The copper era and Morenci leader., 1914-12-25
FORMER WEALTHY
 TUCsoNIAN DIES
Eccentric Character of Early Days Passes Away at Venice, California at the Age of 70 Years.

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 at the Age of 70 Years.
 VENICE, Cal, Dec. 1S.-E. K. Keller, long resident of the various sections of Arizona, mine operator and banker in Bisbee, Globe, Phoe- puted one of the richest men the state of Arizona has ever produced, died in his palatial residence in this city, where for the past five or six years he has made his home. with his wife and four children.
 Kellner came to Arizona when mining was in it's early stages, and acquired many gold properties
 MT. Kellner had passed his seven tieth birthday. and had been in poor health for the past six or seven years. Death was the direct result of an operation from which the old man could not rally.
 Old timers will remember many of his peculiar traits through which he gained his fame in the state and lat Ter in California. Across his rotund little stomach he bore a gold chain, made from the letters of his name. each letter linked together, and each letter one and one-half inch in height h his tie and in each of his shirt sleeves was the same gold, his ini- tials. He had a varety of jewels and all were set in gold And all the gold with which he so generously be- decked himself came from the mines and p1acers which he worked or was interested in in this state.
 Chief of the many jokes which are told about the state on the old timer, is the occurrence which accompanied Judge" Kellner's attempts to be- come governor of the territory At the same time Judge McCord was after the position and each was re- siding in Phoenix. They, with a num- Der of others, were in the famed old Palace" of Phoenix early day gam bling, when through a frame-up- a fake telegram was brought in by messenger stating to kelIner that his confirmation as judge was as- sured. He bought, on the strength of the message, an -dthe joke became known and appreciated throughout the whole of the state.
 Later, as he grew older and more infrm, Kellner removed from this state to Los Angeles where he bought property in Venice and built himself home. This home was heralded as one of the most beautiful and most expensive in the district. Little arch ways led into the ground andg above each of them was the name E. K KeIlner fn gold letters shining forth bffore large electric reflector
 There were two of the eccentrici- ties of the old man which gained for him almost unknown fame on the coast. The first came with the build ing in the back of his grounds of the ncseleum in which he stated his and his wife's and children's bodies should rest. General declarations by the neighbors that the moseleum should not be tolerated and when
  the case came to fight Ke1lner won ont. He had, several years before the moseleum, built his own c,'sket in which were gold tnlaysy of rretal from his mine, and on which gre four massive handles made of l lsre metal. Entrance to the nose .'lm is gained through unlocking " assive gold lock to which there are i ,rr keys, each turning the lock one charter way. ane one of whict is in the possession of each or his chil- dren
 His other best known eccentrieity on the coast is the electric car The 7''achine, which is one of the most and beautiful that money could purchase was built in the shape of swan and was known wherever it was seen by the large gold E. K K inbedaed in it's side.
 MT. Kellner had passed his seven tieth birthday. and had been in poor health for the past six or seven years Death was the direct result of an op- eration% from which the old man could not rally.