Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 September 1906 — DEATH SUMMONS ROBERT R. HITT [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

DEATH SUMMONS ROBERT R. HITT

Narragansett Tier, N. Y., Sept. 20. Congressman Robert R. Hitt, of Illinois, is dead at his summer home here. Heart failure, following a long period of increasing physical weakness, finally caused the death of Con-

gressman Illtt. Mrs. Hitt and her two sons, W. 8. Illtt and It. H. Hitt, were at the bedside of the congresinan when In* died. Congressman Hitt came here last June and since that time he has been very ill. requiring, most of the time, the constant attention of nurses and physicians. His condition was due to advancing years. His age was 72 years.

ROBERT ROBEBTS HITT.