The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-06-23
DEPLORABLE INCIDENT.
Remains of James G.. Hall
Brought to Milbank
for Burial

Brought to Milbank
for Burial
Mr.. j. n. Stafford last FRIDAY
received a telegram from Waldo,
Florida, stating that James c..
Hall was dead and that the body
would be brought to Milbank for
burial. Later particulars dis
closed the fact that the deceased
had taken his own life, on the
10th inst. After returning from
his run on that date he had re-
tired to his room in the Waldo
hotel and drank a quantity of
carbolic acid and also shot him
self with 44-caliber revolve~.
the suicide securely wedging his
head in book case in his room
before firing the shot. The
tragedy was not known until the
next morning, when the call boy
went to the room and attempted
to awaken Mr.. Hall, but could
! get no response and found the
door locked. When the room
was entered the facts as stated
became apparent and note was
found on the table giving instruc-
tlons as to the disposal of the
body, and directing that the
same be brought to Milbank and
laid beside the remains Of his
wife, who died while in Milbank
on a visit to friends here about
ten months ago. The body ar
rived here on last Tuesday after
noon, having been accompanied
on the long journey by George
Z. Morris, a Knight of Pythias
brother of the deceased man. At
the depot short funeral service
was held after the departure of
the train, Revs. S. A. Chappell
and b. Fem Lyman conducting
the same, a nun Der of railroad
men, former fellow workmen of
the deceased when he was en-
ployed on this line of road, being
present. The remains were es-
corted to the GEM metery by a dele
cation Of Knights of Pythias from
the local lodge, and a short SER
vice was also held at the grave.
The deceased was well known
to many of our people and to
many of the older railroad men
on the H. & d. line, having for
some years had run on this
road and made his home in Mil
bank. He moved to Florida some
fifteen years ago, and has been
employed on the Seaboard Air
Line, with his home at Waldo.
While his wife was visiting with
friends IN Milbank last summer
she was taken i'll and died, and
the broken home and loss of
his companion SO preyed upon
his mind that it robbed life of it's
charm and he compassed it's end
This he bad carefully planned,
having brought his little daugh-
ter to the Stafford home and made |
his will, appointin Mr.. Stafford |
guardian of the child and admin
istrator of the estate while in
Milbank a few weeks ago. He
had been at his southern home
but two weeks at the time of his
death.
The deceased was born in
Michigan on the Goth of June,
1858, and was married to Miss
Della Stafford in 1884 He was
a mem Der Of the Milbank lodge
A. O. u w.. in which he had
81, 900 insurance, and was also
insured in Knights of Pyth
las company for 81, 900 and in the
locomotive engineers and fire.
mems brotherhoods for $4,000.
He has an aged father residing
at Cairo, Mich, and also leaves
bright little daughter, aged six
years.
Vern Scott, who has been
operator at Wilmot for some
time, has been transferred to
Graceville as operator at that
place.
Mrs. c.. c.. Middlebrook is en-
ioying visit from her mother
and two sisters, Mrs. A. H.
SIN cad and Miss Smead and Mrs.
J. K. Taylor, all of West Salem,
Wis.
H. G.. Schimming and family,
of Clinton, are guests of the j.
A. and Marty Martens families
this week.