Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-07-13
JOHN MEADER.

JOHN MEADER.
The sudden death Of John Afeader
formerly Of Delaware, occurred a
Beaver Park in Cedar Rapids on
Tuesday. Jaaly s, 1910, caused mon
heart trouble. The remains were
brought TO Delaware Thursday morn
ing where interment was made IL
the cemetery at that place. A mann
Der from Manchester were In attend
ance at the funeral. The following
ds taken crom the Cedar Rapids Ca
zette regarding the death OF the de
ceased:
John w. Meader, about thirty
eight years Of age, residing at 20i
South Third street, west, and well
known and popular employe Of the
Churchill Drug company, was found
In dying condition on one Of the
rustic benches In Bever park by
Park Superintendent Samuel Wood al
9:15 this morning. Coroner King wal
notified Immediately and a search OF
the mans clothing failed to reveal a
scrap OF writdng OF amy kind and alb.
solutely nothing to reveal the identity
OF the deceased, and 1t was several
hours before 1t was known that It
was known that It was Mr.. Meader.
All the circumstances and the condi-
ton Of the body point to heart failure
as the cause.
Park Superintendent Wood noticed
the man walk through the south en-
trance to the park about 9 o'clock
this mornang, and went down one Of
the paths toward the spring house.
He appeared to be perfectly we'll at
that time. although the superintend-
ent noticed that he sat down on one
oe the benches Tor a moment or two.
and then arose and went on through
the park. About fifteen minutes latel
he superintendent happened to pass
one OF the rustic benches near the
vine covered spring house. and direct
" opposite the sand heap used as a
playground by the children, when he
heard sound as of some one chok
ing. CHANGING around he saw the
man sitting on the bench with his
head thrown back. and although Mr..
Wood ran to him as quickly as he
could the man was dead when he
reached him.
Every effort was made by the cor
oner to discover some clue that would
lead to the identity of the dead man.
but at first without result. There
were no papers, memorandum books,
nor anything Of the kind in his pock-
cts, the only article found being a
gold watch, small amount Of change
q pocket knife and plain gold band
ring which he wore on the ring finger
Of the lett hand. The remains were
taken to the Beatty undertaking
rooms. and the efforts to identify the
man were carried on by Coroner KIM
and Detective McKernan.s &
H Mr.. Mcskesnan, witass the numbers
in Mr.. Meaders watch as the only
clue from which to obtain knowledge
Of the dead mans identity. went to
the jewelry stores. The watch had
been left for repairs by ]. W. Meader.
Returning to Beattyis, MIR. McKernan
mentioned the mans name as John
w. Meader. A glance at the city d.
rectory and immediate communication
with the Churchill Drug company es-
tahlished the fact that the deceased
was Mr.. Meader, Messrs. Kinyon and
Junkerman coming at once to the un-
dertaking establishment and identity.
ing the body
Mr.. Meader had charge of the ship
ping department at the Churchill
Drug company, and was having new
home built short distance west Of
Bever park. He was in the habit Of
reaching his work at the drug COM
pany very early In the morning, and
after getting the work started nice
". would usually go out to see how
the workmen were progressing with
his new home. He was missed from
the drug company about S:15 this
morning, and 1t Is presumed that he
went out to his new home, and feel.
ing Ill had walked over into the park
to rest for time, and the attack oi
heart failure seized him as soon az
he sat down.
"Mr. Meader had not complained oi
feeling LII this morning, but he was
at times subject to very severe head
achea He had host of friends ID
the city, particularly on the west sid,
and was popular member Of Tri
nifty Methodist Episcopal church. H,
was highly respected by his employe,
and all his associates. Az frien,
and neighbor, there could be none be
ter. Mr.. Meader Is survived by |
wife and son who were told of tht
tragic affair at noon, and It Is need
less to state were rendered franti
with grief. Funeral announcemeu
will be made later"
SOME REALTY CHANGES.