The Springdale news., 1907-08-30
E. c. AXTELL, OF LA HARPE. KAN
 DIES SUDDENLY IN SPRlNGDALE

spr:ngdale ministers. had they been 50 inclined. had an excellent opportunity Sunday to have dis coarsed to their congregations on the uncertainty 0: life and the certaiut of death.
 E. C. Axtell. of La Harpe. Kansas. was found dead Sunday morning n his spring wagon in the park east Of the Audi torium where he was camp ed. He had been here since Wednesday. having been attracted here bg the reunion. The diseov- err et the body was through Fred Haxton, son . :. N Haxton. who lives near. and who went over to see about one Of the horses which had broken loose from his hitehing place. When near the hack Fred was greeted with an offensive odor which told him something was wrong. and re- turning notified his father. who went out and made an examination, finding the dead body of Mir Axtei who appeared as ii he had disrobed for retiring.
 No one knew the name of the deceased. and in the absence of any testimony bearing on the death d jury was summoned to make all inquiry. with Justice of Peace Willard Berry acting as coroner. The jury consisted of J. J. Long tore- naa J. E. Rose clerk. K. L. Atwood. Bob Beas- ley. r. N. PIummer. Wyiie Jones, J. ". Phillips. E. L. Fink, T. R Lane ChaS Henson Lafe = J. the personal effects Of the deceased disclosed his identity and his place of residence. and also that his wife resided at La Harpe. II was also brought out that tfe last seen of Nr. AxteIl was between l2 and o'clock Saturday morning when he ap preached night policeman Prank koerirg on the ground n search o dzzaz. .. water. AIr. koering assisted inn in locating the spring, and il supposed that soon thereafter he returned to his hack and drawing tae curtains. retired dying s9on thereafter H4 complained . Mr. Koeriag q ssasiHe ii and Nr. kasz=as testified that hs was apparent ea.te nervous. Tfe sam . s7fe.s0 veFe found n his e#ests The verdict . the eezaaerz fary was that deceased came te ais death rom Same unknown 5aHse.
 TefegramS were forwarded to Kausas notifying tae fanzT .. the deceased a= ii, death. aid ak ias toe information as . .s.4at disposition should be made q the remains. Notreeeiqing aaf reply, aaa [ being impossible Q 4old the bodf longer. thr remains were inferred n Bluff Cemetery san- da9 night. \ telegram Was received Monday morning. having beea dzzaHsd as a result . the tsIs9rap5sz'. striks, requesting that tas bod4 De enba med and shipped to La Harpe. Kansas. This. oa course, impossible and the faa1i.q of the deceased were so notified.
 Wednesday morning W. e Wallis brother in-laa# os the deceased. C. E. II. Bowlbg, another brothe7-i7..a*. Jack BsVers 9ou-in-a2. and Jas Miner. aa undertaken. al ot La Harpe. Kansas. arrived and had the resla.a> taken up and shipped to Kansas to De buried ia the Cemetery Il Colony. From these gentlemen t vas learned that HIr Aztcil dad been n ii health for some time. being afflicted | thought. pe5t cancer ct the stomach and had been travelling around over he country for some time with phoaograph and moving picture show iu the hope of reganing his health. Two weeks ago he was at the reunion at Sulphur Springs, coming from there here. A few weeks ago he gave an entertainment in the opera house in Sprngdale, his advertising carrying the name of .Enterprise Amusement Co.,
 Deceased formerly resided at Colony, Kansas where he disposed of lucrative hardware and furniture business m order to 20 on the road for his health. He was also at one time resident Of lola, Kansas. and for five years served on the police force Of that eit5. He was member of the \ Q. [. W. the AIaeabees and tile Tripple Tie fraternties, and carried insurance in these organizations to the amount of S5,00o.
 MT. Axtells wife. and daughter Mrs. Bevers reside at La Harpe. h conversation with The News Mir. Wallis stated that Mrs. Axtell re- ccived d letter from her husband Sunday about the same time the telegram reached them motif ying them of his death. The letter was written m Springdale r Friday afternoon by Mr. Axtel an in this he complained of being III. Mrs Axteii was making arrangements to join