Peter Mangdon found dead in ditch by Joseph Harris of Hemingray Glass Co.

[Newspaper]

Publication: The Muncie Morning News

Muncie, IN, United States
vol. 21, no. 71, p. 8, col. 4


FOUND DEAD


Remains of Peter Mangdon Discovered

Laying in a Ditch

Peter Mangdon, whose mind was de­ranged by excessive drink, and who escaped from his boarding house on Shipley street yesterday morning, at an early hour, as reported in The News, was found at daylight yesterday morn­ing at 4 o'clock cold in death, not two squares from his home.

The find was made by Joseph Harris, an employe of the Hemingray Glass Factory, as he was coming home from work. The man's body was lying in a ditch, where he is believed to have fall­en. prostrated from running.

Captain Turner, of the police force, was notified, and in thirty minutes had the body at the Potter & Moffett Morgue, where it was prepared and taken to Marion, where the wife of the decreased resides. Joseph Cahill, Harry Hoag and Major Charles Luckner ac­companied the remains, the deceased being a member of the Bottle Blowers' Association, and this order will con­duct the funeral.

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Keywords:Hemingray
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Researcher:Roger Lucas / Bob Stahr
Date completed:June 28, 2023 by: Bob Stahr;