Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Mehney, Clemence 1912
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The Belding Banner, Thursday, August 15, 1912

Last Friday morning our citizens were greatly surprised to learn that Clemence 
Mehney, familiarly known as Mince Mehney had been killed by a Pere-Marquette 
train sometime during the night before.  Mince had been to Lowell on Thursday 
and had taken the evening train at that place for his home near Smyrna.  When 
the train reached Moseley, Mince, who was quite a baseball enthusiast, saw a 
fellow ball player at the train and stepped off the train to talk with him.  
The train pulled out and left him standing there and there was no other 
alternative for him but to continue his way to Smyrna on foot.  He started up 
the track and had nearly reached the county line between Kent and Ionia 
counties when he was struck by a train presumably the 9:26 out of Belding.  
This deduction is made from the fact that people in the vicinity where he was 
killed heard the sharp tooting of the whistle on a train about that time.  
Evidently the train crew did not know that they had killed him or even hit 
him, as no stop was made to look the matter up.

When found the next morning about five o’clock one arm was found between the 
rails and his body was found about 105 feet from where the arm lay.  Inquiry 
of all train men who passed over the line at night failed to find anyone who 
knew anything of the accident.  It is thought that he was walking up the 
track, and when the train came along he stepped off the track but not far 
enough to avoid being hit.

Clemence Mehney was thirty-two years of age, a son of Nicholas Mehney of 
Otisco, and unmarried.  He was a brother of Mrs. W. F. Bricker of this city.  
The funeral was held at the late home Monday, and was largely attended.  

Deceased is survived by a father and mother, five sisters, and four brothers, 
all of whom with one exception were present at the funeral.


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