Saturday, February 24, 2024

Muncie, IN Obituary Lesson: At a Mysterious Barber Shop [1900]

To day if ye will hear his voice,harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.
Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow.
Q: For what is your life?
A: It is even a vapor,
that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
Hebrews 3:15/James 4:14


"Queer Case at Muncie
Muncie Spercial: Miss Jessie Crow, 21 years old, of Pennville. died Wednesday morning under circumstances which are causing
investigation by the police and coroner. 
The young woman visited Harry Galloway at his barber shop in the suburb of Avondale Tuesday noon and was taken sick at the shop. The young man did not call a physician until too late, and she died on a bed in the rear room. The body was taken to the morgue, where an examination was made. Galloway, being detained at the police station.
In the meantime. The examination showed cause for holding the man until a further investigation is made. The young woman had been employed as a hotel waitress in Muncle for some time, 
---and once before was taken ill at the barber shop and was removed to the hospital.
Date:
1900-12-01; Paper: Recorder."