The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-07-23

ibis afternoon that funerals are aot per-
-a1tted Ia South Bend on Sunday, 50
other arrangements VII lave 70 be
made.
David Edwin Boone former prose-
cutting attorney. publicist orator. al
derman. adventurer. Indian tighter.
lawyer. and 100 per cent American.
known TO hosts Of friends throughout
the state for his rectitude and high
professional standing. passed away
suddenly last night at his home AZ
May street. Hammond
LEAD An ACTIVE LIFE
Into ,.is 81 years OF life Mr.. Boone
crowded a biography exceedingly in
teresting because of his activity. Won
derfully inspiring because of his in
teErity and because Of his loyalty and
high civic spirit life replete with the
principles OF AmeTicanism.
SHOCKED At NEWS
Shocked by news OF his untliasiv
death friends this morning commenced
upon a statement made only yesterday
by Mr Boone. Speaking of the pleas
ant three weeks visit he had spent n
company with Attorney j.. X. Stlnson
on their Mississippi plantation ami
from which they had returned Tuesday
morning Mr.. Boone conhdcd in
friend. that he had never before IN
his life felt better"
DIES DURING NIGHT
Apparently n the best of spirits ne
left his office last night for home.
Failing to arouse him this morning.
Mrs. Boone called physician who an
nounced that Mr.. Boone had died somo
time in the night. The cause OF his
death is thought to have been heart
failure
ENGINEERED BATHHoUSE
Always aggressively interested in
the welfare Of his city Mr. Boone won
popular favor few years ago. when
under the regime of Mayor John D.
Smalley. the lawyer. then alderman OF
the eleventh ward. fathered and fought
to a successful finish the construction
OF bathhouse and park al the lake
front and aligned city council in fav-
Or Of haywood park. the breathing
spot Of greensward and trees. now
hailed as indispensable by residents
of that district He served for two
years as county prosecutor and had
long been loudly acclaimed by friends
and associates for senator
BORN IN SOUTH BEND
his was strenuous life. Born IN
South Bend on May s. 1868. he had no
sooner been handed his diploma from
the South Bend high school than the
spirit of adventure seized him. En-
listing in the Fifth United States cav
airy he was stationed in various parts
Of the country When the indians OF
the Dakotas and Nebraska broke loose
the Fifth Y. S. Cavalry was one Of the
first organizations dispatched to queIl
the uprising
WOUNDED IN INDIAN BATTLE
At the battle of Wounded Knee.
fought in the bad-lands of the south
ern Dakotas. Mr.. Boone sustained two
painful wounds. from neither Of which
Il is thought he fully recovered
After his discharge from the army
he spent some time in the West where
his experiences have furnished ma
terial for numerous anecdotes that will
long survive him and viii remain as
evidences Of his prowess. bravery and
good-fellowship
WAS A. d. AND L. Ii
On his return to South Bend his par
ents sent him to Valparaiso university
where he received his 4 B degree in
1889 He went back to the university
in 1898 and two years later was grad
uated with q degree Of l. l. B
He came to Hammond and hung out
his shinsle. With him came. a former
classmate and iife-long friend J. X
stinson- Together they worked for
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