Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-07
Famed British Author and
Spiritualist SuccumbS From
Effects of Heart Stroke.
EXPECTS TO MEET
H0UDINI IN BEYOND
Clash of View With Great Magi-
clan, Visit to U. S. and Varied
Career Recalled.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, July 7.-Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle, Greater of Sherlock Holmes
and widely known spiritualist, died at
his home here today of heart disease.
With him were Lady Doyle, two sons
and a daughter. Sir Arthur was II
years old.
The great novelist and exponent of
the occult was stricken seriously i'll
about two months ago and his condi-
ton had become more aggravated re-
Gently although his death today had not
been anticipated.
Sir Arthur's sudden death took his
family greatly by surprise. He had
been under a physicians care during
the last six or, eight months. His
weakened condition was thought to
have been brought on by his series of
lectures last october in Scandinavia,
in behalf of the cause of spiritualism.
Until two days ago it had been thought
he was getting steadily better. Then
he contracted a severe cold.
Sir Arthur died at $50 O'Clock this
morning. His sons, Dennis and Adrian
Conan Doyle, and has daughter. Jean
Conan Doyle, were with their mother
at his bedside. His end was peaceful,
family announcement stated.
Holmes Death" in 1927.
1t was in June, 1927, that Sherlock
Holmes, famed sleuth who did the bid
ding of the amazingly astute mind of
Doyle, died. Holmes death was an
nounced by Sir Arthur, who said: Il
fear that Mr.. Sherlock Holmes may be-
come like some of those popular tenors,
who, having outlived their time, are
still tempted TO make repeated farewell
bows before their indulgent audiences.
This must cease. He must go the way
of ell flesh, material or imaginary"
Adrian Conan Doyle, son of Sir
celebrated sire. He said "he was a great
man and splendid father and he was
| loved-and was happy because he knew
nHiis last words were to my mother
and they show Just how much he
thought Of her. He simply smiled up at
her and saidssE You are wonderful He
was in too much pain TO say Lot, his
breathing was very bad, and what he
said was during brief fash of con-
seriousness. never have seen any one
take anything more gamely in all my
life. Even when we all knew he was
suffering great pain, he always managed
during times when he was conscious
to keep q smile on his face for us"
Famed in Many, Ways.
In his time, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
| played many parts, and most of them
! faniously. To scores of country folk
along the sands of the English Chan
mel at Southsea, he was family physi-
cians That was in the eighties. TIC
millions of readers all over the world
he became the doyen Of detective story
| writer's.
After the dawn of this century, Sir
Arthur seemed, to many minds, sort
| Of Official apologist for Britain in Uhs
! Boer War. It was for his literary
labors in placing before Europe the
facts of that conflict, as Britain's gov-
erning classes conceived them to lie
| that he was called to kneel before his
sovereign Queen and be made a knight
4 Of the realm.
Two decades later in his life, after
greater and ghastlier war, in which
his own son was among the sacrificed
Sir Arthur rose to fresh prominence
as one of the recognized authorities or
spiritualiSm. Through that medium ht
/ SOuBut " uCkENt., bltC iMOlAhk ia U6yQLlN
with all the zeal his celebrated Sher.
lock had shown In detecting the under
world. -
| In his sixtieth year. the great wal
| having just come to an end, Sir Arthur
announced that he had put away the
pen and would devote the rest Of hi:
days to the enthusiastic expoundine
| and study OF spirltllalisna. He wrote
| books about II, he crossed oceans t.
lecture about it, and he gave the world
a superb assurance of his sincere faith
IN 1t by announcing that he and Lady
| Doyle were fully convinced that they
| had communicated with their dead son
| Sir Arthur insisted that he had moi
only spoken to hts son, but that the
son had replied, and that the fathers
ears had heard the voice.
Many who relished the reading o!
his detective stories deprecated Sin
Arthur's abandonment of Sherlock and
his whole hearted. whole-time la
bors for spiritualism. He was said tc
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