Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 September 1911 — HOBART MAN FOUND DEAD [ARTICLE]

HOBART MAN FOUND DEAD

George V. Bacon Was to Appear In Bankruptcy Court Saturday. Hammond, Ind., Sept 15. —Captain George V. Bacon, who was reputed to have made $500,000 in real estate at Gary, Ind., since the founding of that city, was found dead at his home near Hobart. Chicago creditors recently had forced Bacon into bankruptcy in the federal court here and the proceedings were to have been heard in court Saturday. A widow, a son and two daughters survive him.