Title	Mr.
Last Name	Felker
First Name	Landon C.
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Place of Death	Columbia, Calif.
Date of Death	1914-06-00
Publication	The Eastern Gazette 6-18-1914 p4
Obituary	The following article taken from "The Union Democrat" of Sonora Calif. will be of interest to ay in this vicinity who Landon C. Felker, a former Ripley man. Landon C. Felker, a well-known resident of Columbia, ended his life by sending a pistol ball into his at about seven oclock Monday morning The act of self-destruction was committed in his room in the Kress hotel, where Felker had long been a guest. The deceased had been ill for about two weeks, suffering with malaria. During his illness he was cared for by A.L. Bixel, the proprietor and members of his family. During the first week oh his illness he refused all nourishment, but the few days preceding his rash act he had recovered his appetite and was seeming steadily improving in health. On Monday morning he arose and dressed himself, but apparently suffered a recurrent attack of the fever, and most likely while in delirium, secured his revolver, held the muzzle to his forehead, and sent the death-dealing ball into his brain into his brain. The shot was unheard. About 7 oclock a member of the Bixel household went to the room to ascertain the wants of the sick man, but found him lying on the bed, dead with the wound in his head. Felker was a very reticent man. He was a native of Maine and about 57 years of age. He came to California 16 years ago. He talked little unless engaged in conversation and then his manner and speech showed that he was a man of culture and education. But never on any occasion was he known to talk about himself or his people, and he was equally secretive about his affairs. He died without leaving any word: in fact a package of papers-letters-he was known to have in the room some months before could not be located after his death. Whether they contained any information of his past or of his people was known only to himself, and evidently he had destroyed them. Out of the 16 years that he had lived in California he worked less than four yeas, but he met all his obligations promptly and when he died, a small memorandum book showed that he had $2.50 on deposit with R.C.Davis, the merchant, and in his pocket he had $15, He was a man of mystery to most people who knew him. "There seemed to be a shadow on his life." said one who knew him long, "and he preferred to be alone, and invariable avoided all conversation which would involve him in any statements of a personal nature, and this created an impression that there was something in his past which he wished to forget or at least not to discuss."