Post, Pat (died 1908)

POST

Posted By: Anne Hermann (email)
Date: 3/4/2008 at 07:51:03

Maquoketa Record, January 28, 1908.

DIED-

PAT POST was found dead in bed at the Northwestern hotel at nine o’clock Friday morning. He retired late in the evening in his usual condition. An inquest was held and the jury thought the cause of his death to be apoplexy caused by excitement and overstimulation. The stimulant referred to was intoxicating liquors. Deceased had been fined fifty dollars recently under charge of breaking into a saloon at Canton. He was 41 years of age and leaves a wife who is separated from him and two children. The remains were taken to Canton for interment.