The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-11
B, [, GARTRELL DIED
 FROM PNEUMONIA Post Mortem Held by City Health Officer Hardness BODY IS STILL UNCLAIMED Deceased Left Birmingham About Ten Days Ago and Only Returned on
 November 2-Sister in
 Chattanooga.
BODY IS STILL UNCLAIMED D

Lobar pneumonia was the cause of the
 sudden death of Byron E. Gartrell. the
 man who dropped dead at the corner of
 Twentieth street and Morris avenue short
 ly before o'clock Thursday afternoon.
 This was the verdict of Dr. R. B. Hark-
 ness, the city health officer, who was
 authorized by Coroner Paris to make a
 post mortem examination yesterday nsorn-
 ing. The examination showed that one of
 his lungs was gone and the other badly
 diseased.
 The body is still at the undertaking es-
 tablishment of Lige Loy. Although no one
 has been found who will direct what dis
 position is to be made of it. a number of
 persons have been found who knew Gar trell during his life. A cousin, Mrs. Price Dickens, lives at Ensley. and she gave a history of the family, saying that the nearest relative of the dead man is a sis ter, Mrs. Robert Nilsson, who lives in Chattanooga. Telegrams have been sent to her, but up to a late hour last night no answer had been received.
 Once Lived Here.
 According to Mrs. Dickens, the dead man resided in Birmingham up to about two years ago. The sister, who is now in Chattanooga, and a half-brother, Paul Gartrell. also lived here about that time. Mrs. Dickens knows little of their his- tory since they moved away.
 From what could be learned Gartrels father was married three times during his life. Gartrell was born at Pope,
 Panola county. Mississippi, about thirty
 seven years ago. After he was grown he went to Sheffield Ala. where he took | charge of a grocery story that had been run by a brother, who died. This brother was a partner of B. F, Chapman, who Is now connected with the firm of Chapman Bros., Memphis, who gave Gartrell the letter of recommendation found on his person after he fell dead.
 After engaging in the grocery business at Sheffield. Gartrell returned to Missis- sippi and married a first cousin, Miss Lizzie Gartrell who died five or six years ago. No children resulted from the union. Coming to Birmingham three or four years ago, Gartrell is said to have run small grocery store here. His half brother was machnist and the two were often together. When he left the city it seems the half brother and his sister also moved away and little had been heard of them up to the time of Gar trelrs sudden death.
 Recently Came Here.
 The letters and papers on Gartrel in- dicated that he only recently came here from Memphis. and investigation yester- day revealed the fact that he registered at the Frisco House on Twentieth street November 2. He told the proprietor, J. E. Berry that he was in i'll health and that he came here for the purpose of being treated. He had very little to say and no one seems to know what business he had engaged in during the last two years. He had s12465 in cash on his person when he died. All attempts to communicate with the sister in Chattanooga yesterday were futile A letter written from Dodge, Walk CT county indicated he had sister there. Dickens, but telephonic communication with Dodge brought back word that the sister was in Chattanooga.
 s. w Divine was telephoned at Dodge. His name appeared on the stationary used
 by Sister Nary in writing to Gartrell. limit, as Is shown by the fact that the furnaces now are nearly filled up for de-
 liveries prior to the second quarter of