Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-09-03
SAD AND SUDDEN.
Miss Halle TrOw's Fatal and End
less Sleep.

One or Rock Islands Most POpu
lar School Teachers.
Miss Halle Trow, one of the most pop
ular and efficient teachers in the Recl
Island public school. died suddenly at he
parents home. 100 Thirteenth street. at ar
early hour this morning. The news moi
only causes sadness to many a home in
Rock Island where she was known only
through her kindness to some little ones
but shock to many of her associate
teachers who yesterday commented hel
on her unusually bright and cheerful dis
position. notwithstanding that it was hel
nature to so appear. Yesterday the pub
lie schools opened for the fall term aftel
the long vacation and Miss Trow returned
from the first day in her room, the second
primary at No. 3. in the best of spirits
She met friend on the street very neal
her home whom she greeted in her Gus
tomary hearty manner. who asked how
the first day passed in her room. Her
reply was, 81 haven't got much of FAM
lily up there; only fifty,five. blu,
L hope to see more in the NOR n
ing" Saying which she laughed joy
ously and her friend afterward spoke
of her exceedingly happy mood. Part OF
last evening she spent with neighbor,
but returned early in the evening, and al
8 o'clock retired. An hour later her
mother and sister went to the second
floor to bed, as it had been deter
mined that as Miss Halle was tired after
her first day in school she would rest
more comfortably in room by herself.
In going to their own sleeping apartment
the two passed into Miss Hallie's room
and found her apparently sleeping sweet
ly.
This morning at 9 O'Clock, Miss Grace
Trow went into her sisters room to
aw AIKEN her, and found her lying face
downward in the center of the bed, her
face buried in the pillow. Her position
drew the attention of her sister, who
quickly notified her mother and also Mrs.
w. o. w ills. who lives in the adjoining
house, who. hurrying to the bedside,
found the young lady dead. Drs. Craig
and Bernhardi were summoned as quick
ly as possible. and after ex-
animation of the body, gave il
as their opinion that a CONFUSION
had occurred, during which the sufferer
must have rolled over on her face, and
must either have died from the effects of
the shock or from suffot alton. The the
DRY first advanced that there was an at
tack of apoplexy was abandoned upon
investigation, and commissions of an
epileptic form given as the real cause,
though ii is not known that Miss Trow
was subject to any such i'll.
The silment, it is believed, was induced
by reaction after the nervous strain in
preparing for her school duties and in the
discharge of them on the first day of
school. She was one of the hardest
workers in the school and the class of
pupils assigned to her charge required
great patience and self control.
Coroner Halves held an inquest at the
home Of the deceased at 8 O'Clock this
morning. and the evidence verified the
facts as above given, the witnesses being
the mother and sister of the deceased,
Mrs. Willis and Mrs. Hull, neighbors, and
Drs. Craig and Bernhardi. The Jurors
were Messrs. Fl. W. Haislip. (foreman)
E. B. McKown, Fred Hass, L. V. Eek.
hart, L. NJ. Buford and Frank Clough
The verdict was that the deceased "came
TO her death by commissions, the medical
term being epileptic form, death appsr-
emily taking place early on the morning
of September g."
Miss Trow was born in Springfield,
Feb. "a, 1864, and came with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Trow. to Rock
Island IN 1876. She received the most
of her education in the public schools OF
Rock Island, graduating with the class OF
's2 She was always industrious, and
was employed for a number of years in
Miss Kate Byrnes' millinery establish.
ment Afterwards she taught school II
Searstown, and in 1885 she became
teacher in the Rock Island public schools
being assigned by the board to the sec.
ond primary room at school No. 3, where
she has taught since, and where she
has gained q reputation through her dill
gence and faithfulness. She was possessed
of cheerful, light-hearted disposition,
and seemed to take particular delight in
spreading sunshine all about her This
she always did. She was devoted and
constant member of the Christian chapel
a teacher in the Sabbath school and a
member of the choir. She was the pride
and JOY of her parents. as she might well
have been, and was a lovable woman IN
every way. She was source of particu
lar JOY to her father. Henry Trow. who is
passenger train conductor on the Hi
nois division of the c., r. l. d P, and
who has been telegrsphed 20 at Chicago.
The second primary room at No. 8 was
dismissed until after the funeral this
morning, in respect to its teacher.
1t is peculiar coincidence that the
house and the room in which Miss Trow
was found dead is the one in which poor
Mrs. F. Z. Rand was discovered dead by
her own hand a few months ago. and in
which her husband had expired without
warning just two weeks before.