Morris tribune., 1899-12-30
DEATH BY sTRANduL ALTON
Such is the Horrible Fate of ! auriSe
Mel.ick Saturday Afternoon.

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Maurice Mellick, young man en-
ployed in Stewards elevator met
violent death on Saturday afternoon
by strangulation. About four o'clock
he was found under the elevator his
coat and shirt tightly wound about a
shaft-choked to death. Exactly
how he came there will never be
known. He had been left to tend the
feed mill that afternoon, and so was
quite sepaA ated from the rest of the
men. The shaft on which he caught
was under the building, about two
feet from the groun1 and one foot
from the floor above. Ordinarily
there would be no occasion for a man
going in there, but as is often the
case around machinery, Mr.. Mellick
may have been trying to find out the
cause ofsome difficulty, though just
what it is!impossiole to say.
Evidently the unfortunate man
had crawled under this shaft and b g
coat had become caught and winding
from the bottom up, quickly stran-
gled him. When found his clothes
were seorching, and it was this smell
of burning cloth which first attracted
attention. The machinery was imme
diately stopped and Mr.. Stewart cut
the limp form from the shaft, but life
was found to be extinct for the blood
vessels of the brain had been rup-
tured.
The parents of the deceased, Mr..
and Mrs. Michael Mellick, of Waukon,
iowa, were Immediately notified by
wire and preparations were made to
ship the body to the hone OF his
parents. The local tent of the Mac
cabees, of which the deceased was a
member, assumed the custody OF the
remains and on Monday morning
sent them to his former home. John
Hogan. an intimate friend of Mel
ick's, and DR.. E. w. Young, as the
representative of the lodge, accom-
panied the remains.
Maurice Mellick was a quiet and
well appearing young man, who came
to Morris about four months ago and
has since been employed in s.
Stewards elevator. Here he has
been faithful in the discharge of his
duties and indeed has gained the
respect of all who have known him
in any sphere OF life.
At special meeting of the Morris
Tent No. II, K. o. T. NJ, the follow
ing resolutions of coincidence to the
friends and relatives of Maurice Mel
lick, who met violent death, December
23rd, 1899, were adopted
Be IT RESOLVED, by Morris Tent,
No. II. K. O. T. NJ, that in the death
of Sir Knight Maurice Mellick. this
tent has lost faithful brother, AMI
one whom though wo have known
but a short time, yet in that time we
have learned to respect for his ster-
ling worth, and admire as man and
brother. We believe that men such
as he not only form The strength and
bulwark of our society but are also
the conservers and guardians of the
state.
Be IT RESOLVED FURTHER, that by
the sudden, fearful death of our
brother, our hearts are lacerated, yet
our minds are the more turned
toward maintaining the principles of
fraternity exemplited by our beloved
order.
RESOLVED FURTHER, that we extend
to the parents of the deceased, Mr.
and Mrs. John Mellick, of Waukon,
Iowa, and to other sorrowing friends
and relatives, the sincerest sympathies
of the order, and we hereby direct
that the charter of our local tent be
draped in mourning for the period OF
thirty days, and that copies of these
resolutions be sent to Mr.. and Mrs
John Me.lick, to the local newspapers
at Morris, MINI, and at Waukon
Iowa, to our official paper. the Bee
Hive, and that copy be spread upon
the minutes of our localtent.
E. w. You've,
J. G. MORRISON,
JOHN S. Mcneil,