JOSIAH MATLACK DEAD.
The End Came This Morning After Months of Ill Health.
Ex-Chief of Police Josiah Matlack died at the home of President of City Council Charles Ellis, last night, the result of having been prostrated by the heat at Ocean City two weeks ago. Mr. Matlack was brought to this city in an unconscious condition and began to grow worse until last night when he passed away.
Deceased was born in Pennsylvania and his parents moved to Haddonfield when he was an infant. They then moved to this city where he has been a resident for forty years.
He was elected a member of City Council from the old South ward in 1871, and was defeated for Board of Education in the same bailiwick by Levi Newton by one majority, a number of years ago.
Deceased was treasurer of Camden Lodge, No. 155, I. O. O. F.; Ionic Lodge, No. 94, F. and A. M.; director of the Masonic Temple Association and a member of Pottowottomie Tribe, I. O. R. M.
Mr. Matlack was a Past Master of Ionic Lodge, and a Past District Deputy Grand Master of the Masonic fraternity. He was also, for a number of years, the leader of the choir at the First Methodist Episcopal church of this city, and he was a very excellent and efficient Chief of Police under Mayor Bradshaw, after which being nominated for the Mayoralty he was defeated by Jesse Pratt.
The funeral will take place on Wednesday afternoon, at 2 o'clock. Interment will be made at Harleigh cemetery, with Masonic ceremonies.
Josiah Matlack was a man who never "set the world afire," yet how many who have done so or essayed to do so have lived less respected and died less regretted. He was of retiring disposition, unobtrusive in manner, yet was always found to be the right man in the right place.
Never getting on in the world in its material sense he was always looked upon as a man who could if he would, and among those with whom he came into more immediate contact he was preferred and pushed forward, especially in Masonic matters, as deserving because competent and trustworthy. As Chief of Police he was a strong aid to the administration of Mayor Bradshaw, and gained the respect of all parties. Few men have been better liked among their intimates, and few have passed from our midst whose deaths will be more generally and genuinely deplored.
The End Came This Morning After Months of Ill Health.
Ex-Chief of Police Josiah Matlack died at the home of President of City Council Charles Ellis, last night, the result of having been prostrated by the heat at Ocean City two weeks ago. Mr. Matlack was brought to this city in an unconscious condition and began to grow worse until last night when he passed away.
Deceased was born in Pennsylvania and his parents moved to Haddonfield when he was an infant. They then moved to this city where he has been a resident for forty years.
He was elected a member of City Council from the old South ward in 1871, and was defeated for Board of Education in the same bailiwick by Levi Newton by one majority, a number of years ago.
Mr. Matlack was a Past Master of Ionic Lodge, and a Past District Deputy Grand Master of the Masonic fraternity. He was also, for a number of years, the leader of the choir at the First Methodist Episcopal church of this city, and he was a very excellent and efficient Chief of Police under Mayor Bradshaw, after which being nominated for the Mayoralty he was defeated by Jesse Pratt.
The funeral will take place on Wednesday afternoon, at 2 o'clock. Interment will be made at Harleigh cemetery, with Masonic ceremonies.
Josiah Matlack was a man who never "set the world afire," yet how many who have done so or essayed to do so have lived less respected and died less regretted. He was of retiring disposition, unobtrusive in manner, yet was always found to be the right man in the right place.
Never getting on in the world in its material sense he was always looked upon as a man who could if he would, and among those with whom he came into more immediate contact he was preferred and pushed forward, especially in Masonic matters, as deserving because competent and trustworthy. As Chief of Police he was a strong aid to the administration of Mayor Bradshaw, and gained the respect of all parties. Few men have been better liked among their intimates, and few have passed from our midst whose deaths will be more generally and genuinely deplored.
