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Show STAR REPORTER OF TRIBUNE DEAI John L. Lawson Meets Tragic Death in Chicago Press 0 Club Building. 1 Chicago, 111., March 20. John L. B Lawson, star reported for the Chi- H cago Tribune, and one of the best 9 knowu newspaper men in the middle- m west, met a tragic death this after- jy noon when he fell through the eleva- H tor shaft in the Chicago Press club 1 building. His body was found in tho H shaft some time after the accident. n It is believed that Mr. Lawaon open- W od the door of the elevator shift, n which is used for freight, mistaking B it for the door of the lavatory ad I joining, and stepped In accidentally. H When news of tho tragedy was re- B celved in tho different newspaper of- H flees there ensued an almost com- H plete cessation of activities among n oditors and reporters by whom Mr. Lawson generally was considered "tho H best reporter In Chicago." H For years his stories have been B held up as models of newspaper writ- B Ing. Q Mr. Lawson was 36 yoars old and fl unmarried. He lived with his mo- H ther and sisters on tho South Side. 1 He was born on Prince Edward Is- B land, B. C. His newspaper career B extended ovor a porlod of 15 years, fl during the most of which tlmo he was I on the staffs of different Chicago fl newspapers, One notable Btory writ- fl ten by him was a description of the fl Cherry, 111., mine' disaster a fow years E ago. fl Mr. Lawson's news stories were no- fl tod for their brevity, simplicity o fl styje and ability to say much in a fl fow words. What Js considered by H leading editors In Chicago as a news- H paper classic was written by Mr. Law- I son about a year ago It was called I in nowspaperdora "Tho Story of a fl Grouch," and was told In Just 149 H words. Other writers who "covered H the Bamo story required three times fl that spaco to tell It. H |