The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-12
MR. VEIL FOUND DEAD
aoDY OF POPULAR CITIZEN DIs-
 COVERED IN STREET.
Overcome by Apoplexy While Walking and Died Alone--Picked Up by
 PatroIman and Taken to station.

Stretched out on the damp ground hts hat and umbrella lying close be- side him, Mir. Harry Well, one of the best known citizens of Montgomery was found dead at 10:45 o'clock last night by Patrolman N. P. Huffman of the Montgomery Police Department on Amanda Street, near the corner of Stone Street.
 The body of Mir. Well lay on the sidewalk, his back to the ground and with his feet propped against the fence of a vacant lot. He had appar- entity been dead only a short while when the patrolman found him, for his hands and body had not assumed the chiiliness of death.
 Patrolman Huffman telephoned to police headquarters for a hack, and in aN few minutes, he reached headquar- ters, with the body. Relatives and friends of Mir. Well were notified and soon the waiting room was filled witb those who had seen the dead man only an hour before, apparently in the best of health and in his usual happy mood The crowd waited expectantiy for the arrival of Coroner w. H. Tice. who had been notified and physicians who were present, made a careful examina- tton of the body.
 As soon as the Coroner arrived and viewed the remains and after consul  nounced that death was due to nat ural causes. and that an inquest was unnecessary.
 It was believed that Mir. We'll, while walking along the sidewalk had been suddenly stricken with apoplexy and had died almost instantly.
 Two brothers of the deceased. Leon We'll and simon Well, went immedi- ately to the station when they learned the news of their brothers death and were present during the time the body lay in the waiting room at police Headquarters Telegrams were dis patched to Abe Well, the eldest broth CT. and with whom MT. Harry Well was associated in business, to Atlanta. Ga. where it was thought he could be reached on the northbound Western train for New York. When MT. Abe We'll left Montgomery for New York last night at e:20 o'clock, his brother. Harry We'll was at the station to bid him farewell. On account of the wire troubles throughout the South, mes- sage was telephoned to Birmingham over the long distance telephone to be transferred to Atlanta in the hope of catching MT. Abe Well if the telegram failed to reach it's destination.
 The body was taken charge of by an undertaken and was removed to the home of Mir. Abe Well. 6S5 South Court Street, where the unfortunate man made his home.
 The news of Mir. Wells death was received as a severe shock by his friends last night, and the family was overcome by messages of condolencs and sympathy.
 MT Harry Well was 49 years old and had lived in Montgomery all Of his life. Born and reared here, he be- gan early in life to show his fitness for the mercantile business and he was associated at different times with the most prominent business houses in Montgomery He was unmarried and had always lRed with his brother, MT. Abe Well
 He was a member of the Indepen- dent Order of R'Nai B'rith and was one of the most popular members ot that order. A man who loved his friends and who made his friends love him. was Harry Well with his pleasant manner and genial disposition.
 He didn't have an enemy" one of ais friends observed as he gazed on the lifeless form, "and he could count his friends by the hundreds"
 Three brothers, MT. Abe Well, MT. simon Well and Mir. Leon Veil, and three sisters, Mrs. Jacques Loeb, Mrs. Marschutz and Mrs. Heulein of Hunts vile survive him.
 MT. Well was a member of Temple Beth-Or and was always ready to help any religious or charitable cause. The funeral arrangements have not been made