Herbert Croker died on a train near Newton, Kansas in May 1905. His funeral was at the home of his mother, Mrs. Richard Croker at 5 East 74th Street in Manhattan. The low requiem mass was celebrated at St. Ignatius Church Park Avenue and 84th Street by the Rev. Nell McKinnon. His siblings, Ethel, Florence and Richard Jr. were in attendance, as was his uncle James Collins. He was engaged to be married toJeannette Horton in two weeks.
This information was taken from an article in the New York Times on May 19, 1905
∼"BOSS" CROKER'S SON DEAD.
Herbert V. Croker, son of Richard Croker, the former Tammany leader, died on a Santa Fe train between Kansas City and Newton, Kansas. Mysterious circumstances, seeming to indicate foul play, accompanied the tragedy. The sudden death of another son, Frank Croker, in the Ormond-Daytona Beach automobile races last winter makes more sad the bereavement which has befallen the political chieftain.
The coroner's verdict in the case is that Croker "came to his death while between Kansas City, Mo., and Newton, Kansas, from the effects of narcotic poison taken into his system at Kansas City before boarding said train, by means and manner unknown to this jury."
Chief of police Hayes of Kansas City says that Croker's death was due to overindulgence in whisky and opium. Chief Hayes says there is little to indicate that the New York man was robbed or to show that he was drugged except as he did it himself.
The two Chinamen who conducted the Kansas City opium joint and the negro porter, Charles Wilson, who took Croker to the place, are in jail, but they are not charged with any offense in connection with Croker's death. The Chinamen will be prosecuted for keeping an opium joint and Wilson's testimony will be used against them. The Chinamen said Croker had smoked opium before.
Newcastle News-Journal; Newcastle, Wyoming.
June 2, 1905; Page Six.
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This information was taken from an article in the New York Times on May 19, 1905
∼"BOSS" CROKER'S SON DEAD.
Herbert V. Croker, son of Richard Croker, the former Tammany leader, died on a Santa Fe train between Kansas City and Newton, Kansas. Mysterious circumstances, seeming to indicate foul play, accompanied the tragedy. The sudden death of another son, Frank Croker, in the Ormond-Daytona Beach automobile races last winter makes more sad the bereavement which has befallen the political chieftain.
The coroner's verdict in the case is that Croker "came to his death while between Kansas City, Mo., and Newton, Kansas, from the effects of narcotic poison taken into his system at Kansas City before boarding said train, by means and manner unknown to this jury."
Chief of police Hayes of Kansas City says that Croker's death was due to overindulgence in whisky and opium. Chief Hayes says there is little to indicate that the New York man was robbed or to show that he was drugged except as he did it himself.
The two Chinamen who conducted the Kansas City opium joint and the negro porter, Charles Wilson, who took Croker to the place, are in jail, but they are not charged with any offense in connection with Croker's death. The Chinamen will be prosecuted for keeping an opium joint and Wilson's testimony will be used against them. The Chinamen said Croker had smoked opium before.
Newcastle News-Journal; Newcastle, Wyoming.
June 2, 1905; Page Six.
dm wms (#47395868)
Herbert Croker died on a train near Newton, Kansas in May 1905. His funeral was at the home of his mother, Mrs. Richard Croker at 5 East 74th Street in Manhattan. The low requiem mass was celebrated at St. Ignatius Church Park Avenue and 84th Street by the Rev. Nell McKinnon. His siblings, Ethel, Florence and Richard Jr. were in attendance, as was his uncle James Collins. He was engaged to be married toJeannette Horton in two weeks.
This information was taken from an article in the New York Times on May 19, 1905
∼"BOSS" CROKER'S SON DEAD.
Herbert V. Croker, son of Richard Croker, the former Tammany leader, died on a Santa Fe train between Kansas City and Newton, Kansas. Mysterious circumstances, seeming to indicate foul play, accompanied the tragedy. The sudden death of another son, Frank Croker, in the Ormond-Daytona Beach automobile races last winter makes more sad the bereavement which has befallen the political chieftain.
The coroner's verdict in the case is that Croker "came to his death while between Kansas City, Mo., and Newton, Kansas, from the effects of narcotic poison taken into his system at Kansas City before boarding said train, by means and manner unknown to this jury."
Chief of police Hayes of Kansas City says that Croker's death was due to overindulgence in whisky and opium. Chief Hayes says there is little to indicate that the New York man was robbed or to show that he was drugged except as he did it himself.
The two Chinamen who conducted the Kansas City opium joint and the negro porter, Charles Wilson, who took Croker to the place, are in jail, but they are not charged with any offense in connection with Croker's death. The Chinamen will be prosecuted for keeping an opium joint and Wilson's testimony will be used against them. The Chinamen said Croker had smoked opium before.
Newcastle News-Journal; Newcastle, Wyoming.
June 2, 1905; Page Six.
dm wms (#47395868)
This information was taken from an article in the New York Times on May 19, 1905
∼"BOSS" CROKER'S SON DEAD.
Herbert V. Croker, son of Richard Croker, the former Tammany leader, died on a Santa Fe train between Kansas City and Newton, Kansas. Mysterious circumstances, seeming to indicate foul play, accompanied the tragedy. The sudden death of another son, Frank Croker, in the Ormond-Daytona Beach automobile races last winter makes more sad the bereavement which has befallen the political chieftain.
The coroner's verdict in the case is that Croker "came to his death while between Kansas City, Mo., and Newton, Kansas, from the effects of narcotic poison taken into his system at Kansas City before boarding said train, by means and manner unknown to this jury."
Chief of police Hayes of Kansas City says that Croker's death was due to overindulgence in whisky and opium. Chief Hayes says there is little to indicate that the New York man was robbed or to show that he was drugged except as he did it himself.
The two Chinamen who conducted the Kansas City opium joint and the negro porter, Charles Wilson, who took Croker to the place, are in jail, but they are not charged with any offense in connection with Croker's death. The Chinamen will be prosecuted for keeping an opium joint and Wilson's testimony will be used against them. The Chinamen said Croker had smoked opium before.
Newcastle News-Journal; Newcastle, Wyoming.
June 2, 1905; Page Six.
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