The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-03

Upon retiring Thursday evening,
evidently Mr.. Hackney wrapped
piece of rubber sheetinG around his
face and head, tying it with twine:
covers and thus. when the oxygen con-
tanned in the improvised bag was ex-
hausted, he smothered to death.
NOte to Manager of Hotel.
He left note to Emil Barbour,
manager of the hotel. expressing re-
gret to cause him inconvenience and
requesting him to take caro- of his be-
longings until his son, George Hack
ney, should arrive from Texas. He also
left a letter addressed to his son, ex-
pressing the hope that God would for
givo him for the act. On telegram
blank he also wrote: Herbert Hack
ney died here last night. Body at
Penwelrs chapel" He signed Bar
bour's name to this, and requested in
his note that Barbour personally see
to it that the younger Hackney re-
ceive both communications.
Mr. Hackney had been in i'll health
for the last ten years He suffered
severely from a complication of dis
eases and his condition appeared 20 be
growing worse daily. He was also
quite feeble and appeared to grieve
much over the death of his wife,
which occurred three years ago
He retired to his room Thursday
night about o'clock. There was
nothing unusual in his demeanor. it
was said. When he had failed to ap-
pear shortly after 10 o'clock this
full that he might be i'll. and knocked
on his door. Receiving no answer.
they called Dr. F. H. Scho1le, who had
been the Hackney family physician
the transom, and the door unlocked
from the inside. The aged man ap-
parently had been dead several hours.
Had Lived Here Gorty Years.
Herbert Hackney had lived in To-
peka about forty years and was one of
been identified in official capacities
during his varied career with the
Santa Fe railroad and the Topeka
Milling company, in addition to sew
owned considerable real estate here
and was the builder of the Congleton
and Asbury apartment houses.
Born at Asbury, Chesire, England.
January 80, 1850, he was brought to
the United States by his parents,
George and Martha Hackney, in 1858.
They lived in New York until 1856,
then moved to Milwaukee, Wis. Young
Hackney attended the public schools
and an English and German military
he became the first boy street car con-
ductor in Milwaukee. Leaving this
job in January. 1864, he became an ap-
prentice in the Milwaukee and Prairie
1859, he served as manager of the
Cream City Iron works at Milwaukee
and from 1869 to 1873 was a locomo-
tive engineer and yardmaster at the
Milwaukee Gear company's rolling mill
and blast furnaces.
The next three years found him TAX
ing a mechanical engineering course
at Cornell university, New Y Ork- Leav-
ing Cornell he served until 1879 as as
sistant chief engineer of the Mil
waukee Iron company, and during the
next two years was general manager
of the Brown-Bonnen company's roll
ing mills and blast furnaces at their
factories at Youngstown, o. In 1881
he went to South Chicago, Ill, and
served for a year as manager of the
Calumet Iron & Steel company and
the next year was manager of the
Oregon Iron Works at Portland, Ore
In 1854 he moved to Pullman. Ill.
and became manager of the Pullman
Iron & Steel works.
Managed Capitol Elevator.
In 1885 he came to Topeka in the
of manager of the Capitol
Elevator company. At this time his
father. George Hackney. was superin
tendent of machinery for the entire
Santa Fe railroad. In 1887 Herbert
became assistant superintendent and
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