The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-01-08

ness of three days. He suffered from
acute appendicitis and although an
. operation was performed at midnight
On Saturday night in hopes of saving
life, the efforts were futile.
The announcement of the death of
the county treasurer came as a great
shock to even his closest friends and
associates in the county building, as
only little circle of his friends had
known of the desperate fight he had
made for life during the past few days.
Treasurer Scott had little warning
of the approach of death. On Friday
he had been busy at his Office in the
county building, but at three o'clock
in the afternoon he was taken with
severe stomach pains. He went at
once to his home and DR.. A. j. Randall,
the family physician, was called to
attend him. DR.. Randall at once
recognized the seriousness of his CON
dition and later on Doctors P. P. M.
Jorgenson and George Pugh were call
ed in consultation. The condition of
Mr. Scott became more alarming on
Saturday and on Saturday evening DR.,
Percy Of the Augustana hospital in
Chicago, was called. He directed an
immediate operation and the stricken
official was removed to the Kenosha
hospital. His condition was such as
to make the removal of the appendix
impossible but a preliminary opera
tion was made. On Sunday a little
hope was held out for the recovery
of the patient, but with the early
morning there came collapse and
death followed.
Many Express Deep Regret.
The announcement of the death of
Treasurer Scott fell like pail over
the city and everywhere there were
expressions of sorrow and regret. At
the county building the flag was at
half mast and business in connection
with the government of the county
was all but suspended while sorrow
ing officials halted to pay tributes
of love and respect for their fallen
associate.
Many of the people connected with
-e county government heard of the
sudden death of Mr.. Scott with tear
filled eyes as he had been one of the
most popular of the county officials
and every one expressed kindly sor-
row over his passing.
At many Of the places in the city
men in public life and leaders of
business expressed their deep regret
and paid tribute to the memory of
the fallen county leader. Many ex-
pressions of sympathy were sent early
in the day to the widow, the sole sur
viving member of the family to the
family home at 765 Prairie avenue.
The funeral will be held probably
on next Friday afternoon at two
o'clock. Treasurer Scott had a num-
Der of relatives in California and they
have expressed the desire to be
present at the funeral and the services
will be delayed awaiting their arrival
in Kenosha.
Had a Varied Career.
Few men were more widely known
in Kenosha county than Thomas S.
Scott. He was ffty-four years of age
and nearly all of his life had
lived either in Kenosha county or on
it's border. He had been so actively
connected with the social and political
life of the county during this half a
century UudI MS AeaAhS was nASWA All
VERY home in the county and his face
was familiar to most of the people in
the towns of the county and in the
city. To many of these people his
death came as personal sorrow.
Treasurer Scott was native of
Wisconsin. He was born at Fish
Greek, up in Door county, May Is,
1870. He was the son of Thomas and
Mary (Besteder) Scott. His mother
was a daughter of Schuyler Besteder
who came to Southport in 1897 The
father of Mr. Scott came TO Door
county in 1850, being one of the first
settlers of that county. Shortly after
the birth of Mr.. Scott his mother died
and ne came to this section to make
his home with his maternal grand
parents who lived just over the Ke-
nosha county line in Walworth county.
Here he grew to manhood. He was
educated in the common schools of
Walworth county and his earlier years
were spent working on the old farm
Of his grandfather.
Starts In Logging Camp.
When ne left the Walworth county
farm to make his own way in the
world, he went first to the Black Hills
in South Dakota where for a year he
worked in logging camp. Then he
went to Chicago where for some time
he was an assistant book-keeper on