The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-09-11
CAPT. MAURIN DEAD.
Prominent Citizen Expires Suddenly
at Office Former Mayor OF Dom
aldsonvilie and President of La
fourclae Levee Board.

!, with its welfare and progress for
upwards of half century. Capt.
Victor Maurisl, civic leader, pat1i-
otto citizen and gallant gentleman,
is no more. The end came to him
suddenly and peacefully at 1920
O'Clock yesterday morning, in the of
3 ice Of the Maurin stables in Missis-
i sippi street, and the sad announce
/ ment caused pail OF grief to de-
scand upon the community and car
ried lasting sorrow to the hearts of
an exceptionally wide circle of
friends in all sections of the state.
\ Capt. Maurin, an extremely robust
man who had not known day of
! sickness in many years, remarked
Thursday that he was feeling slight
| ly out of sorts, and repeated the
/ complaint Friday morning, attribut-
! ing his indisposition to a light touch
of Indigestion. He went to his Of
| fee as usual, however, and was seat
ed on bench on the sidewalk talk
ing to some friends. when he sud-
denly experienced a recurrence of the
pain in his chest which had been
bothering him since the day before,
He got up and walked into his office, |
iSs
sat down in a chair and applied a !
little of the liquid to his lips, at the
same time asking his friend, William
Blumenthal, to turn on the electric
fan over his desk. Noticing that
Capt. Maurin was very pale and
seemed to be in great pain, Mr.. Blum
enthal suggested that doctor be
summoned. and Immediately hasten
ed to the Bank of Ascension, half a
block away, returning at once with I
DR.. Johns Thibaut, cashier of that
institution and a retired practitioner.
AS soon as he reached the scene DR..
Thibaut realized that the sufferer
was beyond medical aid, and des-
patched Mr.. Blumenthal to notify
Capt. Maurin's brother, Charles Maui
rim, who arrived just before the
stricken man breathed his last Thus
passed into the Great Beyond the
soul of a kind-hearted, courageous,
Christian gentleman, who held a full
share of love and affection from those
close to him, and the warm friend
ship and high regard of all who
knew him.
Capt. Maurin was a native and
lifelong resident of this city, where
he was born May 26, 1855. He
ceeded his father in the general mehed
chandise business in 1875 and suc-T
cessfully conducted the establish
ment for some five or six years there
after. Later he owned and was in
command of the steamer Cherry, ply
ng between New Orleans and Lock-
port, on Bayou Lafourche, and it
vas while engaged in this occupation
hat he gained the title Of captain"
~ which he was affectionately
,nown for the remainder of his life. IL
'or time he was interested in a
rug store then located at the cor
Ter of Mississippi and Lessard =
treets, and in recent years he had - -
cen at the head of the Maurin Com y;
any, operating the r. E. Lee liv- - =,
ry and sale stables in this city, of = =
1hich business he had active charge -
t the time of his death. r.
He always took prominent part - -
4 public affairs and filled various y
Important offices, in discharging the W NJ
uties of which he exhibited at all -
ines a high measure Of ability and - :.
n unfailing sense of responsibility ~
nd devotion to principle. A staunch 20
ome years as alderman and after ~ ~
ards as mayor of Donaldsonville, " "
nd was at one time chairman of the e. e.
emocratic parish executive COM e. e.,
littee, in which body he still held ~
membership as one of the represent a -
tlves of this ward. He was also a u
ember of the Municipal Light and -
later Commission, under whose SUI &c &c
ervision the city's modern electric .
over plant was erected and is be- ~,
g operated, and was director of - :
lie Bank of Ascension and Donald on
'nville Ice Company pa
Up to the advent of the Hall state
Capt. Maurin had Ia Ia
rived for number of years as pres w w
ent Of the board of commissioners ~ ~
the Lafourche basin levee district, r.
I'd was regarded as one of the best 81
'sted men in Louisiana on matters - -"
with the administration of pa
e levee system and the prevention
overflow in periods of high water. a. ~.
is signal services in this capacity az az
ought him wide prominence and nv ~:
rned for him the warmest regard al
ID confidence Of the entire public. i,
ne of the big dredges Of the La Dll
urche district, the ssCapt. v. NJ" ing
IS named in his honor. afe
The funeral took place at II 10
clock this forenoon from the late PR
sldence of the deceased at the cor 'oS
+ of Chetimaches and Iberville
.eets, and the imposing cortege
lich escorted the remains to their
It resting place was made up of St.
rrowing friends from all sections
the surrounding country and all
lks of life, who came to paw a
It sad tribute to the memory of cor
n who had served them so faith ere
lily and whom they loved and re- wit
red. The profusion of floral trib- thu
IS, and the expressions of grief and firs
mess heard on all sides, attested gar
S esteem and respect, and gave the
dence of Capt. Maurin's standing low
a citizen and the realization of the gra
S suffered by the community in lun
untimely taking away. The i'm sho
essive burial service of the Masonic sev
Ter, with which fraternity de- ath
'sed had long been affiliated, was gra
formed at the home by the of can
RS and members of Ascension gra
ige No. 251, after which the dep
casket was conveyed to for
Catholic cemetery and there ten boy
~ deposited in the Maurin family latt
1b, with the whispering trees who
nding sentinel and the soft opp
ezes of Indian summer signing SON.
rnal requiem. gan
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