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EVERETT DAILY HERALD OBITUARIES
October 1912


Wednesday, October 2, 1912

Mrs. Fanny LYNCH, well known as the proprietor of the J. LYNCH & Company grocery store on Hewitt avenue, near Broadway, died last night at 2527 Baker avenue, after a lingering illness. No funeral arrangements have been made.

Noble AYRES, aged 21, died yesterday at his late home, 1907 Hoyt avenue. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 from JERREAD’s chapel.

Thursday, October 3, 1912
The funeral of Fanny I. LYNCH, who died October 1, will be held Friday morning, October 4, at 9:30 at the Riverside Catholic church. Interment will be in Mount Carmel cemetery.

Friday, October 4, 1912
Falls from Train and Body Is Cast into the River—Spokane Man Meets His Death While Stealing Ride on G. N. “Owl”—Companion Tells How the Accident Occurred—Says Friend Leaned from Step While Train Was Crossing Bridge. J. C. MICHAELS, of Spokane, was killed early this morning when he fell from the north-bound Owl train as it crossed bridge No. 11, between Everett and Marysville. The unfortunate man was dragged a distance of twenty feet along the ties and finally released and thrown into Steamboat slough. He was not mangled under the wheels. Martin TIBBITS, an 18-year-old companion of MICHAELS in the ride-stealing escapade, witnessed the death of his friend, and is now held by the police, is no manner suspected as having caused MICHAELS’ death, but in order to give testimony that may be needed.

               The man and the boy left Spokane one week ago. They had been employed by the Spokane Paper Box company, but MICHAELS had a position offered him with a paper box factory in Vancouver, B. C., taking young TIBBITS along to secure a position for him. MICHAELS lived on State street in Spokane, where he has a widow and one child. He was 27 years of age and weighed 212 pounds. The man and the youth reached Everett yesterday morning from Seattle. Later in the afternoon they were driven out of the Great Northern yards here, but surreptitiously returned in time to board the Owl train for Vancouver.

               How Michaels Was Killed—TIBBITS, the boy, to the detectives bureau, told a straight-forward story this morning of MICHAELS’ death. He said his friend was riding the steps of one passenger coach while he himself stood upon the steps of the adjoining car. MICHAELS had complained of cramps, says TIBBITS. He had not been drinking on the trip.

               As the train ran across bridge No. 11 MICHAELS, holding to the platform guards, leaned outward and backward from the steps. TIBBITS says he saw his friend fall. MICHAELS made no sound that the boy heard. Arriving at Marysville, young TIBBITS ran to the station and found a constable, whom he escorted back to bridge No. 11 after telling the officer of the accident.

               With the bridge tender, the officer and the boy searched for MICHAELS’ body, but could not find it, and they knew that the man had been thrown into the stream by the movement of the Owl train. They did find a trace of MICHAELS, however, for wedged between the rails of a switch was a piece of black stocking, wedged so tight they had difficulty in pulling it free of the rails. TIBBITS says his companion wore black socks.

               This morning Detective ENGLISH received a telephone call from the Great Northern watchman on bridge No. 11. The railroad man said he had looked over the scene of the accident and plainly saw where MICHAELS’ body had been dragged a distance of twenty feet before being released and cast into the Snohomish river. The bridge tender also stated that MICHAELS had not been run over.

               Two Possible Causes—“I think my friend’s death was caused by cramps,” said TIBBITS this morning. “He just leaned out backward from the car and all at once he released his hold and fell.”

               The police believe MICHAELS may have leaned backward so far that his head struck against a bridge stringer. The body had not been found this noon, although the coroner’s office believes it will be recovered.

Peter L. JESSEN, aged 57, died this morning at 10 o’clock at the home of his daughter, Mrs. S. J. PRIEBE, 3525 Colby avenue, after an illness of five months. The deceased leaves a wife and one daughter to mourn his loss. The funeral will be held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 from JERREAD’s chapel. There will be a special car for friends.

Saturday, October 5, 1912
Body of MICHAELS Is Not Recovered—No Attempt to Drag It from the River and No One’s Duty to Do So. Floating about in the muddy waters of the Snohomish river, or possibly carried by currents and tides far out in Puget Sound, the body of J. C. MICHAELS is submerged. In the little home in Spokane a widow and child mourn the loss of a husband and father who left them one week ago to find employment in Vancouver, B. C., promising to send for the little family when he reached his destination and secured the new job. MICHAELS is the young man whose death by falling from a Great Northern train was told by the Herald yesterday.

               Another shocking feature of the accident is that no attempts are being made to recover the body. The coroner’s office visited the scene shortly after the accident and the police looked into the case about the same time; but so far as any concerted efforts to find the body is concerned nothing has been done.

               The police explain that bridge No. 11 being near Marysville is outside their jurisdiction, though they express willingness to lend any aid in the work of recovering MICHAELS’ body; the coroner’s office says there is nothing for that department to do until the body is found. The police say Snohomish county should take the initiative in the work.

               No One’s Duty—The law does not define the work of recovering drowned bodies as that of any official. The statute defining the duties of the coroner require him to go to the place where the body is when a death by accident or unknown causes requiring an inquest be held, and there to empanel a jury and conduct an inquest to determine the cause of death. There is nothing in the duties outlined making a search for a body imperative upon the coroner.

               At the sheriff’s office the work is held to be subject to the order of the county commissioners. There is nothing in the law directing the sheriff to prosecute such a search, and the sheriff’s office claims that the appropriation for maintaining the office is barely sufficient to look after ordinary matters and that to involve the expense of a search for the body would deplete the sheriff’s fund, whatever expense involved being charged against the sheriff’s appropriation rather than against the county’s general fund. There is no emergency fund for use of the sheriff, and a big manhunt lasting two or three weeks would wipe out the resources of the office, it is claimed.

               The Great Northern bridge tender at bridge No. 11 says that when MICHAELS fell from the bridge, the tide was low with almost no current. He believes that the body probably has been caught and held by one of the many snags that abound in the slough at that point. He and many others are indignant because no attempt, so far as apparent, has been made to locate the body.

Tuesday, October 8, 1912
Volunteers May Search for Body—But No Steps Have Been Taken By Officials to Find MICHAELS’ Body. Police circles are criticizing county officers because no steps have been directed toward the recovery of John MICHAELS’ body. MICHAELS, the man who lost his life by falling from a Great Northern train last week as he was stealing a ride to Vancouver, B. C., was not a hobo; in fact he was more or less prominent in Spokane as a pioneer resident, a manufacturer and a lodge man.

               Not a step has been taken to attempt to locate MICHAELS’ body. Coroner W. D. SMITH has been interviewed and referred his interviewer to the county commissioners, further informing a man named LASHUA that if the commissioners failed to offer assistance he, the coroner, would donate money to be used in the search.

               Peter D. KRABY, chief of city detectives, has been advised from Spokane that John MICHAELS was a member in good standing in the Masonic lodge of that city; that the drowned man had also held membership as a Woodman of the World; that he was a pioneer resident of the Inland Empire capital; that he at one time owned and operated a box factory in Spokane.

              Volunteers Help—Both Chief of Police HEADLEE and Chief of Detectives KRABY are interested to a greater extent since learning more of John MICHAELS, and it is expected that the police department will instigate a search for the body. Patrolman QUEEN cheerfully volunteered to act as a member of the searching party.

               Last night C. T. TIBBITS, father of Martin TIBBITS, the youth who says he saw his traveling companion, MICHAELS, fall from the Owl train, as he stood stealing a ride on the steps, telegraphed a ticket for his son to return home, and the youth departed from Everett thoroughly cured of his desire to tour the country as a hobo.

Wednesday, October 9, 1912
Move Made to Seek Body of MICHAELS, But Nothing Done. “I don’t think this is a very civilized country,” remarked M. L. SOLOMON to a Herald reporter this morning, talking by telephone from bridge No. 11 on the Great Northern line between Everett and Marysville. The reason SOLOMON questions the civilization of this section of the country is because up to 2 o’clock this afternoon no one had made the slightest attempt to find the body of John MICHAELS, who was drowned last week when he fell from a Great Northern train on which he was stealing a ride.

               As explained last night by the Herald, MICHAELS was a pioneer of Spokane and a member, at the time of his death, of the Masonic lodge and the Woodmen of the World lodge. This morning, after reading the Herald’s story last night, two members of the Masonic lodge visited police headquarters, secured grappling irons and started for the scene of the drowning, but up to late this afternoon, so SOLOMON reports, they had not reached the spot.

               “No, I don’t think this is a very civilized country,” repeated the bridge tender. “I don‘t think the Japanese or Chinese can come over here expecting to be civilized. At low water the day after MICHAELS met his death we people out here tried to locate the body by using pike poles, but the water was too deep. Since that time no one has been here to attempt to perform the merciful work of recovering the man’s body for his family in Spokane. If we had anything to use in grappling for the body we should surely have attempted the work, but we have nothing.”

Lakewood—Mr. PAGH died at his home [illegible] 1:30 o’clock Sunday afternoon [illegible] a lingering illness of about [illegible]. A wife, three sons and a [illegible] all of whom are grown, survive [illegible]. The body was taken to the [illegible] for burial and the family [illegible] to that place soon.

News has been received here of the death at Coronado, Cal., near San Diego, of Mary Ellen, the 3-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Milton WAITE, on Saturday, September 28. The WAITE family resided in Everett for several years, at Seventeenth and Colby, and removed to California two years ago in the hope that the health of their children would be improved.

Saturday, October 12, 1912
Pioneer Dies—Mr. F. LEDERLE, age 69 years, died yesterday after a short illness. He came to the state 24 years ago and has been living in Sedro-Woolley 21 years. Everyone knew and respected Mr. LEDERLE. He was the father of twelve children, ten of whom are living, all in the near vicinity of this city. He will be greatly missed.

Monday, October 14, 1912
MICHAELS’ Death Is Questioned By His Wife—Is John MICHAELS’ body lying at the bottom of the Snohomish river near bridge No. 11, or is MICHAELS, sound and well, hiding from his girl wife and baby boy, who are grieving at their little home in Spokane because he is reported to have fallen from a Great Northern train near Everett two weeks ago?

               Certain skepticism that has existed for two days as to whether MICHAELS really went to his death in Snohomish river, has received strong support in a letter given Coroner W. D. SMITH, a letter from Spokane explaining, among other interesting things, that MICHAELS informed a friend that he intended going to Puget sound and cause to be circulated a story that he had drowned. Coroner SMITH has questioned the drowning story from the beginning. Great Northern detectives who made a cursory investigation at bridge No. 11, frankly confess to misgivings concerning MICHAELS’ reported death. The letter referred to, lends much additional strength to the contention that John MICHAELS is hiding under an assumed name in British Columbia, possibly in Vancouver.

               What the Letter Says—The letter spoken of has been received by Mrs. Mary LEWIS, of 2608 Cleveland avenue, from her aunt, Mrs. O. G. HAGEN, of 130 South Pine street, Spokane. Mrs. HAGEN and Mrs. MICHAELS are friends, and the letter is now at the HAGEN home.

               According to this communication from Spokane, the girl-wife—for Josephine MICHAELS is only 17 years old, although the mother of an 18-months-old baby boy—does not believe the report of her husband’s death.

               “He,” explains the letter, referring to MICHAELS, “told somebody he was going to the Sound and have a story circulated that he had been drowned so he would not have to go back to her.”

               According to the story told by Mrs. LEWIS the domestic relations of the MICHAELS were not happy.

               “I cannot understand,” said Mrs. LEWIS to a reporter for the Herald, “why, if he really did so, MICHAELS should have been stealing a ride on a Great Northern train. He always had money to live on and I can’t understand why he became a hobo so suddenly.”

TIBBITS’ Apparent Truthfulness—To partly counteract, if not disprove, the belief that John MICHAELS is alive and in hiding, is the story of the alleged accident reported to the police by a youth named TIBBITS, who accompanied MICHAELS from Spokane to Seattle, and to Everett, and who claimed to have witnessed his companion’s death.

                TIBBITS, it may be remembered, told the city detective and a reporter for the Herald that he and MICHAELS boarded the “Owl” train to steal a ride to Vancouver, B. C. The youth further said he stood on the steps of a passenger coach while MICHAELS stood on the steps of a connecting car. As TIBBITS recounted his story tears welled up in his eyes and trickled down his cheeks. He told how MICHAELS had complained of cramps earlier in the evening; how his friend, holding rods on the steps, suddenly leaned far backwards, appearing to be rigid, and how, without a word MICHAELS released his hold and fell to the bridge. Then, explained TIBBITS, when the train reached Marysville he sought an officer and visited the scene of the reported accident. There was honesty in the youth’s voice and eyes as he talked, and yet some people believe, after reading Mrs. HAGEN’s letter, that TIBBITS may have been hoodwinked by MICHAELS. The report that bridge No. 11 presented evidence that a body had been dragged twenty feet was investigated by Coroner SMITH, who failed to find the evidence, although he did pick up a fragment of underwear and a portion of a black stocking.

               In the meanwhile Masons of the Everett lodge are continuing their search in Snohomish river at bridge No. 11, intending to do everything in their power to recover MICHAELS’ body, if, indeed, it is sunk below the snags at the stream’s bed.

Wednesday, October 16, 1912
Index—The 4 months’ old baby of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar PETERSON died yesterday. The child has never been strong.

Found Dead—Frank KELLY, a colored man, was found dead in his bed at 1211 California street this morning, though the man is supposed to have departed this life yesterday afternoon or last night. Drinking to excess is said to have been the cause of death.

               Five alcohol flasks were found in KELLY’s room. A partly consumed flask was his bed-fellow. No. 1211 California street was once known as the “colored” club. The body was taken to JERREAD’s morgue.

Friday, October 18, 1912
MICHAELS’ Body Is Taken from Snohomish River.  Two weeks ago Jasper C. MICHAELS, while stealing a ride on a Great Northern train, fell off the steps of a coach at bridge No. 11 into the Snohomish river. This morning his body was found by a telegraph lineman named WHITE, who reported the circumstance to Coroner W. D. SMITH.

               Coroner SMITH and his assistants immediately visited the scene of the accident. MICHAELS had been found on the opposite side of the stream from which he is supposed to have fallen from the bridge. The coroner personally assisted in lifting the body from the stream. A Great Northern special train was sent out from the yards to bring the body and party back to Everett.

               A $5 gold piece was found in MICHAELS’ left sock. A portion of the sock had been torn away, and was found sticking between the rails the day after the accident. Fifty cents in silver was found in a pocket.

               The only other identification found on the body was a business card, showing the deceased to have been the Spokane representative of the Panhandle Brewing company of Coeur d’Alene, Ida., and a lease drawn up between MICHAELS and the owners for a four years’ lease on the Spokane Cigar & Paper Box factory, executed Oct. 25, 1910, and to take effect January 1, 1911.

               The search for MICHAELS’ body has been conducted at various times until temporarily stopped by the presence of logs. The body was found floating this morning between two piles near the shore. Word will be sent the widow in Spokane and the body held at JERREAD’s pending the receipt of instructions.

Mrs. Lucy WILLOCK, who died suddenly last week of heart disease, had many friends and acquaintances near Everett and Snohomish, having spent much of the time in recent years with her daughter, Mrs. W. J. WILLIAMS, a former resident of Everett, now living at Marshland, near Snohomish. Mrs. WILLOCK was Lucy SMITH, and she was born at Pittsburg, Pa., 66 years ago. Her parents were among the first settlers in Pennsylvania, having secured a land grant near Philadelphia. She was married in 1867 to John A. WILLOCK, of Pittsburg, who had served as a Pennsylvania volunteer in the Civil war. He died five years ago. In 1885 Mr. and Mrs. WILLOCK, with their family, came to Washington, building their home at Olalla. Mrs. WILLOCK was a member of McKinley circle, Ladies of the G. A. R., at Seattle, that organization conducting the funeral services. She was buried at Lake View cemetery, Seattle, last Saturday, beside the body of her husband. She is survived by a daughter and three sons: Mrs. W. J. WILLIAMS, Snohomish; George WILLOCK, Seattle; Walter WILLOCK, Delrio, Wash., and Marshall L. WILLOCK, Olalla, Wash.

William W. SNELL, 50 years of age, who died in Snohomish October 15, will be buried at 2:30 Sunday afternoon from JERREAD’s chapel. Interment will take place in Evergreen cemetery.

Mrs. Winnie E. RUMORE died at her late home, 3612 Lombard avenue, last evening, aged 60. Mrs. RUMORE leaves two brothers and one sister, Dr. Walter HOUSE, of Denver, Colo.; Charles HOUSE, of New York, and Miss Jessie HOUSE, of Huntsville, Ala. The relatives have been informed of the death. The funeral will be held Sunday afternoon at MAULSBY’s chapel at 3 o’clock. Interment in Evergreen cemetery. The funeral car will be used.

Saturday, October 19, 1912
Miss Vivien McINTYRE, aged 19, who formerly attended school in this city and has many friends here, died yesterday noon at Tacoma from the effects of an operation for appendicitis. The funeral will be held tomorrow at 2:30 at Port Townsend. Miss McINTYRE was the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. DOBBS, 3312 Colby avenue. Members of the DOBBS family will attend the funeral services tomorrow.

Mrs. E. E. STROTHMAN died this morning after a lingering illness at her late home, 1610 Thirty-seventh street. Mrs. STROTHMAN’s former home was in Superior, Wis., where she was well known for many years. Besides a husband she leaves one son, Herbert L., and family to mourn her loss. The funeral will be held at the family residence Sunday at 2:30 p.m.

The funeral of Mrs. W. E. RUMOHR will be held tomorrow afternoon at 3 from MAULSBY’s chapel. The deceased is survived, besides brothers and sisters in the East, by a daughter, Miss Ruth RUMOHR, who lives in Everett.

Monday, October 21, 1912
Mrs. Frank A. JOHNSON, 44 years of age, died yesterday at her late home near Lake Stevens, following a long illness. She leaves a widower and two children. The funeral will be held from CHALLACOMBE’s chapel Wednesday at 2 p.m. Interment in the Evergreen cemetery.

Emil JACKSON died this morning at Providence hospital. Mr. JACKSON has been sick for some weeks, both in Seattle and here. His brother at Sedro-Woolley has been notified by N. B. CHALLACOMBE, and until his arrival no funeral arrangements will be made.

Tuesday, October 22, 1912
Brakeman Crushed Beneath Train—Mistake in Signals Starts Cars While He Is Underneath One. A mistake in signals caused the death of Mike ANDERSON yesterday afternoon in the logging camp of Merrill & Ring, a short distance south of Everett.

               ANDERSON, a brakeman employed by the company as one of the crew of its logging railroad, had crawled under a car to set a brace so the train would not advance. Suddenly, before the endangered man could make a move to free himself from his perilous position, the heavy logging cars rolled onward.

               When fellow workmen took ANDERSON from the rails he was dead, killed instantly and frightfully cut about the head and his body crushed.

               The body arrived in Everett last night, on the Everett-Seattle interurban line, and was taken to JERREAD’s morgue to be prepared for burial. No one at the camp appears to know whether the unfortunate man was married or single, nor where his home was. ANDERSON was about 30 years of age.

The funeral of Emile JACKSON will be held from the Bayside Catholic church tomorrow at 10:30. Interment in Evergreen cemetery.

Friday, October 25, 1912
Fred SMITH, aged 46, died at Swan’s Trail Tuesday as the result of typhoid fever. He will be buried Sunday afternoon at 2 from his late home. Funeral arrangements are in charge of John F. JERREAD. Mr. SMITH is survived by a wife and children.

Nels M. ANDERSON, killed in the Merrill & Ring logging camp a few days ago, was buried this afternoon from JERREAD’s chapel. The deceased has a sister living in Van Zandt, Wash., and a brother in Pilchuck.

Saturday, October 26, 1912
Mrs. Dan DUREN, who for several years lived north of the interurban line, where the NOELS now reside, died at her home in Maricopa, California, after suffering for a long time, and undergoing numerous operations for tumor in her side. The death occurred October 19 and interment was at Bakersfield, October 21. Mrs. DUREN leaves a husband and five daughters.

Mrs. B. M. RECORDS, formerly of 2507 Wetmore avenue, died Thursday evening in Weiser, Idaho. The body will reach Everett tomorrow morning at 9:30, accompanied by Miss Lotta RECORDS and Eugene RECORDS. Mrs. RECORDS had a wide circle of friends in this city.

               The funeral will take place at the First Congregational church tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o’clock.

Monday, October 28, 1912
Name of Dead Man to Appear on Official Ballot—C. T. FREESE Dead Several Weeks, But Auditor Was Not Notified. Socialist Candidate for County Engineer. One week from tomorrow voters in Snohomish county may vote for a man who has gone to his eternal reward, for the name of a man who has been dead two or three weeks will be on the ballot. The name is that of C. T. FREESE, of Edmonds, who was nominated by the socialists for the office of county engineer.

               FREESE passed away at his home some time ago, but no official notice was given the county auditor by the socialist organization of the fact, and as a consequence the auditor had no authority to remove the name from the official ballot. This leaves the race for engineer between E. T. CUTTER and Hans MUMM, Jr.

               There is no way under the law whereby a voter can vote for a socialist for county engineer. Where nominations have been made in primary, a sticker cannot be used against a regularly nominated candidate, and there is no provision for filling vacancies. It is believed that had the socialists notified the auditor of the death of FREESE and removed his name from the official ballot that it might be possible to vote for another by writing in his name, but the name of FREESE will appear on this ballot and the vote must be cast for him or not at all.

Tuesday, October 29, 1912
Body of Drowned Everett Man Found—Charles BRANDT’s Body Is Discovered in Seattle Harbor. Special to Daily Herald. Seattle, Oct. 29.—The body of Charles BRANDT, of Everett, a laborer, aged 40, was taken from the harbor today. The body had evidently been in the water several weeks. Identification was made through an insurance policy found in BRANDT’s pocket.

Wednesday, October 30, 1912
Found Dead With Loaded Rifle Lying Across His Body—Henry RUSSAU Dies in Lodging House, Apparently By His Own Hand—Letter Says He Feared Insanity—Bullet Hole in Forehead Explains How Death Came to Him. With a rifle lying across his breast, Henry RUSSAU was found dead early this afternoon in his room in the Lincoln lodging house at 2821 Norton avenue. RUSSAU, reported W. E. STRYKER, the lodging house manager, either killed himself or was murdered. A bullet had passed through his head, entering at the forehead. Investigation showed it a case of suicide.

              An odd feature is that STRYKER is positive he saw the man on the street between 7 and 8 this morning. About 9 the chambermaid entered the room to put the apartment in order. She found the curtains drawn and the room in semi-darkness.

              “The girl was frightened,” explained STRYKER, “because she saw a rifle lying across RUSSAU’s body. She did not think that he was dead, or at least did not hint at it to me. I went into the room. I thought nothing about murder or suicide, but as an act of precaution I took the rifle from the man and carried it to my own room.”

               Later STRYKER returned to investigate. He found, upon allowing more light to enter the room, that a bullet wound oozed blood from RUSSAU’s forehead.

               The lodging house manager reports that neither he nor anyone else in the Lincoln building heard a gun shot.

               Henry RUSSAU was married about four months ago. For a time he and his bride rented a little house on Nassau street. The widow is now said to be living in Seattle where she is a hairdresser. RUSSAU was about 43 years old. He had been a roomer at the Lincoln two months.

               Everybody along the waterfront knew Henry RUSSAU. At one time he owned a half interest in the gasoline launch Mitchell. More recently he was the owner of another launch, the Ranger.

               Feared Insanity—That RUSSAU killed himself was proven by a letter found in his room by Captain MELLISON and the coroner’s assistants, addressed to Harry KNOWLES, constable.

               “This will be a surprise to you, I know,” runs the epistle, written in ink, “but I can’t help doing it.”

               The unfortunate man then explained how he feared his mind was becoming unbalanced and he could not stand watching the brain decay make its appearance. Twice before, explained the letter writer, his mind had almost given away. RUSSAU owed some money and he wanted KNOWLES to see that the obligations were paid. But it is not thought his financial condition caused RUSSAU to destroy himself. One empty shell was found in the 25-20 rifle.

               The body was taken in charge by John F. JERREAD. It is not expected that Coroner SMITH will find it necessary to hold an inquest, for the letter will be, it is presumed by officers, accepted as final evidence that RUSSAU killed himself. RUSSAU was a member of the Eagles.

Was Former Employe of Parker-Bell Company—Four weeks ago Charles BRANDT, the former Everett laborer who was found drowned in the bay at Seattle yesterday, took out an insurance policy to defray his funeral expenses. Apparently BRANDT came to his death soon after taking the precaution of insurance, for the authorities assert that he had been in the water several weeks.

               BRANDT was at one time employed by the Parker-Bell company at Pilchuck. His relatives, if he had any, are not known in Everett. The insurance policy was taken out in Portland, Ore., in the National Hospital association.

Alice M., wife of David J. LEVASSER, of 2319 Lombard avenue, who died Sunday as the result of an attack of pneumonia, will be buried from JERREAD’s chapel tomorrow afternoon at 2:30. The deceased, who was 31 years of age, is survived by a widower and two children.

Thursday, October 31, 1912
Two Brothers in East—Mrs. Henry RUSSAU, widow of the boat owner, who killed himself yesterday morning in the Lincoln lodging house, came to Everett last night with her 16-year-old daughter from Seattle. RUSSAU has two brothers, one in Iowa and one in Minnesota. It is expected the funeral will be held in a day or so at JERREAD’s under the auspices of the Eagles.


   
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