James A. Bain (-1883)

BAIN

Posted By: Dorian Myhre (email)
Date: 11/3/2015 at 23:04:41

From Nevada Representative May 30, 1883

Ames.

James A. Bain, of the Southern Hotel, Cedar Rapids, and formerly proprietor of the old New York House here, was found dead in an out house Friday evening at six o'clock. The coroner was notified and a post-mortem examination was made by Dr. Fairchild, assisted by Dr. Merideth Saturday afternoon. The coroner's jury gave a verdict of death "from an overdose of chloral--taken by himself with no intention to commit suicide,--and a diseased state of the heart." His body was taken to Tecumseh, for interment.