Yesterday morning at 11:30 o'clock, Mr. Jerome E Small of this city while at work suddenly fell over and expired. Mr. Small who lives on Howard Avenue about six doors south of the Armory, had been unwell for several weeks and yesterday morning before leaving his home for his work he fell from a chair, but soon rallied and went to his work. While working he complained to one near by that he felt bad and hardly able to work. The place he was engaged at work was No. 328 South Duke street, the property of Mr. David Becker. A few minutes before his death he was looking out of the window of the house on the second floor at an attraction on the street, when turning he walked across the room and while stepping over the threshold into the middle room he suddenly staggered and held himself at the casing of the door, but yet sinking to the floor. Several of the workmen who were near came to his assistance and laid him prostrate on the floor, believing that he had a spasm. Mr. Jacob Reichley was sent for water, but before he returned Mr. Small was dead. The deceased never spoke a word after falling, but after opening his mouth several times and making an effort to breathe once he died without any other noticeable movement. As soon as the occurrence became known, Coroner E. W. Brickley was sent for and held an inquest over the body a short time before 12 o'clock. The jurymen qualified as follows: Messrs. Daniel Nagle, Paul Mosebaugh, Samuel Givens, Emanuel Mitzel, William Hagarman and Dennis Crimmins. After examining several witnesses the jury repaired to the residence of the deceased where the testimony of Mrs. Small was taken, after which they adjourned to give the verdict in the evening. A post-mortem examination of the body was held at the deceased's house yesterday afternoon about half past two o'clock, by Coroner Brickley which showed the cause of death to have been rupture of the heart and fatty degeneration of the same. At eight o'clock last evening the jury assembled in Dr. Brickley's office and gave the following verdict: "That Jerome E. Small was found dead; that there were no marks of violence appearing on his body, and that he came to his death upon the morning of the 31st day of May, from rupture of the heart and fatty degeneration of the same." The deceased was a plasterer by occupation, 53 years old and leaves a wife and six children, two of his sons being married. He was a member of St. Patrick's Catholic Church and an old army veteran although not a member of the G.A.R.
SMALL-On the 31st of May Jerome Small aged 52 years, 3 months and 9 days. Funeral Saturday from his late residence No. 9 South Howard avenue, leaving the house at 1:30 o'clock p.m. Services at St. Patrick's church; interment at St. Patrick's cemetery.