George Chamberlain obit
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George Chamberlain obit
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Posted: 29 Jun 2009 2:50PM GMT |
Classification: Obituary
Surnames: Chamberlain
November 9, 1900 Cambria Freeman newspaper Ebensburg, Pa.
Considerable mystery attaches to the death at Lilly on Thursday night of last week, of George Chamberlain, of Bens Creek. Chamberlain was at Lilly that night and attended a Democratic meeting taking part in a parade. He had a gun which he said he was about ot sell to a foreigner in the lower part of Lilly. Later he was seen in the lower part of the village with the gun. Shortly after midnight Chamberlain's body was found on the railroad tracks cut to pieces. His hat, coat, and gun are missing. Chamberlain leaves a wife and five small children in destitute circumstances. He was about thirty five years old.
Considerable mystery attaches to the death at Lilly on Thursday night of last week, of George Chamberlain, of Bens Creek. Chamberlain was at Lilly that night and attended a Democratic meeting taking part in a parade. He had a gun which he said he was about ot sell to a foreigner in the lower part of Lilly. Later he was seen in the lower part of the village with the gun. Shortly after midnight Chamberlain's body was found on the railroad tracks cut to pieces. His hat, coat, and gun are missing. Chamberlain leaves a wife and five small children in destitute circumstances. He was about thirty five years old.