The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1914-09-02
He DIED A MARTYRS DEATH
DIR. Il. +. Richardson Gave Up His
Life in the Line of Duty. We
Lost Good Citizen.


erinarian under both the Dickerson
and Oddie state administrations,
pioneer of the Goldfeld early min
ing camp conditions and Demo-
cratic politician of recognized worth.
and of sterling personal qualities.
passed away at his home on the
farm south of town at eight o'clock
Friday evening. His death result
ed from a poisoned system, the spe-
cific cause being an infection incur
red by the deceased in handling a
carcass of a COW that had died of
anthrax. So yirulent was the poison
that though the infection first made
its appearance on Tuesday of last
week, it required only until Friday
evening to induce a horrible death.
The suffering of the unfortunate
man in the interim was of the most
excruciating kind and though every
thing known to medical science was
done to alleviate and correct a most
unusual physical condition, death
came as a welcome relief to suf-
fering
Owing TO the nature of the dis
order responsible for death, the re-
mains were taken to the Fallon Gem
etery Saturday afternoon dire
from the home in the Island district
and were committed to the grave
after simple services at the grave
side. which we're conducted by Rev.
J. NJ Wilson, the local Methodist
pastor Conspicuous at the ceme-
terry we're the local comrads of the
spanish-American war organization,
who honor and revere the memory
Of the deceased as a brave and man
ly man, who gave up his life un-
finchingly In the line of duty for
the state of Nevada, just as he
would have done had fate decreed
that it should have been the PEN
atty for his loyalty to the stars and
stripes in 1898.
Together with the widow and
their son Jack, 10 years of age, d
ceased located in this valley in 1909,
spending the first year in Fallon.
during which he was active in the
performance of his duties as state
veterinarian. They then moved to
the farm in the Island district which
they purchased in raw state,
where the succeeding years were
spent profitably and industriously,
their combined work sufficing to
create a home of which anyone
might well be proud.
That death interyened to forbid
the enjoyment by the deceased of
the fruits of his own handiwork Is
best aseribed as an irony of fate,
whose workings no man can con-
template for it is beyond the ken of
mortal apprehension.
The deceased was born in Dalton,
Mass, about 80 years ago Reared
in New York City. he was essential
ly a self made young man. At an
early age he enlisted in the navy of
this country and during the course
of his apprenticeship circled the
globe three times. He retired at
the expiration of his enlistment to
accept a position in the New York
City post office, where he served in
various clerical capacities for a
period of six years. At the out
break of the Spanish-American war
+ he enlisted again in the navy and
was assigned to the st. Paul, Ad-
miral Sigsbee's flagship, where ii
fell to his lot to publish the first
newspaper issued by the navy. He
was a first-class yeoman, and was
possessed of three honorable dis
charges from the government es-
] adjustments; two from the navy
and one from the army.
Together with Mrs. Richardson
and their small son Jack, the de-
ceased moved to Goldfield from
Idaho in 1907, where the vieissi-
tudes of mining camp pioneering
were passed through. From thai
point they came to Fallon
The deceased was a member oi
the Goldfeld lodge of Elks. He
carried life insurance in the sum
of $4,000 which will be paid his
widow. His benefciaries will also
receive the additional sum of $4,000
from the states industrial insurance
fund, he being in the employ OF the
state at the time of death at the
special instance of the governor,
who by a special proclamation re-
Gently appointed the deceased to the
position of special quarantine Of
ficer for this county. The COVER