Typed as spelled and written
Lena Stone Criswell

THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT
Eighteenth Year - Number (Missing)
Marlin, Texas, Thursday, August 22, 1907
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SUDDEN DEATH OF JIM SAWYER.
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Died at His Saloon After a Short
Illness
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       Jim Sawyer, proprietor of Sawyer's saloon on Live Oak street, died at his place of business about 8:30 Tuesday night.
       There were present G.G. Gordon, J. W. Lynch and one or two others.  They say he began complaining some while sitting in a chair in the front of the saloon.  He appeared to be suffering from extreme heat and he was moved to the yard in rear of the saloon and efforts made to relieve him from the heat.  With a few groans and gasps he passed away while lying on the cot and before physicians were summoned.
       Deceased was 55 years of age and had been in Marlin about six years.
       The remains were viewed by Justice Dashiell who pronounced his death due to natural causes.  The remains will be interred at McGregor, where he formerly resided and where his mother is buried.
       He has a sister in the territory and a niece, Mrs. Murry in Waco.  These are the only relatives known of here.

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