Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 307, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 December 1915 — WILL ARNOTT DIED IN CROWN POINT [ARTICLE]

WILL ARNOTT DIED IN CROWN POINT

Brother of Fred and Arthur Amdtt and Father of Six Children Expires Suddenly.

At about 2:30 o’clock this Wednesday morning a telephone message from Crown Point brought the sad news to Fred Arnott that his brother, James William Arnott, better known here as WilV was critically ill and quite certain to die. Fred and William Eldridge, the latter a brother of Mrs. Will Arnott, left for Crown Point on the milk train this Wednesday morning. They learned after their arrival that Mr. Amott had passed away at 6 o’clock. Fred telephoned his wife and also his brother, Arthur, and the funeral arrangements had not been made, but it is arranged to have the body buried in Crown Point, where two of the Amott children are buried. Arthur Amott will go there Thursday morning and he and his brother, Fred, and William Eldridge will remain for the funeral. Mr. Araott’s aged parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Amott, reside at Spokane, Wash., where they moved from this county some twelve years ago. Will Amott was about 42 years of age andT had been a mail clerk for about fourteen years, being the clerk in charge on a run from Chicago to Columbus, Ohio, on the Pennsylvania railroad. He taught school in this county for several years before entering the mail service and tnade his home at MoCoyßburg. He was a man of exefmplary habits and his death will be a great shook not only to relatives but to his many friends. He leaves a wife and six children, namely, Gladys, Paul, Basil, Dolly, Walter and Don, the oldest being 18 years of age and the youngest about 6. Mrs. Amott’s aged mother, Mrs. Eldridge, makesher home *with them and has been badly crippled up with rheumatism for some time.

The direct cause of Mr. Arnett's death is not known here. Last year he had extensive trouble with catarrh or other nasal disease and underwent four different operations. He had also suffered from diabetes for the past year but it was not believed that this was critical at this time. His relaives here did not know that he had been ill and the news came as a great shock to them.