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Parent Issue
Day
12
Month
July
Year
1895
Copyright
Public Domain
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Tuesday afteruoon a report became urrent on the street that a man somewhere in the city had dropped dead uddenly. The report was investigated nd the discovery made that Andrew ïiller was the man and that he lay ead ii) his yard. Before any exannnation had been made it was supposed hat he had died from heart failure as ie was known to be subject to fainting pells. A revolver lay by bis side but ittle s-uspicion attached to this for the reason that it was known that he frequeutly handled the revolver as a sort of playthiug. Doctor A. K. Hale and Coroner Ball were summoned and they at once f ouiid the cause of death to be a Killet wouud in the head jnst abovethe right car. A jury was empaneled and the inquest held Wednesday morning at the residence of Louis Schnider, 59 S. Seventh street. The following persons constituted the jury: M. J. Lehman. J. D. Ryan, T. H. Wadhams, Frank E Legg, P. J. Lehman and VV. M. Sturgeon. After considering all the evidence,which was very meager, there being no witnessess of the deed, they rendered a verdict that the shootiug was "accidental." The testiniony developed the fact that he was snbJQct to fainting spells and the supposition was that béng overeóme by one of the spells while he had the revolver in his hand it was discharged resnlting in his death. Barlier in the day he was considerable under the influence of drink and it is claimed that he had a number of times when in that condition threatened to take his life. He had been a resident of Ann Arbor for many years, had raised. a large fam ily, butat the time of his death was living alone. He was about sixty-one years old.

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Subjects
Ann Arbor Argus
Old News