The Columbus Republican
Columbus, Indiana
Thursday, January 12, 1911
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MILO PORTS DIED IN HIS BUSINESS ROOM

Victim of Heart Disease and Fourth Man to Die Who Was Under Liquor Violation Charges.

Milo Ports died at his soft drink establishment on Fourth street about 4 o'clock this morning. His brother, Jap Ports, was with him during the night and when his condition became critical, Dr. J.W. Arnold was called. The physician worked with the sick man until early this morning, when it was seen nothing could save him and the end came shortly after. Heart trouble is given as the cause of death.

The body was taken to the Ports home on west Fourth street. Funeral services from the residence Friday morning at 9:30 o'clock, conducted by the Rev. A.H. Pitkin, with furial in the Garland Brook cemetery.

Mr. Ports is the fourth man to die within a comparatively recent time who was under charges of having violated the liquor laws here. He was under bond for appearance in the Circuit Court for trial at the next term, his case having been continued at the last term of court. The others who were charged with liquor law violations and who died last year were Abe Darnell, John Lowe, both of this city, and Albert McClintic, of Hartsville.