Ogden Evening Standard | 1910-08-16 | Page 1 | Death of J.E. Hurley

DEATH Of . j. E. HURLEY General Manager Santa Fe Is Suddenly Taken Away at Carlsbad Topeka. Aug. f.. 1. K Hurley, gen- j eral manager of the AtchNon. Topeka A Santa Fe. died from heart trouble at Carlsbad, Anuria, this noon The first word of his death was received ! in this country by Henry B. Lauts, assistant to the general manager, when a cablegram was delivered to the steamship ofilce in Topeka. at 9:30 o'clock this morning. Generul Mar.ater Hurley left To-, peka, July 13.. for New York City, J and sailed" from lere-for Curlsbad ! where he Intended to spend a few months at that famous health resort j to regain his strength and And relief from continued attacks of indigestion. indiges-tion. A letter was received Monday from i Hurley, written at Carlsbad, In I which he said li" had been examined !' by physicians and found to h.ive no! organic trouble. His death was. j therefore, entirely unexpected and almost al-most caused a panl? at the general ofllces of the company. Men gathered gather-ed in corridors and wept like children for no man on the Santa Fe system wr.s so geueral'v loved. He was ev-ceedlngly ev-ceedlngly democratic and Hie huir.h- i lest woikman was trested as an eq -al by the general manager. He had rls- en from the rank and never forcot the men who had laboicd with him oii; the lower rung of the ladder Mr. Hurley was yp--irs o!d. He leaves a v ilow aid two children. Mrs. Hurley and daughter. Hllgirde, are In Las Vegas N. M-. and Harlow, the son. Is in Denver where be Is a par- tlclpant in the golf tournament j Mr Hurley was accompanied j abroad by his secretary. Charles j Kisnimes. who cables that he will return re-turn with the body at once. i