Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 January 1912 — Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans Died Suddenly in Washington. [ARTICLE]

Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans Died Suddenly in Washington.

Robley D. Evans, known to an ads miring world as “Fighting Bob,” died suddenly in Washington, D. C., last ‘Wednesday night, of acute indigestion, after a sickness of only a few hours. Rear Admiral Evans passed through Rensselaer a few years ago on a special car-over the Monon railroad and stopped for a short time and said a few words to a large crowd that had assembled at the depot to pay their respects to the “little hero.” At that time he had just returned from San Francisco, where poor health Tuu? forced him to relinquish command of the American fleet that' was to make a trip around the world. Robley -D. Evans was a man of kindly Impulses, although of gruff exterior and his dauntless courage and grim determination caused him to be admired the world over. He was a real leader and ,nis„ spirit of bravery brought around him men of firm determination td go through with any duty. His spirit never wavered and up tp the very end of his life he stood ready to gite his life for any right cause that liis country might espouse. It is said of him that he aSVed to be sent in command of the U. S. S. Indiana to Cuba, saying that with the good ship he could whip the entire Spanish navy and make Spanish the chief language spoken in

hell for the next six years. He will be buried in the national cemetery at Arlington, Va.. Just across the Potomac river from Washington. with full, naval honors.