Lawrence Allen Brown (1922)
BROWN, DELADNER, GORDON, MILLER
Posted By: Pat Hochstetler
Date: 10/10/2013 at 07:32:51
The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, August 24, 1922
Page 1WINTERSET MAN KILLED IN R.R. YARD
L. A. Brown Overcome by Gas in Great Western Roundhouse.
L. A. Brown, who moved to Des Moines two weeks ago to work in the Great Western roundhouse, was found dead in the firebox of an engine last Sunday morning. Mr. Brown had worked in Winterset until moving to Des Moines and prior to that time lived in the north part of the county. Mrs. Brown is a daughter of Elmer Gordon of Madison township.
The Des Moines press reports of his death intimate that his friends believe that he was the victim of foul play, as indicated in the following:
“Overcome by coal gas fumes, L. A. Brown, 717 East Thirteenth street, a workman employed at the Great Western roundhouse, was found dead early yesterday morning in the firebox of an engine on which he had been working.”
“Brown, who had worked at the roundhouse for only a short time, had crawled inside the firebox to clean out cinders. He is thought to have suffocated. Fellow workers discovered his body when they came to fire the engine.”
“Police were notified and removed the body to the city hospital morgue. Police surgeons said that they did not know how long Brown had been dead when he was found.”
“Coming to Des Moines from Winterset, Brown obtained work at the roundhouse during the strike. He is survived by his wife, who had been living with him here.”
“Friends of Brown appeared at police headquarters yesterday afternoon, and demanded a thorough investigation be made into the cause of the man’s death.”
“Coroner Clift stated last night that an inquest probably would be held within the next few days.”
Funeral services were held on Wednesday evening at the Baptist church, conducted by Rev. George D. Rogers, interment following in the Winterset cemetery. The burial was military, as the deceased was sergeant in the recent war and a charter member of the American Legion at Oil Hill, Kans., then transferring membership to Green-Rogers post.
________________________The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, August 31, 1922
Page 3Mortuary
Sergeant Lawrence Allen Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Brown, was born at Lone Tree, Mo., Oct. 20, 1888 and departed this life Sunday, Aug. 20, 1922, aged 33 years and 8 months. He came to Iowa while a youth, making this his home the remainder of his life, with the exception of about one year spent in Oil Hill, Kans. He enlisted in the world war, May 15, 1918 at Atlantic, Iowa. He was starting overseas when the armistice was signed and he was sailed back. He was honorably discharged Dec. 18, 1918.
On July 4, 1919, he was united in marriage at Des Moines to Miss Mabel Alice Gordon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Gordon of Earlham. He was a member of the Methodist church of Winterset, but before leaving this town, he attended the Baptist church, where he had a Sunday school class of boys.
He leaves to mourn his loss, a loving wife, father and mother, four sisters: his twin sister, Mrs. Laura Miller, of Dakota; Mrs. Ethel M---er of Caddo, Texas; Mrs. Merle DeLadner of Groveport, Ohio; and Miss Edna Brown, at home; also two brothers, David and Glenn, at home, also many other relatives and friends in the different cities in which he has resided. He was a charter member of the American Legion at Oil Hill, Kans., afterwards transferring his membership to Winterset. On account of illness, his parents were unable to attend the funeral services.
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