Thompson - Will
Source: Crawfordsville Daily Journal 15 June 1914
Falling from the arms of two bicyclemen who were leading him into the city dispensary at Indianapolis at an early hour this morning, Will Thompson of Darlington, expired at once, death probably resulting from heart trouble. Thompson was found in an alley near Meridian Street about 3 this morning when two women noticed him acting as if he were ill and a police call was sent in. The man fell to the ground only a few inches from an open cistern just before the arrival of the bicyclemen. He was taken to the dispensary, but died on the steps as he was entering the building with the officers. The coroner was notified and after investigating the death ordered the body sent to the city morgue, where it was claimed by relatives who went to Indianapolis from Darlington later today. The deceased was well known in Darlington and Crawfordsville, where he was formerly engaged in the barber business. When found in Indianapolis this morning he was identified by a barber's union card in his pocket giving the address of relatives. He told the police had had been in Indianapolis 3 days. Mr. Thompson was a brother of the late Lynn C. Thompson, a leading merchant in Darlington who died at Culver Union Hospital here last November. He is survived by his aged widowed mother, Mrs. Susan Thompson of Darlington, his father, Curtis Thompson being dead. A half-sister, Mrs. Ollie Rhorer survives. Mrs. Rhorer, Mrs. Lynn Thompson and Earl Butler left Darlington this morning on receiving the message of his death and went to Indianapolis to bring the body to Darlington. The body will be brought from Indianapolis on Tuesday morning and the funeral will occur at 2 on Wednesday afternoon from his mother's residence.