The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-09-15
Staked His Life on His
e.. Faith and Lost.

Ira Peck, of Seneca Castle, Died
Without Medical Treatment.
Sept. LIST, 1899.
The death of Ira L. Peck, of Sen
eca Castle, occurred Wednesday eve
ming under peculiar circumstances
Death was due to typhoid fever, but
the deceased believed in the. faith
cure and would have no physician.
MIR. Peck was firm believer in his
creed, on account of the seemingly
miraculous cure of his sister, Miss
Vina L. Peck, some time ago.
The deceased was a we'll known
milkman, member of the firm of Fl. II
Peck & Son, and lived on a farm five
and half miles northwest of Gen
eva, where his sister was married
couple of weeks ago to Rev. F.. A.
Graves, a missionary of the Christian
Catholic Church, both of whom were
attracted to each other by their cures.
both having been invalids for long
time and both claiming to have been
entirely cured about the same time
by faith and prayer alone. It was
after the wedding that Miss Peck's
brother was taken i'll. His mother
suggested sending for physician,
but he said that he believed in the
efficacy of prayer and that that alone
would do. Wednesday of last week
he became worse and grew delirious.
He still declined to have physician
called. The fever kept up until
Thursday last, when it apparently
left him but he was 80 weak tina: he
could not rally and he died Wednes-
day evening.
Early Wednesday morning his faith
er. H. H. Peck, sent for Rev. Charles
Stewart, a minister of the Christian
Catholic Church, who conducts mis-
sion in Auburn. He went on bu
could do nothing. His mother. Mrs
Peck, while she offered to send for :
physician, still retains her faith in tn
belief to which he 80 tenaciously hel(
and says:
II believe that his work here wa
completed and that his time ha(
come. l do not believe anything
could have saved him. I still retail
my faith in the efficacy of prayer ane
1.-The doctfine of our church. Ira L
Peck was not himself an actual mem
Der of the Christian Catholic Church
although he was a firm believer in 1T
precepts.
IlAs soon as Mr.. Peck died theunder
takers we're notified. They asked TO
the death certificate, and we're in
formed that no physician had beel
. in attendance. DR.. W. L. McCaw, o
Geneva, who formerly attended tn
family. was then sent for by tn
undertakers, and the doctor in turl
notified Coroner O. H. Wright. D.
McCaw and the coroner drove out t
the Peck homestead where the re
mains were and made an examination
DR.. McCaw made cut certificate c
death yesterday morning
stating that the direct caus
} of death was typhoid fever; contrib.
tory cause, "neglect of deceased an
} his family to have medical treatment
, Corcnor Wright on returning
|, Geneva, notified District Attorne
, Scott, of Canandaigua, of the cas-
who said he would investigate it tho
oughly and would probably bring
before the next grand jury. To th
end the coroner is now preparing
? Typewriter statement of all the fac
in the case, which will be duly tram
J. mitted to the district attorney.
delegation from Seneca Castle calle
Y on Coroner Wright yesterday and r.
quested that he summon jury an
hold an inquest, but the coroner r.
]. piled shat it would be better to lea1
the matter to the district attorne,
besides which he informed them th;
coroners' juries would be abolishe
to-day, September LIST, by the ne
law, The case has caused intense 9:
citement throughout the district su
rounding the Peck residence.
The deceased leaves a widow, b
parents, and three sisters, the latt
= being Mrs. F. A. Graves, and Miss
Myra and Henrietta Peck.-Ex. Ge
eva, N. Y.
Of More Omaha Improvements.
Y L. w. Erickson was in St. Paul Ia
week attending the state fair al
while there met the man who bui
'o' the Omaha depot. He told Mr.. T
ickson he expected to be down he
soon to build a round house.