Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-02-19
DEATH Of JOSE
LEON NADR|L
Expires From At
tack of Bright's
Disease
Well Known Merchant and
Sheepman. Member of
County Board.

| Brght's disease resulted in tht
death at 1875 o'clock this morning
of Jose Leon Madril, we'll known
merchant and sheep raiser of Calls
teo, who was also member of the
Board Of County commissioners O
Santa Fe county. He passed away il
this city at 210 Water street where
he had made his home while in Sar 70
Fe. His death was very sudden He
had been confined to his bed only
| ten days
The deceased was one Of the besI
known Spanish-American citizens o1
Santa Fe county. He was about fifty
four years old and was born at Calls
teo, where he had spent practically his
entire life time. Early in life he en-
gagged in the sheep raising business
land later opened general retail store.
He was still In business when he died
His business ventures were success.
full and he had acquired competence.
Controversy Over Office fastened
Death It Is Believed.
In November, 1906, Mr.. Madril was
|elected on the Republican ticket as a
member of the Board Of County Com
|mlssoners, representing the second
district. He was holding this position
at the time OF his death, although a
flew weeks ago was declared ineligible
to the Office by decree Of the district
court, but death interviewed before the
Judgment of custer became operative.
The suit instituted to oust Mr..
Madril from the Office to which he
was elected by handsome majority
had caused the deceased much mental
worry and trouble, and the excite
ment and the sense of injury under
which he labored had evidently weak
ened his mental and bodily vigor, al
though his many friends in the coun
| ty especially In this city and at Calls
teo assured him that he had theil
sympathy and they believed the case
was instituted not for honorable OF
public spirited motives, but for dirty
politics and personal vindictiveness
He was assured that the offense he
committed as boy had long ago been
forgotten and condoned, and his
record as man, citizen and an Off.
cial met with their approval. Never
theless several times he admitted to
close friends that the affair worried
him very much and he felt badly
over it, fact which it is believed
served to hasten his death.
Surrounded BY Members Of Family
When He Died.
The news of Mr.. Madrils demise
will be painful surprise to his many
friends throughout the county, as it
was not generally known that he was
even sick. let alone lying al
the point of death for over a week
/, All Of the members Of his family and
a few of the more intimate friends
were at his bedside when the end
came. He was conscious almost to the
last.
Surviving of the family are his
widow, Mrs. Casimira Roybal de Mad.
ril, two sons, Cristobal Madrll and
Jose Leon Madril, Jr., and three
daughters, Mrs. Prudencio Sandoval
and Misses Sara Madril and Catalina
Madril, all of Galisteo. Three sisters,
two brothers and several grand-chil.
dren also survive him. The brothers
are Juan Madril of Gallsteo and Man
uel Madril of Duran and the sisters
are Mrs. Eplmenia Flores de Madril,
Mrs. Placida Anaya de Madril and Mrs.
Piedad Madril, of Galisteo.
Funeral Services to Be Held at
0aIIsteo.
The funeral will take place Satur-
day morning from the family home at
Galisteo, following requiem mass at
the Catholic chapel there. The body
was removed shortly after death to
the undertaking establishment Of the
Wagner Furniture company, where 1t
was embalmed and prepared for buri-
al. Late this afternoon the remains
were taken overland in carriage TO
Gallsteo, the members Of the family
going thither by train.
Among the friends at his bedside
when he died were Jose Ortiz Pine,
Pedro Ortiz Pine, Donaciano Angel
and Juan N. Sandoval, all of Galisteo.
OHIO RIVER REACHES
DANGER LINE or so FEET