El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-04-14

----- can even see. He then
-4pseu INTO unconsciousness and died
Z without ever again recognizing anv-
one about him.
Expected To Die.
AllhouEh his friends and associates
/ IN me Herald generally thought he
- u AIRY good health. Mr. Laugh
I IN nlinseI seemed TO feel that the
enc was near, for on last Friday he
14Q n new VII drawn and he had this
IN ms POCKET Monday when taken III
After the viii had been drawn. he
Salo- NOW, everything Is all right.
an going to 60 some OF these days
Z Snd Wnen / 90 Il Is going to be in q
Sunday Mr.. LaughIin was appa--
entity in as good health as usual. ne
spent a considerable time in The Her
ana oLIlce during the day and went an
tomobile riding with his family for =
time As was his custom, he came TO
Z the office early Monday morning and
vas attending to business as usual
when. shortly after 10 o'clock he col
lapsed in his chair. His hands feu bv
his side and became useless
Members OF the office force bathed
his face and insisted that he must be
sent home but he protested. feeblv.
trying every time to raise his hands
as u TO in a way show them he did
not need help.
AS the automobile conveying him 10
his home reached the hotel he en-
. deavored 10 get out by himself and
walked, supported by E L " Polk.
~ n FITS and Bert Neazey. to the ele-
Fatcr- he even walked to the bed on
arrival in his apartment but was un-
able TO speak As he had lived BIZ"
Laughlin went out game
HID Been Here &c Years.
v. H. LaughiiH came TO The Herald
10 years ago this spring. from James
Niile- Wis, where he had been IN
newspaper work Since coming TO FL
taso he had accumulated considerable /
property and owned the LaughHn
MOTEL on West Franklin street, where
he nassed away.
he was accompanied 70 Fl Paso by
Mrs- Laughlin and their two children.
charlie and Irene. Charlie died sew
eral years later OF tuberculosis. fust
AZ the time he was about to graduate /
as mining engineer The blow al
most broke his fathers heart and
Bit was never again quite the same
man after this bereavement The
eompanionship between the two was
oeautiluL II was always "BuI- and Z
They were real chums, "BuI" and
Charlie" were.
The Survivors,.
Mrs Laughlin and the daughter sffu
survive. the daughter being Mrs SD
ney Carroll Graves. wife Of Mai /
graves. chief OF staff to the comman- /
Ger ~ chief Of the American forces in 4
siberia, who is his father. Gen. VIM.
3 Graves.
Two sisters. Misses Birtie I.auehlfn
ana Eta Laughlin, Of Peoria. IL. sur
we. IneF were wired Monday OF his
qeatl- Mrs. Laughlin also wired for
1er brother. DR.. John LauEhlfu. OF
t3euloFn Ind to come to be with her
Tor the funeral Arrangements fbr
the Lunerel have not yet been made. I
J. G. Wll1narth. general manager Of
The Herald, a lifelong friend Of de-
ceased, VINO LETT Sunday for New York.
vas caught BY wire at Fort Worth
MONDAY and VIII return TO Fl Paso
Tuesday.
Had Been Feeling Good.
AR Laughlin was stricken about a
year ago with partial paralysis. which
eept MIN confined 10 his apartments
-or several weeks. but recently he
"aS apparently in better health than
ne hau been for long time. Saturday
evening he was feeling so good that
ne remarked 10 some OF the people in
ne oIIlce that he was going 20 pic
,are snow, something he had sell
4on zone or late, as he had been
his health by taking as
nucl rest as possible.
ASIDE IRON the stroke a year ago
no Two rather lengthy illnesses from
rheumatism several years ago. Mr.
-auenlln had never lost anv time
rom The Herald during his Is years
fllh the paper. he had not taken q
-acauon during that entire time. az
1eys insisting that he felt better
when working.
air. Laughlin was born January %
SO, and was IS years old.