Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 90, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 February 1911 — LOGANSPORT EDITOR [ARTICLE]

LOGANSPORT EDITOR

Drops Dead From Heart Disease While On Way to Lunch. H. J. McSheeby, editor and founder of the Logansport Chronicle and prominent in I. O. O. F. and Elk lodge circles, fell dead on the street Tuesday while on his way to lunch at the noon hour. When stricken he was walking with Harry Shideler, a bank cashier, and was telling Shideler about a new motor boat he had lately purchased and what a good time he expected to have boating and fiishing at Lake Maxinkuckee, where he owned a cottage, next summer. He suddenly well over dead on the street. McSheeby was born in Lafayette and for a time was purser on a steamer plying between New York and Liverpool. Later, he was marine reporter for the New York Herald. He came to Logansport in 1875 and established the Chronicle, which was a success from .the start.- His age was 57 years. A w:dow and three sons survive him.