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Bluffton Chronicle
November 28, 1917


           BLUFFTON LADY'S FATHER
              KILLED IN DECATUR.
              
           SAMUEL JONES WAS KILLED
            WHEN STRUCK BY AN ERIE
                   TRAIN.
                   
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            (From Monday's Daily)   
            
           Decatur, Ind., Nov. 26 - SAMUEL
        JONES, aged 79, well known about
        town, was instantly killed, suffering
        a broken neck, arm and being badly
        cut and bruised about the entire body,
        when he was struck by a train on the
        Chicago & Erie railroad Saturday
        evening about 5 o'clock. The accident
        happened at the Mercer avenue cross-
        ing.
          MR. JONES was temporarily acting as
        crossing watchman for THOMAS TEEPLE
        the regular watchman, who had gone
        away for a few moments. A passenger
        train was passing at the time and
        JONES stepped from the track on which
        it was running into the way of a 
        freight on the side track. His body
        was hurled some distance, death com-
        ing instantly.
          The deceased has two sons and two
        daughters, a daughter residing in
        Bluffton. He had made his home with
        the JOSEPH HOWER family here for
        some time. The body was taken to the
        Yager Cros. & Reinking morgue and 
        prepared for burial and then was tak-
        en to the HOWER home.
          MR. JONES was employed in a hoop
        mill at Louisville, Ky., several years
        ago. G. A. CHRISTEN of this city having
        an interest therein, and it was while
        employed there that MR. JONES suffer-
        ed the amputation of one arm.
             Father of MRS. MINEHART
          The victim of the accident was the
        father of MRS. JEANNETTE MINEHART, of
        this city, who left here ten days ago
        to make her home for the winter in
        Chicago with a daughter. There are a
        number of other relatives here.
          The body of MR. JONES was taken to-
        day to the home of FREEMAN JONES, at
        Bryant, Jay County, whre the funeral
        will be held.
        
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