 Albert
Hadfield, son of John Hadfield, 905 West Main,
died of influenza at Fort Benjamin Harrison,
Ind., Monday morning. He had been ill a week. He
contracted the disease following a baseball game
played Sunday, October 13. He seemed to realize
that he might have overexerted himself in the
game. In a letter to his sister, Mrs. John Martin
of West Main street written the day after the
game he told her of how well he played and how he
enjoyed it.“But
I suppose you would have scolded,” he said,
“because I played so hard.”
Hadfield, who was
born and raised in this city and was 28 years old
on the 16th of last April, loved baseball. He
used to play with the Collinsville Maroons, and
while he weighed little more than a hundred ponds
he was a hard hitter and a nervy and accurate
field worker.
Hadfield formerly
worked in the mines here, and prior to his being
taken for service he was examiner at Consolidated
mine No. 17.
Hadfield left here
with the large group of men drafted on September
18, taken to Camp Taylor. He became a regimental
bugler after he was transferred to Fort Benjamin
Harrison.
The body was
brought here Wednesday and the funeral will be
held this afternoon from the residence at 905
West Main street. The service will be private.
He is survived by
his father, two brothers, Sam and Will, both of
this city, and two sisters, Mrs. Charles Getz and
Mrs. Bertha Martin of this city.
News of his
serious illness was received Sunday, and his
father and his brother Sam went to his bedside
until he passed away. He was conscious to the
last and did not seem to realize he was near
death.
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