The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-03-01
WARDEN HENRY B. HALL.
Esteemed Official of Wallingford Dies
 Suddenly.

Suddenly.
 Warden Henry B. Hall of Walling- ford died at PAS yesterday morning from heart failure after an illness last ing only a few hours. The warden was attending jury duty in New Haven Tuesday morning, but was excused in the afternoon as he did not feel well, complaining of an ill feeling in his stomach. He went to his home in South Main street, Wallingford, where he lived with his brother, Postmaster .. Stores Hall He did not care for supper and went to his room. About 6;45 a servant who was going up stars hear means. She hurried down to the family and told them MT. Hall was moaning. They found him lying un- conscious on the floor in the corridor near the bath room. Dr. J. D. Mc- Gaughey was hurriedly summoned. He pronounced it heart trouble, and said the warden could not live out the night.
 The warden had seemed to be in fair ly good health up to yesterday with the exception of a cold, which was thought little of, as the warden was always prone to make light of his ill., nessss. He has had a weak heart, however, which has been known to himself and relatives for the past three or four years.
 Warden Hall was serving in the third year of his third term as chief execu- tive of the borough. He was born In Wallingford, and ever since he was able to vote he has been a staunch re- publican. He was about seventy-one years of age.
 He had also been a member of the board of relief for the town of Walling- ford several terms He had also been secretary of the Biggins Rodgers com pany ever since Its organization, in addition to the above he was tree war den of the borough having been elected to that office last fall.
 MT. Hall made one of the most eff ficient wardens of the borough that has ever held that office, and always took much interest in the general vel fare of both the borough and town. He was universally respected. | He received his education in the com mon schools of Wallingford. For one year he was a student in Russell's Mill itary school, New Haven. Leaving school at nineteen years of age he help ed his father on the farm for about two years, when he went to the city of New York to take position as entry clerk with the jobbing house of Hinchman & Co.,, later on becoming partner in the concern.
 1 In 1874 he returned to Wallingford to clerk for Leonard B, Bishop, then proprietor of an agricultural implement store in New Haven. After a year with that gentleman MT. Hall secured a po- sition as travelling salesman for the R. Wallace & Sons, being the first repre- sentative of that company to go on the road. For ten years he remained with them.
 Mr. Halls next engagement was with Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co He was their representative in New York, Phil adelphia, Washington and Baltimore. In 1893 MT. Hall was one of the origi- nators of the Biggins Rodgers CO, manufacturers of all kinds of hollow ware.
 He was a strong republican and &C., l tive in political affairs. He was elect ed warden In 1896, again in 1897 and a third time in 1899.
 1 An attendant of the First Congrega- tional et1urch he took a deep interest in the welfare of the church and was a liberal supporter of it's principles.