The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-06-27
". X. MCDONALD
Wen Known Former ocaIa Citizen
Found Dead in His Office in
Jacksonville
lTimes-Union. 21thl

Stretched across table, the dead
body of w. K. Mcdonald. 1882 Lib
erty street, a well known resident of
this city. was found in his Office, No.
IA Park building, at 8:45 O'Clock
last night The door of the Office
was securely locked from the inside
and it was necessary to break the
lock to enter the place. 1t is believ-.
ed, however, that Mr.. Mcdonald died
Of natural causes.
Only a short time before his dead
body was found he had telephoned
his wife that he would leave his place
of business in a few minutes to go
home to supper
Some time elapsed and Mr.. McDon-
laid did not go home as he had prom
ised, and no response came from re-
lpeated telephone calls to the office.
Mrs. Mcdonald became uneasy and
sent her son to find out why her hus-
band had not come home.
The young man found the door of
his fathers office locked and notified
the police that he feared some injury
had befallen his parent.
Accordingly, Detectives w. B. Ca
boon and Officers William McCarrel
and William Arnold went at once to
the Park building and forced the door
of the office open and found the dead
body across the table.
/ 1t was at first believed by the Of
Ulcers that Mr.. Mcdonald had been
i murdered, but the fact that the door
was securely fastened from the inside
4 dispelled this belief. The Office win
dows, also, had been pulled down and
were locked.
i DIR. T. G. Simmons was summoned
and after an examination said. Mr..
Mcdonald had been dead some little
time, but expressed a doubt as to the
tcause of his death. The theory of
lsuicide was then advanced, but a
search OF the Office failed to reveal
Eany vessel which could have contain
lied poison. Neither was there any
, wound or other marks upon the body
Friends of the family stated that
Mr.. Mcdonald had been in i'll health
lately and explained that there was
mo doubt but that the deceased had
: expired of apoplexy after closing his
) office windows to go to his home
; However, it is said that Justice e. e
r Willard will hold coroner's inquest
i over the body today
81 " X Mcdonald is said to have
t been about so years of age. He was
of the Mcdonald Printing
4 Company and had been a resident o.
} this city for number Of years. He
t had hundreds of friends here who vii
t be grieved to hear of his death.
4 Mr. Mcdonald was well known il
, Ocala, where he lived a number o.
: years He was clever and popular
gentleman, and his friends here
greatly regret to hear of his suddef
death.
Fl Mr.. Mcdonald was a brother O.
Mrs. Frank E. Harris of this
city. He was for a number of year:
5 business manager of the Banner
. was for time editor of the Dails
Capitol, and before that was con
2 nected with the old Free Press. Mrs
Harris went to Jacksonville thi
: morning, to attend the funeral
which will be held this afternoon.
}. All the people on the Star were
fwell acquainted with Mr.. Mcdonald
and they do not think there is any
: thing in the suicide theory. Mr.
: Mcdonald was cheerful and cour
! ageous man and q hard worker. He
had been in i'll health of late, and III
from an operation only a few weeks
How he might have been at work
and prepared to leave for home, ant
q then turned back to attend to som,
s little matter, are things that ever!
. old printer can understand.