Arizona republican., 1908-06-05
ACIOR-PLAYWRlGflI
 BURIED IN CHICAGO
Ernest lamson Who Died in St. Louis Is Mourned by Many Phoenix People Who kne" Him Well.

Concerning the late Ernest Lamson, well known in this city, and who died recently in St. Louis, the St. Louis Globe Democrat of June l prints the following biographical sketch:
 ~The body of Ernest Lamson. a we'll known actor author, who died at the Centenary Hospital at Garrison and Lawton avenues, Saturday afternoon will be shipped to Chicago for burial today. Death was due to typhoid pneu- monia, which it is said to have con tracted while playing in Pittsburg with the Travelling Salesman company. That was early in April, and, although he was i'll, he continued with the com pany. BE-
 When the show opened in St. Louis the first week of May Lamson, who had a leading role, insisted on playing. He appeared once, but was unable to continue. He was removed to the hos pital on May ,.
 When the actor died his two broth CTS were at his side, and will go with the body to Chicago. They are Frank G. Lamson of Waukegan, H., and E. NJ Lamson of Phoenix Ariz. Mrs. Jane Lamson, the mother. who is S3 years old, also lives in Phoenix. She wired yesterday that the body be shipped to Chicago for burial instead of to the Arizona town, where her hus- band is buried. Lamson was on the stage about twenty years. He began his career in Chicago when a clerk in the post office there. He travelled the country from end to end on five diff ferent occasions. He was unmarried.
 ''Lamson was born in Illinois. He began his professional career in 1899 with Walker Whiteside, playing com edy and character parts. The next two seasons he appeared in Edgewood Folks. He next supported James A. Hearne and Stuart Robson, and played several seasons in stock companies, making successes as Capt. Merri- wether' in The Lottery of Love, .Spet- tigue" in Charley's Aunt, ''Dabney" in All the Comforts of Home; "Kershaw' in Jane and "Knowlton" in The Lost Paradise. The season of 1S99-1900 he created the eccentric juvenile part of Lem Warrington" in David K. Hig- gins comedy Darius Green, later call ed Up York State. He was "Lonny Bowles' in Caleb West and was with David Higgins in At Piney Ridge. He then originated the part of Lem Dun bar in Arthur Sigman's York State Folks He then became a star and toured the country successfully in country comedy drama Young TObe HoNie of which he was the author. In the season of 190j-06 he was the Dave Lacey of Paul Armstrong's The Heir to the .Hoorab, He was the author of several plays, including Found in the Rockies and A Romance of Bright An gel Trail"
 hErnest I,anson was a frequent wis itot to PhqenfY during his sumnier val cations betWeen.. -tlicatrical seasoris, coming chiefly, in the first place to yisit his brothsra ,E. NJ. Lamson, and o4her relatives here. on one of his early visits many years ago. long be- fore thp ultimate prosperity of this assureti by the government storaae,r pBojeot,.. he. he'd beeefn e,-im- ,. presked with the wonderful resources of this section and invested quite heav- fly hn farnhnE land, being 1pnese of the most optimistic non-residerit property ownsrs. Through the subsequent dry yeafs he never lost faith and was among the first to endorse the move meft for the certain irrigation of the valley lands, perCeiving al that early daN-- the certain result of ran- assured water supply. In later years his visits were partly 10 look after his invest pepts and partly 6f. a social ard out ing~nature. Last summer was spent at Iron Springs In the course of these visits he made the acquaintance of many people who begin to consider him as one of the home people even though he was here but q small part of the time and who gloried in his stage sue cesses as they would in the achieve ments of any well known member of the community. Personally he was a man of most estimable character, modest and unassuming. congenial and warm hearted There are scores here who will mourn his death as the un- timely ending of a career that prom