Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-06-25
WALTER BURRIDGE
NOTED ARTIST IS
DEAD HERE
Attack Of Acute Indigestion
Causes Heart Failure and
Widely Known Man Passes
Away While Sleeping.

resident OF HF0uhitni y. r. one %
Americas greatest and beat knows
landscape painters, passed ava,
lH his ro0tn at the Alvafads
hotel some time Yesterday Afternoon
or evening. the end coming following
an attack Of acute INDIGESTION. which
caused a formation Of aas on IA,
stomach and resultant prensur,
against the heart. Death came ap.
parently without a struggle while Mr.
Burrldge was IN peaceful sleep. Hs
had evidently been dead several hours
when the fact that he had passed
away was discovered.
3 Accompanied by w ~ sesser.
manager OF santa he EXHIBITS. OF san
Francisco. Cat. Mr. Burridge arrived
la Albuquerque yesterday morning al
o'clock, MIR. scissor and MT. Bur-
ridge had spent two months al the
Grand Canyon OF the Colorado In Art
zona arranging for the reproduction
% the Grand Canyon at thu Panama
Pacifc exposition Ia San Francisco
In 1915. For two months Mr. Sesser
and MIR. Burridge had rouahed Il to-
gether at the Grand Canyon. travel-
ing al over the country. down trails
and over hills, Mr.. Burrldge appar-
emily was In the best OF health, ex~
cepting slight attacks of indigestion.
which were not considered al al
serious either by Mr.. Burridge or any
OF his friends
The events leading up 20 Mr.. Bur
ridges death are perhaps best de-
scribed In MIR. SCISSORS own words
statement given out today by Mr..
SCISSOR Is as follows;
MIR Burrldge WAS one of the
artists who had been at the Grand
Canyon making studies for the pre-
liminary work OF the Canyon repro
duction 10 be made ia San Francisco
during the exposition. Mr.. Burridge
and myself had been at the Canyon
two months. during May aud June
and had completed our work We
had shipped our canvasses and draw
ings. color keys and dimensions data
to San Francisco and were planning
10 leave for the Indian pueblos near
Albuquerque. the idea being to gather
data which would enable US TO repro
duce Indian pueblos az the Grand
Canyon and elsewhere. Mr. Herman
schwcizer Of the Harvey company
was To have accompanied us. Mr.
Burrldge had been suffering from in.
digestion for two weeks or more. The
attack was considered slight and not
In any way serious. Together we left
the Canyon on Monday and spent the
day nc Williams Mr. Burridge was
feeling splendidly at williams. better
than he had felt for two weeks. At
Williams he ate heartily nc luncheon
and al dinner. Tuesday morning
We arrived In Albuquerque. Mr.. Bur-
ridge complained OF having spent
bad night on the train. suffering from
indigestion. Upon our arrival here
he drank some warm water at the
AlVarado hotel lunch counter. Mr.
Burrldge feeling no relief. insisted
that he go 10 bed al the Alyarado. A
physician was called and arrived
within thirty minutes. The physician
examined MIR. Burridge Thoroughly
He pronounced the indispositiOn
acute indigestion and gave the opln-
Ion that the patient would be well
enough TO travel 20 the Indian Wiz
lagos within day or two. Follow
Ing Instructions Of the physician. ]
placed hot applications on Mr.. Bur.
ridges chest and gave him medicine
that was left for him. Al 1850 the
physician called again and l discon-
unued the hot applications. Mr.. Bur.
ridge expressed a wish that he should
be permitted TO rest. The physician
and myself covered him Up comfort
ably In bed and told him We would
leave him. II WIS i2;3O afternoon
when We left his room. | went back
an hour later. Mr.. Burridge was in
bed. just as We left him. apparently
sleeping quietly. ! went back again
al 2i30. ME- Burrldge was stlll IN
the same position and still apparently
sleeping. The physician called at
$3.50. Mr.. Burrldge was apparently
sleeping quietly and he did not dis
turb him. ! went In his room al
O'Clock He had not changed his po-
sltion, apparently. and ! WAS strange
~ Impressed on this Visit, although
presumed that Mr Burridge had
dropped into "a Found sleep. called
az the room again at 6 o'clock ana
found Mr. Burrldge still apparently
asleep, Relieving Il best not 20 dis
turb him. | took dianor ana went FOR
walk. The physician called Al q
o'clock and found that MIR. Bmrrldgc
had passed away He had apparently
been dead three OF four hours. There
were no indications of pain or strug-
sic Mr.. BprridEe had evidently
quietly passed out in his sleep /
WAS notified soon after Il was discov-
cred that MIR Burridge was dead =
was terribly shocked and az first re-
fused "a believe It possible. knowlng
OF the apparently splendid health that
MI Burrldge had enjoyed during the
two months spent together az the
Canyon"
a Gicat Artist.
walter hurrldgc as he Was Ia.
mlllnrly known, was one OF the most
noted landscape artists In America.
lie was a man OF exceptional ability
anu painted nature truthfully ns he
saw Il, lie WAS "a most cstimablu
man IN many ways. lie was kind and
gentle an intonsc lover OF children.
OF flowers, OF everything that was
true and beautiful Tie loved nature
IN ~ every phase and was fond Of
peopic--and especially fond of the
poor, no one knowing the extent Of
MS charity illa pictures were ex-
hiblted AZ important exhibitions Ia