The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-08-02
OBITUARY
Ex-GOU. Hanb
- Dies i'm Wreck

Dennison, O., Aug. APPROPRIATION
are being made today to remove tn,
body Of ]. Frank. Hanly. former COVER.
nor OF Indiana and prohibition candidat,
Indianapolis. Gov. Hanly was killed
Sunday morning when the automobile
IN %hich he was riding was struck by b
Pennsylvania railroad freight train al
crossing six miles east OF here.
DIR. and Mrs. G. NJ. Baker, OF Kilgore
Ohio, with whom Gov Hanly was rid
ing. also were killed.
Harry Miller, of Indianapolis, Is ex-
pected here today to take charge of Gov.
Hanly's body
The accident occurred when DR.. Baker
who was waiting for an eastbound pas
senger train to pass. wrove his car onto
the tracks directly in front on a west
bound freight train. The freight train
was travelling down grade and is said
to have been going at high speed
All three suffered fractured skulls
and crushed bodies. and neither re-
covered consciousness after being
brought to a local hospital Mr.. Hanly
died at am. Ms. Baker at 1880, and
her husband at $50 pm.
The automobile drove across the
Pennsylvania tracks back of one freight
train and directly in front OF another.
The automobile was struck squarely.
AIR. Hanly was en- route to Carrollton,
where he was to have delivered an aa-
dress Monday. He had intended spend
ing the day with the Bakers at their
home In Kilgore.
Born In Log Cabin.
indianapolis. Aug. 2-Former Gov. J.
Frank Hanly. OF Indiana. who was killed
In an automobile accident near Denni-
son. o.. Sunday was born April 4, 1863,
m log cabin In Champaign county.
Illinois. He secured his education by
working his way through the Eastern
Illinois Normal school at Danville, III.
lie taught school for several years fol-
lowing his graduation from the Illinois
Normal school and studied law during
Ills spare time.
In 1889 he was admitted to the War
rem County (Indiana' bar and began the
practice Of law at Williamsport, Ind. A
year later he was nominated and elected
TO the Indiana state senate. where he
~ once took a front rank as a debater
and forceful legislator. In 1894 he was
nominated by republicans OF the Ninth
Indina district for congress and
was elected by majority of more
than 5000. In the fall OF 1896 he moved
TO La Toilette. Ind, where he formed
partnership In the practice OF law with
state Senator Will r. Wood. A year
later he was a candidate for United
States senator on the republican ticket
against Senator Albert Beveridge, but
lost the nomination In the republican
caucus by few votes.
IN August. 1908, Mr.. Hanly decided
to become a candidate for the republic
can nomination for governor. When the
convention met he was nominated unani-
ncssly on the second ballot. He was
elected in 1904 by almost $4,000 plural
ity, the largest ever given a guberna-
torial candidate by either party in In
diana.
When his term as governor expired
in 1899 he became an active worker In
the prohibition cause and for the follow
ing years toured the country at the
head Of n body OF prohibition lecturers
know as THE Flying Squadron" In
June, 1915. the flying squadron founda-
tion" was incorporated with Mr.. Hanly
at Is head, and through Il he had since
the-prohibition figdt.
In 1916 he was the unsuccessful cam