OBIT: John MINKO, 1916, Hooversville, Somerset County, PA

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Minko, John

KILLED AT HOOVERSVILLE - Man Found Dead, Under Suspicious Circumstances Near 
That Station - The mangled body of John Minko, a well known resident of 
Hooversville, was found late at night on Monday evening of last week, near the 
depot at Hooversville. Minko was seen at 8:30 o'clock the previous evening on 
the streets of Hooversville. At 2:30 o'clock the next morning he was found on 
the railroad tracks by two men on their way home. Although one leg was ground 
off at the knee and the pockets of the man's clothes bore no appearances of 
being rifled, his open pocketbook was found a short distance from his body and 
contained only 25 cents in change. The wheels of the train had also passed over 
the man's chest. Minko had lived in Hooversville for a number of years, working 
as a miner. His wife secured a divorce from him about a year ago, remarried and 
went to Cleveland, Ohio. An investigation by Squire I. M. Hoover has not cleared 
up the suspicious circumstances in the case.

Meyersdale Commercial, Apr. 6, 1916