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Show A COUSIN OF THE WILSONS. A Wealthy Cattleman Falls Through a Wmdow aud !! Frem If as lajarlee. Special to Till! Tim us. Trinidad, Col., June 10. Sunday morning about !):;iO o'clock, Arthur L. Commel, a wealthy cattleman of Fort Sumner, N. M., who was stopping at trW-Grandtlnionlfoteriri coming down the stairs from breakfast, atumblod and fell, precipitating himself through a window which was on a level with the landing between the first and second floors. He fell fifteen feet to the sidewalk side-walk below and when picked up was unconscious. He was not supposed to be seriously injured though, as no bones were broken. He was thought to be in a fair way to recovery when he suddenly sudden-ly took w orse yesterday morning and died at about 10 o'clock. Mr. Commel was about forty years old and is said to be a cousin of the Wilson's of England, made famous by the celebrated baccaret scandel. Commol came here several years ago a wealthy man and bid fair to become a cattle king. His desire for drink overcame him and he became an easy prey lo sharpers, who fleeced him out of nearly everything he had. He was intoxicated when the accident happened. |