Unknown County IL Archives Obituaries.....Maxwell, James M November 4, 1904
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Morning Oregonian November 5,1904
Practical Joker Is Killed
A Saloonkeeper Who Is Held Up Promptly Uses a Revolver
Springfield,Ill.-Nov,4-James M.Maxwell,president of the local union 
No.63,United Mineworkers of America,at Virden,has been shot and killed by 
Thomas Hall,a bartender,as the result of a pracical joke.Hall was returning 
home after closing his saloon through North Park when Maxwell,for a 
joke,stepped from behind  atree and ordered Hall to throw up his 
hands.Hall,who has been a victim of hold ups twice recently,drew a revolver 
and shot Maxwell in the stomache.Maxwell,who lived for several hours 
afterward,said he did not blame Hall for shooting him.

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