23, 1928. The said Charles Jackson was in no way to blame for the acci-dent.//One watch and $1.26 which was turned over to his relatives.

01/06/1932 MASON, John L 75 5/5"/185 Chronic myocarditis.//The sum of 22 cents, which was given to Arthur Day, funeral director.

11/05/1926 MASSEY, Juanita 3 mths 26"/5 Suffocation caused by sleeping between parents.//Nothing of value. 09/10/1915 MATHEWS, George 27 6'/190 Accidentally fell under a moving train of Wallace-Hagenbeck Circus, wherein he was

severed in twain by moving cars.//Nothing of value. 04/26/1909 MATHEWS, John M. 62 5/10"/165 Shotgun wound, left breast, 1/2" below and 1" right of left nipple. Suicide.//Nothing of

value. 08/16/1919 MATHIS, William Isaac 76 5'10"/148 Cerebral apoplexy.//Nothing of value. 12/10/1910 MATLOCK, Martha L 4 days Congenital malformation of heart.//Nothing of value. 10/06/1932 MAY, Betty Isadore 8 3'9"/50 Accidental burns. Deceased tried to light a fire in the kitchen stove at her house and

caught her dress on fire at about 3:30 p.m. Oct 6, 1932. She died from these burns at about 8:40 p.m. same date at the Bloomington Hospital.//Nothing of value.

06/03/1933 MAY, James Enoch 34 5'11"/160 Suicide by hanging himself with a rope hung from rafters in wagon shed. Deceased left no note of explanation and his mother with whom he lived could give no reason for his act. He had been feeling bad for a week or so, but she had noticed nothing peculiar in his actions. He went to feed the stock at 4 a.m. and was found dead at 5 a.m. by his nephew, Elmer Shields.//Nothing of value.

01/25/1927 MAY, Louisa 68 4'11"/107 Chronic endocarditis.//Nothing of value.




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09/15/1931 MAY, Marcella Marie 22 5'5"/135 Eclampsia, puerperal. Deceased was 5 months pregnant, took ill suddenly with convulsion, having 3 in about 30 minutes, and dying after the 3rd. She was unmarried and as no one knew of her condition, an autopsy was performed and stomach analysis made.//Nothing of value.

02/11/1915 MAY, Mary J 69 5'4"/120 Lobar pneumonia. Natural (no physician in attendance.// Nothing of value 02/17/1915 MAY, Myrtle 4 hrs. 1'6"/8 Result of failure of the foramen ovale to close, causing an organic heart leasion.//Nothing

of value. 11/10/1916 MAY, Simeon 84 5'9"/130 Organic disease of heart.//Five dollars and sixty-five cents; also bank deposit of $30, all of

which was turned over to Albert and Omar May, and took receipt for same. 02/27/1924 MAYFIELD, John K 74 5'7"/145 Traumatic intestinal perforation (caused by falling on a dinner [?] bucket, the blow being

received in the abdomen) complicated by post-operative shock.//Nothing of value. 06/10/1903 MAYFIELD, Roy 12 /120 Crushed by a large stone in the old abandoned Lyons quarry 1/2 mile west of Stinesville

at about 9:30 a.m. Said death was due to accident and happened while said Roy Mayfield was at play in said old abandoned quarry//Nothing of any value,

06/20/1928 MAYS, Porter Orville 6 days 20"/9 Acute indigestion. The child had been sick only a few hours.//Nothing 08/04/1927 McBRIDE, David 64 5'6"/130 Accident; while walking on the track of the Monon (C I & L) R.R. about three miles south

of Bloomington, he was struck by passenger train No. 5, about 4 p.m., crushing his skull which caused death instantly; also breaking both legs below the knees, also his nose.// $19.07 which was turned over to his wife Sarah Jane McBride.

11/15/1925 McBRIDE, David H B 2 wks 24"/10 Accidental suffocation due to sleeping between parents.// Nothing of value. 07/13/1925 McCAFFERTY, A. V. 57 6'/200 Cerebral hemorrhage complicated by arteriosclerosis.// Nothing of value. 01/02/1931 McCLAIN, Lula Garrett 42 5'/150 Heart failure during epileptic coma. This woman has had epileptic attacks for the last 20

years.// Nothing of value. 08/09/1907 McCLINTOCK, John R 22 5'9"/138 Homicide: a .32 calibre bullet wound of chest as described in Atopsy Report of Dr. G. E.

Schaff, Bloomington, IN.//One and 39/100 dollars, a watch and chain, 2 knives and pair cuff buttons which was turned over to his brother by J. W. Hunter and his receipt for same taken.

02/05/1916 McCOLLOUGH, Celia 66 5'9"/145 Cerebral apoplexy.//Nothing of value.




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03/11/1935 McCONNELL, Ralph 44 5'11"/175 Suicide. Deceased became despondent due to economic conditions, and he hanged him-self from a tree on the night of the 10th of March. He was found the next morning by neigh-bors.//Nothing of value.

11/30/1907 McCOY, Frank 31 5'11"/155 Homicide: a .38 calibre revolver wound as described by Postmortem examination in the hands of James Edward Ford.//A .38 American make loaded revolver and 25 cents. The 25 cents was turned over to his wife and the revolver to the sheriff, Joe Ratcliff.

11/30/1907 McCOY, Joel 53 5'10"/140 Homicide: A .38 calibre bullet wound from a revolver in the hands of one James Edward Ford. Death was due to hemorrhage and asphyxiation as described in the autopsy report. //Nothing of any value.

02/13/1906 McCOY, Margaret Ann 73 5'2"/125 Cerebral apoplexy//Nothing of any value 04/05/1934 McCOY, Wm. 7 3'9"/50 Accidental traumatism. Deceased was crossing the Bloomfield Rd. on the way from

school to his home at about 4 p.m. and was struck by an automobile driven by Ernest Mathews, police officer of Bloomington. He was taken to the Bloomington Hosp. by Mathews where he died at 5:30 p.m. from a fracture of the skull.//Nothing of value.

05/08/1925 McCULLOUGH, Joy B 14 5'11"/250 Myocardial degeration, complicated by epileptic convulsions. // Nothing of value. 04/03/1911 McDANIEL, Herman Robert 75 5'8"/150 Rheumatism resulting in organic heart disease.//Nothing 03/09/1909 McDERMOTT, Daniel Joseph 7 wks Ptomaine poisoning.//Nothing of value. 09/13/1925 McELROY, Ira 71 5'8"/160 Chronic myocarditis, chronic interstitial nephritis. (Deceased who lived alone was lying

near the pump a short distance from the house and from all circumstances, must have been there exposed to the elements, for at least two days. The face and other parts of the body including internal viscera was horribly destroyed by vermin and decomposition pro-ceeded to a marked degree. Deceased had not been in good health for some time.//Nothing of value.

01/11/1932 McENTREE, Georgia 65 5'7"/150 Suicide by means of arsenic taken by mouth. Deceased had been despondent over her health which had been failing for several years. While her daughter and son-in-law were away from home she got a quantity of arsenic, which was in the house, and took it.// Nothing of value.




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06/19/1928 McFALL, Mildred Jane 10 mths 2'4"/18 About 4 p.m. at the crossing of the Aaron Gordon Pike and the Monon railroad, about two miles south of Bloomington, by being run over by the Monon train No. 5, inflicting a crush-ing injury to her head, causing instant death. This while riding in an automobile truck driven by Mrs. James McFall.//Nothing of value.

04/18/1932 McGLOTHLIN, Charles 43 5'10"/165 Internal hemorrhage due to rupture of the pleura & lung on right side. These injuries were sustained in an auto accident at corner of S. Rogers & W. 2nd St. April 17 at about 8:45 p.m. The deceased was taken to the Bloomington City Hospital where he died at about 6:35 p.m., 18th of April. In addition to chest injuries, his rt. shoulder and arm were fractured and also his left thigh.//Nothing of value.

08/21/1925 McGLOTHLIN, John 83 5'7"/135 Cerebral hemorrhabe and senility.//Nothing of value. 07/10/1917 McGLOTHLIN, Thomas J 67 5'11"/165 Cerebral hemorrhage due to apoplexy.//Nothing of value 03/04/1920 McGOWEN, James Carl 26 6'1"/185 Homicide: Hemorrhage and shock caused by revolver shots from .32 calibre revolver in

hands of William T May.//Nothing of value. 02/17/1915 McGUIRE, Cecil Raymond 12 days 1'6"/7 Bronchial pneumonia; natural; no physician in attendance.// Nothing of value. 11/27/1932 McGUIRE, Henry 82 5'10"/200 Accidental traumatism, automobile accident. Deceased hit and knocked to the road, suf-

fering a fracture of the right side of the base of the skull. He lived about 1.5 hrs. after the accident. Deceased was practically deaf and was totally blind in the right eye and almost blind in the left eye. He crossed directly in front of the car that hit him after hearing the warning horn. The driver, Floyd Scott, was not to blame for the accident.//Nothing of value.

01/17/1920 McGUIRE, John 52 5'8"/160 Accidental: Skull crushed and body crushed from being caught in a line shaft at the Consolidated Quarries Mill; death due to shock.//Nothing of any value.

02/04/1929 McMILLAN, Beulah 20 5'5"/110 Influenza complicated by bronchial pneumonia.//Nothing of value. 09/13/1928 McMILLAN, Charles Cooper 73 5'11"/185 Chronic nephritis with chronic cystitis.//Nothing of value.

03/261908 McNEELY, Alonzo 49 5'4"/130 A slab of stone at the Elkins Stone Mills, Ellettsville, fell on him, crushing his skull. Death was due to shock and hemorrhage.//A watch & chain and one pocket knife which were turned over to C. H. McNeely and his receipt for same taken.

10/09/1927 McSTEVENS, James 38 6/4"/207 Murdered by having the blood vessels of left arm at elbow severed by a knife in the hand of Raymond Stevens; died from hemorrhage of these blood vessels; he also had several other cuts about his body, two on his back, and two on his face; also had his nose broken.// Nothing of any value.




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04/16/1931 McWILLIAMS, Marjorie Jean 6 3'8"/42 Rupture of the left lung and internal abdominal hemorrhage sustained in an automobile accident. Deceased died about an hour after the accident. The car in which she ws riding turned over and crushed her beneath it.//Nothing of value.

03/30/1908 MEADOWS, infant 2 mths 1'3"/8 Congenital heart deformity.//Nothing 11/05/1932 MEADOWS, Ira 34 5'10"/175 Accidental traumation, railway accident. Deceased fell between two cars while working for

the Carl Furst Stone Co, and both legs were run over, severing the left at the knee joint and crushing the right just below the knee. Both were amputated and patient died at 11 p.m., Nov. 5.//Nothing of value.

05/25/1925 MEADOWS, Mary C 68 5'4"/125 Chronic endocarditis.//Nothing of value. 07/15/1917 MEDCALF, Allen S 60 5'5"/160 Crushed by a freight train, said person being on track in front of moving train while in an

intoxicated condition.//Eleven dollars which was turned over to County Auditor and receipt taken for same.

07/23/1905 MEDLEY, Vincent B 16 5'8"/145 Concussion of brain, broken thigh and leg, the result of accidentally being struck by a pas-senger train on the Monon Railroad 1/4 milie south of water tank between Ellettsville and Stinesville, on the night of July 22, 1905.//$3 which I turned over to his father and took his receipt for same.

01/22/1928 MEDLOCK, Ellis A 23 5'7"/150 Fractured skull caused by a blow on the head with a blunt object in the hands of some unknown person.//A .44 calibre Colt revolver, 2 pocket knife, 1 set finger ring, and 47 cents in coins.

11/17/1932 MERCER, Mary Jane 88 5'3"/135 Myocarditis, acute, secondary to chronic myocarditis and arteriosclerosis. Deceased had an attack of shortness of breathing and precardial pain at about 3:15 a.m. She asked for water but died before anything could be done for her.//Nothing of value.

09/12/1929 MERCER, Zannie 45 5'10"/90 Diabetes millitus with coma.//Nothing of value. 10/09/1925 MILLER, Cledeth 32 5'10"/175 Fractured skull resulting from falling stone striking deceased on head, sustained while at

work at the Reed quarry south of Bloomington. Death occurred at the Bloomington Hospital at 3:30 the following morning.//Nothing of value

11/07/1927 MILLER, Elmer 31 5'9"/175 Skull fractured by a stone falling from off a truck under a gang saw, at the Central Oolitic Stone Mill, Bloomington, Ind.//An open faced gold filled watch and a two foot rule which were turned over to his wife.

11/26/1916 MILLER, Fred 23 5'6"/130 Organic heart disease augmented by an attack of acute indigestion.//Nothing of value.




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05/22/1929 MILLER, Lester 49 5'7"/165 Fracture of the left perietal bone with contusion of brain; fracture of left radius and ulna while discharging his duties at the Monon Stone Mill near Clear Creek. This man fell from a run-way, striking his head on a moving pitman of a saw gang and was killed instantly.//Clothing usual for working man, two knives, one Ingersol watch, one paper dollar, several keys. These were given to the Lawrence County Coroner.

03/08/1934 MILLER, Sarah Naomi 1 2'2"/15 Pneumonia. Deceased became ill two weeks ago with a cold and became suddenly worse the 7th day of March. At 3:15 p.m. March 8, she died.//Nothing of value.

.. MILLER, Thomas R 51 6'1"/230 Gas gangrene infection of right thigh, following a crushing injury. Deceased was aligning a stone for his planer bed at the Mathews Stone Co. mill when the bed started moving, catch-ing him between the stone and the top (?) stock. The accident happened at 7:30 a.m. April 23 and he died in the Bloomington Hospital at 4:30 a.m. April 26.//Nothing of value.

06/29/1933 MILLER, W. Norman 50 6'/165 Coronary occlusion. Deceased was taken ill at about 10 p.m. June 28, 1933, and was found in an unconscious condition at about 12 midnight. He did not regain consciousness and died at about 12:15 a.m. June 9, 1933. Deceased was sup't. of the Morgan & Monroe Co. State Forest work. He died in the Service building which is in Monroe County.//Nothing of value.

06/19/1924 MILLS, Flora 35 5'2"/160 Acute poven chymatous nephritis & myocarditis.//Nothing of value. 11/20/1905 MILOSEVIC, Mile 32 5'9"/180 Acute alcoholic poisoning//Nothing noted. 07/26/1929 MINKS, Everett Wayne 18 5'8"/160 While driving eastward on 6th St., Bloomington, Ind., at 12:50 a.m.. at a high rate of

speed, he failed to turn at the end of the street at Indiana Avenue; his car overturned causing him a fracture of skull and bones of neck.//Purse containing $11.59; this was given to W. W. Allen and receipt taken.

05/24/1911 MINNEMAN, Irvin 18 5'10"/150 Accidental suffocation by gas.//Pocket knife, watch and chain, pocket book,check $40.00 on Logansport Bank.

05/31/1905 MITCHAM, John W. 63 6'1"/185 Traumatic pneumonia due to external violence to right side breaking the 6th and 7th ribs. The pleura lung carotenoid arteries and the right lower and middle lobes filled with blood from the hemorrage.//Nothing of any value.




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12/18/1932 MITCHANER, Elijah Louise 77 5'11"/150 Acute myocarditis, secondary to chronic myocarditis. De- ceased became ill 17th Decem-ber with pains over heart and over abdomen. He died at 6 a.m. 18 December, 1932.// Nothing of value.

07/11/1912 MITCHELL, James 71 5'8"/140 Organic heart disease.//Nothing. 05/17/1911 MITCHELL, John Walton 58 5'10"/150 Concussion of brain in fall. Accidental.//One watch, $51.34 cash, pocket knife. 03/09/1905 MOON, James 62 6'/170 Cerebral apoplexy//Six dollars, a pocket knife and paper which I gave over to his widow,

Mary Jane Moon, and took her receipt for same. 09/03/1920 MOORE, James 72 5'8"/165 Cerebral apoplexy.//$72 which was turned over to his wife, Charlotte Moore, and her

receipt for same taken. 05/21/1912 MOORE, Norris No information given except name and that's unclear. 06/10/1932 MOORE, Oscar E 60 5'8"/160 Myocarditis, acute, secondary to chronic myocarditis and arteriosclerosis. Deceased had

been drinking whiskey steadily for years and just prior to last illness, had been intoxicated. He complained of severe abdominal pain early June 10, 1932, and died at about 9 a.m. Autopsy revealed the cause of death.//Nothing of value.

05/20/1932 MOORMAN, Henry A 77 6'0"/ Intracranial hemorrhage from blow on head received in an automobile accident 8 miles north of Bloomington, 19th May, 1932. Deceased was taken to the Bloomington Hospital where he died at 7:30 a.m. May 20th, 1932. He was apparently in good condition when brought to the hospital and his attending physician did not know the cause of his death. Autopsy showed intracranial subdural hemorrhage in accipital region.//Nothing of value.

12/25/1925 MORELLA, Remo 30 5'2"/150 Neck broken when auto overturned.//$37.45. 05/25/1929 MORRILL, Shirlee Anna 4 mths 26"/17 Suffocation. This baby fell from its carriage and in so doing became entangled in its cloth-

ing, causing a constriction about the neck.//Nothing of value. 12/13/1906 MORRIS, Delmas 63 5'8"/150 Cerebral apoplexy.//Nothing of any value. 10/10/1927 MORRIS, Palmer 26 5'10"/175 Murdered by one Jesse Bowman with a shotgun. The two men having returned to the

home of Palmer Morris about 3 o'clock a.m. October 10th and having been imbibing of whiskey, after some quarreling , the shot was fired striking Morris in the back of the head, making a large open wound which caused his death about half hour afterward.//Nothing of value.

02/20/1926 MORTON, John W 84 5'8"/120 Chronic bronchitis and senility.//Nothing of value. 08/03/1904 MOSER, Hespia A 16 5'4"/120 Gunshot wound of the right side of the head, said gunshot wound being self inflicted with

suicidal intent//Nothing of any value.




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07/22/1931 MOSHER, Walter 47 5'8"/165 Suicide by means of chloroform inhalation. The body was found in his garage by his wife, Mary Mosher, at about 3 a.m.//Nothing of value.

08/26/1926 MULLINS, Floyd 7 mths 1'10"/6 Acute colitis.//Nothing of value. 08/08/1908 MULLIS, John 41 6'/175 Accidentally being thrown from a buggy attached to a run-away horse, fracturing the skull,

producing death from shock and cerebral concussion.//$2.30 which was turned over to R. A. Pauly and his receip;t for same taken.

12/30/1921 MUNDY, James Franklin 48 5'7"/155 Accidental; being struck by derrick cable breaking, knocking him over ledge of stone some fifteen feet deep, alighting upon head fracturing base of skull, breaking ribs on left side. Death due to shock and hemorrhage. Death almost instantaneous. This occurred at the Hoadley Stone Company quarry, 1 mile northwest of Stinesville, In.//Nothing of any value.

07/04/1933 MURPHY, John 77 5/10"/ Myocarditis, acute. Deceased had been ill all day with a pain over his epigastrium. His son, with whom he had lived alone, left the house at 5:30 p.m. for his supper, leaving de-ceased in bed. When the son returned, his father was not in bed and he found him lying on the bathroom floor, dead. Death occurred between 5:50 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.//Nothing of value.

02/21/1919 MURPHY, Lucindy 65 5'6"/260 Organic heart disease.//Nothing of any value. 03/09/1923 MYERS, Amanda A 76 5'7"/150 Chronic interstitial nephritis and chronic myocarditis.// Nothing listed. 10/24/1927 MYERS, Eli P. 66 5'8"/ Cerebral hemorrhage.//Two certificates of deposit drawn by First National Bank,

Blooming-ton, Ind., for $500 each making $1,000; and currency and silver and gold amounting to $821.29 which together with a gold watch (Hampden) and two knives were turned over to his son, Robert Myers, and a receipt taken which is hereunto attached.

03/17/1909 MYERS, James 34 5'7"/135 Accidental; fall from edge in Mathews Stone Mill of Ellettsville, fracturing skull and bones on right side.//Nothing of value.

02/10/1925 MYERS, Ruby 17 5'8"/100 Pulmonary tuberculosis.//Nothing of value. 05/23/1933 NASH, John Robert 1.5 2'7"/25 Acute poisoning with kerosene. Deceased drank a quantity of coal oil before its mother

could prevent it at about 4 p.m., and died at about 6:10 p.m.//Nothing of value. 01/12/1919 NAYLOR, Lilly 44 5'10"/145 Pulmonary tuberculosis.//Nothing of any value.




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07/20/1906 NEAL, Kenneth 27 5'3"/130 Indianapolis Southern Railway accident: skull crushed, a hole from 3 to 4" in circumference in skull on left side above and to left of eye; left leg cutoff 4" below knee and fractured twice above knee at middle third and upper third of thigh; right leg fractured above knee at middle third; body bruised and chin cut below and to left of mouth; two ribs fractured on left side, 6th & 7th; lacerated right knee and also under left knee; death due to shock and hemorrhaging.//Nothing of any value.

07/23/1920 NEAL, Louise 74 5'10"/175 Cerebral apoplexy.//Nothing of value. 4/3/1930 NEFF, Frank Elsworth 36 5'10"/180 His body crushed between two large blocks of stone while at his usual work at the

Cresent Quarry of the Indiana Limestone Co., as a hooker. A stack of mill blocks fell and he was caught beneath one. There was no evidence of carelessness on the part of company or employees. The foundation upon which the blocks were stacked must have settled just at that time.//Clothing of a working man of his class, one Illinois watch, one purse in which was $54.00 and some receipts, a receipt for which was taken from W. W. Allen, mortician.

11/09/1927 NEIL, James E. 66 6'2"/175 Chronic myocarditis.//Nothing of value. 08/05/1905 NELSON, Mary A 66 5'8"/120 Cancer of womb of a duration of 7 months.//Nothing of value.

08/25/1899 NELSON, Pleasant 15 5'5"/110 Struck by the "dogs" on a derrick, and being thrown violently upon his skull coming in contact with a stone and fracturing his skull//nothing

09/13/1911 NELSON, Ulysses Grant 43 5'10"/170 No cause given.//One watch, pocket knife. 05/21/1910 NICKLES, John 83 5'6"/165 Organic heart disease; natural.//$36 in paper, $8.08 in silver = $44.08. 05/14/1931 NOE, Pearl 48 5'6"/160 Acute dilatation of the heart, secondary to mitral insufficiency.//Nothing of value. 10/13/1930 NOEL, Rex Julius 31 5'9"/175 Crushing injury to pelvis. This man, while at his usual work as a switch crew foreman of

ICRR, was accidentally caught between the draw bars of two cars. Accident happened near Showers Bros. Plant No. 4 south of Bloomington.

11/12/1908 NORRIS, Martin 90 5'11"/165 Organic heart disease.//Nothing of any value. 04/29/1925 OLIPHANT, Homer 57 5'9"/210 Suicide: shooting himself through head with a .25 automatic pistol.//Articles described in

above report.(Report did not appear on the microfilm.) 05/25/1932 OLIVER, Alexander 70 5'8"/190 Myocarditis, acute, secondary to chronic myocarditis. After working all morning, deceased

was taken sick and was brought home by a friend. He felt better in the afternoon, but died suddenly at about 5:45 p.m. while talking to one of his sons.//Nothing of value.

06/06/1915 OWEN, Raymond 18 5'3"/ Accidental drowning while learning to swim.//Nothing of value.




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10/05/1905 OWENS, Martha Jane Inman 61 5'6"/260 Cerebral apoplexy//Nothing of any value 04/02/1906 OWENS, Owen 63 5'11"/155 Chronic nephritis with immediate cause of acute uremia.//Nothing of any value 12/07/1934 PALMER, Edward Eustace 72 5'11"/190 Heart failure. Deceased fell dead in his home at 8:30 a.m.//Nothing of value. 07/10/1910 PARK, William A. 34 5'8"/200 Accidental; fall from derrick, neck broken & skull crushed, corner 4th & Washington Sts.,

M.E. church.//Nothing of value. 03/06/1906 PARK, William Washington 72 5'11"/160 Organic heart trouble.//$3.45 which was turned over to his son Ed and a receipt for same

taken. 08/16/1933 PARKER, Katherine 51 5'8"/185 Cardiovascular renal disease. Deceased had not had a doctor since May, 1933.//Nothing

of value. 01/16/1917 PARKER, Wm. H 46 5'7"/160 Accidentally crushed.//Articles which were turned over to his wife and receipt taken for

same. (Funeral home note lists the following items: Gold watch, knife, pocket book containing $46.00, pocket folder containing lodge receipt for ...?)

03/14/1935 PARKS, Ed 58 5'8"/135 Cardiac collapse. Deceased was chopping wood in the back yard of his home and dropped to the ground unconscious. He lived about 15 minutes and died at 10 a.m.//Nothing of value.

04/15/1925 PATON, Moses Washington 56 5'11"/150 Cerebral hemorrhage.//Nothing of value. 01/12/1917 PATTON, Finis 2 days 2'2"/9 Bronchial pneumonia.//Nothing of value. 09/24/1928 PATTON, Albert J. Beverage 17 5'5"/109 Bronchial pneumonia.//Nothing of value. 08/04/1932 PATTON, Cecil May 30 5'7"/145 Hemolytic jaundice, secondary to pelvic infection. Deceased became ill Monday night with

vomiting and chills, gradually grew worse with pains in pelvic region and under liver. She died at 4 a.m. August 4, 1932.//Nothing of value.

08/13/1933 PATTON, Donald Paul 6 hrs 20"/5 Premature birth. Deceased was found dead in bed at about 5 a.m., about 6 hours after its birth.//Nothing of value.

10/11/1912 PATTON, Floyd 7 wks Whooping cough.//Nothing. 08/11/1934 PATTON, Mary Elizabeth 64 5'6"/100 Suicide; hanged herself. Deceased had been out of her mind for several months and had

attempted suicide several times before. Her husband left home at about nine a.m. and when he came back he found her hanging from the limb of a tree in front of their house.// Nothing of value.

05/13/1924 PATTON, Vivian Irene 22 days 22"/7 Suffocation resulting from sleeping in bed with parents. //Nothing of value 03/22/1899 PAULEY, James B 77 5''7"/185 Heart disease//Body was dressed only in night clothing.




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10/15/1920 PELFREE, Joseph 70 5'9"/146 Accidental poisoning from oil wintergreen.//Nothing of any value. 03/25/1922 PENNEY, Harold M 35 6'/195 Struck by railway train while riding in automobile; death due to shock & hemorrhage,

crush-ing of skull.//Bank book, book of papers, notebook, gold emblem, comb, fountain pen, pencils, watch, chain, 2 knives, emblem, handkerchief, ring of keys, pocketbook with $20, glasses, 2 pairs of gloves, muffler, 1 band ring, checkbook; receipted for by Ray Wilber Mills.

08/05/1923 PERCIFIELD, Glbert Homer 3 wks 20"/3 Suffocation caused by sleeping in same bed with mother.// Nothing of value. 12/24/1898 PERRY, G. K., Sr. 67 5'9"/185 Heart disease complicated with rheumatism.//Nothing of value.

02/15/1906 PETERS, John S 42 5'10"/170 Angina pectoris, a result of an organic heart trouble, probably a natural regurgation.// Nothing of any value.

08/10/1916 PHILLIPS, Claude 18 5'5"/140 Shock following accident at the Bedford-Bloomington Stone Mill, wherein his right arm was torn from body and left leg torn off between ankle and knee, besides many bruises about head and body.//Nothing of value

05/07/1927 PICAU, William 67 5'10"/140 Cerebral hemorrhage.//The sum of $2.07 and some automobile keys which were turned over to his son.

01/14/1935 PITKINS, Alfred Henry 67 5'11"/190 Apoplexy. Deceased was found dead in bed by his wife when she awakened in the morn-ing. //Nothing of value.

11/25/1928 POGUE, Ralph 20 6'3"/155 Shock and hemorrhage caused by being shot with homicidal intent by Dewey Boshears with a .38 calibre ball while the said Ralph Pogue with other policemen were making a search of Boshears' home to determine whether or not there was intoxicating liquor there.// Nothing of value.

04/16/1932 POINDEXTER, William 61 5'7"/150 Acute myocarditis, secondary to chronic myocarditis. Deceased went into toilet about 2 a.m., 16th April, and when his wife missed him from bed she found the door locked on the inside. Earl Waldon climbed through the transom and found deceased lying dead on the floor. He had cut his head in falling against the wooden support of the wash basin. He had been to see Dr. D.J.Holland concerning his condition a day previously.//Nothing of value.

09/10/1909 POLLEY, Gladys 4 mos. Starvation & Exposure.//Nothing. 09/10/1909 POLLEY, Kate 29 5'6"/165 Suicide by hanging.//$1.04 given to family.




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12/30/1928 POLLY, William J 74 5'7"/135 Suicide; having the left side of his head torn away by the contents of a shotgun which entered the neck under right lower jaw, ranging upward and diagonally across, coming out left side of skull; from the opening the brain dropped out. He died instantly about 3 a.m. December 30 at his home in Benton Twp, 11-1/2 miles from town.//Nothing of value except $6.70 which was turned over to his widow.

04/08/1933 PORTER, Charles 64 5'8"/140 Trampled to death by a bull at the county poor farm. Deceased was in the habit of putting the cows for milking every night in the barn. A new bull cornered him between the silo and the barn and killed him before any help could be had. Sam Strain, another inmate at the farm, found the bull on deceased and it then attacked him. He was rescued by his nephew Claude Strain.//Nothing of value.

03/30/1933 PORTER, Edward James 56 6'2"/254 Accidental traumatism sustained in an auto accident. Deceased was driving north of the Dixie at a point about 1/2 mile north of the city. His car skidded into a tree. He sustained a fractured skull on the left side and crushed the right side of his chest. He died in about 1/2 hour without regaining consciousness. The accident occurred at about 7:30 a.m.//The sum of 11 cents which was turned over to Arthur Day, undertaker.

12/22/1922 PORTER, Louisa 40 days 1'7"/9 Bronchial pneumonia.//Nothing of value. 01/26/1926 POWELL, Dorothy 2 3'1"/35 Broncho-pneumonia, complicated by measles.//Nothing of value. 07/20/1919 PRESLEY, Carson C 25 5'9"/155 Hemorrhage and shock due to bullet wound from .38 calibre revolver shot from the hands

of Fred Bowan of Bedford, Indiana, at the Monon railroad yard 1 mile south of Bloomington. The description and inspection attached being filed by Dr. R. C. Ryan, Bloomington.//Nothing of any value.

08/07/1931 PRICE, Isaac 72 5'6"/160 Cerebral hemorrhage due to fractured base of skull caused by an accidental fall from a gang saw platform at the Shawnee Stone Mill.//Nothing of value

01/19/1920 PRICE, Wm. Marshall 26 days 1'7"/ Congenital heart failure of closing of foramen circle. 03/13/1907 PRYOR, Delcema 44 5'3"/170 Cerebral apoplexy.//Nothing of any value. 01/07/1909 RAGAN, Reather 14 5'4"/125 Suicide: Shotgun wound upper portion left lung, 1:30 a.m.//Nothing of value 07/05/1931 RAINBOLT, L. E. 50 5'7"/145 Suicide by self-inflicted 12 gauge shotgun wound through heart. Deceased shot himself

between noon and 1:30 p.m. July 3. Water from Griffey Creek after a storm, which took place at about 12:30 p.m., covered the body until 4:30 a.m. 5 July. His wrist watch stopped at 1;30.//Nothing of value.




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09/22/1910 RAINES, James 24 5'8"/165 Head crushed between express & baggage car on Monon R.R., about 3:30 a.m., between Gosport and Bloomington, Ind.//Nothing of value.

10/17/1923 RAINES, Lillie 42 5'5"/275 Fracture of cervical vertebra due to automobile accident occurring 14 miles south of Bloom-ington on State Road #22. Husband, Jim Raines, of Indiana Harbor, Ind, lost control of car on embankment and car turned over, pinning deceased, with babe in arms, beneath the car.//$192.08 which was turned over to undertaker, W. Allen, for safe keeping, a receipt being taken from same.

10/17/1923 RAINES, Therman 1 2'6"/25 Crushing injury to chest and strangulation, due to automobile accident. See information for RAINES, Lillie.//Nothing of value.

10/28/1932 RAIRDEN, Edward 60 5'9"/165 Acute myocarditis. Deceased was working on a construction gang west of Bloomington, became suddenly ill, and collapsed. He died within several minutes after the attack.//1 gold watch which was turned over to Arthur Day, funeral director.

06/12/1920 RANDALL, Mary I 23 5'4"/110 Cerebral apoplexy following epileptic convulsion.//Nothing of value. 09/30/1925 RANSOM, James 82 5'8"/140 Fracture of skull caused by being struck by an automobile driven by Florence Robertson,

which knocked the deceased backward, his head striking the brick pavement thereby causing fracture.//Silver watch and money and check to the amount of $9.91, together with some less valuable personal belongings; same being turned over to Mrs. Dana McClintock, receipt being taken for same.

08/17/1911 RARIDEN, James 40 5'6"/175 Heart failure, probably due to excessive heat.//Nothing 11/20/1928 RATCLIFF, Joseph Henry 54 5'7"/140 Accidental; overcome by carbon monoxide fumes from his automobile while working with

his car in his garage at his home at 415 E. First St., with the doors of the garage closed.// Elgin watch and $1.57 which were turned over to his widow.

11/24/1906 RAWLINGS, Emmett E 23 6'3"/168 Cardiac hypertrophy.//One watch, one knife, two books, watch chain, pair gloves and two collar buttons which were turned over to his brother Dolf Rawlings and his receipt for same taken.

03/03/1920 RAY, Florence 40 5'6"/160 Organic heart failure following a two weeks sickness of influenza.//Nothing listed. 04/26/1925 REED, Ella 63 5'6"/90 Pulmonary tuberculosis.//Nothing of value. 07/19/1902 REIVES, David 22 5'6"/135 Strangulation by his own hands with suicidal intent//Nothing of value




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12/10/1898 REPROGLE, Albert 45 5'8"/190 Explosion of a dynamite blast, which the deceassed had prepared and lighted - having returned to same (probably thinking the fuse had gone out) just as it exploded, said death being accidental//Handkerchief, bottle of yellow tablets, one clay pipe, one ounce bottle, empty, one package Duke's Smoking mixture, one (unreadable) book, lead pencil, 1/2 plug Standard Navy (?) chewing tobacco, 2 pieces nitrate, seven sticks - one gold filled hunting case watch which was promised to be the property of one Theodore Morse, being given to him upon above proof. Three dynamite percussion caps.

09/05/1918 RHOADES, Catherine 91 6'1"/165 Cancer of stomach and liver.// Nothing of value. 09/23/1906 RHODES, Samuel 23 5'8"/150 From falling backwards off a moving hand car, said car ran over him crushing his skull.

Dr. Frank Hilliard operated on him at the hospital and he died six hours afterward from cerebral compression.//Nothing of any value

10/24/1916 RHORER, Levi N 84 5'5"/ 115 Organic heart disease and chronic intersticial nephritis.// Nothing of value. 02/28/1934 RICE, Wm. Floyd 20 5'11"/165 Suicide by shooting himself with a shotgun. He told his mother, who came to him when

she heard the shot that he had shot himself because he had been out of work. He shot himself close to noon on February 27 and died on February 28 at about 11:30 p.m. The shotgun charge went through the upper left chest, tearing the lung but missing the heart. //Nothing of value.

08/28/1916 RICHARDSON, Lehman Howard

60 5'9"/195 Ate supper, went to bed as usual, complained to wife about 8:00 of feeling bad, died in about 1/2 hour. Dr. Whetsel last doctor in attendance. When doctor arrived, face and neck badly discolored, abdomen badly distended with gas. Apoplexy.//Nothing noted.

06/26/1923 RICHARDSON, Lorenzo Dow 61 5'9"/135 Chronic interstitial nephritis and paralysis.// Nothing listed. 02/23/1919 RICHARDSON, Tilman

Howard 60 5'8"/195 Cerebral apoplexy.//Nothing of value.

06/16/1927 RICHARDSON, William Howard

60 6'1"/175 Chronic myocarditis.//Nothing of value.

02/07/1929 RIDDLE, Eliza E 70 5'0"/95 Arteriosclerosis, chronic myocarditis.//Nothing of value 11/14/1928 RIDGE, Annie I 74 5'7"/190 Chronic myocarditis.//Nothing of value. 03/22/1926 RIDGEWAY, Sarah B 65 5'3"/160 Apoplexy.//Nothing of value. 08/13/1929 RIFE, Laura E 65 5'0"/100 Knocked down by an automobile driven from her garage by her daughter, causing a

fracture of skull with laceration of brain and intracranial hemorrhage.//Nothing of value.




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07/30/1935 RITTER, Wayne Edward 2 wks 1'8"/5 Starvation. Baby two weeks old, unable to nurse. Died be-tween 1 a.m. and 5 a.m.// Nothing of value.

01/01/1927 RIX, George 22 5'9"/170 Fell under a freight train as he was getting off said train, his feet slipping on the ice onto the railroad track and being run over by two box cars cutting off both legs and receiving bruises and a scalp wound which caused his death.//Small billfold containg ninety-seven cents which was turned over to his father, Walter B Rix, of 408 Conway Building, Chicago, Ill.

07/18/1933 ROBERTSON, Harry Merle 24 5'8"/130 Fracture of skull, sustained in an automobile accident at about 10:30 p.m., 15 July, 1933. Deceased died at about 12:40 a.m. July 18, 1933, in the Bloomington Hospital. The acci-dent occurred about 8 miles south of Bloomington on the Dixie Highway. Deceased and his companion, Gerald Culross had stolen a Ford Coupe and were headed south when the car turned over.//Nothing of value. No scars exept fresh scalp wound over right forehead.

03/08/1926 ROBERTSON, James 68 5'11"/140 Chronic myocarditis.//Nothing of value. 06/28/1928 ROBERTSON, William 93 5'11"/115 Infectious jaundice.//Nothing of value. 05/14/1924 ROBINSON James David 4 mths 27"/12 Pertussis.//Nothing of value. 04/29/1920 ROBINSON, Elizabeth Jane 90 5'5"/125 Organic heart failure following influenza; senility.//Nothing of value. 05/08/1933 ROBINSON, Emma J 71 5'7"/200 Myocarditis, acute. Deceased died while asleep. Her family had not heard her complain

any more than usual, but she had long been suffering from pains around the heart, short-ness of breath, and swollen ankles.//Nothing of value.

11/02/1910 ROBINSON, Geneva 10 mos 2'/ Chronic gastritis; natural.//Nothing 08/05/1917 ROBINSON, James 41 5'11"/180 Accidental crushing and mangling under large piece of falling stone at Central Oolitic

Stone Mill. Death was instant. //$12.10 which was turned over to widow and receipt taken for same.

04/25/1920 ROBINSON, Robert Harrel 16 days 19"/8 Congenital heart disease & failure to close of foraman ovale.//Nothing. 03/24/1909 ROBINSON, W H 30 5'9"/170 Head severed on I.S. R.R.(something about Rogers St.). Probably drunk.//1 penny, 1

"good luck don't worry piece", 1 locket.




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09/25/1907 ROBISON, Jesse 37 5'6"/160 Homicide: death was due to internal hemorrhage from a gun shot wound of right side, as described by Post Mortem report of Dr. J.W.Harris, filed with the rest of the testimony, in-flicted from a double barrel shot gun in the hands of one Tobias Goddin (Gaddis?).//Ninety cents and a pocket knife which was turned over to his wife Julia Robison, and her receipt for same taken.

01/26/1912 RODGERS, Elizabeth Anna 3 mos Cerebral hemorrhage.//Nothing 06/05/1918 ROGERS, Horace 40 5'6"/160 Drowning, being thrown from an auto into creek.//Nothing of value.

03/161912 ROGERS, Jesse 30 5'10"/180 Accidental, railroad.//Nothing listed. 08/19/1931 ROLEY, Veronica Louise

Mattingly 21 5'4"/115 Fracture of the skull with cerebral hemorrhage, sustained August 15 at about 11:30 p.m.

when the car in which she was riding hit a high tension pole on the Vernal Pike about 1.5 miles from Bloomington. Her companion, Ray Fresell, who was driving, admits negligent drinking and driving.// Nothing of value.

05/05/1933 ROSS, Earl 13 5'1"/85 Broken neck suffered when the truck in which he was riding overturned down an embank-ment. He was pinned beneath the hog crate on which he had been sitting.//Nothing of value.

08/22/1911 ROSS, Olin 12 4/9"/90 No comments made by coroner.//Nothing 06/28/1931 ROTHSMAN, Carl E 53 5'4"/215 Myocarditis, acute, secondary to arteriosclerosis. Deceased was found dead in bed by a

policeman at about 2 p.m. June 28.//The sum of $5.87 which was turned over to and receipted for by the Chief of Police.

05/22/1909 RUNYAN, Lincoln 52 5'10/ Asphyxiation in well on D.S. Rawlings farm, Harmony, Ind. overcome by gas. Accidental.// 1 nickel plated watch, paper, $3.05 in cash turned over to family.

06/11/1933 RUSH, Otis, Jr. 8 4'4"/60 Fracture of the 7th cervical vertebra with severing of spinal cord. Deceased was killed by a drunken auto driver. This man hit deceased and did not stop but continued away from the scene of accident. He was caught an hour later by the police.//Nothing of value.

11/16/1903 RUSSELL, Robert F 54 5'6"/160 Fell from the loft in his barn while throwing down hay, the distance fallen being about 30 feet. The fall caused a broken neck, causing instant death. The right side of the face and head were quite extensively bruised.//A watch and $1.00 in money, all of which was turned over to his brother Henry Russell, his nearest living relative




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05/20/1935 RYAN, Alberta Bell 27 5'7"/120 Auto accident. Fractured skull, broken leg, and hemorrhage from wound in throat. De-ceased was in her car, driven by Henry Higgins of Bloomington. They crashed into culvert on the Bedford Road and she was injured so badly that she died in about 40 minutes at the Bloomington Hospital. She died at about 8:20 p.m.//Nothing of value.

05/06/1933 RYAN, John Martin 41 6'2"/215 Suicide by hanging himself from his barn loft. Deceased had been in ill health and had been brooding, but his mother, with whom he lived, had not suspected him of any such tendencies.// The sum of $68 and one gold watch which was turned over to his brother.

03/23/1915 SANDERS, J. Thomas 70 5'11"/140 Accidentally struck by a moving train on Monon R.R. track 1.5 mi. north of Harrodsburg, causing a fracture of skull and broken right arm at upper end of humerous bone. The wound of skull was through right parietal bone, being 2 1/4" long and 1 1/4" wide at one end, and 1/2" at other end, through which the brains protruded.

06/10/1920 SANDERS, Laura Elsie 1 2'2"/18 Lobular pneumonia following influenza.//Nothing of value 10/06/1908 SARE, Serena 46 5'5"/160 Organic heart disease.//Nothing of value. 04/30/1922 SCHMITLEY, Rhoda 52 /225 Angina pectoris.//Nothing of value. 01/12/1929 SCOTT, Martha M 67 5'8"/80 Chronic illness of twenty years duration, probably a cerebral hemorrhage, causing a

partial paralysis of extremities, this causing a myocardial insufficiency. Decubitus ulcers over several areas of the body. Influenza of 3 days duration.// Nothing of value.

01/30/1934 SCOTT, Wm. M 52 6'/150 Crushing injury to skull over occipit with meningitis following. The evidence given in this case was that deceased was hit by a truck; the driver failing to stop. In my opinion this evidence is false and the verdict is death due to person or persons unknown. The stepson, James Nicholas, has left the county and has not been apprehended. He was with the de-ceased at the time of his injury but had his brother swear that it was he himself who was with Scott. Deceased died at the Bloomington Hospital at 4 a.m.//Nothing of value. [The initial accident apparently occurred on January 15, 1934.]

06/271926 SCRIPTER, Robert E 54 5'7"/230 Cerebral hemorrhage.//Nothing of value. 12/29/1925 SCROGHAM, Glora B 45 5'6"/80 Chronic pulmonary tuberculosis.//Nothing of value. 03/17/1911 SCROGHAM, Thomas 69 6' /165 Organic heart disease, natural.//Check $37.67, pocket knife and ring.




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03/20/1929 SEACAT, Robert Lee 39 5'8"/165 Hemorrhage and shock following injury to lower extremeties. This man fell from the top of a moving car on the Monon yards and the car trucks passed over his body.//1 ring, 1 Monon switch key, 1 door key, 1 key pad, 1 folder of receipts, a book of meal tickets containing 80 cents worth of coupons, four ten dollar bills, one five, seven cents in change, 1 Hamilton watch. These were turned over to the undertaker and a receipt taken therefor.

07/18/1918 SEXTON, Fielder 76 5'10"/145 Pulmonary hemorrhage.//Nothing of value. 09/20/1904 SHARP, James C. 60 5'8"/148 Cerebral apoplexy//Nothing of any value. 02/26/1934 SHAWVER, Joseph 94 5'11"/90 Acute myocarditis. Deceased was sitting on the side of his bed at about 12:30 p.m. and

fell over dead. He hadn't been sick.//Nothing of value. 07/30/1910 SHEPHERD, Karl A 10 4'6"/110 Head crushed by Monon switch engine at 3:40 p.m.; accidental.//Nothing of value 12/14/1917 SHEPPHARD, Janetta Thelma 2 3'/23 Acute catarrhal laryngitis.//Nothing of value. 02/26/1908 SHERFIELD, Gilbert 4 2'4"/35 Sarcoma of eye./Nothing of any value. 11/02/1920 SHERLOCK, Steven 66 5'10"/185 Suicide; .32 revolver shot in neck severing jugular vein and carotid artery.//$10.30 which

was turned over to Frank Sherlock. 10/05/1927 SHERRILL, Lucinda 92 5'6"/125 Acute colitis. The deceased had only been sick 24 hours but had been feeble for some

time.//Nothing of any value. 10/13/1928 SHERRILL, Mary V. 56 5'4"/140 Accidental; struck by an automobile on East 3rd St., fracturing her skull, right clavical, and

most of the ribs on the right side of the body from which injuries she died at the City Hospital about 4 p.m.//Nothing listed.

07/03/1829 SHERTZER, Gerald 12 4'10"/85 Electrocution by catching hold of a live electric wire blown down by storm.//Nothing of any value.

04/05/1933 SHERTZER, Robert Lee 3 days 1'8"/7 Malignant jaundice. Baby became ill 2nd day after birth, turning a bronze color and died at about 6 a.m.//Nothing of value.

11/26/1908 SHIELDS, David 42 5'11"/180 Accidentally shot by his son Parker, in the back with a shotgun while out rabbit hunting, producing death almost instantly from hemorrhage and shock.//Nothing of value.

02/02/1932 SHIELDS, Jerry Rae 8 mths 2'3"/17 Acute dilatation of the heart, myocarditis following double otitio media.//Nothing of value. 01/19/1932 SHIELDS, Loyd Eugene 3 mths 2'5'/13 Broncho pneumonia.//Nothing of value.




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05/15/1926 SHIELDS, Parker 38 5'8"/175 Shotgun wound in left chest, 3 1/2" to the left and 2 1/2 inches below the left nipple. The shot ranged forward and upward, death resulting from perforation of the heart. The shot was fired by one Emmett Hodge.//Money and valuables which were listed turned over to the widow and a receipt taken for same. [List not included on report.]

06/27/1921 SHIGLEY, Jasper Leroy 25 5'10"/180 Electrocuted by coming in contact with electrical lines while delivering at James Howe's business in Bloomington, Ind, there being a burn on left hand and thigh and 4 burns on right foot and 3 burns on left foot. The statement of Dr. Joe Moser, Bloomington, Ind.// Twenty-two dollars which was turned over to his brother and his receipt taken.

07/10/1922 SHOWALTER, Clyde 20 5'7"/140 Suicide, revolver shot in head from .32 calibre revolver on or about 6/24/1922.//Nothing of value.

03/07/1933 SHUMAKER, Robert 25 5'8"/150 Fracture of skull in auto accident. Deceased ran into Chev. Truck driven by Gene Gore, about 3 mi. south of Bloomington on the Dixie Highway at about 9 p.m. Deceased was killed outright. Both zygomas, the mandible, both nasal bones and the base of skull were fractured. The left femur was fractured in the lower 1/3.//The sum of 89 cents which was turned over to Days Funeral Home.

01/22/1933 SILVERS, Grover Franklin 27 5'10"/150 Suicide by drinking carbolic acid.//Nothing of value. 06/11/1926 SIMPSON, Lenora 13 5'/120 Swallowing carbolic acid under circumstances that indicate that she might have been

forced to do this act by another person. I recommend that the grand jury continue the in-vestigation.//Nothing of value.

02/12/1928 SIMPSON, Thomas 82 5'7"/150 Chronic myocarditis.//Nothing of value. 12/07/1903 SIMS, Martin (possibly) 27 5'8"/150 Gunshot wound of the head and neck at the hands of Charles Spiegel (contractor, I.S.),

said shooting being a case of justifiable homicide or self-defense. The bullet was of .41 calibre, entered at lower angle of left scapula, ranged upward and forward, lodged in the front of neck beneath the skin above and to the right of the sterno-clavicular articulation.//55 cents in change, about 40 cartridges, .38 calibre, 1 .38 calibre Davis & Johnson revolver, one pocket knife

06/19/1924 SINDERS, Renos 18 5'11"/180 Fracture of base of skull sustained in an automobile accident at 3rd & Madison Sts. on 6/18 at 5:35 p.m.//Nothing of value.




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11/04/1932 SINKHAM, James Lee 53 5'11"/180 Myocarditis, acute, secondary to arteriosclerosis. Deceased was helping his brother-in-law lift a stove into a wagon, became suddenly short of breath, sat down, and ceased breath-ing.//Nothing of value.

11/25/1907 SINOR, Thelma 3 mos /11 Accidental suffocation./Nothing of value. 07/05/1931 SIPES, Albert 19 6'2"/160 Fracture of the base of skull on the right side due to a fall from an auto truck in which he

was riding.//Nothing of value. 05/25/1934 SIPES, Dennis Edward 77 5'11"/150 Suicide by cutting his throat on May 24, 1934. He died at 11:25 p.m.//Nothing of value. 10/17/1920 SISCOE, Charles L 25 5'6"/140 Suicide: Gunshot wound in head from .38 calibre revolver. // List of items was attached to

death certificate (but not copied). 06/08/1908 SKIMMERHORN, Andrew 34 5'8"/150 Suicide; a .22 calibre revolver wound to head, the bullet passing through the head pro-

ducing death immediately from shock and hemorrhage.//Nothing of value. 05/22/1912 SKIRVIN, Carl 18 5'11"/155 Falling timber.//Pocket book, Cash, $1.90 11/28/1921 SKIRVIN, Mollie 44 5/7"/165 Homicide - shot from a .38 calibre revolver cartridge.//The sum of $5.10 which was turned

over to her husband.. 09/10/1929 SKIRVIN, Samuel Alva 50 5'8"/175 While at his usual work as a machine runner at the B.G. Hoadley Quarries Co., some

stones which were stacked above the "hole" were dislodged by recent rains and slipped, falling into the "hole" inflicting a crushing injury to trunk of Mr. Skirvin's body. He died 3 hours later of shock and hemorrhage.//Nothing of value.

05/02/1925 SLATER, George E 84 5'8"/140 Chronic myocarditis complicated by bronchitis and asthma. //Nothing of value. 07/25/1917 SLINKARD, T(homas) J. 53 5'9"/175 Accidental; crushed by overturned auto.//1 gold watch which was given to J.E. Moser,

county coroner. Receipts and watch included with death report. 11/28/1924 SLOCUMB, Eva Alice 52 5'6"/130 Cerebral hemorrhage.//Nothing of value. 11/26/1926 SLUSS, Charles M 72 6'/160 Suicide by hanging.//Nothing of value. 06/19/1927 SMEDLY, Harried Alma 23 5'4"/98 On June 19, 1927, about 4 o'clock p.m. at the crossing of the Aaron Gordon pike and the

Monon Railroad, about two miles south of Bloomington, by being run over by Monon train No. 5 inflicting numerous crushing injuries, causing instant death. This while riding in an automobile truck driven by Mrs. James McFall.//Nothing of value.

07/29/1917 SMITH, Gilbert 11 4'5"/62 Accidental drowning.//Nothing of value 03/12/1918 SMITH, Hannah 60 5'5"/140 Organic disease of the heart.//Nothing of value.




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05/01/1908 SMITH, Inez 3 2'6"/26 Accidentally burning to death. The house caught fire and she being too young to escape, remained and was burned to death.//Nothing.

08/13/1912 SMITH, Loran O 44 5'6"/175 Apoplexy.//Nothing. 05/24/1919 SMITH, Odis C 17 5'8"/140 Tree falling on him, breaking right upper arm, left leg at thigh, crushing right shoulder

blade into lung, crushing skull over right ear, causing a direct concussion. Unconscious from time struck by tree until death 2 hours later.//Nothing of any value.

12/15/1915 SMITH, Raymond Roy 18 days 1'8"/5 Gastro-intestinal indigestion.//Nothing of value. 09/30/1928 SMITH, Robert William 11.5

mths 24"/20 Accident; a result of having eaten several tablets intended as a cathartic, which contained

strychnine which caused his death an hour after eating same.//Nothing of value. 05/10/1917 SMITH, Thelma Irene 5 mths 2'9"/16 Accidental suffocation.//Nothing of value. 01/02/1912 SMITH, Thomas Jefferson 29 5'11"/190 Mitral Valve regurgitation and dilatated heart.//Nothing. 09/02/1919 SNODDY, James Alexander 57 5'7"/168 Cerebral apoplexy.//Sixty dollars in money and trunk of clothing, watch and picture in his

room. 12/08/1923 SNODDY, May 16 5'6"/140 Accidental gunshot wound of abdoman, entering 2" below and slightly left of xyphoid

cartilage, ranging upward through stomach and probably piercing heart or aorta. The .32 automatic revolver was discharged by the diseased who believed it to be unloaded, since she had taken the "clip" containing 5 shells out of the gun; however one remained in the gun and was discharged.//One .32 automatic revolver, 5 shells in a "clip", one empty shell, cash amounting to $9.09, an 8 oz. bottle containing 1 oz. of "white mule" whisky.

11/20/1926 SNODDY, Robert 55 6' /175 Cerebral hemorrhage.//Nothing of value. 07/14/1922 SNODDY, S(amuel) W. 64 5'9"/145 Suicide from .32 calibre rifle shot through heart.//Nothing of value. 08/05/1924 SOCKETT, Harry 35 5'6"/175 Shock and hemorrhage due to being run over by a coal car at the yards, sustaining a

separation of the rt. arm at shoulder and elbow, the left leg at ankle and knee; the right thigh at the groin. Both trucks of the car evidently passed over the body accounting for the several separations. No witnesses. Found by Elza Clendenning.//1 Elgin watch, 1 masonic pin, 1 bunch keys, 1 knife, 1 leather pocket case, 1 pocket book containing $1.25.

08/04/1923 SOWDER, Electra Jane 28 5'5"/120 Puerperal sepsis.Nothing of value 09/19/1907 SPARKS, Raymond 29 6'2"/175 Homicide: A bullet wound to the abdomen from a .32 calibre ball from a revolver in the

hands of Otis Allen.Description of the wound to be found with the testimony given by Dr. Roger Rogers and Dr. Gardner. Death was due to traumatic peritonitis.




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02/17/1934 SPARKS, Thomas Wm 81 6'/175 Coronary occlusion. Deceased was sawing wood at about 10 a.m., got suddenly dizzy with pain over heart, and fell uncon-scious. He came to and got to the house complaining of pain over heart and labored breathing. He died at about 10:45 a.m. //Nothing of value.

04/21/1906 SPEAKS, Berle 54 6'/169 Caught in a burning building occupied by John Buffo as a saloon, and suffocated by smoke.//Nothing.

11/06/1918 SPENCE, Hester Ann 64 5'5"/110 Organic heart disease.//Nothing of value. 09/02/1928 SPENCER, Dora 24 5'7"/150 Suicide, having taken about 15 grams of sulphate of strychnine at about 11 o'clock p.m.,

September 1st, and died about 5 o'clock a.m. Sept. 2, 1928, at 424 S. Washington St., City.//Nothing of value. Had a purse in table drawer containing $9.80 which was turned over to Walter Allen, undertaker, to apply on funeral expenses.

03/09/1923 SPICER, Carl 23 5'9"/175 Shock and hemorrhage as a result of a crushing injury to both thighs and the left hand due to the passage of a railroad car over those members while the deceased was discharging his duties as a switchman and employee of the Monon Railroad Company.//Nothing of value.

12/25/1908 SPILBER, George 27 5'4"/138 Organic heart disease.//Nothing of value. 01/09/1904 SPIRES, Valentine 59 5'5"/160 Disease of heart//Nothing of any value.

07/01/1899 STAGGS, Jno 35 6'3"/170 Crushed by a stone which fell from a car which was being pushed by Staggs and others toward a dump, said stone being dislodged by coming in contact with a guy rope which passed over said truck//One silver watch and chain, pocket-book containing $50 in gold, $122 in paper money, and $1.17 in silver and coppers, total amount being $173.17

11/03/1925 STAGGS, Opal 11 5'11"/145 Skull severed by being struck with circle saw. Deceased was standing close by the cutoff saw being operated by a Ford car when the belt broke, throwing the saw up in the air. It came down directly on his head laying skull open from above the right orbit in front clear back to occipital bone posterially.//Nothing of value.

11/16/1933 STARK, Janice 3 3'/32 Accidental burns. Deceased fell from drawer on a kitchen cupboard and grasped an electric cord which was attached to a coffee percolator. The boiling contents of the percolator spilled on the child's chest, forearms, abdomen, and thigh, burning her severely. She died at 2:45 p.m., November 16, two days after the accident, in the Bloomington Hospital.// Nothing of value.

06/07/1910 STARNES, Pansy (?) 3 wks Convulsion; natural.//Nothing of value




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12/04/1919 STEELE, Samuel J 80 5'5"/175 Organic heart disease.//Nothing of any value. 05/16/1896 STEFKE, Henry n.g. /160 Wound inflicted upon the back of his head by accidentally falling from his buggy and

striking his head upon a sharp stone.//A receipt for thirty dollars given to him by M.H.Kale, for part payment of a horse which he had bought from Kale, dated May 15, 1896.

08/08/1932 STEINBERG, Gertrude Jeanette

61 5'6"/150 Accidental traumatism sustained in an automobile accident at the corner of College and 10th, 10:30 a.m. 6 August, '32. Deceased evidently bumped her head on the inside of the car and had a concussion from which she died at 8:30 a.m. August 8, 1932.//Nothing of value.

07/17/1935 STEPHENS, James M 66 5'6"/125 Cerebral hemorrhage following an auto accident. Deceased was hit by a car driven by Chas. Terrell at about 4 p.m., 6 July. He died in the Bloomington Hospital July 17, 5 p.m.// Nothing of value.

09/09/1908 STEPHENS, William Samuel 58 6'/170 Accidental: tree was felled by his son-in-law (name unreadable), falling on him crushing his skull causing death from cerebral shock and hemorrhage.//$33.91 which was turned over to his daughter, Mrs. (name unreadable), and her receipt for same taken.

09/14/1909 STERNS, Frank 23 5'8"/150 Fractured skull, Monon Railroad bridge overhead at Smithville, Ind.//Nothing 10/06/1906 STEVENS, Al 37 5'8"/165 Hemorrhage from the left interior carotid artery, it having been severed by a .32 calibre

bullet from a revolver in the hands of a colored man by the name of Edward "Spunk" Jones after a [newspaper story indicates a disagreement, actual word unreadable].//Twelve dollars and eighty-seven cents in silver money which was turned over to his wife Margaret Stevens and her receipt for same taken and filed with the evidence in the case with the county clerks.

03/20/1934 STEVENS, Dorothy Ices 9 4'/45 Fracture of the skull sustained in an automobile accident. Deceased jumped in front of an automobile and was run over. The driver was going slowly but didn't have a chance to avoid hitting the deceased. The accident happened at about 2:30 p.m. and the child died within a few minutes.//Nothing of value.

10/02/1906 STEVENS, John 21 5'8"/160 Cerebral apoplexy following an epileptic seizure. He has had epilepsy since he was 10 years old and this had become a daily occurrance. He was found dead in bed by his mother.//Nothing of any value.

03/04/1925 STEWART, Anna 36 5'5"/165 Chronic granulomatous nephritis, complicated by pregnancy - 8 months (eclamptic convulsions).//Nothing of value.




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05/03/1906 STEWART, Cecil 1 Mth 1' 8"/15 Chief cause was measles with the immediate cause a convulsion due to the measles.// Nothing.

05/14/1931 STEWART, Clarence 48 5''7"/165 Hemorrhage, secondary to rupture of the right lobe of the liver. Deceased turned his car over the 12th May, 1931, and was caught between the top and the steering wheel. He was taken to the hospital and when he became suddenly worse on the 14th, was operated on and died on the table.// Nothing of value.

05/10/1907 STEWART, Elizabeth 72 5'4"/87 Organic heart trouble.//Nothing of any value. 07/01/1933 STEWART, Henry H 67 5'8"/178 Accidental electric shock while repairing a traveling crane at the Sare-Hoadley Stone Mill

near Smithville, Ind. Deceased touched a live wire with his left arm and the shock threw him against 2 more wires which hit him across the chest. He had been told by the mill foreman to have the electricity turned off before working near the wires, but he evidently forgot about it.//Nothing of value.

12/22/1933 STEWART, Lola 33 5'7"/190 Hanged herself from the iron gate of her cell in the county jail (suicide). She had been ar-rested at about 4:30 a.m., Dec. 22, 1933, and was found dead at about 5:45 a.m. the same morning by the janitor of the jail.//Nothing of value.

08/31/1929 STIDD, Ira E 29 5'11"/159 Thyrotoxicosis and myocarditis.//Nothing of value. 04/01/1926 STIDD, Lois M 13 mths 32"/20 Lobar pneumonia.//Nothing of value. 03/03/1910 STIMPSON (?), Virgil Stillborn Stillborn; natural.//Nothing 07/29/1933 STIMPSON, Charles E 86 5'9"/150 Acute myocarditis. Deceased's wife had died in the morning and he had been making

funeral arrangements. After these were taken care of, he had just sat down out in the yard at his home and made the remark that everything was settled. He lay back in his chair and died at about 8 p.m.//A sum of money and watch which was turned over to Arthur Day, funeral director.

02/29/1932 STINES, James Henry 73 6'0"/185 Myocarditis, chronic. Deceased had had several heart attacks previously in which he had fallen unconscious. At about 6:30 a.m. Feb 19, 1932, he was found dead by his two neighbors, whose testimony is attached hereto.//The sum of $16.75 which was turned over to Carrie Grubbs, his sister, a receipt for this amount being attached to the official record.

08/22/1926 STOGSDILL, Emily M 68 5'6"/165 Chronic myocarditis.//Nothing of value. … STOGSDILL, Robert Gayle. 7 mths 22"/16 Entero-colitis.//Nothing of value.




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02/26/1934 STONE, Lilly Belle 1 2'7"/ Pneumonia. The baby had been sick with cold for about a week, and when its parents awakened at about 6 a.m. they found it dead.//Nothing of value.

12/27/1924 STORMS, Catherine 82 5'2"/70 Suffocation by smoke and extensive second and third degree burns sustained when her 3-room house burned to the ground.//Only charred remains of clothing.

11/14/1931 STOUT, Alexander Marion 72 5'10"/150 Cerebral hemorrhage, following an automobile accident. Deceased was knocked down by an auto and apparently not hurt seriously. He was taken to a doctor who gave him first aid and sent him home. He became unconscious during the night and was taken to the hospital where he died at 9:45 a.m. without regaining consciousness. Autopsy revealed cerebral hemorrhage as the cause of death.//Nothing of value.

12/13/1925 STRAIN, Clarence Claude 36 5'10"/165 Rupture of internal viscus caused by fire truck being struck by Monon freight train at corner of 5th and Morton. Death resulted nine hours later at the Bloomington Hospital.//Nothing of value..

03/08/1908 STRANGE, Olive 40 days 1'9"/10 Capillary bronchitis.//Nothing. 12/14/1910 STRONG, John W 26 5'8"/ Organic heart disease; natural//Check for $45, $32.40 cash, given to John Reed. 05/26/1925 STRONG, Sarah (Mrs. Robert) 68 5'6"/160 Knocked down in the street by a Ford Coupe being driven by one Glen Parker, resulting

in fracture of base of skull and fracture of left wrist. Investigation showed it to be an unavoid-able accident and Parker was released.//Nothing of value.

03/02/1912 STURGEON, Homer 6 hrs Congenital Atelrotosis?//Nothing. 01/18/1929 SULLIVAN, Howard 24 5'8"/160 Lobar pneumonia.//Nothing of value. 12/03/1931 SUMMERS, Ann 60 5'5"/150 Coronary occlusion secondary to arteriosclerosis. Deceased fell unconscious to floor at

about 3:30 p.m. and ceased to breathe at about 4:00 p.m. She had not had medical atten-tion previously and her only complaint had been headache.//Nothing of value.

10/26/1909 SUMMITT, Martha 54 5'5"/120 Burning, accidental.//Nothing 07/09/1934 SUMMITT, Vesta Rowena 3 3'1"/36 Cerebral hemorrhage following skull fracture sustained in an auto accident. Her left leg

was fractured also below the knee. A car driven by Thornton Brown hit her as she ran in front of him about a mile southwest of Stinesville at about 2:10 p.m. July 7. The driver was appar-ently not to blame for the accident. Deceased died at 5:40 a.m. July 9.//Nothing of value.




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08/07/1907 SWAFFORD, Thomas J 66 5'11"/145 Was knocked in front of Monon stone train by a runaway team, and run over by both the team and the train, having his head crushed from his body and the rest of the body badly crushed and mangled.//47 cts in money which was turned over to M. L. Easton, Stinesville, and his receipt taken.

12/25/1934 SWANEY, Vada E 43 5'11"/160 Fracture of skull sustained in an automobile accident. Deceased was driving north on the Dixie Highway. His car apparently got out of control and his right front wheel hit the retaining posts at the side of the road; the car then turned bottom side up in the road and deceased was found unconscious lying in the road. He was brought to the Bloomington Hospital where he died at 10 p.m.//Nothing of value.

08/30/1917 SWARTZ, Nancy 90 5'3"/80 Organic disease of heart and dysentary.//Nothing of value. 12/01/1927 SWINNEY, Daniel T 77 6'/145 Chronic myocarditis.//One dollar and fifteen cents which was turned over to James

Dutton, his son-in-law. 05/15/1931 SYRA, George 21 5'7"/150 Electric shock and accidental burns. Deceased was holding a copper ground wire which

came in contact with a "live wire" carrying 66,000 volts. He was evidently trying to steal the copper wire. He was taken to the Bloomington Hospital for treatment and died at 3:22 p.m.//Nothing of value.

09/20/1923 TATUM, John 64 5'11"/175 Chronic interstitial nephritis, Chronic myocarditis with generalized anasarca.//Nothing of value.

06/03/1931 TAYLOR, Ira 54 5'10"/200 Accidental traumatism by railroad train. When deceased was found, the left half of the head, both hands, and the right foot had been amputated.//The sum of $1.01 and one metal case containing spectacles.

06/03/1919 TAYLOR, Joseph 35 5'6"/193 Accidentally coming in contact with a live wire while working from the Bloomington Central Lighting Co. [Central Indiana Lighting Co.] Electrocuted.//Nothing of any value.

9/10/1930 TELL, Dorothy Stevens 28 5'7"/130 Acute creasal poisoning. This woman, probably because of long continued sickness and hopeless outlook for the future, drank approximately six ounces of "Lysol" with suicidal intent.//Nothing of value.

06/02/1907 TELL, Harvey 61 5'7"/165 Stone dropped from derrick on head, crushing skull. Death was due to shock and hemor-rhage.//1 watch, 1 ruler?, 1 knife, and 16 cents in money which was turned in to his son Rolla Tell and his receipt for same taken and filed with the evidence.

04/15/1931 TERHUNE, William Edward 41 5'11"/175 Chronic myocarditis and a mitral insufficiency.//Nothing of value.




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04/01/1911 TERRELL, Carl Alford 3 mos Accidental suffocation.//Nothing listed.. 04/13/1910 TERRELL, Dorothy 3 3'/50 Burning, accidental.//Nothing of value 01/22/1930 TERRELL, Georgia Virginia 25 5'6"/100 Shock and hemorrhage following an abortion. Cause of abortion or approximate duration

of gestation undetermined because of unwillingness of friends and relatives to co-operate. From examination of body, period of gestation must have been greater than six months.// Nothing of value.

04/08/1905 TERRELL, James 53 5'9"/160 Internal hemorrhage due to a pistol wound from the hand of Jacob Hartman, said bullet entered right side passing through right kidney, striking lumbar vertrebra, passing through posterior walls of stomach and being found in the cavity of that organ.//Nothing of any value.

10/11/1929 TERRELL, Ray Barr 20 5'9"/170 Fracture of skull with intracranial hemorrhage. This man was a passenger in the car of Raleigh Allison and sustained his injury at the time of the collision between Allison's and Coen's cars October 8, 1929, on state road between Ellettsville and Bloomington.//Nothing of value.

06/02/1919 THACKER, Cleon 13 5'1"/80 Drowning in Ross Pond near Bloomington, Indiana.//Nothing of any value. 04/25/1904 THOMAS, Edward 35 5''7"/160 Gunshot wound of the heart at the hands of Edward Staley (colored), said Staley shooting

in self defense being at the time in his own tent where Thomas had gone for the purpose of killing Staley.//Nothing of any value

10/20/1934 THRASHER, Fred 53 5'8"/175 Coronary occlusion. Deceased became ill suddenly at about 4 a.m. He complained of pain over his heart and shortness of breath. He died at about 5 a.m. He had not been ill previous to this attack.//Nothing of value.

04/24/1918 THRASHER, Peter 64 5'7"/180 Angina pectoris.//Nothing of value. 03/19/1927 TINSLEY, Robert 61 5'7"/180 Chronic myocarditis.//Nothing of value. 03/30/1929 TODD, Frank Camron 51 5'10"/170 Strychnine poisoning; suicide.//Nothing of value. 04/17/1912 TOLBERT, Carrie 27 54"/160 Organic heart disease.//Nothing. 08/28/1916 TOLBERT, Edward 23 5'6"/155 Suicide, shot himself with a revolver.//Nothing of value. 06/30/1928 TORPHY, Michael 71 5'10"/175 Chronic myocarditis and interstitial indigestion.//Nothing of value. 02/03/1925 TORRENCE, Parker 64 5'9"/160 Fracture of the skull from falling from a house under construction.//Nothing of value.




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08/04/1934 TOURNER, Amanda 77 5'6"/185 Apoplexy. Deceased was found at about 8 a.m. lying on her face on the floor by her bed. Evidently the stroke came on just as she had started to bed the night before. She had talked to her sister-in-law at 10:30 p.m. August 3 and told her she was going to bed. This was a telephone conversation. Nothing of value.

11/20/1924 TRISLER, Melvin 72 5'11"/110 Senility and chronic interstitial nephritis.//Nothing of value. 02/29/1924 TRISLER, Morton 55 5'10"/165 Angina pectoris.//Nothing of value. 09/12/1923 TROTH, Martha Braxton 4 3'4"/30 Fracture of the 3rd cervical vertebra and injury to head caused by being run over by an

automobile driven by Walter Henon on the public highway about one mile northwest of Bloomington, Ind., about 10 a.m. In my opinion from the evidence in the case, Walter Henon is in no way to blame for the accident.//Nothing of value.

08/04/1912 TROUTMAN, Wilhoite H 51 5'10"/175 Gunshot wound of left chest.//Pocket book, cash $5.00, watch and chain. 04/15/1915 TUNGATE, Samantha J 70 5'4"/145 Organic disease of heart caused by hyperthyroidism. //Nothing of value 03/20/1909 TURNER, Ellen 77 5'6"/155 Cerebral apoplexy.//Nothing of value. 04/27/1928 TURNER, Lee 34 5'9"/190 Shot three times by a gun in the hands of Tobey Pugh at 116 Indiana Avenue, French

Lick, Ind., with homicidal intent, three shots penetrating the right lobe of the liver anterior edge, one perforating the duodenum, and severe perforations in other parts of the large colon.// Nothing of value.

10/20/1930 TURNMIRE, Leonard Lyman 26 days 26"/7 Acute illeocolitis.//Nothing of value. 09/23/1934 TURPIN, Glenn 17 5'7"/155 Peritonitis following gunshot wound of abdomen. While tinkering with a 25 gauge

automatic pistol, deceased accidentally discharged one cartridge through abdomen, the bullet enter-ing about 3" below the top of the 9th rib anteriorly and emerging posteriorly just below the 12th rib. The accident happened at 2:30 a.m. 21 Sept and he died in the Bloomington hospital at 12:25 a.m. 23 Sept. 1934.//Nothing of value.

03/27/1909 Unknown baby Found in Johnson pond west of 4th St. Premature birth, natural causes.//Nothing 08/13/1906 UNKNOWN male Abt. 33 5/8"/168 Accidentally crushed across thighs, fracturing thighs, lower spine & mashing his back.

This man was turned over to I.U.College by order the State Anatomical Board.//Nothing of any value.

9/16/1931 Unknown male 15 5'6"/125 Accidental traumatism in railroad accident. Freight train on which he was bumming ran over him after he had fallen between two cars, severing his body between the thorax and abdomen. The body was held until today but no one claimed it.//Nothing of value




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08/19/1900 Unknown, possibly Clinton O'Neal

56 5'7"/ Pistol ball wound inflicted by himself with suicidal intent //Nothing of value

11/23/1933 UTTERBACK, Louis 66 5'11"/200 Accidental traumation. Deceased was run over by a switch engine in the Monon yards south of Bloomington, while working there as a foreman. He was motioning a section crew out of the way of the oncoming engine and evidently forgot about himself. Both legs were severed, the abdomen and chest crushed and the scalp almost torn off; also fracture of the left temporal bone. The accident occurred at 7:53 a.m. and death was immediate.//Nothing of value except a broken watch which was turned over to the Funeral Director, Arthur Day. Little finger off between 1st and 2nd joint.

07/20/1915 VANCE, Campbell 63 5'7"/195 Myocarditis.//Ten dollars which was turned over to county auditor and receipt taken for same.

05/03/1933 VAUGHT, Homer Austin 2 mths 2'/10 Suffocation. The mother of deceased awakened at 6 a.m. and found deceased lying on her arm, dead. He had evidently been smothered during the night.//Nothing of value.

11/23/1919 VAUGHT, John 23 5'8"/160 Fracture of the skull accidentally caused by head being crushed between falling derrick boom and rock pile.//Check from National Stone Company for $21.45, Cash $38.67, total $60.12, which was turned over to Jefferson Vaught, brother of deceased as per attached receipt.

09/16/1904 VAUGHT, Rebecca 1 /20 Mitral stenosis//Nothing of any value. 08/16/1926 VICTOR, Frank 24 5'7"/155 Rupture of lung, being crushed by a Fordson tractor which overturned while deceased

was operating same.//Nothing of value. 07/19/1918 VILLETTE, A. J. 72 5'6"/170 Organic disease of the heart.//Certificate of deposit, P.O. Money order and currrency to

the amount of $194.08 which was turned over to Andrew (unreadable) who took charge of his property.

07/20/1921 VINT, John E 65 5'9"/165 Cerebral apoplexy.//Nothing of value. 11/22/1922 VINTE, Millard S.. 18 5'4"/145 Accidental shotgun shot to abdomen;death due to shock and hemorrhage.//Nothing of

value. 04/02/1932 VOSS, Edward M. 68 5'7"/155 Myocarditis, acute, secondary to chronic myocarditis and arteriosclerosis. Deceased went

out for a walk at about 9 p.m. April 2, 1932. When he did not return the police were called and he was found dead in the yard of the Hill property at the corner of 10th & Walnut Sts., this city.//Nothing of value.




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05/16/1928 VOUGHT, Albert Lee 37 5'10"/160 Crushed by a stone which he was moving being hooker, the stone split in two, he slipped and fell between the two pieces. His right hip was crushed and right leg also crushed, the femur and tibia both being broken, he was also injured internally. He died from shock at 3 p.m.//$79.26 which was turned over to his brothers.

06/14/1912 VOUGHT, George 24 5'8"/170 Suicide, carbolic acid.//Nothing. 02/18/1925 VOYLES, Abraham 80 5'10"/200 Chronic endocarditis and pneumonia.//Nothing of value. 05/04/1925 VOYLES, Sarah C 64 5'2"/90 Suicide: set the bed on which she was lying on fire. The body was extensively burned and

suffocation was a secondary cause of death.//Nothing of value. 01/19/1926 WAGNER, Curtis O 22 5'4"/160 Caught between 2 freight cars and crushed while employed as a switchman for Monon

rail-road; occurred in the McDoel yards.//Watch and keys turned over to father. 07/16/1927 WALDEN, Marshall 10 4'9"/50 Shot by a .32 calibre rifle, the ball penetrating the skull and brain; the rifle was in hands of

Oliver Walden, the 6 year old brother of Marshall, and the gun was discharged accidentally. //Nothing of any value.

06/28/1899 WALDRIGE, Lulu 24 5'6"/140 Morphine poisoning//Nothing of value 06/29/1922 WALDRIP, infant of S.D. stillborn 15"/8 Stillborn, failure to close of foramen ovale.//Nothing of value. 05/25/1933 WALDRIP, Joshua Duncan 80 5'10"/145 Myocarditis, acute, and arteriosclerosis. Deceased had been ill for about a week

complain-ing of severe pain over his heart and shortness of breath. He died at 2:20 a.m.//Nothing of value.

06/19/1920 WALKER, George Thomas 11 4'8"/75 Accidental homicide from shot from .38 calibre revolver in hands of Russel Walker; death due to shock and hemorrhage.//Nothing of any value.

09/09/1924 WALTERS, Fred 27 5'5"/150 Shock and hemorrhage caused by being run over by freight cars on the Monon railroad in the northwest part of Bloomington, Ind., causing both legs to be mangled below the knees and the left arm crushed below the elbow. This occurred about 6:30 a.m. and death came about 8 a.m. at the Bloomington Hospital.//Nothing of value.

04/05/1905 WAMPLER, Emma May 3 3'2"/35 Fell into a cistern full of water and drowned.//Nothing of any value. 12/18/1926 WAMPLER, Michael 82 5'11"/180 Cerebral hemorrhage and senility.//Nothing of value. 03/31/1935 WAMPLER, Rodney O 8 4'2"/75 Fracture of skull. Deceased was being pulled on roller skates on North College Ave. be-

tween 9th and 10th Sts., by his older brother. They ran in front of a car coming south, and the car passed over the deceased. His skull was broken open posteriorly and the brain fell out. The death occurred at about 8:30 p.m.//Nothing of value.




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10/19/1909 WANTLAND, David A 56 5'8"/140 Head fractured, both arms broken, both feet amputated, jaw broken by I.S. R.R. freight.// Nothing of value

01/01/1933 WARD, John 40 5'11"/ Accidental traumation, railroad accident. Deceased was bumming (a ride) south on the Monon R.R. and fell between 2 freight cars at Diamond near Indian Hill quarry. His left upper extremity was crushed above the elbow necessitating amputation, and he received 2 depressed fractures of the skull, 1 on right and 1 posterially. He was operated on by Dr. G. F. Holland on (Dec. 31?) and died Jan 1, 1933. There were no witnesses to the accident.// Nothing of value.

06/11/1899 WARDEN, Margeret 77 5'7"/160 Burns which were self-inflicted//Nothing 03/16/1915 WARDEN, Martin or Morton 23 6' /160 Railroad accident.//Nothing listed. 02/03/1928 WATSON, infant daughter of

Mary E 1 day 18"/7 Inanition - unable to assimilate food. This child was not normal from birth.//Nothing of

value. 08/07/1928 WATTS, William 47 5'4"/150 Fracture of the left tempero perital bones of skull caused by falling while engaged in

paint-ing at the house of C. C. Smallwood; the ladder probably slipped causing him to strike his head against a hard substance, probably the walk or wall of the house, as no one saw the accident. The accident happened at 424 N. College Ave.//Nothing of value.

07/29/1911 WAY, Anna 18 mths Gastritis.//Nothing. 08/08/1904 WERTS, Earl Wade 8 4'1"/115 Rupture of an aneurism of the aorta//nothing of any value 02/23/1935 WHALEY, Leslie 11 4'5"/72 Struck by truck. Testimony of eye witnesses to accident showed that boy was directly in

front of an approaching truck, and while the truck driver did all he could to avoid the acci-dent, he was unable to keep from hitting the child.//Nothing of value.

6/10/1930 WHITE, Dossy Ray 16 5'5"/110 Gunshot wound of left chest through the heart. This boy was hunting crows with three other boys. The gun, a 12 gauge shotgun, was accidentally discharged, the load striking White at close range.//Nothing of value.

12/01/1915 WHITE, Eliza A 70 5'2"/95 No cause given.//Nothing of value. 02/06/1918 WHITE, Howard 32 5'9"/150 Organic disease of the heart.//Nothing of value. 06/19/1921 WHITE, Robert Franklin 52 5'8"/180 Organic heart failure and rheumatism.//Nothing of value. 3/8/1930 WHITE, Stacy 23 5'10"/160 While working in timber near his home in Salt Creek Twp., a tree fell upon him crushing

and injuring his abdominal viscera. He died some hours later of shock and hemorrhage.// No-thing of value.




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10/23/1920 WHORTEN, Amanda Malina 60 5'5"/110 Acute gastritis, probably caused by eating green walnuts. //Nothing of any value. 06/30/1925 WILEY, John 37 5'8"/150 Gunshot wound of left chest involving lung only - with suicidal intent.//Gold watch, keys,

knife and cash amounting to $9.12, same being turned over to widow in presence of wit-nesses.

06/20/1925 WILLIAMS, Mrs. David (Emaline)

78 5'8"/180 Chronic myocarditis and bronchial asthma.//Nothing of value.

03/16/1912 WILLIAMS, Emmett 21 5'10"/140 Accident, railroad; compound fracture of skull, fracture of jaw.//Nothing listed. 03/22/1915 WILLIAMS, John W. 69 5'7"/165 Accidentally struck by a moving train on Monon tracks at Church Crossing in Clear Creek,

Ind., which caused his neck to be broken and badly crushing left side of chest.//One pocket knife and pocket book containing $4.04 which was turned over to his son, Walter M. Williams, and receipt taken for same.

01/02/1920 WILLIAMS, Leonard 16 5'9"/125 Accidental gunshot wound to abdomen; death due to shock and hemorrhage.//Nothing of any value.

07/22/1926 WILLIAMS, Paul 4 2'6"/35 Struck by lightning.//Nothing of value. 07/22/1926 WILLIAMS, Viola 8 4'/50 Struck by lightning.//Nothing of value. 07/01/1903 WILLOCK, John 32 5'9"/165 Accidental falling of the shive/block, pin, gooseneck, chains and dogs upon him while he

was riding upon the dogs and chains, the above-mentioned machinery being part of the derrick attached to the boom. The accident being due to the sheave pin becoming loose and slipping out. I further find the accident to be due to contributory neglect on the part of deceased who was derrick boss at the time.//Nothing of any value

01/18/1900 WINDER, Magdaline 68 5'4"/115 Organic heart disease.//Nothing of any value. 11/03/1926 WINGLER, Nathan 21 5'4"/175 2nd & 3rd degree burns of entire surface of body. Accident caused by his truck being hit

by a Monon train at Ellettsville and catching fire, pinning him inside. Deceased died several hours later at Bloomington Hospital.//Nothing of value.

08/04/1923 WINN, Samuel B 69 5'8"/170 Shock, trauma of abdomen, associated with internal hemorrhage due to being struck down and run over by an automobile driven by one Alva McLaughlin of Harrodsburg, Ind., said accident occurring on S. Rogers Pike about 5:45 p.m. August 3, death occurring at 6:30 a.m. August 4.//Nothing of value.




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04/08/1928 WIRES, Orvill 20 6'2"/150 Shot at his front door while answering a call at the door by some person unknown, the bullet being about a .24 calibre, entering the abdomen near the navel, ranging downward and backward, severing a large vein from which wound he died a very short time afterward.// Six cents in money and a cheap watch which were given to his widow.

07/11/1906 WOOD, Sylvester 76 5/11"/180 Cerebral apoplexy, he being found dead by his son in his own back yard.//Nothing of any value.

01/27/1933 WOODEN, Robert 66 5'11"/110 Myocarditis, acute, secondary to chronic myocarditis and arteriosclerosis. This man had a paralytic stroke several years ago and has been bedfast since then. His whole right side was covered with bed sores in which maggots were present, indicating neglect at the County Poor Farm.//Nothing of value.

05/17/1931 WRATTEN, Alva C 40 5'10"/200 Coronary thrombosis, secondary to arteriosclerosis, diagnosis confirmed by autopsy. De-ceased died 12 miles from Bloomington while driving with his wife and son.//One watch and 50 cents in money which were turned over to his wife.

04/01/1932 WRAY, Jacob Dennis 56 6'3"/195 Myocarditis, acute, secondary to chronic myocarditis and arteriosclerosis. Deceased was walking across a field to his son's home and fell dead at about 10 a.m., April 1, 1932.//The sum of $9.57 in cash in a small bag of gold coins which was turned over to his widow, a receipt for which is attached to record.

03/20/1928 WRAY, Sarah A 75 5'5"/110 Cancer of stomach and rectum.//Nothing of value. 07/06/1912 WRIGHT, David D 59 6'/ Organic heart disease.//Cash $1.50, pocket book, knife. 04/19/1908 WRIGHT, Ewing 67 5'10"/158 Organic heart disease.//$5.93 which was turned over to his son Nicholas Wright and his

receipt taken. 11/01/1934 WRIGHT, Maxwell 45 5'10"/200 Coronary occlusion. Deceased had suffered previously with pain around the heart and

went to see a doctor at about 10 a.m. He felt too ill to walk and the doctor had him lie down on a couch in the office. The doctor was called away on a call, and while he was gone, the de-ceased became acutely ill and died.//The sum of $1.75 which was turned over to his brother-in-law, Bruce Sare.

04/22/1899 WRIGHT, Susan 50 5'6"/150 Shotgun wound near the left breast, inflicted by her own hand//Nothing listed




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02/23/1932 WRIGHT, William 57 5'10"/150 Acute dilatation of the heart, secondary to myocarditis. Deceased was walking on South Walnut St. when he suddenly became ill, suffocating, and had a severe pain in the left side of his chest. He was taken to the Bloomington hospital and was attended by Dr. J. E. Moser. He died at 1:30 p.m.//The sum of $1.60 which was turned over to hospital author-ities, a receipt for this amount is attached to the coroner's record.

09/10/1908 WRIGHT, William Elsworth 66 5'11"/160 Suicide; shotgun wound to left breast, the load going through his heart producing death from shock and hemorrhage. //Nothing of any value.

11/22/1921 WYLIE, Edward 36 5'8"/180 Accidental gun shot from 12" bore shotgun discharged by hammer catching on wagon bed entering directly into the heart.//Nothing of value.

10/02/1916 WYLIE, Redick 38 5'2"/140 Shot himself with shotgun with suicidal intent.//Nothing of value. 02/13/1907 YOUNG, Arthur 40 5'9"/160 Hemmorhage from the left subclavian artery which was severed by a gunshot wound

made by a shotgun of the No. 12 size in the hands of Preston Long, which was in my opinion justifiable homicide.//Nothing of any value.

03/09/1933 YOUNG, Bluford 62 5'10"/190 Accidental traumatism, auto accident. A car driven by Ronald Gilbert, student at DePauw University, drove across the Nashville highway in front of the car in which deceased was riding. Deceased's car hit the car of Gilbert & turned it over. Deceased was thrown against the windshield and died at 10:25 p.m. of a fractured skull.//Nothing of value.

08/08/1924 YOUNG, Charles Raymond 5 3'9"/50 Internal hemorrhage and ruptured viscus caused by being stepped upon the abdomen by a horse.//Nothing of value.

04/23/1918 YOUNG, Donald Eugene 14 days 1'6"/8 Failure of the closing of Foramen ovale, the opening between the ventricles of the heart.// Nothing of value

12/20/1911 YOUNG, Fred 24 5'8"/145 Gunshot wound, accidental.//Nothing 01/09/1915 YOUNGER, Jay 55 5'8"/165 Cerebral apoplexy; natural.//Nothing of value. 07/23/1906 ZAMINANIO, Svolanchia 15 5'1"/120 A blast was exploded, throwing a large stone which came down on a bridge he was under

for protection, crushing his skull.//Nothing of any value 05/28/1911 ZIKE, Andrew 72 Accidental, stone quarry freze (?).//Nothing listed.




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01/22/1927 ZIKES, Pink 64 5'10"/155 Fell from a ledge into quarry hole of water and by exposure. An autopsy was held at the Day Funeral Home, with the following results: obstructive and regurtitant mitral valve due to cicatricial changes in mitral valve. No atheroma of the aorta. No fracture of the skull. It was impossible to determine as to the presence or absence of water in the lungs.//A watch, nothing else of value, which was turned over to his widow, Mrs. Pink Zikes. Autopsy con-ducted by Dr. G F Holland.

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