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John Fleming

Tuesday morning John Fleming, a son of James E. Fleming, of four miles north of Crawfordsville on the Young's Chapel road, met a sudden and terrible death while loading logs on a wagon. After breakfast the young man went to the woods not far from the house to load logs on the wagon. He was gone longer than was necessary to accomplish the work, and finally about 8 o'clock, his father walked out to see what the trouble was. As he approached the spot where the logs had been cut he saw that something had gone wrong and hastened his pace. The mules which the young man had been using in loading had wandered off from the wagon some distance and were standing in the brush. Arrived at the wagon, Mr. Fleming was horrified to find the dead body of his son lying crus hed beneath a log a foot thick. He had evidently been rolling the log upon the wagon when his tackle probably slipped or broke, allowing the log to roll back upon him, killing him instantly in all probability. When the body was found the log rested directly on the neck of the unfortunate young man. The neck had been broken as was his jaw. Mr. Fleming hastened to the home of Al Austin, not far away and Mr. Austin returned with him to the spot and lifted the lot while Mr. Fleming pulled the body out from under it. Others had arrived on the scene by this time and assisted in carrying the body to the house. Undertake Barnhill and Coroner Dennis were summoned from Crawfordsville and the coroner is holding an inquest this afternoon. The deceased was unmarried and about 25 years of age. He was a bright and popular young man.

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John Fleming