The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-20
CIRCUS AGENT DEAD
HARRY SMITH PASSED AWAY UN-
 DER PTTIFUL CIRCUMSTANCES.
Representative of sells Downs Show In Dying Cenaitien Was RefuseA Admission to Mentgomery
 Hesteiries.

Under pathetic circumstances Harry Smith, a white man, believed to De representative of Sells and Downs cir- GUS. died at an innrmary at late hour Saturday night o'clock Saturday from Union Springs over the Central of Georgia, He was then in almost a dying condition. and, dragging himself through the Union station rates, he secured hack and directed the driver to get him to some place for lodging.
 The man was taken to a number or boarding houses and hotels. In his sinking condition the proprie.ors thought that he was intoxicated and turned him away by informing him that they had all their rooms taken and could not furnish him accommodations. He wentA from place to place In the fonvevance. buA met with tho same re- suits. In desperation he finally told the hackman to take him to some place where he might lie down.
 The driver was on Washington street at the time and at once stoppea st tne livery stables conducted by J. z. Roien at i2 Washington Street. Dock Pilkins, a negro watchman at the stables, was the only person on the premises. It did not take him long to see that the man was in a dying condition, and he, with the hackman, lifted Smith from inc vehicle, carried him into the omce of the stable and there laid him on the floor.
 placed under his head. and two physi- clans were immediately summoned. When they arrived they saw that the man was in a critical condition. An An,huiance was secured and Smith was taken to the City Infirmary, where he died at II o'clock, despite the efforts of the physicians to resuscitate him.
 The physicians gave out that smith died from pneumonia, The man was conscious almost to the last. but the disease prevented him from articulating above whisper. Just before the last spark of life had flown from his body he murmured to those around him that he had a sister, Mrs. Lizzie Gibson, re- siding at SIS West Fifth Street, Cin- cinnati, O.. of which city he said he was citizen,
 as his verdict that the man died from pneumonia. He carried the remains to his once on South Court Street and there found q number of articles on tho peerson of the corpse, which proved his identity. Among his effects was a pocket book containing sa6, health certificate from Columbus. Ky, dated October S. ISUb, numNeF oL COHScft tickets for the Sells and Downs Shows, snd several note books. The name Of the dead man was written In each of the books and two of the books were Itineraries of the deceased from which 1t was gathered that he had been trav- cling over the entire country. Among the items he had enumerated were those which showed that he had been with the circus in Eufauia on November 1I, Union Springs on the 18th, and was to have been with the shows at Roanoke today, at Alexander City tomorrow and at Sylacauga Wednesday. These dates correspond with the actual dates of the show i'm the places named.
 Coroner Tice wired the sister of the dead man at the address given but the message came back to the Coroner un- delivered last night. The message was ordered sent again with instructions to find the sister at any cost.
 The circus which Smith is believed to have represented was also wired, but no replies had been received by the Coroner at at late hour last night.
 Smith was a man of 70 years, as shown in the health certificate. He was of medium build and had sandy mus tache and sandy hair. He had blue eyes and was plainly dressed.
 The remains are being held by the Coroner pending advices from relatives or friends.