by Darren McMannis | Jul 19, 2021 | Roadside Cross, Suicide, Train
Man Killed By Train Harvey County authorities are investigating the death of a man hit by a train in the 6100 block of S. West Road. The location sits three miles southwest of Newton and four miles northeast of Sedgwick. The event occurred around 5 a.m. July 19,...
by Darren McMannis | May 27, 1917 | Illness, Killed In Action, Suicide
Private James Shea enlisted in Co. K, 139th Infantry, in Newton, under Capt. Howard M. Randall, in the spring of 1917, as company cook. He had made his home here but a few years, and was quite well known and well respected. While the company was in training at Camp...
by Marty Fuller | Jan 27, 1887 | Suicide
Suicide by Hanging. Found Dead In A Barn. A Man The Fatal Leap Into The Dark Via Hemp Rope. Last evening we learned that an unknown corps had been brought to the city, from the township, by Justice Weatherby, and turned over to the officers at this place. On...
