Middlebury (VT) Register, April 22, 1887, p. 4.
J. W. Middleton with his two sons went to the woods to fell some trees near
Austin, Ind., Friday. They selected a very large tree and began chopping
until it began to totter, when the word was given to run. The two boys
retired, and when they had reached a place of safety they turned to look and
saw their father with folded arms standing directly under the falling tree.
The young men were so frightened that they left the woods in great haste and
gave the alarm. The log was rolled away but only a pile of
blood-bespattered clothes, flesh and bones was found. Mr. Middleton was a
deacon in the Methodist Church.