Published in the Interest of the Staunton Community for Over 143 Years

Days Gone By In Staunton

Stories from the files of the Staunton Star-Times in years gone by.

Thursday, Aug. 16, 1923 -- FOUND DEAD ALONG HARD ROAD -- A man, who according to papers on his person was Frank Siest of Glen Carbon, was found dead along the hard road about 100 feet north of the I. T. S. crossing Just below Staunton yesterday evening shortly after 5 o'clock. Mr. Best, a teamster, was driving along the road and saw the man lying there. The man had been shot in the head and a revolver was lying nearby. Whether it was a case of suicide or whether he was murdered is not known. The body was taken to Worden and the case turned over to the Madison county authorities.

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