The Saint Paul globe., 1902-02-02

| future. He is survived by wife and
! SIX children, four boys, William. aged
| sixteen; Charles, Henry and Waldo, and
| Two girls, the younger only three weeks
| old.
The oldest boy in the family died Jan.
| OF tuberculosis of the bones. and a few
| days afterwards his youngest child was
| born
One son, Henry, fourteen years old, is
! afflicted with hip joint disease and is now
| lying at the point of death in the family
| home. The hospital bills of the dead son
D.! amounted to $40 month, and then this
with several sieges of illness on the part
OF other members Of the family has left
tHem III Strengthened circumstances. The
nome is to be soon forcclosed on a mort
gage. which will leave the family poor
indeed.
Wife Got There Too Late.
Mrs. Mayer, the wife of the dead of
ncef, was not notified of his injury until
ABOUT o'clock and was unable to reach
the hospital before life had depart ed.
Mayer leaves a reputation of honesty and
efhclency behind him. 1t was one of his
oIten expressed principles that duty was
TO be always considered before pleasure.
ana his neighbors, fellow officers and su-
perlors all unite in saying he was one
OF the best men on the entire force
Cmef OCOnnor feels his loss deeply.
SAID he yesterday: MAYER was one of
the pest, If not the best man on the
Iofce. L had occasion to observe him
mlnutely last summer when we were
working nights and always found him
unflinching in his duty. He was splen-
dld type OF man, and one that wOuId ba
a credit to any police force synapathize
deeply with his family, which has but
recently suffered another heavy bereaye-
ment."
Mayer was born in Upper silesia, Prus-
sla, III 1851. He there learned the trade
Of machinist, which he followed for six
years after his arrival in st. Paul in
1851 In 1885 he was appointed to fha
ponce force by Mayor Smith He was ap-
pointed to the bicycle squad Of the force
IN 1888 lie was married twice
Joseph Mayer a brother OF the dead
officer, is a resident of st. Paul and
another lives in Chicago. The latter
was notified Of the death of his brother
and will arrive here in time to attend
the funeral.
The body was removed from the hos
pital to his home yesterday morning.
Coroner Miller held an autopsy on the
remains, and an inquest will be held
after the funeral Coroner Miller said
last night that the ball entered the left
hip bone and perforated the intestines a
dozen times. The ball was so large that
it nearly cut in half every intestine that
it struck. The wounds were closed up
by Dr.. Gilfllan but the shock was SO
great that death ensued
The funeral will be under the auspices
of the police department and the A. O.
wv, of which the dead officer was a
member, holding life insurance policy
for $1,000 His fellow officers at the
Rondo street substation had that place
draped in beck and white yesterday in
memory of their dead comrade
The details of the funeral have not been
settled yet, as the family is waiting the
arrival of the brother from Chicago 1t
IS likely that he will take his last ride
in the Rondo patrol sleigh (which will be
appropriately draped, and take the
place of a hearse. This is the wish Of
some of the officers, who think that it
is a fitting end Of a brave officers life
The funeral viii be military in character
1t is expected that everything will be
arranged some time during the day
Chief O'Connor would say nothing con-