Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-11-07
DEATHS SAD CALL.
E. N, Reasers Injuries Terminate Fs-
tally-Sudden Summons Of
Much Beloved Citizen of
Santa Fe.
Some Record of His Busy Life Sad F.a-
lures of an Untimely Mishap-Mrs.
Reaser Notified.

+. N Reaser is dead. The accident
which bafeIl him night before last termi-
mated fatally at s 80 this morning. There
are not many people in Santa Fe and
vicinity who will hear this announcement
without experiencing the keenest sorrow.
FATAL FALL.
Az detailed in these columns last even
ing, Mr.. Reaser's injuries resulted from
fall through a trap door at his commission
house on Don Gaspar avenue. Before
retiring for the night it WAS his custom to
look over his premises TO ascertain if all
Nas as it should be. BY some mischance
the trap door used for lowering hay and
grain to the basement of the building had
been left open, and in walking back in the
dark about . o'clock to see that the rear
doors were locked he fell through this
opening to the basement floor, distance
nary flesh and activity this would not
likely have produced dangerous results,
but Mr.. Reaser had long suffered from an
old wound, occasioned by broken leg
received in a runaway accident some three
years ago, and this, coupled with his
weight of flesh and the shock of the fall,
rendered his injuries serious. He was
made unconscious by the fall, and
when he did regain his presence of mind
found himself unable to rise. From about
8 until o'clock yesterday morning he
laid there struggling to regain his feet.
and it was not until passing policeman
HEARD HIS ORGANS
that relief came. He was removed to
his bed room in the building, occupied
mporarily during the absence of his
wife and until his new home could be
finished, and DR.. Harroun was called to
attend him. Will Hall, his brother-in-
law, was constantly by his side and rem
dered every assistance to minister to his
wants. His colar-bone was fractured by
the accident and DR.. Hsrroun thought
internal injuries had also resulted, but
the patients surplus flesh and the great
pain he suffered about the whole left side
made it difficult TO determine the full ex-
tent of the injuries. Early in the day DR..
LoDgwill was called in consultation. 1t
was not considered, however, that the in
iuries were seriously dangerous, although
the physicians considered it rather
gravely and spoke often OF the possibility
OF internal complications. Yesterday
afternoon, under the effect of the repeated
hypodermc injections the patient
BECAME PARTIALLY DELIRIoUs
and demanded that Mr.. Hall loosen the
bandages on his arm. Naturally he was
of very positive disposition and he in
sisted so earnestly, threatening to call in
his workmen from the ward and make
them loosen the painful bands, that Mr.
Hall finally did loosen them somewhat,
and sent Immediately for the attending
physicians. They came and said no
harm had been done, but found Mr.
Reaser in such condition that one or the
other remained with him until 10 O'Clock
last night. At that hour he fel into a
peaceful sleep.
Mr.. Hall remained with him all night
and he slept apparently restfully for more
than six hours, and seemed to be getting
on nicely. At 80 o'clock this morning
Mr.. Hall went to breakfast, leaving Ernest
Herlov and another employe about the
place to watch by the sick mans bed I'M
til he returned. About o'clock he re-
turned and found Mr. Reaser in great pain
and gasping for breath He WAS uncon-
cious and the flesh about the left side Of
his abdomen and chest was purple and
mottled. The physicians were hurredly
summoned but death came first, and at
80, few moments before the arrival of
Drs. Harroun and Lonpwill, life was
extinct. The internal injuries sustained
by the fall had terminated fatally.
SOME SAD DETAILS.
At 8 O'Clock the body was turned over
to Undertaken Grigg to be embalmed and
kept until Mrs. Reaser can arrive home.
This absence of the young wife is Pc
cularly sad feature about the whole sor-
rowfu affair. She left month ago on a
pleasure visit to her mother at Lamont,
Mo-, and Mr.. Reaser was straining every
point to complete aud have ready their
new home before her return about the
holidays. The announcement of her
husbands death will prove great shock
to her and it is feared will produce serious
results. 1t was deemed advisable not to
telegraph the fact of the accident even,
for Mrs. Reaser is subject to heart trouble
which develops under occasions of undue
excitement. Accordingly letter was
sent detailing the accident and this will
not reach her till to morrow. This morn
ing Mr.. Hall wired his uncle simply
saying the family must be prepared for
bad news and later the sad message of
death was sent to Mrs. Reaser's uncle.
The sorrowing wife will probably reach
here Tuesday and it is thought the remains
will be taken to Missouri for burial.
TRUE MAN.
E. N. Reaser was beloved by nearly
evpryhody in this commrnity He at