Rensselaer Republican, Volume 24, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 June 1892 — Found Dead in His Bed. [ARTICLE]

Found Dead in His Bed.

Our Citizens were greatly shocked yesterday morning by the news that Horace Peacock had been found dead at the home pf his father, Jonathan Peacock, on River street. He bad arrived the evening before in company with his little boy on the milk train, from Wheatfield, where for some months he has been running a very prosperous harness store. He had been feeling considerable pain in his chest and intended to have consulted a physician but put it off until the next day. At his father’s house he talked with his brother Thomas, from Paxton, 111., until 11 o’clock, and then went to bed on a lounge in the front room. The next morning his little boy entered the room and noticing his father’s peculiar position and remarkable stillness, he, without saying anything to anyone, went to the home lof Dr. M. B. Alter and asked him to come to see his father, who he believed to be siek. The toy being of the opinion that there was no great emergency, the doctor waited until after breakfast before making the visit. On his way to the house he met Thomas Peacock who told him Horace was dead. The doctor examined the body and jDr. Washburn also, and both were of the opinion, from the great rigkjfty and coldness of the body, that lie had been dead, many hours, probably dying immediately after lying down. The posture of the body and the peaceful expression ot the face, showed that death had been instant and painless. Both physicians agree in ascribing the death to some form of heart disease. r ' " - ‘ Y The deceased was about 58 years old and leaves a wife and 6 children, two of the latter being of adult age.