The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-05-02
Death of Capt. Rob-
ert G. Dill

Capt. Rober, G. Dill, one or the old
est ana best known newspaper men III
Colorado. died Thur night at MS home,
1913 south York street, from compl-
cation OF diseases incident to typhoid
attack two years ago He would nave
attained his seventy fourth year on
next June y.
Reared in New Haven, Conn. by an
aunt. after tn death Of his parents
Captain Din learned the printers trade
in that city and Hartford, after having
been graduated from Russells Military
academy Of New Haven. Shortly be-
fore the opening of the Civil war he
was. with the other union printers, sent
to The South 10 man the composing
rooms OF several papers. Feeling was
running high and the Northerners were
so inclined to be outspoken IN their
views of the threatened cesession that
,hey were driven back 10 the North.
MIR. Dill found employment In the
fee OF the PIttsourg Dispatch and was
at MS ease when the nring on Fort Stump
ter began. He dropped his stick and
enllste that day and served in the ar my
until SIX months after Appomattox In
the tn ee months service he was in the
Twelfth Pennsylvania volunteers, the
famous ''Duquesne Greys' and on the
expiration OF his time enlisted first IN
the 1920 and later the l03d Pennsyiva-
MIA Volunteer Infantry.
II 10 N, hill. serving in the latter or
panization that he was called before
the Casey examng board for examina-
for promotion, receiving as the result
an appolntment.as captain in the Forty
third United States coiored trood, All
of his army service was OF the most act
I'VE character and he took part in near
" all the conflicts of the Army of Poto-
mac, including the Wilderness, the
Seven Days battles at Petersburg a7d
the fall of Richmond.
After the restoration of peace his
corps was sent TO the Texas border to
be in readiness to intervene in Mexico,
where the patriots were opposing Maxi
MILAN, and where it was believed,
the French and Austrian armies would
be sent to sustain the emperor. The
necessity ended with the fall of the
capital and the corps as mustered out
During furlough in 1868, Captain
Dill, had married Miss Elizabeth Kelley
OF New Castle Pa, by whom he hac
three children Mrs. Charles W. Ted
ford of ,95 South Grant Street, Mrs
Harry E. Moon of Carpentaria, Cal.
and Robert G. Dill, Jr., Of the Denver
Post staff. He engaged in Newspaper
work in New Castle after his dis
charge in 1865 and remained there un
til 1875 when ihe came to Denver fol
his health. His wife had died yeal
previously.
In Denver he became the cashier o.
the Tribune. then owned by the late
Henry C. Brown, later taking the posi-
of city editor of the Denver Times, OF
which the late r. w Woodbury. was
proprietor In 1879 he founded the
Leadyille Herald, which was owned by
himself, H. A, W. Tabor. w. H. James
and a few other prominent residents Of
LeadviIle. Two years later he dis posec
of his interest to Tabor and in conjunc
ton with Thomas F. Dawson and Franz
S. Woodbury. purchased the Denver
Times. He withdrew from the parter
ship in 1888, and after two years ser
vice with the United States land Office
re entered the newspaper field.
He had made keen study of the min
ing inaustry in Colorado and his know
ledge of mineralogy and newspaper
work eminently fitted him to take
charge of the mining department of two
local papers. the Times and Republican.
Six years ago he left newspaper work
to develop some properties he and ass D
ciates owned in Clear Creek county
For year he has been index clerk in
the recorders office.
In 1893 he was married to Mrs. Mar
tina Mcbride Of Manchester, Iowa, who
survives him. By second marriage
he had one son, John ". R. Dill. now
in Garden City. Kan.
He was a member of the G. A r.
from the time of its foundation, and of
the military order OF the Loyal Legion.
Post.