YOUNG FARMHAND DIES AFTER FALL
North Manchester, April 4 -

   Howard C. Wray, 27, died at 2:15 pm today at the Asa Hines farm near here, at which he was employed as a farmhand, of injuries suffered about midnight last night in a fall from a windmill. He suffered a brain concussion and other injuries and never regained consciousness.

   A few minutes after he fell, Wray was found by Hines, who had heard him leave the house and followed when he did not return. Todd Bender, Wabash County Coroner is investigating the case.

   Wray, a native of North Dakota, came to this community about two years ago. Local authorities are endeavoring to contact his parents, believed to be resident of California, at present.

Journal-Gazette, Fort Wayne, IN, April 5, 1940.