Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-31

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Totals ..14s 40 1879
" One inque. less was conducted
by Coroner John G. Miller in 1918
than in 1917 and four less than the
p umber held during 1916, according
10 the annual report submitted by
Coroner John G. Miller.
Only 139 Investigations into
deaths we're held during 1918. while
there were 40 in the year preced-
ng and I43 during 1916. Three
murders were investigated in 1918.
Appended is the list of cases in
7estgated in the county from Dec.
,, 1917, to Nov. %. 1918. inclusive:
DEAL NIB HI 1915.
Unknown man, organic heart
disease.
Unknown man. run over by a
lin.
15-John NJ Mile tic heart
. dlkease.
fS-Louise Daisy De Cramer, val
valar heart disease.
over by a train
g3-Howard B. Burris. asphyxi-
ated; Leonard De Geyter, heart
failure.
26-CIarence f. Powell uraemic
poisoning; Helen B. Valentine, in
hsmmatOry rheumatism.
E-Hannah Williams. apoplexy:
John J Jones, died of injuries sus-
tanned by falling into a ditch: Ed
Msckey, organic heart disease.
W-Margaret Sube. suicide, as
phyxiatiOn by gas; Fay Hammond,
heart failure
JANUARY, 1918.
Jacob Holebosch, injured in
fsszory.
Nancy Chain. blood cIot in the
he.rt
W-John Muley, spasmodic Group;
Swan Johnson, injured in a fall.
George Hattinger, acute diIa-
tiot Of the heart
R-LeO c. Walfram, accident;
Join Bealer, heart failure; Joseph
STEPHENSON, exposure.
flames Maxwell, pneumonia:
Mamie Larsen, burns.
RDelbert A. Lice, alcoholic ex-
cess.
A-Bernard L. Hammond, smoth-
erihg in bed
l-Elizabeth De Zutter. fatty de-
generation Of the heart.
ELLA Rayusford, dilation Of
theheart.
FEBRUARY.
Robert Bailey. excessive use
Of GcChOL
6wnliam r. Boyd, run over by
a train.
&Henry Cole. gas asphyxiation.
John J. Henley, run down by
aEaip L. Dahl.
a street car.
H-Geraldine Williams. tubercu-
losis Of the lungs.
H-Ludwig Berndt- run down by
a street car.
10 John Owens. run down by a
tran.
H-Robert Meyers, paralysis.
MARCH.
LEO Rice, burns.
s-Thomas c. Carson, drowning.
n-Thomas Kershaw, suicide by
haEging.
-Fred AIlmendenger. organic
he]t failure.
4-Charles A. Hoert. epileptic
oo4u-sions
APRIL.
.1Ivan J. Lunick, fractured
81 from fall down cellar steps.
EJulia LerUpes. pneumonia
fFloretta n. Crawford, organic
nesrt disease
Fran Whitmarsh, killed by
sNfch e2g CINE.
Sc Pollock, fail from build
B-3lanche C. Whistler, heart
azure; James Johnston, organic
~ert disease; Harry II. Norman,
aJErium trameus.
8-Un}novn infant, cause Of
dear Unknown
z-Neis r. Becksuom, drown
H-Otto Asplund. acute dilation
Of he heart.
& 9-hohert J Pecse. apopIexy.
MAY.
l--Lucy Vervaeck. skull fractur-
o. By falling down stairs.
MPall =. Potter, drowning; /
8y Clay Potter, drowning.
William John Ransom, drown I
Matthias G. Potter, drowning. /
Patrick Kind, run over BY a |
Robert A Coyne. drowning.
ATthur Wollenhaupt, drown
Infant, bemorrbage. I
Chester X Hestand, drown
william J. Cox, Jr, drown
JUNE.
u johnson, struck by train: /
TA4sn r O'Malley, injured IN fac
era tfantuu
feBsrtha IL Dibbarn s,;.jde nv
shoosng. -
19fT
lsanes Groom, apoplexy.
ffenfy kleinau, suicide by !