Mr. William
Montgomery of Windham township, met with an accident on Saturday last
which resulted in his death, while mowing on his farm near Nixon.
He lived alone, and
no one was very near him at the time, and the details cannot be known of a
certainty. The accident was only discovered in the evening, when neighbors
noticed that his horses has been standing for a long time in a farm
corner. It is thought that he started out after dinner to mow, and on his
first time around fell from the mower and under the machine, which passed
over his body, cutting his legs and chest badly.
His fall may have
been the result of the heat, or he may have had a fit, he being subject to
them. He was in his 71st year, and unmarried. Dr. McIntosh, coroner, being
notified, made an investigation, and finding the facts as above, certified
that an inquest was not necessary.
