New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-01
DEATH OF MAJOR-GENERAL WELLS
HIS WIFE ALMOST FRUSTRATED BY THE SHOCK
SKETCH OF HIS CAREER.

HIS WIFE ALMOST FRUSTRATED BY THE SHOCK
SKETCH OF HIS CAREER.
Major General william Wells. OF Burlington. w..
did not die in Wiriam-st as at first reported. but
bre,thed his last in a house at NO 80 GOvest. owned
by Title street. lie left the Windsor Hotel where
he lived while In New-York. shortly after luncheon
last Friday afternoon and several hours ai'er"""
died from angina pcctoiS. He had been subject 10
heart disease for number Of years The new, OF MS
death was communicated to Mrs. Wells at the WINDSOR
Hotel and 10 ex-senator EdmundS who was staying
ot the Victoria DR.. burnett G. Mcintyre. OF NO.
oo1 West Fourth-st.. said yesterday To InDuh' !"
porter that he summoned a O'Clock fr1o'v
afternoon TO attend who had tainted ~ No.
10 GrOvc-st. 81" responded to the call Shu IT.
McIntyre and when | arrived at No. ~ "roVe-s'
found tina, the man had just died attended college
I'm burlington VT. and ] recognized MaJoF"''hcidl
Wells al once I searched In his pockets and learned
from n number Of letters which found there That
hi, address was the Windsor Hotel. | went I" the
hotel and told Mrs Wells. She came downtown win
me and identified the dead man a. her husband !
went to the Coroner and secured permit To remove
the body. 1t was taken 10 inc unu''''"
inc establishment Of Charles A. Bcn'dc'. ~
No. co Carminest Ex-senator Edmunds had b"en
told in the meantime. and he and | called upon
Coroner MESSENGER.
The Coroner held an inquest at midnight upon tn"
body and pronounced the death Of Mnlor-"cheIa'
Wells q have been due 10 angina 'ii7 Wv
cison was based upon his own Observation Inc
statement of ex-senator Edmuncs, who had known
the dead man intimately for many years. ana UPON
my affidavit, In which stated That there were no
marks OF violence upon the body. ana 'hat uc'''h
res,uted from a disease Of the heart
As no report was made to the police or u tho
Coroncr,s Office unt!i yesterday noon. thr CIR
umstanccs which surrounded the death were re
,--ded with curosiy. The friends Of General wells
cav that he was walking In Grovesf FRIDAY hl'c''
noon When he was taken with pains abont inc
boort and rang al the Of No 80 for assistance.
rho h,dv last evening taken Ia Burlington TX
souator Edmunds attended to the aiT1ngcmen's MIS-.
Wells although almost Frustrated by the shock OF
h.r husbands DEATH retained with the body. accom-
ronied by her son and daughter and ex senator ri
munds. -.
william wells was born In Waterbury, W.
On December a. 1887. In early life he was In b'i'
ness and AT the beginning Of the civil war ne en-
listed i'm the 1st Regiment Vermont Cavalry lie DO
c,mo a commissioned officer in a short time, ana WIZ
within "A wear after his enlistment, promoted 10 inc
rank Of major He served in the SHENANDOAH an"
Virginia campaigns. Major Wells became colonel u.
.G1 n brigadcr general OF Volunteers IN l70' anu
shortly before the close Of the war he was proho'en "
tho rank Of Majcr-GeneF Of Volunteers A't"r ne WIZ
mustered ont of the service he returned 10 business
lie and at the tiIrc OF his death was coi"c''n WIN
| Inc Wells a RichardsOn Drug Company ~" w, .' ~
active interest I'm politics. lie was member OF tn'
vermont Legislature In lH6J, A1iulnh'
| revenue from le72-1-55 and state senator Ill
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