The  Shelbyville Democrat
Tuesday January 18, 1927
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DEATH  MARKS  DOUBLE  TRAGEDY
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Mrs. Maude Daniels Died Today
at Hospital in Detroit From Injuries
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STRUCK  WITH  A  WRENCH
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Lingers Since Last Thursday When Husband Became Demented,
Attacked Her and Then Ended His Own Life
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          Mrs. Maude Eck Daniels, 40 years old, daughter of  Mrs. George [Rebecca] Hensley, of near this city, and a native of Shelbyville, died today at the Grace Hospital in Detroit, Michigan, from injuries she received last Thursday when she was struck over the head by her husband, who subsequently committed suicide.
          Word of the death of Mrs. Daniels was received here this afternoon by the Democrat.  She had been in a critical condition since she was attacked last Thursday night by her husband in their apartment at Detroit.  An investigation by Detroit authorities disclosed that Mr. Daniels, a prominent real estate owner of Detroit, had become mentally unbalanced, and this condition led to the double tragedy.
          After beating his wife into insensibility with an iron wrench, Mr. Daniels went to the bathroom of their apartment and turned on the gas to end his life.  He had been dead several hours when the tragedy was discovered by a caretaker of the apartment, who called the authorities and arranged for the removal of Mrs. Daniels to the hospital.
          Mrs. Hensley had been at the bedside of her daughter in the Detroit hospital since last Friday.  Some hopes were held at the start for the recovery of Mrs. Daniels, but these were dispelled Monday, when her condition became more critical.  Her skull was fractured from the blows of the wrench and she did not regain consciousness at any time before her death today.
          Mrs. Daniels was a cripple and spent her entire early life in Shelbyville, where she was well known.  Arrangements for the funeral and burial had not been completed this afternoon and it was not known whether the body would be brought to Shelbyville.
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The  Shelbyville Democrat
Wednesday January 19, 1927
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BODY  BEING  SENT  HERE
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Mother of Mrs. Daniels on Way to Shelbyville
with Remains
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          The body of Mrs. Maude Daniels, who died at 3 o’clock Tuesday morning in a hospital at Detroit, Michigan, was shipped from that city this afternoon and will arrive in Shelbyville some time Thursday.  Mrs. George Hensley, north of this city, mother of  Mrs. Daniels, is accompanying the body to Shelbyville, where the funeral and burial will be conducted.
          This information was contained in a message received this afternoon by the Democrat.  Relatives of Mrs. Daniels had not heard today of the funeral or burial arrangements and they had not been informed by Mrs. Hensley of the death of Mrs. Daniels.  They feared that Mrs. Hensley had suffered a collapse after the death of her daughter, but this was found not the case when an investigation was made by the Democrat.
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The  Shelbyville Democrat
Friday January 21, 1927
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MRS. HENSLEY  REMAINS
WITH  BODY  IN  DETROIT
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          Relatives of  Mrs. George Hensley, residing northwest of here on the Boggstown road, became alarmed Thursday night, when she failed to arrive in Shelbyville, with the body of her daughter, Mrs. Maude Eck Daniels, who died Tuesday at a hospital in Detroit from wounds caused by her husband, who later killed himself.  A communication with Mrs. Hensley disclosed that she has changed her arrangements about bringing the body to Shelbyville immediately and she was not certain when she will return to her home here.  Mrs. Hensley did not state why her plans had been changed or whether she will bring the body of her dead daughter to Shelbyville later.  She was called by Mr. Hensley and confirmed the report that Mrs. Daniels has passed away.
Contributed by Barb Huff for John German


The  Shelby  Republican
Shelbyville, Ind., February 1, 1871
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          A man named Daniels, an engineer at the portable Saw Mill at Flatrock Station, in Washington township, while out rabbit-hunting on last Saturday, accidentally shot himself.  It seems that he had fired one load from his double-barreled shot gun at a rabbit, and missing his game, he got on a stump to watch the course the rabbit took, attempting to load his gun at the same time, when the gun slipped from his hand, discharging the contents of the other barrel in his abdomen.  He is in a very precarrious [sic] condition, and cannot possibly recover.
Copied by Phyllis Miller Fleming

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