OBIT: Michael Luther HUTZELL, 1928, Meyersdale, Somerset County, PA

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MICHAEL LUTHER HUTZELL

MEYERSDALE MAN KILLED BY TRAIN - Michael Luther Hutzell Hit by "Detroit 
Limited" on Tuesday Evening - Michael Luther Hutzell, son of Jacob E. & 
Matilda Hutzell, of Glade City, was instantly killed by the "Detroit 
Limited" train, No. 19, of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, about 8 
o'clock Tuesday evening, while walking on the track a few hundred yards 
east of Meyersdale station.
  The County Coroner, Dr. H.S. Kimmel, held an inquest at R. Reich & 
Son's undertaking establishment, Wednesday noon, resulting in a verdict 
of accidental death, but the local authorities are investigating 
reports circulated since the inquest, indicating that his death may not 
have been due to accident.
  Hutzell had been employed as a miner at Jerome where he made his home 
with Mr. & Mrs. Elmer Smith.  Mrs. Smith, "who was in the company of 
Hutzell shortly before his death, reports that domestic affairs in her 
home were by no means tranquil & that her husband had recently driven 
Hutzell from their domicile.  Thereafter she found conditions 
unbearable & followed Hutzell to Meyersdale.
  A moot question is whether Hutzell, owing to his alleged entanglement 
in the domestic broil of the Smith family many not have walked in the 
pathway of the train to put an end to his troubles, or been pushed in 
front of the train by unfriendly hands.
  As there was no eye-witness to the tragedy, it is quite likely that 
no definite solution of the mystery will ever be found, & that the 
verdict of accidental death will stand.
  The victim of the accident was born in Larimer Twp., Oct. 2, 1902.  
He is survived by one brother, Charles Hutzell, Cumberland, & four 
sisters, Mrs. Samuel Beal, Mrs. John Day, Mrs. Julia Glessner & Miss 
Martha Hutzell, all of Meyersdale, in addition to his parents above 
mentioned.  He as a member of the Zion Evangelical Church, of 
Meyersdale.

Meyersdale Republican, Oct 18, 1928, page 1