Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-11-08
HIS INJURIES FATAL.
Milt Hull Died Last Wednesday From
Injuries Received at Harper
the Previous Week.

fall or slugged in a gambling hall
at Harper, as noted last week, died
at his home at Ingersoll, Oklahoma,
last Wednesday morning The
funeral was held at the family home
on Thursday and the remains TAX
en- 10 kiOwa tor burial.
There seems very little doubt in
the minds Of those who know the
facts, that Mr.. Hull was the victim
of foul play. 1t is said that when
he regained consciousness a short
time before his death he stated en-
phatiCally that he had been slug
ged and robbed and thrown out of
the Harper den, which must be
taken as true, coming from a man
facing death, who could have no
interest or motive in making a
false statement. In addition to
this, parties who saw him say that
the marks on his head were the re-
suit Of blows received at the hands
Of men, not by the fall. Particu-
larly among these was an uppercut
on the throat. 1t is not expected
that any prosecutions will follow
for dead men cannot testify and
thugs won't, and the victim and
the asSailants were the only parties
to the bloody transaction. But the
city of Harper, despite the protest
ations of many of her people and
her newspapers, owes a duty to
mankind and civilization in that
no time should be lost in purifying
her town SO that law a biding citi-
izens may walk her streets without
fear of violence or possible death.
The immediate cause ofMr. .Hull's
death was structure or rupture of
the bowels, probably caused by the
fall. He was operated upon but
without success. The deceased
was member in good standing of
the Masonic and A. O. u. w. fra
ternities and carried $4,000 insur-
nee in the latter.
Mr.. Hull was an old and expert
enced newspaper man. He learn
ed the business at Bloomfield, Iowa,
and has published newspapers at
Pueblo, Colorado, Little Rock, Ar
kansas, Harper and Kiowa, Kan
sas, and at the time of his death he
was publishing the Ingersoll, Ok,
Review. He came from Harper to
Kiowa short time before the open
ing of the Cherokee strip in 1893
and he and H. Z. Glenn were Joint
owners of the Kiowa Journal. In
the fall of 1894 he purchased the
Kiowa Review which he publish
ed until 1903 when he sold to the
Kiowa News and moved to Inger-
soil, Oklahoma, and established
the lngersoll Review Milt was
big-hearted man. We have known
him intimately fifteen years and
have received many favors at his
hands. In business dealings we al
ways found him fair, always ready
to give instead of take advantages.
He was liberal with his friends
too liberal-and while he never
wanted for anything he always
was a man with limited means.
AS long as he had a dollar he was
ready to share it with his friends.
His friends in Barber and Harper
counties, Kansas, and Woods coun-
ty, Oklahoma, are innumerable and
they are shocked and grieved at
his sudden, premature and untime
ly death, and it is all the more
lamentable and shocking because
of the manner in which it was
brought about.
He is survived by wife and two
sons, Lee, who has grown to man
hood and engaged in the jewelry
business in Illinois, and the other
a lad about seven years of age.
In their very sad and distressing
hour, our hearts go out to them in
deepest sympathy. If ever man
was kind and devoted to his family,
that man was Milton A. Hull.
Thus one by one do our friends
depart.
v. S. Cooks is a good place to