, 1901-06-06
DEATH Of A.T.BAC0N
WIDELY KNOWN THROUGHOUT
COLORADO AND WYOMING
IN OLD DAYS.
and Was Found Writing in the
Early in the Morning-Did Much
to Develop Parts of Wyoming.

Alfred Terry Bacon. a Denver mar
widely known throughout Colorado and
Wyoming. died suddenly at his home.
No. 1119 Pearl street. early yesterday
morning. says the Denver Republican.
Mr. Bacon seemed well the evening be-
fore and went for a bicycle ride in
City park Later in the evening he
was found lying upon the grass with
ing in agony with terrible pains in his
stomach. A doctor was called and Ba-
con was taken to his home, where the
remedies applied seemed to relieve
him Later in the night Mrs. Bacon
found him resting comfortably, but
early in the morning he called to her,
and when she went to his bedside she
found him dying. He died before a
doctor could be called.
Mr.. Bacon was 40 years old. He
was a son of Leonard Bacon. for sever
al decades professor of Greek at Yale
university. and famous as an abolition
list in antcbcIlum days. The family is
distinguished. Several of Mir. i~iaCOn's
brothers have won regulations is writ.
ers on theological and scientific sub.
jcCts. Mr.. BaCon's course at iaie was
supplemented by courses abroad hut
at the completion of his education his
health compelled him to come Y C"lO'
RADIO. He was a member of TIL" farul'
| ty of Colorado college for 4 tine, arl
then took to outdoor life, ranCninG in
the Laramie plains. at which tin.r he
wrote a series of w~ild-animal tOI ies
for an eastern magazine.
Later he removed to CUloraii and
organized the New England Live Stock
company. which at one time had iarg
| herds of cattle and horses On the plains
EAST of Greeley. Mr.. Bacon in the ear
ly eighties became convinced Of the
solid nature of investments in C,lCra'
do irrigated lands. AT that time mol'
ey was scarce in this state. while IN
New England people were seeking i'll
vcstments at low interest rates. Hur
dreds of thousands of dollars # tbs
eastern money was entrusted 20 Mr.,
Bacon who invested it in mortgages Gr
Colorado farms. He travelled ovoi ihe
entire irrigated region investigating
were the mortgages placed that III the
hard times of 1893 his @!i"nrs @iffcl.
ed hardly a loss when oLnCr mortgage
concerns were failing ny the sore
Mr.. Bacon provided the money by
which thousands of acr $ III the vi
Cinity of Greeley, .hTcl''l, RuutGer
Fort Collins, Buffalo. wye, WG'at
land. Wyo., Rock to"l, C,i"., Gan
Junction and Delta, CJt1, Nth and
South parks and many other places
were equipped with the necessary ma
chinery and live stock to make then
productive and thus he played really
an important part in the development
of the state.
Until about seven years ago he made
his home in Greeley, of which city he
was once mayor. Though a busy MAJ
Mr.. Bacon kept abreast of matters OF
culture and education. His home was
practically the headquarters of Colo
RADIO ~Collegians in Denver. Mrs. Ba,
Con vas Miss Mary p. Woolsely. a
daughter of the president of Yale. Be
sides Mrs. Bacon the immediate family
consists of two young sons and a
daughter.
Mr.. Bacon was one of the leading
men in Plymouth Congregational
church. and since his residence in the
city an officer of it. He was president
of the Miss Wolcott School a~ssocia.
ton. and a member of the mems chO,
rlIc nf tho TunSlov Mucipo1 r1uh