The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-10-12
A SAD DEATH.
An.Eastern Boy Who Imbibed the
Western Spirit and Died
i'm Sedalia.

Edward C.. Webster, who died at the
hospital Saturday and who was bur-
died Sunday, has something of his
tory. He was at the time of his
death aged about 80 years, and leaves
an aged mother, wife and a four
months babe to mourn his death. His
mother resides in Boston, Mass, and
his wife is at Salida, Colo, a small
station on the Denver and Rio Grande
railroad, on which road the deceased
was formerly employed.
4 few years ago Webster was a
singer in the Richards-Bernard opera
company, and as such, made
considerable reputation throughout
the East. All the time that he was
engaged travelling he called Boston
home, and stopped with his mother
when not engaged in travelling with
the company. He was an only child.
His mother, who was present at the
funeral. having been left a wild wv
many years ago when Edward was a
child. His step-father was man of
means and indulgent to the boy, CIV
ing him liberal education in the
classics and in music. In the latter
the boy evinced a great talent and
ambition, which was encouraged and
gratified.
A few years ago he contracted a
contagious disease prevalent in
the New England states
among ambitious young men
known as the "Western fever"
Young Webster had it bad and moth
ing proved a panaeea for the cOnta-
giOn but to emigrate toward the set
ting sun.
He went and he wandered.
How he happened to fall into the
occupation of trainman-first brake
man and afterwards conductOr-his
mother did not know and of course his
comrades on the Pacific are not tamil-
lar with his history. He married
about two years ago in Colorado.
The mother of young Webster has
never met her sons widow, who did
not hear of her husbands death until
after he was buried in the Sedalia
cemetery. The mother of Webster
arrived in Sedalia Saturday, having
been summoned by wire to come and
see him. The hospital people knew
she was on her way to see her dying
son and they used all their skill and
the power of stimulants to keep the
vital spark in his body until her ar
rival. In this they were successful,
for when the mother arrived she
spoke, calling him by name. He an
swered, calling her mother, and
clasped her in his dying embrace.
When the mother raised up and look
ed in his face, his eye had lost its
brilliancy- they were fixed and in five
minutes he was dead. The mother
was dazed, almost tainted, and was
supported from falling by those near.
The mother of the deceased in
talking to a Sedalia lady, after the
funeral, said: 81 have never met my
daughler-in-law, and the only ac-
quaintance L have with her, is the
letters she has written. She has
written me every week since she has
been married, such sweet, good and
BEG Itiful letters, couched in such ex-
cellent language, that 1 feel that she
is q good lady, although quite young.
She always evinced a deep attach
ment and love for her husband that
/ adore her, although stranger.
1t was sad death. Young, bright,
ambitious and talented, K. g. Web
ster has crossed the dark waters and
is now mingling with those ON the
other shore who have sought His in
heritance.