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Independent Journal
Friday, February 8, 1952
Page 5

Archie Bell, S.Q. Cafe Man found Dead

A San Quentin restaurant proprietor whose wife died less than a week ago was found this morning shot to death in his bed, an apparent suicide, the sheriff’s office reported.

The body of Archibald B. Bell, 60, was discovered at 9:15 a.m. by a waitress who was opening the Ferry Inn at the approach to the San Quentin ferry pier.

Bell’s wife, Edna, 53, died suddenly in San Francisco Sunday. She had lived in Marin for six years before moving to the Bay city a year ago.

Sheriff’s deputies said Bell apparently shot himself through the mouth with a .38 caliber revolver found hear the bedside. Time of death was set at between 8:15 a.m. and 9:15 a.m. since Bell talked on the telephone at 8:15 with a daughter, Mrs. Irene Hine, whose husband, Lloyd, is a guard at San Quentin.

Bell leaves another daughter, Mrs. Inez Overhouse; three sons, Louis, Archibald Jr., and Elvas Bell; two sisters, Mrs. Bella Burns, and Mrs. Marjorie Clark; a brother, Elton Bell.

Two years ago Bell’s 31-year-old son, Elmer, an upholsterer, committed suicide in much the same manner. Lying on a bed at his San Quentin village home, Elmer Bell, shot himself in the head with a rifle.

Funeral services will be held Monday at 11 a.m. at Keaton’s mortuary, San Rafael. Interment will be in Mt. Tamalpais cemetery.

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A Death Notice in the same paper says he was a native of Placer County, California.

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Message:	: Independent Journal : Friday, February 8, 1952 : Page 5 : Archie Bell, S.Q. Cafe Man found Dead : A San Quentin restaurant proprietor whose wife died less than a week ago was found this morning shot to death in his bed, an apparent suicide, the sheriff’s office reported. : The body of Archibald B. Bell, 60, was discovered at 9:15 a.m. by a waitress who was opening the Ferry Inn at the approach to the San Quentin ferry pier. : Bell’s wife, Edna, 53, died suddenly in San Francisco Sunday. She had lived in Marin for six years before moving to the Bay city a year ago. : Sheriff’s deputies said Bell apparently shot himself through the mouth with a .38 caliber revolver found hear the bedside. Time of death was set at between 8:15 a.m. and 9:15 a.m. since Bell talked on the telephone at 8:15 with a daughter, Mrs. Irene Hine, whose husband, Lloyd, is a guard at San Quentin. : Bell leaves another daughter, Mrs. Inez Overhouse; three sons, Louis, Archibald Jr., and Elvas Bell; two sisters, Mrs. Bella Burns, and Mrs. Marjorie Clark; a brother, Elton Bell. : Two years ago Bell’s 31-year-old son, Elmer, an upholsterer, committed suicide in much the same manner. Lying on a bed at his San Quentin village home, Elmer Bell, shot himself in the head with a rifle. : Funeral services will be held Monday at 11 a.m. at Keaton’s mortuary, San Rafael. Interment will be in Mt. Tamalpais cemetery. : ---------------- : A Death Notice in the same paper says he was a native of Placer County, California.