Croskey, Michael G. (d. 1932)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary:14 Dec 1932 p. 1

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Officer Loses Life in Investigating Death of Mennonite.

The Berne Witness of Berne, Ind., releases the following news story of developments incident to the death of Norman R. Bechtel of Philadelphia early this year:

Persons here are interested to know that two days after he is believed to have uncovered important information in the mysterious knife murder of Norman R. Bechtel, young Mennonite church worker, Michael G. Croskey, a city detective, met a similar death Wednesday night in West Philadelphia.

His neck and chest slashed with some sharp instrument, Croskey died without being able to reveal the name of the assailant who attacked him in his private garage.

Bechtel was known personally by Rev. A. J. Neuenschwander formerly of Berne, past pastor of the First Mennonite church of Philadelphia, in which Mr. Bechtel was active in Christian Endeavor work. Others her are acquainted with the Bechtel families in that region of the country.

They recall distinctly that Bechtel was found stabbed to death in an untenanted estate in the Germantown section of the city last January 20.