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Frank Lawrence Hull, 57, a retired railroad employee, was found dead of a shotgun wound at 5:30 a.m. Friday, August 6, 1954 on a county road a short distance from his home 3-1/2 miles northwest of Arlington, Indiana.
Dr. Robert B. Johnson, Rush County coroner said the wound was self-inflicted. Relatives said Mr. Hull had been in ill health.
The body was discovered by Otis Willis, who was driving down the road in a truck. It was lying in the middle of the road a quarter of a mile from the Hull home. A 20 guage shotgun lay nearby. Death occurred about 2:30 a.m. Dr. Johnson said.
Dr. Johnson, who with Sheriff Harry Levi, investigated said the shotgun charge had penetrated Mr. Hull’s left side.
The victim had been working as a painter since retirement, as a signalman for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. He had lived near Arlington with his wife the last three years.
He was a World War I veteran and was born February 6, 1897 in Richland County, Illinois a son of Frank and Mary Hull.
His widow, Mrs. Crystal Hull, whom he married December 25, 1932, and a brother, Kelly Hull, Olney, Ill survive.
Funeral services will be conducted in the Carmony Funeral Home at Manila with burial in Asbury Cemetery near Morristown.
Published in Rushville Republican (IN) – Friday, August 6, 1954
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Dave Anderson (1964)
Frank was my Great Uncle, my Grandfather, Kelly Hull's brother.
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Sam L. Jarvis (1966)
Sorry, I am confused!! The article reads Olney class date 1916, reads he was 57 years old at death??? I grew up with a Frank Hull, most likely to be around 65-70 years old. Last I knew he lived in Olney, and I did not think he was married, nor a brother?? His parents owned and operated Hull Motors, many years ago. Is this the Frank Hull I know, or a different Frank Hull?? Please help. Either way, my condolences to the family, any death is a loss to someone. Thank you