Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 September 1891 — TWO MEN-OF SAME NAME DIE. [ARTICLE]

TWO MEN-OF SAME NAME DIE.

Slngu'ar Coincidence at a Detroit Hotel— Neither Man Known to the Other. A most extraordinary coincidence happened at the Russell House, Detroit, Mich., within twenty-four hours. A. H. Whitney, of Toronto, a consumptive, arrived in the city by way of the Canadian Pacific Railway at 9:45 o’clock, accompanied by his wife and C. K. Thomas, a relative. They at once proceeded to the Russell House and Mr. Whitney was taken to a room, where he died in the act of lying down. He had been an invalid for about three years. The next morning at 10:30 o’clo: Ibanother Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Whitney arrived at the Russell House. They were from Quincy, 111. After registering they went to their room. 1 ere inside of ten minutes after entering Mr. Whitney was seized with heart disease and was soon dead. C. K. Thomas, the gentlemm who accompanied the Toronto nart - was appalled by the strange coinciu. ne. These brothers in death were neither relatives nor known to each other. A. H. Whitney of Toronto had been one of the best-known accountants in that city. The gentleman from Quincy, 111., was the manager and principal stockholder of the A. H. Whitney Organ Company. He was in Detro ton business and partly on a visit. He had been subject to heart disease, so the doc tors were informed by Mrs. Whitney. He was 58 years old.