Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2014 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ =========================================================================== Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== A Standard History of Starke County, Indiana McCormick, Joseph N. - 1915 [203-213] CORONER'S INQUESTS ------------------ Not many people in the county realize the number of inquests held by the coroner since Starke County was organized. The following is a list made up from the files in the county clerk's office and it does not contain all at that, for the writer can recollect several being drowned in Bass Lake and Jacob Zerba drowning in Yellow River several years ago, and a Miss Gould drowning at the same time, a lady that Mr. Zerba was trying to rescue, aud some others that some of the old settlers can tell about. This list is made from the files, as there is no regular record kept in the clerk 's office, hence I had to make it from the papers filed by the coroners in each case, thus you see the dates are all mixed up, but in each case the coroner's report was signed officially by him. JULIUS LONG, found dead about one mile east of English Lake, Decem- ber 5, 1900. Verdict: Ran over by train. JOHN R. SNYDER, found dead at Koontz Lake, January 9, 1901. Ver- dict : Accidental drowning. ORA BENNETT, found dead near Ora, June 26, 1899. Verdict: Drink- ing carbolic acid and hanging. CHARLES DODD, found dead at his home October 16, 1899. Verdict: Organic disease. ELIZABETH KENLIUE, found dead October 19, 1900. Verdict: Mis- carriage. EDWARD AMES, found dead at Knox, September 26, 1899. Verdict: Falling between cars on I. I. & I. Railroad at Knox. J. B. FALARADEOU, found dead in I. I. & I. Railroad yards in North Judson, August 15, 1899. Verdict: Falling between cars. Unknown man found dead in Pan Handle track, September 16, 1886. Verdict: Struck by locomotive. CHARLES HENDERSON, found dead in Hamlet, February 9, 1888. Ver- dict : Came to his death attempting to board a train. Unknown found dead at Aldine, July 31, 1904. Verdict: Falling from train. ANNA KOUOVSKY, found dead on Erie Railroad, September 1, 1898. Verdict : Struck by train. HENRY ENGELKE, found dead September 23, 1889. Verdict : Sup- posed to come to his death by violence or from drink. JOHN BRUSNAHAM, October 12, 1886, Washington Township. Verdict: Shot in road by man supposed to be Martin. HERMAN H. REDMAN, found dead in Hamlet, Indiana, February 28, 1886. Verdict: Came to his death jumping from train. MICHAEL HALEY, Hamlet, Indiana, December 17, 1888. Verdict : Dis- locating neck from falling off freight caboose. ELLA DYER, found dead in Railroad Township, March 15, 1895. Ver- dict: Nervous prostration. RICHARD MCLNTIRE, found dead June 24, 1887. Verdict : Fell between cars. ANNA KADO, found dead June 27, 1889. Verdict: Supposed cars HENRY DIER, found dead February 11, 1891. Verdict: Found hang- ing in barn in San Pierre. Man unknown, found dead at Davis Station, July 23, 1895. Ver- dict : Run over by cars. JOHN E. BECKER, found dead in depot of Pan Handle Railroad, October 20, 1890, North Judson. Verdict: Hit by train. Man unknown, found dead on track of Nickel Plate R. R. east of Jackson in Center Township, March 13, 1S90. Verdict: Struck by train. WILLIAM E. WATERSON, found dead at Nickel Plate Depot in Knox, April 25, 1892. Verdict : Falling from the cars about three miles west of Knox. PHILLIP ANTHONY, found in Cedar or Bass Lake, February 25, 1894. Verdict: Accidental drowning. JACOB SIMMONS, found dead in an old house on the Piper farm, April 22, 1891. Verdict : Over exertion from walking. LEVI CRIM, July 20, 1892, in Oregon Township, found dead. Ver- dict: Perhaps paralysis. Unknown remains found in Grovertown, June 10, 1894. Verdict: Killed by train in Grovertown near station. HEMY MICKESH, Wayne Township, June 25, 1891, found dead in calaboose in North Judson, June 24, 1891. Verdict: Hanging. CHARLES ADAMS, October 28, 1896, found dead. Verdict: Acci- dental. GROVINI DORATO, found dead at Aldine, July 27, 1891. Verdict: Struck by engine on C. & E. Railroad. An unknown found dead in Center Township, February 21, 1894. Verdict: Causes unknown. FREDERICK SMITH was found dead on his father's farm, April 6, 1891. Verdict : By shot from gun. Infant unknown, March 30, 1891. Verdict: Cause not known. LON WILLIAMS, found dead May 16, 1895, at Grovertown. Verdict : Shows killed by accident in getting off train. MRS. MARY A. ENGLISH, found dead in California Township, April 1, 1895. Verdict: Organic disease. AMBROSE ROAD, found 1 mile west of county line of LaPorte and Starke County, May 21, 1893. Verdict : Drowning in bayou. OLIVER P. CAMPBELL, found dead November 14, 1895, at his residence in North Judson. Verdict : Hemorrhage of the lungs. MARTIN STALKMAN, found dead at residence of Clinton Cooper on January 7, 1895. Verdict: Apoplexy. DANIEL GARBISON, died in postoffice at Ora, Indiana, February 19, 1894. Verdict: Heart failure result of intemperate use of ardent spirits. BENJAMIN E. BUSH, found dead at Grovertown, Indiana, March 2, 1892. Verdict: Supposed killed by train. F. W. VINCENT, found dead at North Judson, January 31, 1895. Verdict: Crushed between cars on I. I. & I. Railroad through care* Unknown man, found dead near C. I. & S. Railroad tracks l0 miles southwest of Toto, Indiana. Verdict: Accidental. J. F. CUNNINGHAM, found dead at Knox, August 29, 1891. Verdict: Falling off of freight train. ANTON MILLER, English Lake, September 28, 1880. Verdict : Cause unknown. ANTON BAMIVAH, found dead July 15, 1884. Verdict: Supposed caused by violence, unknown. JOHN W. LOWE, found dead July 15, 1882. Verdict : Natural causes. EDWARD W. LORING, November 26, 1885. Verdict: Cause paralysis. GEORGE W. WHITNEY, Davis Township, October 11, 1881. Verdict: Ran over by train at Hamlet. JAMES KELLEY, found dead September 27, 1883. Verdict: Caused by drinkiug liquor. JAMES AUSTIN, found dead in Starke County, October 24, 1885. Verdict: Cause unknown. ANDREW STILSON, Oregon Township, found dead September 17, 1884. Verdict accidental discharge of gun in hands of THOMAS WELSH. ANNA HORAK, Wayne Township, July 8, 1885. Verdict: Cut her throat with razor. LINENS C. BULLOCK, found dead September 18, 1884. Verdict: Cir- cumstances show he shot himself. HENRY BONEKEMPER, found dead July 20, 1896. Verdict: Fell off wagon west of Knox. RALPH A. NADHERNY, found dead at club house at Bass Lake, July 10, 1905, struck by lightning. VERNE CECIL ADAM, found dead at his home 1 mile east of Ober, July 29, 1905. Verdict: Natural causes. DAVID REED, found dead in Robbins Ditch near Hamlet, August 4, 1905. Verdict: Suicide by drowning. ELIZABETH SMITH, found dead near Ora, July 30, 1905. Verdict: Cause unknown. LOUISA STARKE, found dead on Pennsylvania Railroad, December 5, 1905. Verdict: Killed by passenger train. CHARLES SCHULTZ, Railroad Township, October 20, 1904. Verdict: Suicide by hanging. EVA ALICE MAYS, found dead in Bass Lake, June 6, 1905. Verdict : Accidental drowning. CHARLES WEIDNER, found dead at his home in California Township, April 2, 1905. Verdict : Natural causes. JAMES DOLEZALL, found dead at home July 3, 1905. Verdict : Natural causes. WILHELMENA MITTLESTART. found dead in North Bend Township, Jan- uary 5, 1905. Verdict: Natural causes. WALTER R. BAKER, found dead on north spur of Erie Railroad, Jan- uary 13, 1905. Verdict : Accidental by reason of a defective engine. GEORGE KROW, found dead in Knox, February 28, 1905. Verdict: Natural causes. CARL B. FRY, found dead in bed, December 6, 1904. Verdict: Natural causes. LOUISA TIETZ, found dead December 8, 1904. Verdict: Natural causes. JAMES POLKA, found dead at English Lake on C. C. & St. L. R. R., November 9, 1903. Verdict : Killed by train, no one blamed. A. GRITZ, found dead in Hamlet on Pennsylvania Railroad, September 7, 1904. Verdict : Struck by train. PAUL BUDACK, found dead on Nickel Plate Railroad, September 15, 1904. Verdict : Killed by train. COMMODORE P. ROGERS, Center Township, found dead November 24, 1904. Verdict: Accidental shooting himself. J. MICHEL PREET, Oregon Township, July 31, 1903, found dead. Verdict: Struck by passenger train. FLOYD BRUGH, found dead near Bass Lake on C. & E. Railroad, September 14, 1903. Verdict: Accidental. JOHN JANDIK, found dead on C. & E. R. R. in Railroad Township, November 5, 1903. Verdict : Ran over by train. WILHELMENA RISTOFF, found dead in her bed, August 2, 1903. Ver- dict : apoplexy. Infant of JULIUS FECHNER, December 1, 1901. Verdict: Natural causes. DAVID TUMBULL,- found dead 1 mile west of Knox on Nickel Plate Railroad, December 31, 1902. Verdict: Struck by passenger train. CHARLES HAINES, December 7, 1904, Washington Township. Verdict : Shot supposed by a neighbor. CLIFFORD CHAPMAN, found in the Kankakee River, August 8, 1903. Verdict: Accidental drowning. ELIZABETH H. DUNCAN, Davis Township, August 29, 1903. Verdict: Drinking carbolic acid. HERMAN SHUMAN, found dead in Davis Township, October 31, 1898. Verdict : Accidental discharge of gun in his own possession. WM. H. SUIT, found dead in Oregon Township, June 19, 1903. Ver- dict: Struck by engine. ARTHUR AKERS, found dead June 4, 1903. Verdict : Drowned. ALEX J. BARTKIEVEICE, found dead in Railroad Township, May 5, 1903. Verdict : Natural causes. Infant, died January 10, 1903, chikl of E. E. RODGERS. Verdict: Natural causes. SAMUEL SCOTT, found on tracks of C. & E. R. R., August 30, 1898. Verdict : Killed attempting to cross track in front of engine. JOSEPH ZEBAR, Wayne Township, July 21, 1896. Verdict: Struck by train. JOHN G. TAYLOR, found dead in Oregon Township, December 29, 1897. Verdict: Heart failure. WILLIAM E. B. PETTERS, December 15, 1896. Verdict: Pound buried under a mule near Eagle Lake, supposed to have been shot and then buried. Unknown person, found dead near North Judson, March 2, 1903. Verdict: Frozen to death. STELLA WILSON, found at home of GEORGE OSBORN, North Bend Town- ship, May 11, 1897. Verdict: Accidental discharge of gun. WILLIAM SPLITSTIZER, found dead in Railroad Township, April 13, 1897. Verdict : Falling out of his wagon. CHARLES NELSON, San Pierre, found dead August 12, 1897. Verdict: Bullet fired from gun in hands of CHARLES MESSENGER. DELIA AKERS, two miles south of North Judson, October 29, 1900. Verdict : Hanging. CHARLES KRUPER, found dead at San Pierre, November 16, 1900. Verdict: Cerebral hemorrhage. JOHN L. BROADSTREET, on the Gallup Farm, August 24, 1900. Verdict: Gun shot by his own hand. Unknown man, found dead two miles northwest of North Judson, October 10, 1899. Verdict: Unknown causes. NICHOLAS THEODORE, Bass Lake, July 21, 1902. Verdict: Accidental drowning. AUGUSTIA GERTZ, found in dying condition, died same day, Septem- ber 4, 1907. Verdict: Took poison presumably by herself. WILLIAM H. HENDERSON, found dead on Peelle Farm one mile east of Knox, July 20, 1900. Verdict: Killed by lightning. ALBERT PENFIELD, found dead Bass Lake Station, September 26, 1900. Verdict : Struck by mail car. JAMES G. BRUNNER, found dead on C. R. & M. R. R., April 29, 1902. Verdict : Knocked down and run over by train. LILLIE M. SEIDER, September 7, 1899. Verdict : Shot herself in Knox. EDITH M. DAVIS, found dead January 7, 1902, Center Township. Verdict: Shot supposedly by HENRY CLEMENTS. S. LEBANZ, found dead May 7, 1902. Verdict: Rheumatism of the heart. WILLIAM B. CHAPEL, found dead in bed, November 27, 1902. Verdict : apoplexy. JOHN R. SNYDER, found dead at Koontz Lake, January 9, 1901. Ver- dict: Accidental drowning. JONES DIPERT, found dead April 20, 1901. Verdict : Killed by vicious bull. JOHN W. AKER, in Washington Township, found dead January 26, 1900. Verdict : Struck by engine. DALE DARLING, found dead at Grovertown, August 23, 1901. Verdict : Killed accidentally by train. HUDSON FULLER, North Judson, April 11, 1902. Verdict: Struck by train and killed. MARY REED, at home, found dead August 4, 1905. Verdict: By pistol shots fired by her husband. AMOS PAYNE, found dead about three-fourths mile east of Knox, August 10, 1905. Verdict : Accidentally struck by train. ISAAC J. DAVIS, found on bridge where Nickel Plate crosses Yellow River in Center Township, June 4, 1906. Verdict : Being struck by a train. JOSEPH BUTZEN, fouud in Koontz Lake, July 16, 1906. Verdict: Accidental drowning. AUGUST BERY was found October 18, 1906, Davis Township. Verdict : Hanging himself. JAMES REESE, found at Mr. Appelgate's barn in Knox, January 23, 1907. Verdict: Came to his death by alcoholic drinking. MANERVIE KLINE, found at her home in Knox, November 21, 1906. Verdict: Natural cause. GILBERT PAYNE, found on C. I. & S. R. R. at North Judson, July 21, 1907. Verdict: Neck broken by locomotive. CARNILE RUTGART was put off train at Knox, May 4, 1907. Verdict : Natural causes. PETER OYINGA, found at home, Wayne Township, December 9, 1907. Verdict: Natural causes. Infant child of J. NODELL, California Township, found July 16, 1907. Verdict: Natural causes. ED LINTZ, single, found at his father's house, North Judson, July 10, 1907. Verdict: Suicide. MARTHA ANNA THOMPSON, found at her home, North Judson, May 6, 1906. Verdict: Natural cause. PHILIP MONDON, California Township, found on farm of CARL FORINA, November 29, 1907. Verdict: Being shot by gun in hand of CARL FORINA. HENRY Z. ROBERTS, found on M**** R. R., one-fourth mile south of Kankakee River, in Railroad Township, December 30, 1907. Ver- dict: Struck by train. JOHN J. BUDKA, foimd at his home in Wayne Township, April 27, 1908. Verdict: Suicide by shooting himself. JOSEPHINE BUDKA, found at her home three miles north of North Judson, March 28, 1908. Verdict : Taking Paris green. ALARTIN SURINA, found about three miles north of North Judson, in Wayne Township, April 8, 1908. Verdict: Drowning. J. R. WILSON, found at the STEIGER Farm, one-fourth mile west of Ora, in Starke County, February 20, 1908. Verdict: Natural causes. MINNIE ZABLE was found at her home in Railroad Township, June 2, 1908. Verdict: Suicide by hanging. THEODORE KANE, found on Nickel Plate R. R., at Bolen Crossing, in Washington Township, April 30, 1908. Verdict: Accidentally killed by locomotive. WM. H. ROBERTSON, Railroad Township, found about three miles north of English Lake, Starke County, May 30, 1908. Verdict : Acci- dental drowning. JOSEPH F. MRAZEK, found on C. C. & L. R. B., at North Judson, July 19, 1908. Verdict: Accidentally struck by locomotive. DARELEX WILLARD GARDNER, found in Yellow River, one mile east of river bridge at Knox, July 15, 1908. Verdict: Accidental drowning. CHARLES NOSTRUM, found in Center Township, December 2, 1904. Verdict: Suicide by shooting himself. LEWIS HULKA, found on C. I. & S. R. R. track in Wayne Township, near Bogus Ditch, May 5, 190S. Verdict: Accidentally struck by locomotive. DELITHA BUCK, found at her home in Knox, August 30, 1908. Verdict : Natural causes. JULIUS FECHNER, North Bend Township, found hanging in his barn, September 22, 1908. Verdict: Suicide by hanging. MARION EDNA HASKINS, found at North Judson, November 13, 1908. Verdict: Cause unknown. JAMES MARION, found at English Lake, Railroad Township, November 11, 1908. Verdict: Natural causes. FRANCIS PRUKA, Wayne Township, found January 15, 1909. Verdict: By myocarditis. FRANK FOLLICK, found on P. C. C. & St. L. R. R., MIarch 17, 1909. Verdict: Struck by train breaking his neck. SAMUEL WORMAN, found at Hamlet, Davis Township, November 15, 1908. Verdict : Struck by train. EMIL F. KVASNICKA, at his home, Wayne Township, one-half mile north of North Judson, May 21, 1908. Verdict: Shot with a shot gun in hands of ALBERT ROUBEK. WM. G. MILLS, found dead at house of his son CHAS. T. MILLER, June 28, 1909. Verdict : Mitral slenosis. SAMUEL CASSADAY, California Township, was found dead at Bass Lake, Indiana, July 20, 1909. Verdict: Accidental drowning. MAUDES MYERS, Center Township, was found in Yellow River, July 25, 1909. FRANCISKA GOUDECA, found dead at Knox, September 7, 1909. Ver- dict: Brights disease and heart complications. JOHN BERTKEWITZ, Railroad TowTiship, was found in Railroad Town- ship dead, September 4, 1909. Verdict: Suicide by hanging. SAMUEL FOUST, North Judson, Wayne Township, found on Pan Handle R. R. west of C. & E. Crossing, January- 21, 1907. Verdict : By being struck by a car on said railroad. GEORGE HENRY ANDERS, found dead in Oregon Township, November 14, 1909. Verdict: Apoplexy. JOSEPHINE PRICKETT, found at Ober, Indiana, December 6, 1909. Ver- dict: From effects of poison. THELMA GOLDING, found dead in Knox, January 28, 1910. Verdict: Accidental suffocation. JACOB DRUNECKY, found dead April 11, 1910. Verdict : Struck by lightning. EDWIN LARNEK, found dead near Hamlet, Indiana, May 31, 1910. Verdict: Accidental shooting. ROBERT M. BAILEY, found dead August 8, 1910. Verdict: Fatty degeneration of the heart. WILLIAM ALONZO NOLAND, found on the C. & E. R. R. track at North Judson, December 21, 1906. Verdict: Stnick by locomotive on Erie Railroad. JOHN G. GOPPERT, found dead September 30, 1910. Verdict: Apoplexy. JAMES G. HEIBNAN, found dead September 28, 1910. Verdict : Struck by train on C. I. & S. R. R. west of Knox. CHARLES VENDELL, found dead October 20, 1910. Verdict: Acute gastritis. FRANK HUGH, found dead on Stinson Gravel Road west of English Lake, November 22, 1910. Verdict: Accidentally shooting himself. WILLIAM SAWYER, found dead February 11, 1911. Verdict: Myo- carditis. ETHEL THOMPSON, found dead February 22, 1911. Verdict : Found dead when returned next day. MARY KENALINE, found dead June 12, 1911. Verdict : Valvular heart lesion. MRS. ABIGAIL STAUFFER was found dead February 16, 1910. Verdict: By rupture of left ventricle of heart. MARY WILSON, found dead March 18, 1911. Verdict : Apoplexy. MARIE JANE FARRAULT, found dead May 29, 1911. Verdict: Cerebral hemorrhage. NELS FREDERICK OLSON, found dead in Koontz Lake, May 27, 1911. Verdict: Accidental drowning in Koontz Lake. WILLIAM SCHUENKE, found dead July 2, 1911. Verdict: Accidental drowning in Bass Lake near Cranberry Point. JACOB CLARK, found dead September 20, 1911, Brems, Indiana. Ver- dict : Mitral stenosis. H. S. ROBINSON, found dead under train at Bass Lake Station, Sep- tember 16, 1911. Verdict : Struck by train on Erie Railroad. NATHAN M. LEEPER, found dead October 11, 1911, Hamlet, Indiana. FRANK DUZIK, found dead on Nickel Plate R. R. right of way, Sep- tember 2, 1911. Verdict: Accidental death by being struck by train. JOHN ROSSON, found dead December 20, 1911. Verdict : Rupture. MARGARET BURBANK, found dead December 20, 1911. Verdict: Cer- ebral hemorrhage. JOHN ELINGER, Lena Park, January 2, 1912. Verdict: Falling of brick wall. WILLIAM H. STEVENSON, found dead on streets of Knox, Indiana, Jan- uary 8, 1912. Verdict : Mitral stenosis. CHESTER HERBERT YOUNG, found dead February 5, 1912. Verdict: Abscess of left lung. ELMER MONTOGUE, found dead March 24, 1912. Verdict : Apoplexy. GEO. HOHAMER, Center Township, found dead March 28, 1912. Ver- dict : Apoplexy. LIZZIE VOJAK, found dead April 17, 1912. Verdict: Spontaneous death due to exposure and cold. JAMES SHANAN, found killed April 4, 1912, struck by Erie train. Unknown infant, found dead in privy vault in Hamlet, Indiana, June 11, 1912. Verdict: Death due to exposure. Frank Truuoskj^ found dead July 1, 1912. Verdict: Cerebral hemorrhage. SIGMOND KLOPOT, found dead in Knox, September 3, 1912. Verdict: Suicide by hanging and shooting. GEO. C. WOOD, found dead September 25, 1912, Oregon Township. Verdict: Accidentally thrown under wagon. CHARLES M. KEMP, found in Washington Township, November 23, 1912. Verdict : Paralysis. BERT GEHR, English Lake, found dead October 31, 1912. Verdict: Burned to death. WM. J. GREEN, found dead October 31, 1912. Verdict : Skull mashed. DANIEL P. HALEY, found dead Davis Township, December 18, 1912. Verdict: Cerebral apoplexy. ANSON PHILLIPS, found dead in bed at Brems, in Center Township, January 8, 1913. Verdict: Chronic interstitial nephritis. LEANDER L. TOMPKINS, found dead on street in Knox, Indiana, March 8, 1913. Verdict: Chronic valvular heart disease and embolism. RAYMOND MERREL BAUGHMAN, found in Bass Lake, July 4, 1913. Verdict: Accidental drowning. ETHAN T. REASONER, found dead in his cottage at Bass Lake, July 16, 1913. MARTIN V. STRASBURGER was found on front porch, Bass Lake, July 20, 1913. Verdict : Suicide by shooting himself. AUSTIN C. HOLDEMAN, found on Pennsylvania R. R. at Grovertown, August 7, 1913. Verdict: Accidental death, being struck and run over by train. JOHN R. BUNNELL, died in Dr. P. 0. Englerth's office, North Judson. Verdict : Suicide by drinking carbolic acid. GEO. MILLER, found on Erie R. R. track one-fourth mile east of North Judson, August 29, 1913. Verdict: Chronic myocarditis. ARTHUR ALBERTSON, found on porch of his home in Hamlet, Indiana, September 14, 1913. Verdict : Suicide by drinking carbolic acid. TREVA BOWER, found in branch of Craigmile Ditch, September 17, 1913. Verdict: Accidental drowning. FRANK HALL, Washington Township, found in bed in tent, September 25, 1913. Verdict : Pulmonary heraorrhage. FELIX LELKA, found one-half mile east of English Lake on P. C. C. & St. L. R. R. right of way, December 1, 1913. HENRY OTTO BREUNLIN, picked up on Erie tracks, North Judson, November 8, 1913. Verdict : Struck by west bound train on Erie while crossing track. HIRMAN ADAM BRUENLIN, picked up at Erie Crossing, November 8, 1913, east of North Judson. Verdict : Struck by Erie train. OTTO HENRY GOLTZ, picked up on Erie R. R. right of way, east of North Judson, November 8, 1913. Verdict: Struck by Erie train. CARL AUGUST KANE, North Bend Township, found in bed at his home, February 13, 1914. Verdict: Apoplexy. PATRICK PHILLIPS, Center Township, found dead in bed, Febiniary 9, 1914. Verdict: Aortic regurgitation. PETER A. PETERSON, found in shed at Hamlet in Davis Township, February 17, 1914. Verdict: Paralysis of heart. BURNADETTA GAINS, found dead at home, March 27, 1914. Verdict: Acute colitis. JUNE FREDERICK SHULTZ, Oregon Township, found dead in his bed in Oregon Township, April 30, 1914. Verdict: Endocarditis. ALBERT SVOBODA, found in field across road in Center Township, June 2, 1914. Verdict: Accidental manner gored by bull. ALVIN BAMUM, found in Yellow River just above Heaton Street Bridge, June 27, 1914. Verdict : Accidental drowning. JOHN J. STINSON, found in bed at Ora in North Bend Township, June 28, 1914. MRS. EMMA ISFORT, found in Yellow River just above Heaton Street Bridge in Knox, June 27, 1914. Verdict: Accidental drowning while trying to rescue ALVIN BAMUM. JAMES HUBENY, found in bed in home in North Judson, August 14, 1914. Verdict: Acute endocarditis. Infant of JOHN BANTA, found in bed in California Township, October 26, 1914. Verdict : Suffocation. VERNA MAY CLARK, found dead in bed at her home in Washington Township, August 7, 1914. Verdict: Hydrocephalus. LEWIS RAY, found about seventy-five yards east of house at Hamlet, Indiana, October 28, 1914. Verdict : Cerebral apoplexy. WM. G. HURST, found dead in Fitz Hotel basement stairway, Novem- ber 5, 1905. Verdict: Apoplexy. GEO. J. GIRARD, conductor Pennsylvania Railroad, MIarch 18, 1906. Verdict: Accidentally killed by train. ROBERT MEEKS, found dead on Erie tracks east of North Judson near Bogus Ditch. Verdict: Took carbolic acid. ===========================================================================