The Colorado statesman., 1906-07-07
DEATH OF p. A. LEONARD.
Prominent Colorado Newspaper Man
Drops Dead In Denver.

Denver.-Not knowing that her hus-
band was dead and believing that he
had missed the train, Mrs. Percy A.
Leonard was speeding out of the Union
station yards on a train 70: Ward on
the morning of the Fourth while her
husband was lying dead at the foot of
the stairs of the Sixteenth street via
duct. He had expired at 1880 o'clock
as result of heart disease.
Mr.. Leonard was one of the best
known mining men and publishers in
the state. He had written many books
and had contributed much to newspa-
pers and magazines, writing largely on
subjects pertaining to mines and min
ing. Mr.. Leonard was fifty-nine years
old.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard had planned
little outing on the Fourth, intend
ing to go to Ward, Colorado, where
their son Walter was spending his va
cation.
They left their home at 1868 Wolf
street and started to the depot. Their
! arms were filled with packages or fire.
| works and delicacies, as it was intend
ed to celebrate the Fourth with their
son in fitting fashion. At the train
Mr.. Leonard bethought himself OF
some purchases that he had neglected
to make. He told his wife that he
would have to go uptown and that If
| he failed to catch the train she was
| to proceed to Ward and that he would
| follow her as soon as he could get a
| train.
| He left the depot and was attacked
| shortly after with heart trouble, from
which he had suffered for some years.
He made his way slowly down the
stairs of the viaduct. Just as he had
reached the second step from the bot
| tom he was seen by several express
men to waver and catch at the banis-
| ter. His grip on the banister was weak
| and he fell heavily on his back. The
expressmen rushed to his side and find
| ing him apparently unconscious tele-
phoned for the police ambulance. Po-
| lice Surgeon Preston found Mr.. Leon
ard dead and notified the coroner.
Mrs Leonard was reached at Boul-
| de- by a telegram announcing her hus-
bands death and returned Immediately
| to Denver. The son, Walter, was also
| telegraphed and came at once to the
| city.
Mr.. Leonard was born in Louisville,
| Kentucky, and had been in Colorado
| thirty-two years. Since his arrival
here he has engaged in mining and
publishing and was wonderfully well
versed in the science of mineralogy
and metallurgy. In Colorado he had
been the publisher of the Chaffee
| County Times in Buena Vista; the
| Lesdville Dispatch at Leadville, and
| Ores and Metals and the Western
| World in Denver, being editor and pub
| Usher of the last named journal at the
| time of his death.
Mr.. Leonard is survived by the fol
| lowing children: Oliver l.. Leonard
of Chicago, DR.. Ethel Langdon Leon
| ard of Los Angeles, Hugh Leonard oil
| the Hill & Leonard Publishing Com
pany of New York City, Ralph G,
| Leonard, a well-known scenic photog-
| rapher, but now of New York; Allen
| L. Leonard, eighteen years of age, who
| graduated from the North Denver high
| school this spring, and the boy Walter.
| He also has a sister, Miss Virginia
| Hewitt Leonard, who has for years
| made her home with his family.
Agnes Leonard Hill, sister OF Perry
| A. Leonard of Highland park, near Chi'
cago, is an author of note.
DR.. Ethel Langdon Leonard, the
daughter, is professor of Bacteriology
| in the Southern California University.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard were married
| in Chicago in 1870. Mrs. Leonard Is
the daughter of Major E. o. Crittenden
of the famous First Michigan Engi-
neers and Mechanics, one of the most
noted Michigan regiments during the
| Civil War.