Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1893-12-11
WITHOUTWARNING
Cyrus !. Dart Expires while
Sleeping.
GREAT SHOCK TO The corxur,ry

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"s"'"e", Mcn-rs- Coroner. inu.e,,.
cyrus j. Dart, senior member NJ
the wholesale grocery house of Henry
Darts Sons, was found dead in his
bed Mt his home. ZIG Twenty-secoud
street. at O'Clock this morning bv
MS wife. who in attempting to arouse
M made the shocking discovery.
Word was Mt once com municated tn
Mr. Darts brother and BUSH
ness associate. A. G.. Dart
whose residence i'm Immediately ,d;o;ns
and he responding sent a messenger
IN haste for DIR. Trucsdalc. The phv-
stefan made an examination Of the
nody' and gave it as his opinion that
death was due to apoPlexy.
MIR. Dart was ut his desk in the
once OF the wholesale grocery house
OF Henry Darts Sons on Eighteenth
street. saturday. remaining until his
usual time for going home. Yester.
day afternoon he took a drive out in
ms sleigh. and gave no expression to
indica'e The slightest disposition on
hi' part. although it is recalled by
members of his family today that he
didnt seem altogether well when he
returned from his ride. He retired.
however. without apparent ailmcnt
about lO:i5. His daughter. Miss
Florence. heard him breathing hcav-
lily about midnight for a few min.
utes. but rs this did not last long.
she thought nothing of it. The rig
idity OF the body this morning would
seem tn indicate that he must have
dicd some hours beforc-prcbablv
about midnight when the laborious
breathing was heard.
The Coro.er Hold. an Inquest.
Coroner Halves was called. and
summoned jury composed of j. W.
Morse. foreman; j. ". Dav. 5. X.
Wright and l.. V. Eckhart. Miss
Florence Dart. daughter of the de-
ceased. was the first witness called,
and she testified that at about IL
o'clock last evening she heard her
father breathing heavily: that YES
tcrday he complained OF not feeling
well. She next saw him this morn
ing about o'clock. and he was dead
lying on his bed.
1
ceased. testified that Yesterday
morning her husband seemed snort
of breath, and complained of his
hoad. and she advised him to take a
walk. as she thought i, would help
him. He returned home in the eve
| ming. and seemed To feel better. He
went to bed about 10 o'clock, and ut
that tiric seemed rs well rs usual.
She next saw him this morning about
o'clock. and he was dead. He then
appraised A. &. bar, and the rest If
the family.
A. 4. Dart was called and his .cs
timony curroboratcd that OF the 9TH
cr witnesses.
Dr. &. Truesdale testified to hav-
ing been called To- the Dart residence
at : o'clock this morning. and found
Mr.. Dart lying in bed. dead. Upon
examination. he found that the de-
ceased had beer dead for several
hours. the body being stiff. Inquiry
of his wife a to his condition the
dav or So previous. satisfied him
that he had died of apopleXy. or rup-
tu-e Of a blood vessel of the brain.
After the evidence was heard. the
jury brought in the following YER
diet: That deceased came to his
death Nv npoplexy. or rupture Of
blood vessel Of the brain"
MIR. Darts death may be attributed
TO his close application TO business
cares. and the lack of proper phys
zeal exercise. There was probably no
business man in Rock Island who
put in more time ut his desk than
did Mr.. Dart. while few took less en-
ercisc. He always rode to and fro
between his home and his place Of
business. and was frequently adj
viscd bv personal friends to walk
more than he did.
sketch Of ;Gi. LII.
CYRUS J. Dart was born ut Ham,
den. Delaware county. New York.
july IA. 1855 He was the eldest
son of the late Henry Dart. who
came 20 Rock Island in 1851. He,
with his other brothers. grew up in
the wholesale grocery business,
which their father. had purchased OF
Alcy L.amon: on coming to the city.
and when the father went to Cdlifor-
nj, in 1872, the sons succeeded to the
business. and the firm of Henry Darts
SONS was established. The sons in
tercsicd in the business were I. d..
A. &. and W. II. Dart. The latter
lied Dec. /. 1877. Henry Dart died
in California in 1883. The eldest OF
the children. Miss Augusta Dart:
died i'm Rock Island in 1871. and
Ali, bart. n brother Of the dcceas-