Clackamas-Marion-Multnomah County OR Archives Obituaries.....Yeary, Henry January 1922 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/orfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sheron Faynor nitwittwin@hotmail.com September 29, 2006, 8:18 pm Clackamas County News Janaury 12,1922 Death Blow Struck With Hand Shovel Henry year,55,of Canby,is struck from behind in attack while he was directing work crew Salem Jan 11-Henry yeary.55.of Canby,an attendant at the State hospital for the insane,was almost instantly killed by F.F Gerber,a patient in an unprovoked attack at 9 o'clock Tuesday morning Yeary,who has been an attendant at the hospital since October 1,was directing the work of the crew of patients on the hospital lawn near the main buidling when he was suddenly attacked by Gerber,who struck him on the top of the head and at the base of the skull with a shocel,fracturing his head.Yeary was attacked from behind and had no chance to defend himself. Gerber was committed to the state hospital from Multnomah county April 5,1910,and has been a trusty at the intstitution for several years.he was always regarded as harmelss and hospital authorities are unable to account for his attack unopn Yeary.he has neither friends nor relatives,so far as the records of the hospital show. Yeary is survived by a daughter,Edna Yeary,also an attendant at the hospital File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/or/clackamas/obits/y/yeary2197gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/orfiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb