The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-22
CHARLEY JONES DEAD
Passed Away at Wichita Hos
pital Yesterday
ALL WICHITA M0URNS
Mrs. Jones Will Arrive From
Michigan Today

noon, and not one citizen in g hundred
who heard it would believe It. or could
bring himself to realize the real truth.
It had been known that Mr.. Jones had
been Ill ever since his return, just one
week ago. from Colorado, but not the
nearest friends or business associate
dreamed that this illness was critical or
at all dangerous He reached this city
almost at the very moment Of the same
day one wook before. of the hour and day
he died. On Monday OF last week he
came hack foEn the excursion trip of the
Cryptic Rite Masons and at once sought
his home at S24 North Topeka avenue,
and there remained during that day and
night He was not apparently very SICK
but he was looked after very attentively
by the police department and neighbors.
On Tuesday morning DR.. Oldham was
called to look after him and to prescribe
for him, and still he appeared to be do
ing very well. On Thursday afternoon
his condition became such that DR.. Old
ham and others of his immediate friends
consulted together and concluded that It
would be better for him to be removed
at once 30 the City hospital, where, in the
absence of his wife, he could receive the
best of care and attention as well as bet
ter medical service From the first his
condition was closely watched and every
symptom noted ana all arrangements
made for his welfare. He received call
ers and visitors and chatted with them,
and seemed to Improve both in strength
and IN spirits, and not one Of his many
friends On the city, his attending physi-
clans or the hospital corps but believed
he would recover. He had spent several
weeks in Michigan at the summer resorts,
which he knew so well from boyhOod,
and had terminated this sojourn and bade
goodbye to his wife in that PARKWAY
land, to come back to Wichita to assist
the Kansas fraternity of Masons in their
Reorganization TO Pixies Peak, where the
sublime degrees and ceremonies of the
Ancient Cryptic Rite were to be symbol
lied, and in which he had a prominent
part TO take. He went there on that
mission, and as always, faithfully and
splendidly performed his important part
He returned to his city on Monday.
He left Wichita in the best of spirits:
IN fact, this always present temperament
was sustained to the very last. On the
Saturday night before he left TO Join the
PARTY to Colorado he finished up all pend
ing affairs at the police station and min
gled with his friends on the streets and
at the Manhattan hotel corridors. While
absent in Colorado he complained at
times Of pains and depression, but no one
believed It was at all serious or critical
DR.. Oldham, who has been for years his
attending physician, says that he had
never had occasion to prescribe for him
for any such trouble before and knows
positively that II was not chronic, nor
even of very long. standing. but rather
acute and the immediate result of some
local trouble. To an Eagle reporter in an
interview yesterday afternoon he gave
the following statement:
''I was called to see Mr. Jones on the
day after his arrival in the city. He was
complaining Of pain and soreness in the
rectum. prescribed for him and recon-
mended quiet and rest The next day,
Wednesday. he was more comfortable,
but slight constitutional disturbance, the
temperature being only 100 to IL de-
grees, and the pulse but little above nor
NAL The local condition did not indica.e
anything especially serious. There was
slight hardness, localized redness and the
usual symptoms of a localized absccss.
which thought might be the beginning
OF a fistuia, although I hoped that the
trouble would not prove TO be so serious
as this, but rather an abscess caused by
some confusion or other injury outside
OF the bowel. On Thursday. in accord
ance with my advice and :hat OF other
friends, he went to the City hospital.
The trouble progressed slowly FIR. lay
and Saturday with no indication of Jus
formation, and with no serious symp-
toms. but on Sunday morning at . O'Clock
when visited him observed dark spots
which, together with other symptoms.
marked the condition unmls:aKao lS as
gangrene.
LAS quickly as we could arrange for it
We opened the parts freely AMI found
the tissues. both superficial and deep. in
filtrated with the contents OF he bowel.
Large areas Of dead tissue were removed
and we left the diseased parts in as good
condition as we possibly could under he
circumstances. He stood the anacSthetics
and the operation exceedingly well. lie
revived very quickly and was removed
10 his rooms from the operating rooms in
apparently excellent condition.
AT about o'clock in the aftern m re
began to fail, and there were no satis:Sc-
tory reactions, and he died today about
1 O'Clock. The trouble was doubtless
caused by an ulcer. probably hemocrhoid-
al, perforaung the wall of the bowel
and allowing the contents to pass into
the surrounding tissues. DR.. Fabr.que
and DR.. Hoffman assisted me in the oper-
alton and Dr.. Mccoy administered tie
anaesthetics."
The ab0Ts statement. from DR.. Oldham.
the chief surgeon IN charge Of he oper-
alton, Civ in brief and in clear state
ment the whole situation as prevailed
within MIR. Jcnes since his re.l-a - RE
city from the Colorado trip. Ever ho,:r
since his arriva! here he has been c;,re-
fully AMI c'Csely watched and ca-ei Cor.
a.. j nothing was left undOne tc maister
TO his comfort and we'll hHiug I'll
through. At The hoS7ltal-Miss Wells and
her efic!edt CORPS OF attenlAnJs ~.
nurses did every thing possible ~ make
his life there pleasant while he was d.
ing ~e.. and his last hours issuaged and
easy from pain OF distress. lie rsce: rei