Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Butterick, Henry May 1908
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The Lyons Herald, Thursday, May 14, 1908
Henry Butterick was killed at Pewamo Saturday.  He had come from Carson City 
on the afternoon stage and was to take the train for Ionia.  At train time he 
was standing on the street and made a run to catch it and in attempting to get 
aboard while the cars were in motion, he fell under and in trying to get up 
was struck on the back of the head by some part of the engine, one ear torn 
off and the jugular vein severed, causing him to bleed to death in view of 
hundreds who had gathered.

The coroner’s jury, after hearing the testimony, rendered a verdict that he 
came to his death through his own carelessness in attempting to board a moving 
train.  In an interview with parties from Pewamo we learned that deceased was 
a man in the habit of becoming intoxicated and had been drinking just prior to 
the accident.  He had $18 on his person and carried $1000 insurance in favor 
of his sister Mrs. James Wheeler, who lives on the Wilson Keefer farm.


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