Omaha World Herald, Oct. 29, 1904:
FORMER NEBRASKAN DROPS DEAD IN CHICAGO JURY ROOM.
Chicago, Ill. Oct. 28. - While listening to the pitiful tale of a deserted wife, Myron S. Phillips, a real estate dealer, dropped dead today in the grand jury room. He was serving as a member of the October grand jury and had been an attentive listener while the woman testified. As he rose from his chair to demand the husband's indictment for abandonment, he fell to the floor unconscious and died three minutes later. Heart disease was the cause of death.
Mr. Phillips came to Chicago in 1892, from Hebron, Nebr.
Omaha World Herald, Oct. 29, 1904:
FORMER NEBRASKAN DROPS DEAD IN CHICAGO JURY ROOM.
Chicago, Ill. Oct. 28. - While listening to the pitiful tale of a deserted wife, Myron S. Phillips, a real estate dealer, dropped dead today in the grand jury room. He was serving as a member of the October grand jury and had been an attentive listener while the woman testified. As he rose from his chair to demand the husband's indictment for abandonment, he fell to the floor unconscious and died three minutes later. Heart disease was the cause of death.
Mr. Phillips came to Chicago in 1892, from Hebron, Nebr.
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