Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 March 1893 — DEATH OF ELLIOTT F. SHEPARD. [ARTICLE]

DEATH OF ELLIOTT F. SHEPARD.

Caused by Administration of Ether Preparatory to Surgical Examination. Col. Elliott F. Sheppard, editor of the New York Mail and Express, died suddenly at New York. Friday, following the administration of ether by his physician, preparatfrtTrttr an examination to ascertain whether the Colonel was suffering from stone in the bladder. Col. Shepard was in good health and had been at his office every day. No member Of the family knew he was ill or that an operation was contemplated. He was a son-in-law of the late W. IT. Vanderbilt, and was nearly seventy years of age at the time of his death.