Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Mullins, James Garrison December 29, 1896
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Norfolk Virginian December 30, 1896

                           HE FELL TO HIS DEATH
            Sudden Tragic Ending of the Life of Captain James Mullin
                      FELL FROM A FOURTH STORY WINDOW

Was Found Three Hours Later- No Bones Were Broken - Theory of Suicide Not 
Believed by Those who Knew Him- Thought to Have Lost His Balance- The Inquest

About 6:30 o'clock yesterday morning a colored boy employed at the Gladstone 
Tailoring Company's establishment, discovered in a small court in the rear of 
the Gladstone Hotel the body of a man lying face downward upon the ground in his 
underclothing. He at once notified the clerks of the hotel, who went at once to 
the spot and identified the unfortunate man as Captain James G. Mullins, a well 
known and popular gentleman, who has been a boarder at the hotel ever since it 
was built, and who occupied a room on the fourth floor with a window looking out 
upon the court immediately over the spot where the body was found, about forty 
feet above the ground.
The remains were taken in charge by Funeral Director Smith and prepared for 
burial, after which they were taken to the Armory, from which the funeral will 
take place this afternoon at 2 o'clock and will be attended by all the local 
companies of the Fourth Regiment, the Norfolk Light Artillery Blues and a host 
of others, for the deceased was extremely popular, especially in military 
circles.
The dead man was 32 years of age and unmarried.  He was the son of the late 
Major John G. Mullins, whose sudden death in this city several years ago will be 
remembered, Major Mullins having been found on the street in a dazed condition 
by a policeman, and dying a short time afterward. Captain Mullins leaves a 
brother, Dr. E.B. Mullins, of Baltimore; and a sister, Mrs. W.B. Meredith, of 
Park Avenue, Brambleton Ward.  He was a captain of Company E. Jackson Light 
Infantry, Fourth Regiment, and a general favorite with all the men.  At the time 
of his death he was agent for the Hartford Life Insurance Company and had 
formerly been transportation clerk in the joint freight office of the Norfolk 
and Western, Atlantic and Danville and Merchants' and Miners' Companies at the 
Boston wharf. He was a man of splendid physique, generous and lovable in 
disposition and kind impulses and his death is a severe shock to his many warm 
friends.
The body of the dead man lay in state at the Armory all last night under guard 
of Company E. a large portion of which was out in uniform.  There were many 
visiting friends who came to view the remains.

Complete story on page 2 of the Norfolk Virginian December 30, 1896


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