The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1912-11-16
CAPTAIN BENNETT DEAD
Body Was.Found Along the Pike River Al
kenosha Death Due TO Heart Failure.

Body Was:F ound Along the Pike River a,
kenosha Death Due 10 Heart Failure
The disappearance Of Captain $. G..
Bennett, mentioned in last weeks is
sue, was of far more serious nature
than was at first supposed The body
of Captain Bennett was found along
the bank of the Pike river. AT the foot
OF chute used for loading ice into an
ice house that stood close by.
The body was found by duck hunt
er who happened upon il and who i'm
mediately reported the find. The first
superstition was that the death was due
to suicide but later developments 90 to
show that heart failure was the cause
and the coroner's jury which listened
TO the testimony OF the physicians in
the case returned verdict 90 that
effect.
The following account OF the iury
finding is taken from Kenosha paper
The coroner's jury called Co investi =
gate the death of Capt. Bennett return.
ed a verdict late Saturday night lind.
ing that the deceased had come 20 mis-
death from natural causes. The
verdict followed the testimony of Doc
tors George e. Thompson and C. r.
Caughey who performed a post mortein
examination on the body. This show
ed that there was scarcely any water
IN the lungs Of the deceased and that
the condition of the heart indicated
clearly that Captain Bennett had died
from organic heart disease.
The conditions surrounding the body
seemed TO strongly indicate that Cap
tain Bennett had either fallen or had
Jumped into the shallow water of the
river but the physicians gave IL as
their opinion that he had been stricken
with heart disease while wandering
along the river and that he had then
fallen forward on his face into the
shallow water and that the struggle in
the last few seconds of life mad made
1t possible for a small amount of water
TO get into the lungs. The inquest and
post mortem were held at the sugges-
tions of the relatives ct Captain Ben
nett. The most pertinent suggestion
of suicide was the fact that the can
which had been worn by the old man
wac found hanging to post some dis
tance from the river but the Jury de-
cided that IL was probable tnat the cap
had been picked up bv some person
walking along the river who had failed
to discover the body.
Captain Bennett was pioneer resi-
dent OF Crystal Falls and was closely
Unidentified with its early history. He
was born in st. Ives. Cornwall. Eng
land, 0S years ago and early took TO the
miner = occupation which be followed
steadily until he retired from active
work several years ago
After coming to America ne located
first on the Marquette range. following
his occupation as miner At Negaunee
he was well known in the early days
as one Of the best miners Of the dis
trict.
From that city he came 10 Iron
county TO take charge of the Delphic
mine in Mastodon township and after
that property played out he went TO
the Dunn mine which WAS then Just
opening up. AT the Dunn he made an
excellent record as miner and re
manned in charge until the property
came into the possession of Corrigan-
Mckinney q Co. when he took entire
charge of the properties of that com
pany in this district, position he re.
tained for many years He was later
on in charge of the Oliver properties
in This district.
The death OF his wife, four years
ago, was "A great shock 20 hlm and his
health has been gradually failing since
that time. During the summer be de
cided 10 visit his old home in England.
He was gone several months and npon
his return complained OF his health
He finally decided 20 20 to the sanitar.
ium at Kenosha and had been there
about two weeks when death came.
He is survived by four daughters.
Mrs Edwin Jacka. Mrs John Ham.
Mrs. Il. !. Oswald and Mrs. f. p.
Noyes all OF this city.
The funeral was held ON Tuesday.
and was in charge of Crystal Falls
Lodge r. * A. NJ Of which he was
one Of the oldest members.
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