The Saint Paul globe., 1901-08-26
DISTINGUISHES MINNEAPOLITAN
DIES OF HEART DISEASE
AT HIS HOME
WAS NOT IN ROBUST HEALTH
Death of His Wife Last wintAV
Was Shock From Which He
Seemed Unable to Re
cover
SKETCH OF HIS CAREER


trlct attorney, died suddenly Yesterday
morning on the balcony of his residence.
zo56 Queen avenue south. Kenwood. OF
heart disease. He was forty-seven years
old.
Inc circumstances attending the death
OF Mr.. Evans were unusual.
About 7:45 o'clock in the morning. Mr.
Evans went to his daughters bedroom
Grasping the footboard of her bed he
shook 1t to awaken her, as he seemed
unable to speak. Just as she awoke. Mr..
Evans staggered from the room and made
hls way back through his own room and
out onto the balcony over the porch.
There he seized the railing threw back
his head and gasped for air Then he
sank to the floor dead
His daughter Margaret reached the hall
cony moment later. SO did Mrs Ed /
ward ). Pattee, who resides directly on
posite the Evans home. Mrs Pattee who
was seated on her porch, witnessed the
death of Mr.. Evans
w. H. Levings, who lives next door
was aroused, and he at once summoned
Dr. j. E. Moore DR.. Moore arrived fiva
minutes later, but nothing could be done
except to carry the body into the house. .
Mr.. Evans dined at the MinneapoJis
club Saturday evening with his friend. /
Charles ]. Bartleson, and remained until
about IL o'clock When he left the club
house no one noticed that he was ill., az
he had not complained, and appeared to
be in fair health.
But his condition was particularly no
tced In Fourth street barber shop.
which he had visited during the az, p
noon, one of the BARRIERS informing Carl
Wallace, who came in shortly afte. FIR.
Evans departure that Mr. Evans :aI
just been in and that he looked very
bad"
DR.. Moore says that to the best Of his
knowledge Mr.. Evans had been a sufferer 4
! from heart disease for a year and q
half' although this fact was unknown
to any save his most intimate friends.
Mr.. Evans was afflicted with some asth-
matte disorder, though this was doubt-
less superinduced by his heart trouble.
KNEW HIS END WAS NEAR.
DR. Moore added: II do not think the
runaway accident OF eight days ago in
any way hastened his death. II vas dur
ing the late political campaign that he
overworked himself and lost a great zeal
of sleep. He himself realized this. and
towards the latter part of the campaign .
his rest had been so broken into after he
had retired nights that once he went to
another hotel.
THAT very night he awakened sudden
ly with most overpowering sense OF
suffOcatiOn. He was unable to call assist
ance or even to roll off the bed, and ex-
pected momentarily to pass away From
that time on he never dared to sleep
where he could not easily summon helD
when afflicted with heart trouble again.
when his wife lay at the point Of
death last spring, he expressed the be
lief that his own time was coming very
soon, and was relieved that she going first
instead of being left a helpless sufferer
by his death.
after the campaign he told me: I
must not stay in Minnesota another win
ter l suggested that he spent his VIM
ters in Miami, Fla, where the climate
would be beneficial and where ne would
meet many Minneapolis friends He spoke
favorably OF such plan and would have
undoubtedly followed it out had he lived. .
For a long time he had been obliged
to sit up very late nights because Of his
heart trouble which, OF course, was ag-
gravated in lying down. Just a week
ago today l was over to his house on q
friendly visit and he said to me: Doc, 1
can't put the energy into my work as L
used to. / am not myself
THAT he was convinced that his end
was near is certain. Only few days ago
he gave his daughter full instructions as
to his affairs in case of his death. In his
habits he was most exemplary man and
his loss Is a great one to all who knew
him.
"When the telephone call came this
morning I knew at once what It meant.
Although l was at his side within five
minutes, his heart had ceased TO beat"
MOURNED DEATH OF HIS WIFE.
But those who knew Robert c. Evans
best knew what hastened his death. 1t
was the loss of his wife. Mrs Evans
died only four months ago, and while Mr..
Evans seemingly bore his great loss with
manly fortitude, 1t was plain TO his chill
dren and his intimate friends that the
affiictlon was greater than he could sus-
tain.
"Only few days ago ne told Carl
Wallace that he was ready to go any
time were it not for his children At
first he bore up bravely, but time In
stead of assuaging intensified his grief.
Only the other day Mr.. Evans told his
daughter Margaret that it was no use
trying to overcome 1t. He was heart
broken.
All day long yesterday a stream Of vis-
itors, all representative citizens OF Min
neapolis called at the Evans residence
and also at the adjoining house of w II. 4
Levings. Congressman Loren Fletcher
and Fred G. Stevens, Of St. Paul, were
among them, as were prominent mem
bers of the bar and leading business
men
Three children survive Mr.. Evans, Mar
garet, aged twenty-five; Stanley, aged
twenty and Graham, aged seventeen.
The boys, who are with a surveying par
ty in the Dakotas, were communicated
with, and an answer was received an
nouncing that they would arrive, home
this afternoon.
Arrangements for the funeral were not .
completed yesterday, though It was prac-
ticaly decided that the obsequies would
take place Wednesday afternoon.
Mr.. Evans is survived by seven broth
ers and two sisters c. c. Evans and
family reside in Minneapolis, and Charles
Evans lives in Duluth. The others and
their places of residence are as follows:
McKendry B. Evans, South Africa;
Curtis D. Evans Alaska: Milton Evans,
New Orleans; William II. Evans. Tex
arkana, Tex; Edward II. Evans, Minne-
apolis; Mrs. Blake, Evansville, Ind. Mrs.
Josephine Fisher. ROckport, Ind
Mr.. Evans was a member OF the Min
neapolis mounted commandery Of the