The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-01-29
FALLS INTO A DRAINAGE DITCH
Flooded Condition of Streets of Suburb
of Los Angeles Brings Death of Man
Widely Known in Kenosha-W Widow
Brings Remains East for Interment.

hugh Spear Haven, aged fifty two
years and one time one Of the best
known Of the men of Kenosha, met
death at Monrovia, Calf, some time
early Monday morning when he was
drowned in drainage ditch. Little of
the details Of the accident have been
received in Kenosha and all that the
close friends Of Mr.. Haven know Of the
fatal accident has been brought to
them in press dispatches from Los An
geles. The deceased was the only
brother of Mrs. John M. Kehlor and it
is expected that the remains will be
brought back to Kenosha and laid at
rest in the Haven family plot in the
Kenosha City cemetery.
Hugh Haven was a son of the late
Julius and Ella Spear Haven. His
mother was son Of the late Hugh
Spear, pioneer Of Chicago's business
life and the owner Of a portion Of the
property now occupied by the great re-
tail store Of Marshall Field and Com
pany. His father, julius Haven, was
q paymaster in the United States army
and shortly after his marriage he came
to Kenosha to reside. Hugh Haven
was born in Kenosha and spent his
early life in the city. Following his
marriage to Miss Alice Hale, daugh-
ter of the late George Hale Mr.. Haven
removed to Chicago to make his home,
but he continued to keep in close touch
with his friends and relatives in Keno
sha. Mrs. Haven died nearly thirty
years ago following IN attack Of
diphtheria and the one son of the
union followed the mother in death on
the following day. Some sixteen years
ago Mr.. Haven was married second
time and his widow survives him.
While Mr.. Haven made his home
in Chicago he had been accustomed for
a number Of years to spend the winter
at Monrovia, Calf, where he had a
winter home. He had not been in the
best Of health for some time and for
this reason he had spent much of the
year in California On Sunday even,
ing he had spent the evening at the
Jonathan Club in Los Angeles and late
in the evening he had started to his
home at Monrogia. The storm which
flooded many points along the Pacific
Coast had been raging during the en-
tire evening and Mr.. Haven had known
nothing in regard to the conditions in
Monroyia. When he left the car at
the station he sought to secure an auto
mobile to take him to his home, but
the streets were running with water
and he was unable to get any car to
leave the garage and he started to
walk from the station to his home It
is supposed that the attempted to jump
across the drainage ditch. The con-
tinued rainfall had turned the ditch in
to a raging torrent and it is supposed
that when he fell into the ditch he was
unable to resche himself from the
sWirling waters. When the body was
found on Monday morning his right
ndhd NdS caught III LlO WUuuWUlh UI
a bridge near the point where he had
been overcome by the waters. 1t was
evident that he had made a desperate
effort to save himself.
The remains were removed to the
Haven home Mrs. Haven was pros.
trated when she learned of the fate of
her husband. She is now on her way
east with the remains and announce
ment of the time of the funeral will
he made later. Mr.. and Mrs. Kehlor
did not learn of the drowning of Mr.
Haven until late Monday evening and
then the telegram received simply told
of his death and gave none of the de.
tails of it. Mrs. Haven is the sole sur.
viving member of the family.