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COLLINSVILLE, ILLINOIS

MARCH 18, 1911 - was killed by a fall---workman at Lead Works receives injuries resulting fatally....Paul LANNON, employee at the white lead plant and The St. Louis Smelting and Refining Co. just north of the city limits, dies at the hospital Friday evening last as the result of injuries received Tuesday previous at which time he fell from the top of the hoppers in the bag house to the concrete floor of the main floor and alighted on his head. He was picked up unconscious and taken to the hospital where it was found that his skull was fractured over the right eye and the wound proved so serious that death ensued in a few days. The white lead plant has been closed down for some time and previous to resuming work some cleaning was being performed. Lannon had previously worked at the plant, but this was his first shift under the resumption. He was sent by the foreman of the shift with a broom to the top of the hoppers about fifteen feet above the floor to sweep, and just previous to the accident had been told to come down and it is supposed that he tripped on his broom and was precipitated to the floor below. Coroner Streeber came down from Upper Alton and an inquest was held Sunday morning and the jury found a verdict of accidental death. Lannon was not known to have any relatives and the funeral expenses were taken care of by the county.

MAY HAVE BURIED HIS WEALTH..........Daughter is investigating story of Treasure found on Farm..............When Michael VOISIN who owned a farm near Troy died many years ago he was not known to have been especially well fixed and the farm on which he had lived for years in the course of time passed into the hand of a man named Jacob PRESS. But a daught of Michael VOISIN, by the name of Mrs. William SCHROEDER, living at 908 Lami street in St. Louis was in the city this week and was conducting a quiet investigation into a rumor that she had heard to the effect that in taking down an old smoke house which was a landmark on the old homestead where she lived as a girl, PRESS had come across a considerable buried treasure and Mrs. SCHROEDER is convinced if this is found true that the money is wealth buried by her father during a certain period when he was trying to conceal his assets to prevent them from falling into the hands of his first wife, from whom he was separated.

Mrs. SCHROEDER states that Michael VOISIN and his first wife became estranged and after much bickering the woman left him. At this time VOISIN was known to have a considerable amount of money, thought by Mrs. SCHROEDER to be in the amount of $23,000-$30,000. After the separation, Mrs. VOISIN made a number of efforts to receive what she thought was her share of the wealth of her husband but all efforts proved unavailing as no assets could be found. VOISIN had converted everything he could dispose of into cash and no trace of the cash could be found, and it was always supposed that VOISIN had buried the money some place. Afterwards VOISIN secured a divorce and married again, and at the time of his death was not reputed to be wealthy and no trace of the wealth reported to be concealed ever was found as far as is known. But Mrs. SCHROEDER has heard the rumor and was confident that if she is able to get proof that such a treasure was found she will be able to legally recover a share of the money. Mrs. SAM WRIGLEY of Collinsville is anothe daughter of the Michael VOISIN mentioned and it was at the WRIGLEY home that Mrs. SCHROEDER was staying while in the city and the ladies would be much obligated to parties knowing of any evidence, communicating the same to them.

MARCH 25, 1911..........THE GRIM REAPER..Many deaths in Vicinity of Collinsville during the past week....

The funeral held Sunday over the remains of REV. MARRIN KETURIKAT was one of the largest public gatherings for an event of that nature which has taken place in this city in years. Hundreds of visitors were present from outside of the city, the members of the Lutheran synod for this district being present almost in their entirety. Sermons were preached in German, English and Lithiwanian and the servies at the cemetery were in charge of the Rev. VON STEOHE, (?) of the German Lutheran church in this city. The outpouring of the friends and acquaintances of the deceased testified to the respect in which the deceased had been held, and many handsome foral offerings gave token of the love inspired by the kindly and true stewardshiip which the dead man had rendered in the caause of the Master during his pastorate in this city.

CHRIS FAITZ..........Chris FAITZ, a well known farmer whose home for many years has been in the BLACK JACK neighborhood where he tilled the soil, died at his home Monday, after an illness of some weeks. The cause of death being an ailment of the stomach. He was well provided with this worlds goods and has been a most successful agriculturist. He leaves a wife and several children to mourn his loss and his demise is considered a real affliction to the neighborhood where he made his home. He was 53 (?) years of age and the family is one of the pi oneers of this part of the state

SIX YEAR OLD CHILD OF GEO. FEIG........A six year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. GEO. FEIG, who live in the neighborhood of the BETHEL church died at the family home from diabetes. The funeral took place Tuesday, the interment being at Bethal cemetery. The afflicted family have entire sympathy of many friends in their time of sorrow.

DAUGHTER OF JOHN HARTMANN....A six months old infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. JOHN HARTMANN, who reside at Pleasant Ridge, died Sunday at the family home, the funeral being held Tuesday. Friends of the family offer them sympathy in their affliction.

MRS. FRANKL DRIQUE.....Mrs. Frank DRIQUE, who was before her marriage MISS ANNA KOEHLER and whose age was only 21, died at her house near HEINZVILLE Monday of penumonia. The lady had only been married seven months to FRANK DRIQUE, a miner and her taking off at the tender age while in the very prime of young womanhood was a sad blow to her relatives and friends. Her ailment had a sudden termination in death and she was called to her last home while life offered every joy of the future. The death of this estimable young matron is a severe shock to those who had loved her in life and the sorrowing husband and friends are heartbroken at her demise. The funeral took place Thursday and the interment was at the Reppler cemetery near Lebanon.

ROBERT J. SCHOENBAUM......Robert J. SCHOENBAUM, a blacksmith, who formerly lived in this city and for sometime conducted a business in Collinsville, but whose home has been at East St.Louis in late years, died in that city last week at the age of 48 years. The deceased had many friends in Collinville who will be grieved to learn of his demise.

MRS. JOSEPH SNADDEN....Mrs. Joseph SNADDEN aged 53 years, whose home was at Caseyville died Thursday morning of heart trouble, her passing being most sudden after an illness of only about thirty minutes. The lady was the mother of three sons and three daughters all of whom have grown up and who are well known people in the vicinity of that place. The funeral will take place Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the family home. The interment being at the Caseyville cemetery. A number of relatives of the famiily reside in Collinsville and the deceased lady's acquaintances in this city was numerous and her death occasions grief in those circles in which she was known. To those, who have lost the companionship of their mother and to the bereaved husband, the condolences of friends are extended.

MRS BERTHA BEST.....Mrs. Bertha BEST, aged 43, wife of Frederick BEST, a carpenter employed at the carriage shop of Fred SWATKOPF(as spelled), died suddenly about 5 p.m. Sunday, leaving a mourning husband and ten children as survivors to miss the kindly ministrations of a wife and motherr. Mrs. BEST the Sunday previous to her death had given birth to a child, but was supposed to be doing nicely and the day previous to her death had come to the city to do some shopping, driving a horse and light wagon. On her way home she was taken with cramps and was unable to continue her hold on the lines, and the horse being a gentle beast proceeded on the way home, where the lady was helped from the vehicle. Her husband was sent for from his work and went to a physician and secured medicine, the doctor decidiing that the complaint was rheumatism and prescribing for that ailment. Sunday the lady was much worse and expired almost without warning and it was the opinion of the physician that the rheumitism had reached the heart and caused her death. Coroner Streeper held an inquest Monday and the jury brought in a verdict in accordance with the above facts. The funeral was held Wednesday afternoon . The deceased was sister of FRED SWARTZKOPF and quite widely known in the city where she has made her home for many years.

JAMES DEVIER, about 70 years old, who has been doing porter work to a saloon and other odd jobs about Maryville for the last six months, having come to that city from the county infirmary at Edwardsville, was found dead in the bottom of the shaft in Donks No. 2 mine Thursday morning. Deputy Coroner Lowe held an inquest over the remains Thursday and from the evidence developed the jury returned a verdict that the man had come to his death by a fall down the shaft with suicidal intent, and it was shown that he had become despondent through inability to make a living by ordinary means of labor.

Some time during Thursday night burgalars effected an entrance to the saloon at Hardscrabble, conducted by Frank Borsch, by breaking out one of the rear windows, and helped them selves to $4.70 from the cash register and also took some cigars and clothes belonging to the proprietor. Later on the same gang visited the hoome of a Mrs. Powell some distance west of the saloon and helped themselves to such eatables asthey could find, and left some of the cigars they had taken from Hardscrabble.