Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-02-02
erover Flint, Writer, Artist and
Ex.so|dier, Answers Last Call
al Coferton Hotel.
MAO LIVED N CITY OVER A YEAR
Leading a Quiet. Irregular Lite, ms
Remarkable Character was sraet''
calIy unknown Except Among
Small, coterie Of Cor9enial Spirits
with Whom he Associated.

Grover Flint, writer. artist. "orlu
wide traveller. former war corEespoh'
dent and one time officer III VIZ
United States army, dropped ueau
Sunday afternoon in Il hallway u the
Coferton toyel when the boly was
found about ) o'clock life apparently
had been extinct half an hour or
more DR.. b. X. Gary. the coroner.
was notified. and after making All
inves,iga ion he deemed l.iat an III
quest was unnecessary.
Though Flint had lived here fifteen
months. he was practically unknown
In the CITY except around the Coter'
ton and among few cOngcnial 80
Aemians OF whom he had made intl-
mates. Going his way quietly. TINS
unusual character seemed to have no
object In Ike other than to buy Scmr'
thing good TO eat ami drink for NM
self and his companions with IN"
monthly rcmittances that came from
Cambridge, Mass In Cambridg"
live his widow and children. ana
there and elsewhere in Massachusetts,.
it Is said, he owned property OF con
siderable value.
A Man With . History.
According TO his story. as he let
bits Of 1t drop from time to time dur
ing the months he lived here. Flint
was q native OF Boston, a member OF
q wealthy and prominent family. anu
q graduate Of Yale University. Soon
after leaving college he became a
newspaper reporter, and later he
wrote many stories fer magazines.
During his early manhood he travel
cd all over the world. enjoying HIM
SELF and making friends in almost
every cline. He was married early
In life and one of his surviving chill,
dren is a grown son.
During the Spanish-Amertcan war
Flint served in Cuba rs a war CORES.
pendent CT the New York American,
and his only literary effort Ct any
length Ia believed to have been his
story of the war in Cuba. called With
Gomez in Cuba.
just when he served in the army
is not known here. hut il Is supposed
that he entered the service while the
SPANS American war was in prog
rsss II is known that he was a
lieutenant and fought In the Philip
pines Tor SOME time. He was about
45 years old at the time Of his death.
Wouldn't Return Home.
Coming here for no especial pur'
pose a year ago last September. Flint
took up his residence al the Coferton
hoiel. and there he remained until
the hour OF his death. He led an
aimless irregular existence. coming
and going as he chose. but troubling
no one. and Mr.. r. r. Cofer. proprietor
Of the Coter; on. had long regarded II
as one Of his duties that no on"
troubled Flint.
Severa! times during the rasi year
F1int's family erdeayOred to induce
him 20 return home. Once or twice
4 lawyer came TO see him. and ono,
his wife. who is said 10 have been
reserved. handsomely dressed wo
man. spent a day here. TIL visits
Of the lawyer and OF the wife were
in vain. for Flint refused to return
home and continued to live here n
usual.
Clever With the Pencil.
An entertaining talk"r AMI Trmarka
bly, well informed. Film was a genius
With pencil ami frequently startled
some new found friend by making
wonderful sketches in black and white
Of any scene thai happened % be
before him
q SUNDAY morning Flint WIS III an
DR.. W. r. Cooper was Cail,d to a;
tend him. Tho doctor found him
suffering from hear trouble. brought
on BY drinking.
At noon and later the ma apparent
y Was not IN serious CONDITION auc
his friends IN the hotel wcr. -hockc'
apG surprised when his EfelesS bOI,
was discovered in the hail near tn.
door Of his room in the aficrn n.
Before deciding that an inqucsr "a
no, necessary Coroner Gar consult