The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-08

a surprise to most Of them, as they
did not know that he was confined ta
his home. He was down town duriu
the week at his Office and transactca
his business as usual until Friday.
He seemed to have had a premonl-
ton tht his span of life was shortly to
close and he spoke of it to a number
of his friends. On Tuesday he tele-
phoned to Mr. Carl Nellis who had
charge of some of his Insurance ma
ters and asked him to meet him at the
Elk club so that they could make over
some of the papers to his wife. which
were in his own name.
When at the club the following day
he noted sign on the bulletin board
calling the attention Of the members
of the order to the fact that dues for
the next six months were called for.
In a Joking way he said to the stew
ard, Il guess that I'll not pay mine
now, for I think that they viii be due
to Gabriel before I owe much here on
earth" and dismissed the matter
without saying more
The day following he was again at
the club in the afternoon, as was his
custom, and told Mr- 7. L. Barns in
the course of a conversation he had
with him that he did not expect to live
much longer and that as a personal
favor that when the time did come he
wanted it seen to that he had an Elk
burial by the members Of the Topeka
order.
Another fact that Indicated his pre-
monition of death was the deciding OF
his home to his wife only last Thurs
day. On that day he sent Tor I. D.
Humphreys to take the ackns~tedg-
ment of the deed. He had told Mr..
Humphreys almost year before that
he wished to make the transfer. He
said he wanted to get his business ar
fairs IN good shape though he remark
ed that he never felt better IN his life.
He was at his office all day Friday and
went home in the evening and COM
planned that he did not feel nearly as
well as usual and retired early. Dur
ing the night and the following day
which he spent in bed he had several
sinking spells and suffered greatly and
just after midnight Saturday answered
the call, and the death of the second
prominent lawyer of the city is recorded
in less than half weeks time.
While not one Of the Oldest residents
of the city Mr.. Clemens has lived In
Topeka since 1870 where he came d.
rectly from Xenia, Ohio, where ne was
/ born April g. 1s49 He practiced law
with Indifferent success for a number
of years and first attracted attention
/ in a case in which he was employed by
| the Union Pacific railway to deIenQ
one OF their employees who had shot
/ and killed man by the name OF WISE
( in row in a billiard hall IN North 1c-
/ peka. He was soon regarded as one
4 OF the ableEt lawyers in the city and
I his fame as such spread until his ser
vices were in demand IN various por-
tions Of Kansas as well as in the ad-
/ joining states IN all important cases. he
| had married prior to coming to kan
sas but domestic troubles caused the
separation Of himself and wife. shortly
after he had esta abished a residence N
| this state, the two children being taken
to her home IN the east BY their noun
er.
shortly after this trouble he left the
state for time and Travelled abroad,
returning the following year and soon
after married his present wife who sur
wives him. Although seriously handl-
capped by an affiietion which almost
completely robbed him Of his power OF
hearing and impaired his speech 50
that he spoke with difficulty, clients
came to him from all quarters ana MS
services were greatly in demand.
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