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From: "c Foster" <>
Subject: [ILKNOX-L] Inquest of Henry Lutz...
Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2001 12:09:56 -0500

Henry Lutz is my gggrandfather-b. 1850 Pa., m. Mary Isabell Davis 1873, Knox Co. IL. Looking for his parents and siblings


"GALESBURG EVENING MAIL"
Wed. June 28, 1922

Inquest Held Over Body of Henry Lutz
Coroner's Jury Finds that Death was Due to Heart Trouble---Two Witnesses Testify

It was decided by a coroner's jury that met at the home of Henry Lutz, who dropped dead Tuesday morning while working in a drift mine at the farm of Frank Davis, near Maquon, that death was due to heart trouble. The inquest was held at Lutz residence at Rapatee Tuesday afternoon.

There were two witnesses, the first being Harley Lutz, a son, who stated that his father was born April 30, 1850 in Pennsylvania. He said that the past two years his father had been bothered with spells at which time he would be short of breath and felt distress about the heart. He was distressed about the heart. He was satisfied that this illness was the cause of his father's death.

The second to testify was William(blurred) Mertz, who operated the coal mine where Lutz was employed. He said that Mr. Lutz had worked for him for 11 days. The last two days he had noticed that the man would lose his breath very easily and would have to stop and rest. Tuesday morning, he related, lutz had seated himself for a moment and explained that he felt weak. Mr. Mertz said that a moment later he arose and said that he felt relieved of pain. He then picked up a fork and had thrown some coal in a wagon when he fell backwards to the ground, dying almost instantly.

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