Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-05
JOHN MU|R'S SON
DIES IN POVERTY
NO FRIENDS To.ARRANGE FOR
FUNERAL
Tragic Death Of Son Of Former Gen.
eral Manager Of Pacific Electric
Recalls Mothers sensa-
tional Marriage

Lying unclaimed on n slab at the nm
uertaking parlors OF Robert Sharp ia
the body of young man who permit-
.ou urink TO secure the better Of him
Deoause or the fact that his widowed
'no'ner married man who was Young
enough to be her own son
D"Niu w. Muir, son OF John A. Muir
the ~ tne pest known railroad men In
.ne onlteu states, and at the tima of
his death general manager ~ 49,, ~. VI
enc hiectric company, yesterday died
at tne county hospital OF an affeotior
OF the heart, due to alcoholism.
Today 1t Is expected that his bodv
VIII be taken to the potter's field and
there, without the offices of a minister
OF the gospel or the presence of rela-
grave.
No word has been received by the
hospital authorities from the Young
mans mother. the wife of a man whose
age Is about the same as that of the
dead son and who was his chum previ-
GUS to the ceremony which made Mrs.
Muir the bride of p. j. Sepulveda and II
is not expected that she will appear to
claim the body of her son and follow
1t to decent burial.
Mothers Marriage Sensational
Mother and son were estranged bv
the marriage of the former to the ch,Im
of the latter, and soon after the event
the son began debauch which con-
tinued practically increasingly until two
days ago, when, a physical wreck. he
was taken to the county hospital. where
he soon succumbed to the malady
brought on by the excessive use of
stimuants.
Owing to the prominence of Mr.. Muir.
the marriage of his widow a few
months after his death, caused a de-
cided sensation in Southern California.
At the time of her wedding Mrs.
Muir was living in a beautiful home in
Long Beach and which was the scene
of tragic event as n result of the
wedding.
p. j. Sepulveda, whom Mrs Muir
married, had been companion of
young Muir, who vigorously resented
the action of his mother In marrying
Sepulveda, principally because of the
disparity in their ages.
Young Muir went to his home after
the wedding, and after creating a dis
turbance. during which the interior of
the house was badly wrecked, he at
tempted to shoot Sepulveda. For this
he was arrested and placed under bonds
to keep the peace.
Interest in the affair continued for
some time. but finally it died out. only
to be revived several months later by
the arrest of Sepulveda on the charge
of forging his wife's name to a check
for 5000.
Husband Held for Forgery
| This amount he secured at q Long
Beach bank, but he made the claim that
his wife had given her consent to the
signing of her name by him. Neverthe-
less he was held in $500 bail to the SUI
perior court, but the case never came
to trial.
After this incident the affairs of Mr..
and Mrs. Sepuveda and young Muir
were forgotten except by few of their
former close friends, and they practic-
ally dropped from sight.
Young Muir was a favorite among a
large circle of acquaintances when his
father was alive and up to the time of
his mothers wedding to Sepulveda, but
his actions following that event caused
him to lose practically all of his old
time friends: but nevertheless many
expressions of regret over his death
We're heard last night when the news
of his demise was sent from the county
| hospital.