Francis Marion "Frank" McKibban (1915)

MCKIBBAN

Posted By: Treva Patterson
Date: 2/28/2007 at 10:19:40

Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, February 24, 1915

FRANK MCKIBBEN DIES FROM INJURIES

Macksburg Man Dies Under Peculiar Circumstances and Matter Will be Investigated

Frank McKibban of Macksburg died Sunday morning from injuries received four days previous. The circumstances leading to his death are shrouded in mystery and the town of Macksburg is deeply stirred over the affair.

On last Wednesday afternoon, Mr. McKibben walked up town with his uncle, L. C. McKibben, who for many years was postmaster at Macksburg.

Two hours later he was discovered by neighbors trying to crawl home on his hands and knees. He was taken home by Frank Herren and a physician called who found him to be suffering from internal injuries. He told his wife that his injuries were a result of a kick in the abdomen but refused to give any further particulars, stating that if he got well he did not want anything said about it. He died on Sunday morning. On Monday a coroner's jury was summoned and Dr. Thompson of this place was called to conduct a post mortem examination. The examination disclosed the fact that death was caused by the rupture of the bladder. A coroner's inquest with J. H. Beamer acting as coroner was held but the report of the jury can not be learned as the telephone communications with Macksburg have been interrupted by the snow storm.

McKibben was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Josiah McKibben who were early settlers in this county and a brother of Joseph McKibben of this place. He was a blacksmith by occupation and was well known throughout the south part of the county. Funeral services were held on Tuesday and burial at Peru. He leaves a wife and nine children.
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Note: Transcribed as published, last name is "McKibban".
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The Winterset News
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, February 24, 1915
Page 1

FRANK McKIBBEN DIES FROM INJURY

Refused to State How He Received It. Found Lying on the Ground.

Frank McKibben, a blacksmith of Macksburg, died at his home in that town Sunday morning from the effects of an injury which he received Wednesday afternoon previous. How he received that injury and at whose hands the county attorney is endeavoring to find out. McKibben himself refused to state how he came to be hurt.

McKibben was a man about forty-five. He went up to his place of business after dinner Wednesday and about an hour afterward was found lying on the ground south of the school house in great pain. He was taken home and Dr. Wallace called. Beyond saying that he was hurt McKibben refused to discuss his injury. It is rumored that he went after dinner to the home of Hile Macumber, a well known man in Macksburg and with whom he was quite intimate and friendly and that he was scuffing with Macumber when he was hurt. Whether this is true or not his relatives in Winterset refuse to state and say that it is not known whether he went to Macumber’s or not.

County Attorney Wilkinson sent Dr. Thompson to Macksburg Sunday after McKibben died to hold an autopsy which revealed that McKibben had died from a ruptured bladder. Justice of the peace, Beemer, was empowered to act as coroner and some evidence was heard Sunday. The inquest was postponed until Tuesday, but what the finding of the jury will be is not known as all wires are down and it is impossible to communicate with Macksburg.

McKibben comes from an old Madison county family. He is the father of nine children, only two of them married.

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