Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-03-03
KILLED BY A FALL.
Death in Manchester, N. H., Of Dr..
Frank W. Rouillard Of Hinsdale.

Frank w. HouIlIard OF HInsdale.
! DR.. Frank w. Rouilard, son of Mr.
{ and Mrs. Waldo Rouillard of Hins.
dale. was killed by a fall from the
window of his room ON the top floor
; of the City hotel at Manchester N
, H., a little after midnight Sunday
!; morning, Feb. 26. His skull was
crushed and his jaw and right shoul-
der were broken. He died In a few
: moments without regaining con-
sciousness.
With three other young men he
was canvassing New England cities
with medical work. They were
friends and occupied adjoining
rooms. After they had retired, one
Rouillard's, who was an athlete
climbed out on the coping of the
French roof and in fun tossed a book
through the open window into the
bed where his companions were ly-
ing half asleep DR.. Rouillard appar-
emily went TO sleep with the thought
in mind of continuing the prank and
returning the book by the way it
came. 1t was some twenty minutes
later that his roommate recalls seeing
him going out through the open win
|
| him, he got up and went to the next
room only to find that the doctor had
never reached 1t.
Those who knew DR.. Rouilard say
that of late years he has been sub
ject to occasional sleep walking and
they think he was asleep when he got
out of bed, and that consequently he
came to his sudden death without ever
awakening. The city hotel people
speak of him as a very quiet young
man who never sought friends out
side of his immediate business asso-
ciates. He was picked up from the
sidewalk and carried into the hotel
office by passersby, a physician was
hurriedly called but by the time he
arrived life was extinct The city
authorities and the knights of Pyth-
las at once took charge and began
preparations for burial, in the mean
time communicating with the young
mans father who went to Man
chester Monday returning that even
ing with the body
Funeral services were held at
Mountainside Wednesday, at D. m,
conducted by Rev. Mr.. Reed of Hins-
dale, with two solos by Joseph
Crowningshield There were many
appropriate and beautiful floral trib-
utes. Interment was made in the lit
tie cemetery near the home.
Dr. Rouillard was born in Boston,
August IL, 1875, spent his boyhood
in Hinsdale and was graduated from
the Baltimore Medical college four
years ago. During one summer vaca-
ion he was on the staff at the Brat
.leboro Retreat. After graduation he
served one year on the staff Of the
Springfield Emergency hospital and
spent a year in hospital at
R. l. Two years ago ne
vent to Washington to take the civil
service examinations for the position
# surgeon in the u. S. navy, but
ailing to pass the health test, he
ook an ocean voyage and then for a
ear and half worked in the woods
nd on the farm to recuperate, and
My six months ago had again start
d out to seek his fortunes He
caves besides his parents an only
rother, Rev. Harry Enos Rouillard
f Sangerville, Maine.
Dr. Rouillard was always a hard
tudent, and was possessed of those
cart qualities which, while they ad-
nit of no definition, were as a mag
eft drawing to him a host of friends
> sincerely and sadly mourn his sud
en- passing away.