Obituary of Mylon Sarles (1892)

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SUDDEN DEATH OF MYLON SARLES
We were quite surprised and shocked on Tuesday morning, to learn of the sudden death of Mr. Mylon Sarles, which took place the night before, under peculiar circumstances, at his house east of Lexington Avenue, on what is known as "Brooklyn," or "Poverty Flat."

The manner of his death and the events leading up to it, are about as follows - Mylon's third wife, still living, has for some time been addicted to drink, and on Monday night he went home at about 8:30 and found she was not there. He went down to Kate Fisher's house (formerly Nancy Francis's) and found her there, drunk. He took her up to his house, which is eastward across the lot, up slightly rising ground. Then he went outdoors to get some wood or something. While he was out, his wife slipped from the house, and went down to the Fisher house again. Mylon came indoors, and then started after his wife. He brought her back a second time, and probably exhausted by the job of the lugging her home, when he reached the house he was panting for breath and tired out.

What followed is not so clear, but in some way he fell or stumbled to the floor, and in falling struck the table in the room, on which a lighted lamp stood. The lamp fell over, the chimney broke, and the oil spilled out and ignited from the burner. It began to set the table on fire. The only other person in the house besides Mylon and his drunken wife was their 15-year-old daughter, who then ran to the door and screamed "Fire!"

The two Simonson boys, who live in a house near-by, ran to the rescue, and Willie the first one who reached the scene, put out the blazing oil lamp on the table, while the second Newton stumbled over the prostrate body of Mylon Sarles, and then picked him up off the floor. He was breathing very heavily, just like a person suffering from a stroke of apoplexy. He ran for a doctor, but had to go to both Dr. Augur's and Dr. Chapman's, to find one of them in, and by the time he returned, Mr. Sarles was just about dead.

Coroner Drews was notified early on Tuesday morning. He impanelled a jury, and from some statement that was made to him he committed Mrs. Sarles to the County Jail to be held until the inquest, which will take place to-morrow, Saturday. Mrs. Sarles was placed in the village lock-up on Tuesday morning, and was kept there until she was taken to White Plains.

On Wednesday evening, Dr. Augur, of this place, and a doctor from some town below here, made an autopsy on the body of Mylon Sarles, in order to discover the exact cause of death. The facts will be made known at the inquest.

The funeral services were held yesterday (Thursday) at his late residence, at two o'clock p.m., and the burial was in the old Episcopal Cemetery. Mr. Sarles was thrice married. By his first wife, he had two children, by his second wife, three; and by his last wife, one. It is only a few weeks ago that Mr. Sarles had his wife arrested for drunk and disorderly conduct. Mr. Sarles was about 70 years old, and a butcher by trade. Nothing particularly creditable can be said of his life and career.