The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-09-03
James Van Wagenen, New
York Lawyer, Died at
Heaton Hospital
JOKED WITH NURSES 2
HOURS BEFORE DEATH
Apparently Man Injured at
East Montpelier Was
Doing Well

James Van Wagenen, New York law
yer, who was injured when Mrs. w. g,
Ross automobile went off the bank be-
tween East Montpelier and Montpelier
Friday afternoon, killing the chauffeur,
James Genereau, almost instantly, died
this forenoon at Heaton hospital in
Montpelier after apparently making
some progress toward recovery. Sew
eral ribs were broken in the accident
and it was feared then that internal
injuries were sustained. as the patient
coughed up considerable blood during
Friday night.
However, those fears were somewhat
dssipated as the days passed without
serious change for the worse, and this
morning Mr.. Van Wagenen appeared to
be in fairly comfortable condition. In
fact. he took nourishment at o'clock
ard ioked with the nurses for time.
Twenty minutes later his condition took
a sharp turn for the worse, and at D
O'Clock he passed away.
Mrs. Van Wagenen is still in Mont
pelier. She was in the accident but es-
capped serious injury Mrs. w. G. Ross
of Woodlands, p. O., a suburb of Mont
real, whose guests the Van Wagenens
were at the time of the accident, re-
mains in the hospital in serious con
dition as the result OF injuries sus
tanned when her Cadillac ear rolled off
the low bank just south Of East Mont
pelier village. One ankle was sprained
and one hip was also fractured, and in
addition, she gave symptoms OF inter-
nal injuries last Friday night which Mr..
Van Wagenen showed. Miss Alice Ross,
daughter OF Mrs. Ross, was slightly in
jured in the accident.
Miss Ross has already returned to her
home in Woodlands, and her father, who
Is commissioner of harbors in Montreal,
is in Montpelier pending the removal OF
his wife to Montreal.
The body of Mr.. Van Wagenen was
removed from the hospital 10 the home
of l.. d. Taft this noon and later was
prepared for shipment to New York City
tomorrow. word having been received
from his brother, DIR. e. d. Van Wag
enen, that he would arrive in Montpelier
ready to leave at noon with the remains.
MRS. 1ait , aHtuHlOblle was useu W re-
move the injured man from the scene OF
the accident to the hospital last Friday
and Mrs. Taft has felt much interested
in the case; hence, the removal of the
body to her home.
Mr. Van Wagenen came from an old
Dutch family in New York and he was
engaged in legal practice in the New
York financial district. His home was
On Riverside Drive. He was 81 years
Of age and leaves, besides his wife, his
mother, who is 81 years old, and the
brother above mentioned.
Doctors who were summoned in the
,ase stated to-day that Mr.. Van Wag
anen was getting along finely as far
IS his known injuries were concerned,
md they were inclined to think that
leath was caused by CLOTHING of the
blood about the heart. The patient had
sent kilograms to New York friends last
light, giving hopeful information about |
his condition and had received eongratu |
atory messages in reply. This morning
he was talking with his wife and the
nurses when he suddenly exclaimed that
he was feeling queerly. From that time
he sank rapidly till his death.