CHANDLER, William A. “Bert”

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Bert Chandler, a teamster in the employ of Maley’s saw mill, met with an accident while hauling logs on Wednesday which resulted in instant death. He, together with several other teamsters, was hauling logs from the vicinity of Banta, near the Morgan county line. To ascend a steep hill it was found necessary to attach a block and tackle to the wagon in order that the horses might have a secure foothold at the top of the hill. Chandler was following the wagon for the purpose of checking it with a rail when the chain broke letting the heavily loaded wagon down the hill. In its decent it struck the rail held by Chandler which in a turn struck him in the breast with terrific force, killing him almost instantly. He was brought to this city during the evening and an inquest held upon the remains.

Chandler was a married man with a large family depending upon him for support. He was an old soldier and a member of the G. A. R. post. The funeral occurred yesterday evening.

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The Franklin Democrat, Friday, September 25, 1891,
Volume XXXII Number 14, page 6 column 2

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CORONER’S VERDICT

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The undersigned coroner of Johnson county, Indiana, did on the 5th day of September 1881, hold an inquest on the body of William Chandler, late of said county, who was killed near Banta, Indiana, on the 2nd of September, 1891, and having viewed the body and heard the testimony of witnesses, find that the deceased came to his death by reason of a heavily loaded log wagon passing over his body dislocating his spinal column and otherwise crushing him.

The deceased was forty six years old, four feet and nine inches high, dark complexion, black eyes and black hair. No valuables were found on his body.

L. L. WHITESIDES, 
Coroner J. C. 

Franklin, Ind., Sept 5, ’91.

Submitted by Mark McCrady and Cathea Curry