The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-01-26
James S. Milne, Jr., a Barre
Young Man, Died
in Boston
OF CONCLUSION
OF THE BRAIN
He Was Attending Boston
University - The Body
Comes Tomorrow

James Mackay late yesterday afternoon
brought tidings of the death in BostoI
Iof James S. Milne, jr., which occurred
around 4:30 o'clock The young mans
demise was due to concussion of ths
brain which developed from an injury tc
the left side of his head which he re
ceived while playing basketball Saturday
with Boston university team in its
game with team from Tufts college
With him in the hour of death were his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. James S. Milne OF
SO Liberty street, and his brother, Wal
ter s. Milne, who is clerk in the EN-
ploy of the Barre & Chelsea Railroad
company.
The remains will be brought to Barre
over the Montpelier 6 Wells River rail-
road tomorrow morning at 1855 o'clock.
They win be removed to the Milne home,
where, it is expected, the funeral services
will be held Friday afternoon, with in
terment in Hope cemetery.
According to advices received by Mr..
and Mrs. Milne Sunday evening, their
son received injuries in a basketball
game Saturday afternoon. In the tele
gram that brought them their first inti-
nation of the young mans condition, it
was stated that he had been unconscious
since Saturday evening. Later, it trans
pired that Mr.. Milne was thrown against
an upright on the basketball floor early
in the contest. He retired from the
L,tt 4
watched the contest through to the fin
ish. A friend accompanied him to his
home in Brookline and soon afterward
he complained of feeling ILL., Soon there
after he sank into coma and did not
regain consciousness but for a single in
terval, when it is thought that he recog-
nized those at his bedside. Specialists
who hastened to his bedside decided that
concussion of the brain had developed
from the injury.
Upon being notified OF the gravity Of
Mr.. Mines condition, his mother and his
brother left the city Sunday evening for
Boston, to be followed the next evening
by Mr.. Milne the young mans father, |
who reached Boston yesterday morning.
From the outset 1t was seen that the |
youths chances for recovery were very |
slight.
The deceased was born in Barre June
%, 1890, and until his departure for Bos-
ton two years ago he had always lived |
in Barre. He attended the graded schools
Ind was graduated in 1907 from Spauld- |
ng high school, where for four years he
manifested lively interest in all
of sport. For some time he
vas employed as a clerk in the old Ma
5ional bank of Barre and later he ac-
.epted clerical position in the Mont
,elier Office of the American Fidelity
ompany. From the capital he went to
Boston, where he held position in the
ffice of the Massachusetts, Bonding com
amy until the summer of 1915. In Sep
ember he returned to Boston, after hav-
ng been employed by Adie & Milne in
his city, and began the pursuit of a
curse in accounting in the school of ad-
at Boston university. A
wo weeks sojourn in the Christmas
olidays at bis home here was the oc-
aston of his last visit to Barre.
Mr.. Milne was a young man whose
stimable qualities won him friends
'herever he went His genial disposi-
ion was wholly sincere and unyarying. {
ambitious to succeed in marked de- !
rec, the future for him was full of !
romise, and his untimely passing has .
rought genuine sorrow to many. He {
as a member of the First PRESBYTERIAN ]
lurch and in his boyhood as well as in '
fter years he was closely identified with
'tivities among the younger people of I
lat denomination. For several years he g
I'd been member of the Vineitia club G
nd retained his affiliation with the club q
zen after his removal to Boston. Mr..
line also belonged TO Clan Gordon, No. il
!, o. S. C. n
Death Due to Hemorrhage. 4
Boston. Jan. 26.-James s. Milne. aged n
I, son of James Milne OF Barre. Vt. I,
cond-year student at Boston univer- a.
ty, died late yesterday afternoon at a.
e home OF Mrs. Georgia Howe. 81 Lin II
n place. Brookline, where he roomed. c,
ON injuries received in basketball b,
me between the Boston university al
am and the Tufts scrubs. Saturday n
ternoon. A
The young man played on the Boston V
iversity team. and in the game was in al
llision with an opposing player. He in
Is severely stunned. but was able to w
home. Late Saturday evening Mrs. do
I'VE heard groans in Mines room and be
md the young man verging upon un- DC
He died without regain
consciousness. nv
His parents viii take the body TO In
IRE. to-day. NJ
Dr. Powers notified Medical Examiner tr
Try VI. Cults OF Brookline. who re-. ri
-ted 70 the police that Mines injury
ariw was Accidental heath ,..s. A..