Obituaries
OWEN COUNTY MAN IS FROZEN TO DEATH
Indianapolis Star: January 1 1915
Body of Emmett Kay, Known as Large Grower of Melons, Found by Searchers Near Home at Freedom
Submitted by Kathy Bargerhuff
Bloomington, Ind. Dec. 31 -- Emmett Kay, 43 years old, one of the largest growers of watermelons in this part of the state, who lived near Freedom, Owen County, was found dead today near his home by a searching party. Kay had remained out all night and had frozen to death. He had furnished the city with melons for the last twenty years. He leaves a family. His relatives did not explain how he came to be out all night.