OBIT: John BOALE, 1887, Mifflin County, PA

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LOCAL AND PERSONAL.

  A week ago a German named John Boale was found wading about in the 
dam at Newton Hamilton by some of the citizens of that place.  He was 
induced to come out of the water, when he was arrested and sent to 
Lewistown, where he was put in prison to prevent him from doing bodily 
harm to himself, as it was discovered that he was insane.  On Saturday 
morning his lifeless body was found in his cell, he having during the 
night strangled himself to death with a towel.  It is not known that he 
has any friends in this country.

The Huntingdon Journal, Huntingdon, Pa., Friday, November 18, 1887