Show c. c w. w POST MILLIONAIRE SHOOTS AND KILLS SELF AT CALifORNIA HOME H HAD O SEC SECRETED ETEO RIFLE IRE CAUSE E IS A ASANTA A. A MYSTERY SANTA SALiTA BARBARA Cal May 9 With a a. bullet from a rifle be he had previously pre pre- concealed in his apartment Charles W. W Po Post t millionaire manufacturer of cereal foods and national propagandist against union labor killed hilled himself at his winter home hero here today Evading E a trained nurse who had been attending him bim since he be returned from frem the East a few weeks a ago oJ he be went to his bis apartments placed the muzzle muzzle of the rifle in bis his mouth and pulled the trigger with a toe Recently Operated On Mr Post was WM was convalescent con from an illness which which necessitated a major operation operation oper oper- some months ago at Rochester Minn At that time he was hurried to Rochester in a special train so that bo ho might arrive in time for the surgeons cons to save his life lifo Returning here a fe few fe weeks ago beseemed he be seemed eem d to be ex exceedingly nervous and Mrs Post 1 who came t to tc their winter home here Shore with him hUn engaged trained nurses to attend him Shot Is Heard Mr Post POt arose at his usual sual hour bouT this morning breakfasted and lounged about until 10 p o'clock clock when hen ho bo excused himself him himself im- im self eIf tolling telling tho nurse on duty at tho the timo imo that ho i wished to go to his nis apart- apart me mont nent t to lie lie- d down What happened then is a matter of conjecture A shot was heard Mr Mrs Post and a nurse rushed to tho the apartment upstairs and found sound the millionaire stretched on the tho ho floor dead H clad Hd d Planned Death Both Mrs P Post st and the nurse nuree said aid they did not kno know know- r how Mr Post POt had procured the rifle Its presence in the room was taken b by them to indicate i that hat ho bo had planned his bis death some time tune in n nd advance once I Huge Business Interests BATTLE CREEK Mich Hay flay 9 Charles W. W V. V Post was one of the founders found ers ore of the so 50 lied caned health food indus indus- try His business interests here for tor forthe the manufacturing of breakfast foods represented millions of dollars Although Mr Posts Post's office address was in this city he had maintained a residence in Washington D. D C. C for several soy sev eral years earB Invented Health Foods Mr Post was born in Springfield Ill in in 1854 He engaged in the Iho ho hardware hardware hardware hard hard- ware and and- other lines of ol bu business iness thero thoro until 1884 when his h health alth broke down He traveled extensively in search Bearch of treatment for some sonic time and arrived here in 1891 His search for health was responsible it is said laid for his investigation into the health food subject and IDd when hen berc be he rc regained a ned his health iio bo no turned all his attention to th f line of endeavor Employed Thousands I Employing thou thousands ands of workmen Mr Post took an active part in local local I civic chic affairs In 1908 1008 he was made president of the National Citizens Citizens' Industrial Industrial In In- A Association of America and for several years he attracted wide id attention attention atten atten- tion because of his attacks against labor unions He was an ardent supporter of the open shop Rare Art Collection Mr Post traveled abroad a large part of the time timo du during ring recent years I and his art collection in in this city db is rc regarded as one of the roost most valuable in the country The news of r his dc deah h was a R. great shock to his friends and relatives relatives' here who thought ho he had practically recovered recovered ered cred from his bis recent illness Rushed to Operation CHICAGO May Mav 0 Two Two months a aco o Mr Ir Post wife wai h hurried rr c across acro half the continent to Rochester Minn l nn for treatment for an attack of appendicitis which was ag believed to threaten aten his life liCe The operation which h was was- performed March Maich 10 was wag considered successful and he be departed for his Western home ap ap- cured Tho The Ulness from which bich Mr rr Post suffered suffered suf suf- was first manifested last Decem Decem- her ber At first BrAt it was con considered a a recurrence re 10 ro- ro currence of a stomach trouble from hom which ho formerly suffered Special Train Trip The Tho from Santa Barbara the thew w winter home of Mr Post to t the Iho bo hospital at Ro Rochester be Minn was made marle with w all aU Iho tho speed sliced possible As an extra precaution precaution tion against delav delay the special train which carried the invalid was followed over the different roads L by an extra en engine prepared to take UP up the trip should accident interfere with the tho train The arrival at Rochester March ra ch 6 61 6 was wa three an and a half hours ahead ahe of oI or time A crowd at tho station hampered the removal al of th the patient to tho the hospital hospi hospi- tal and he was examined by specialists in tho the car ar before being taken to to- the hospital where the operation was performed per formed four days clays later hater |