Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 December 1901 — Killed on the Way to Hunt. [ARTICLE]

Killed on the Way to Hunt.

Philadelphia, Pa., dispatch: E. J. 3i a president of the American District Telegraph company and a prominent broker, fell from his horse while riding near his home at Valley Forge and broke his neck, dying almost instantly. Mr. Matthews had been living in New York recently. He had received an invitation to attend the Radnor hunt and was on his way to the scene of the chase when the accident occurred. He was a member of the Union League and Philadelphia Country club and was 65 years of age.