Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 February 1890 — FOUND DEAD. [ARTICLE]

FOUND DEAD.

The Prosecutor of Mrs. Snrrat Ends His Days In Miserable Fashion. New York dispatch: Gen. John A. Foster, a veteran of the civil war, and once a lawyer of repute, was found dead' on the floor of an insurance office at 1784 Broadway, whore he was accustomed to ; sleep. He was atone time an intimate of prominent politicians, but his desire for drink lost him nearly all his friends. He abandoned Ills wife, the daughter of j a Southern planter, and two grown-up laughters, about two years ago. Since then he has subsisted chiefly on charity., Glen. Foster was assistant judge advocate general during the latter part of thej war, and as such conducted the prosecu-, scion of Mrs.