Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 100, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 March 1918 — CLAY HARRIS DIES ON TRAIN [ARTICLE]

CLAY HARRIS DIES ON TRAIN

Prominent Benton County Land Owner Victim mos Heart Disease. Word was received yesterday morning by Wallace Evans that his father-in-law, Clay Harris, had died on the train near Rayton, New Mexico, ?t 2:45 a. m. Mr. Harris was seventy-three years old and was in the earlier days a very prominent citizen of the county. He was sheriff from 1872 to 1874 and later engaged in banking and farming at Boswell. For the last fifteen years he had made his home at Morocco and in California during the winters. Wallace Evans left at once to meet Mrs. Evans and accompany the body back Tor burial. Mr. Harris and daughter were on their way back from spending the winter in California. It is presumed Mr. Harris’ death was caused from an attack of heart trouble, an affliction that has troubled hilih for several years.—Benton Review.