The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1899-03-23
SUDDEN DEATH OF
! ..,,...sHEhff DAVENPORT,
Summoned To a Higher
y Court
SATURDAY MORNING LAST.
He Was i'm the Active Discharge of His
Duties the Night Before.
Heart Failure.
SATURDAY MORNING LAST.

Dutlcs INC Might FDciVics
Heart Failure.
Our community was shocked on Sat-
. urday morning last to learn that Sher-
if TT. Davenport had died suddenly
in his bed at his room in the Jail resi-
dence. AFl
He had been in the court room all
4 day Friday up TO IA O'Clock that night,
when a case on trial had been conclu-
ded. He retired about y O'clock, and
told Mr.. Charley Morris and Constable
Norris that he would wake them at 5
4 O'Clock next morning so they could go
and arrest Ed Warren, colored boy
At that hour Saturday morning prompt
ly he got up and called these officers,
and they went forth and arrested War
| rem and we're soon back at the jail. 4
Mr.. Charley Morris noticed that Mr..
Davenport was breathing strangely
and he called Constable Morris. They
thought that his deep snoring was the
4 result Of fatigue. Mr.. Charley Morris
then went to the kitchen and the cook
told him to see Mr.. Davenport about
getting steak for breakfast. When he
went to Mr.. Davenport his efforts to
awake him were futile. He called Dep
uty Sheriff. G. S. Northcutt and when
they got to Mr.. Davenport he was dead
L The last injunction he gave was to ar
) rest an escaped prisoner, and while the
officers were gone to- make the arrest,
the Great High Sheriff of Heaven,
Death, stepped in and placed his cold
; hand upon his beating heart and ar
rested its throbbings forever.
+ Coroner LyoE3held an inquest, and
+ the verdict was he died from ''heart
failure" n $50 l.rY
His death is a sad and lamentable
one. He was clever, genial gentle
man and sought TODD his duty faith
fully and efficiently as an officer q "a y
He was elected sheriff four years ago
with Mr. A. A. Bishop as deputy Two
years ago Mr.. Bishop was elected
with Mr.. Davenport as deputy. In the
last Democratic primary, Mr.. Daveri-
port was nominated, and subsequently
elected, with Mr.. Charley S. Northcutt
as deputy. They have been filling the
office since January lst of this year. 0 \
! Mr.. Davenport was 81 years of age.
His wife died during his first term Of
Office, and he has three surviving chill
dren-Mr. Alonzo Davenport, living at
| Upshaw. Mrs. S. r Orr, living in Red
Rock district, and Mr.. Warner Daven-
port, who has not yet reached his ma
jority. @-
+ Hehas three living brothers-Messrs
| E. Nj. ". and Charley Davenport.
and three sisters--Mrs. J. T.. Lemon,
Mrs. IS. d. Cowan and mrs. Hettie
Evans. f9 4.ff~ r-k
The remains of the deceased were
taken to Mars Hill cemetery, near Ac-
worth, where they were. placed at rest
beside the grave Of his wife. Rev. G.
T. Bourne oficiated at the funeral.
This sudden and deplorable death
but emphasizes the fact that in an
hour when we think not, the death
angel mey pass over our homes and
still the heart OF some loved inmate.
4 We deeply sympathize with the be-
reaved and stricken ones in the death
OF Mr.. davenport. szi s.ss ~ f&s n
Il Court was adjourned Saturday by
Judge Gober out Of respect to the Wis.,
itation Of death 70 one Of the court
officials. sas si6sa8s,3 ~ $3.50 "A ..ea
Judge Gober appointed Deputy
Sheriff C.S Northcutt as Sheriff to
serve until an election is held.
Phe law provides that the Ordinary
shall call an election to fill the vacancy,
which he will do SOON
The state Of Illinois has appropriated
1900 to place d statue Of Frances E.
| Willard, L. +. D., in statuary Hall,
Washington. ID. O. New York, her
J birth state, has carved her head on the
grand staircase in the capital at Albany
New York. Illinois, her home state,
erects a statue to the first woman to be
given place in our national group OF
statuary. 1t is right that Frances E,
Willard should stand among statesmen,
patriots, warriors, philapthropists for
she was all of these. DR. Crafts Whites,
''by act of Illinois acting governor,
Miss Willard entered the National cap
itol just as the House was completing
the anti-canteen victory, in which the
white ribbon has led on like the whit
plume Of Navarro