E. D. Patterson's Body
Found In Reservoir
Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at the family residence for E. D. Patterson, 76, prominent Crafton
orange grower, and long-time leader in water affairs, who died yesterday by drowning in the Crafton ditch and reservoir, near his home.
Deputy Coroner Edward Doyle, who conducted the investigation, said that he will designate suicide as the cause of death on the official certificate.
Mr. Patterson had recently been despondent over his health and when he was absent from the house for half an hour yesterday morning his wife phoned their son, E. D. Patterson, Jr. He left his Sunset drive home and went looking for his father.
While on route to the family residence in Crafton the junior Mr. Patterson drove by the Crafton reservoir. There he sighted an object floating m the middle of the reservoir. With Elza R. Brown, Patterson ranchman, he went out in a boat and found that it was the body of his father. Mr. Patterson, Jr. called his intimate friend, Dr. T Robert White who went to the scene.
Mr. Doyle and Deputy Sheriff Joe Grimes found that there were cuts on the throat and a puncture wound near the right wrist. It also appeared likely,
from abrasions, that Mr. Patterson had been carried into the reservoir in the ditch.
Upon walking the line of the covered Crafton ditch Mr. Doyle and the others with him found Mr. Patterson's cap by a manhole opening about three-quarters of a mile from the reservoir near the Pfeiffer ranch. They also found his small pen knife and there was blood on it. There was also blood on the lid of the water box, Mr. Doyle said today.
Dr. Chauncy Bairde, coroner's autopsy surgeon, performed and autopsy and fixed drowning as the physical casue of death. No inquest will be held, Mr. Doyle announced.
Word of the event was slow in becoming public yesterday due to the time involved in the search for Mr. Patterson, in the recovery of the body, and in the field investigation by the coroner. Mr. Patterson's pocket watch had stopped at 9:30 a.m.
In public affairs, Mr. Patterson was most prominet as the president of the San Bernardino Valley Water Conservation District, a position he had held since the district was put on the present, enlarged basis in 1935. He was a foremost leader in water resources affairs of the upper Santa Ana River basin.
In the citrus industry he ranked as a large grower, as president of the East Highlands Citrus Association and as a champion of the system of prorating orange shipments he helped to draw up the agreement which was the forerunner of the California-Arizona Marketing Agreement.
He was a member of the Congregation Church and of the Fortnightly Club, an organization in which he was long active. He was president of the Greenspot Well company, director of Redlands Heights Water company and a member of the Upper Santa Ana River Basin Study Committee.
He is survived by his wife, Frances, his son, E.D. Patterson, Jr., of Redlands; four sisters, Mrs. Jackson Rigby and Mrs. Belle Woodside of Redlands, Mrs. Horace Cecil, Mt. Pleasant, Tenn., and Miss Elizabeth Patterson, the film actress, Hollywood; two grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Grove Patterson, a cousin, editor of the Toledo Blade, has often been here to visit the E.D. Pattersons.
Born at Savannah, Tenn. December 18, 1876, he was a graduate of Vanderbilt University and of the Columbia University School of Law. He entered legal practice in Memphis but was forced to move west, for his health and came here in 1910.
In 1915 he formed a partnership in the real estate and insurance business with his brother-in-law Jackson Rigby. From that he extended his interest to
orange growing and built up his holdings to about 100 acres. For about 20 years his son has been associated in the management of the properties.
Mr. Patterson was a man of many interests and among other things collected rare books about water and Southern California history. Archeology excited
his curiosity and he was fond of collecting aftifacts.
F. Arthur Cortner is in charge of arrangements.
Found In Reservoir
Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at the family residence for E. D. Patterson, 76, prominent Crafton
orange grower, and long-time leader in water affairs, who died yesterday by drowning in the Crafton ditch and reservoir, near his home.
Deputy Coroner Edward Doyle, who conducted the investigation, said that he will designate suicide as the cause of death on the official certificate.
Mr. Patterson had recently been despondent over his health and when he was absent from the house for half an hour yesterday morning his wife phoned their son, E. D. Patterson, Jr. He left his Sunset drive home and went looking for his father.
While on route to the family residence in Crafton the junior Mr. Patterson drove by the Crafton reservoir. There he sighted an object floating m the middle of the reservoir. With Elza R. Brown, Patterson ranchman, he went out in a boat and found that it was the body of his father. Mr. Patterson, Jr. called his intimate friend, Dr. T Robert White who went to the scene.
Mr. Doyle and Deputy Sheriff Joe Grimes found that there were cuts on the throat and a puncture wound near the right wrist. It also appeared likely,
from abrasions, that Mr. Patterson had been carried into the reservoir in the ditch.
Upon walking the line of the covered Crafton ditch Mr. Doyle and the others with him found Mr. Patterson's cap by a manhole opening about three-quarters of a mile from the reservoir near the Pfeiffer ranch. They also found his small pen knife and there was blood on it. There was also blood on the lid of the water box, Mr. Doyle said today.
Dr. Chauncy Bairde, coroner's autopsy surgeon, performed and autopsy and fixed drowning as the physical casue of death. No inquest will be held, Mr. Doyle announced.
Word of the event was slow in becoming public yesterday due to the time involved in the search for Mr. Patterson, in the recovery of the body, and in the field investigation by the coroner. Mr. Patterson's pocket watch had stopped at 9:30 a.m.
In public affairs, Mr. Patterson was most prominet as the president of the San Bernardino Valley Water Conservation District, a position he had held since the district was put on the present, enlarged basis in 1935. He was a foremost leader in water resources affairs of the upper Santa Ana River basin.
In the citrus industry he ranked as a large grower, as president of the East Highlands Citrus Association and as a champion of the system of prorating orange shipments he helped to draw up the agreement which was the forerunner of the California-Arizona Marketing Agreement.
He was a member of the Congregation Church and of the Fortnightly Club, an organization in which he was long active. He was president of the Greenspot Well company, director of Redlands Heights Water company and a member of the Upper Santa Ana River Basin Study Committee.
He is survived by his wife, Frances, his son, E.D. Patterson, Jr., of Redlands; four sisters, Mrs. Jackson Rigby and Mrs. Belle Woodside of Redlands, Mrs. Horace Cecil, Mt. Pleasant, Tenn., and Miss Elizabeth Patterson, the film actress, Hollywood; two grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Grove Patterson, a cousin, editor of the Toledo Blade, has often been here to visit the E.D. Pattersons.
Born at Savannah, Tenn. December 18, 1876, he was a graduate of Vanderbilt University and of the Columbia University School of Law. He entered legal practice in Memphis but was forced to move west, for his health and came here in 1910.
In 1915 he formed a partnership in the real estate and insurance business with his brother-in-law Jackson Rigby. From that he extended his interest to
orange growing and built up his holdings to about 100 acres. For about 20 years his son has been associated in the management of the properties.
Mr. Patterson was a man of many interests and among other things collected rare books about water and Southern California history. Archeology excited
his curiosity and he was fond of collecting aftifacts.
F. Arthur Cortner is in charge of arrangements.
E. D. Patterson's Body
Found In Reservoir
Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at the family residence for E. D. Patterson, 76, prominent Crafton
orange grower, and long-time leader in water affairs, who died yesterday by drowning in the Crafton ditch and reservoir, near his home.
Deputy Coroner Edward Doyle, who conducted the investigation, said that he will designate suicide as the cause of death on the official certificate.
Mr. Patterson had recently been despondent over his health and when he was absent from the house for half an hour yesterday morning his wife phoned their son, E. D. Patterson, Jr. He left his Sunset drive home and went looking for his father.
While on route to the family residence in Crafton the junior Mr. Patterson drove by the Crafton reservoir. There he sighted an object floating m the middle of the reservoir. With Elza R. Brown, Patterson ranchman, he went out in a boat and found that it was the body of his father. Mr. Patterson, Jr. called his intimate friend, Dr. T Robert White who went to the scene.
Mr. Doyle and Deputy Sheriff Joe Grimes found that there were cuts on the throat and a puncture wound near the right wrist. It also appeared likely,
from abrasions, that Mr. Patterson had been carried into the reservoir in the ditch.
Upon walking the line of the covered Crafton ditch Mr. Doyle and the others with him found Mr. Patterson's cap by a manhole opening about three-quarters of a mile from the reservoir near the Pfeiffer ranch. They also found his small pen knife and there was blood on it. There was also blood on the lid of the water box, Mr. Doyle said today.
Dr. Chauncy Bairde, coroner's autopsy surgeon, performed and autopsy and fixed drowning as the physical casue of death. No inquest will be held, Mr. Doyle announced.
Word of the event was slow in becoming public yesterday due to the time involved in the search for Mr. Patterson, in the recovery of the body, and in the field investigation by the coroner. Mr. Patterson's pocket watch had stopped at 9:30 a.m.
In public affairs, Mr. Patterson was most prominet as the president of the San Bernardino Valley Water Conservation District, a position he had held since the district was put on the present, enlarged basis in 1935. He was a foremost leader in water resources affairs of the upper Santa Ana River basin.
In the citrus industry he ranked as a large grower, as president of the East Highlands Citrus Association and as a champion of the system of prorating orange shipments he helped to draw up the agreement which was the forerunner of the California-Arizona Marketing Agreement.
He was a member of the Congregation Church and of the Fortnightly Club, an organization in which he was long active. He was president of the Greenspot Well company, director of Redlands Heights Water company and a member of the Upper Santa Ana River Basin Study Committee.
He is survived by his wife, Frances, his son, E.D. Patterson, Jr., of Redlands; four sisters, Mrs. Jackson Rigby and Mrs. Belle Woodside of Redlands, Mrs. Horace Cecil, Mt. Pleasant, Tenn., and Miss Elizabeth Patterson, the film actress, Hollywood; two grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Grove Patterson, a cousin, editor of the Toledo Blade, has often been here to visit the E.D. Pattersons.
Born at Savannah, Tenn. December 18, 1876, he was a graduate of Vanderbilt University and of the Columbia University School of Law. He entered legal practice in Memphis but was forced to move west, for his health and came here in 1910.
In 1915 he formed a partnership in the real estate and insurance business with his brother-in-law Jackson Rigby. From that he extended his interest to
orange growing and built up his holdings to about 100 acres. For about 20 years his son has been associated in the management of the properties.
Mr. Patterson was a man of many interests and among other things collected rare books about water and Southern California history. Archeology excited
his curiosity and he was fond of collecting aftifacts.
F. Arthur Cortner is in charge of arrangements.
Found In Reservoir
Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at the family residence for E. D. Patterson, 76, prominent Crafton
orange grower, and long-time leader in water affairs, who died yesterday by drowning in the Crafton ditch and reservoir, near his home.
Deputy Coroner Edward Doyle, who conducted the investigation, said that he will designate suicide as the cause of death on the official certificate.
Mr. Patterson had recently been despondent over his health and when he was absent from the house for half an hour yesterday morning his wife phoned their son, E. D. Patterson, Jr. He left his Sunset drive home and went looking for his father.
While on route to the family residence in Crafton the junior Mr. Patterson drove by the Crafton reservoir. There he sighted an object floating m the middle of the reservoir. With Elza R. Brown, Patterson ranchman, he went out in a boat and found that it was the body of his father. Mr. Patterson, Jr. called his intimate friend, Dr. T Robert White who went to the scene.
Mr. Doyle and Deputy Sheriff Joe Grimes found that there were cuts on the throat and a puncture wound near the right wrist. It also appeared likely,
from abrasions, that Mr. Patterson had been carried into the reservoir in the ditch.
Upon walking the line of the covered Crafton ditch Mr. Doyle and the others with him found Mr. Patterson's cap by a manhole opening about three-quarters of a mile from the reservoir near the Pfeiffer ranch. They also found his small pen knife and there was blood on it. There was also blood on the lid of the water box, Mr. Doyle said today.
Dr. Chauncy Bairde, coroner's autopsy surgeon, performed and autopsy and fixed drowning as the physical casue of death. No inquest will be held, Mr. Doyle announced.
Word of the event was slow in becoming public yesterday due to the time involved in the search for Mr. Patterson, in the recovery of the body, and in the field investigation by the coroner. Mr. Patterson's pocket watch had stopped at 9:30 a.m.
In public affairs, Mr. Patterson was most prominet as the president of the San Bernardino Valley Water Conservation District, a position he had held since the district was put on the present, enlarged basis in 1935. He was a foremost leader in water resources affairs of the upper Santa Ana River basin.
In the citrus industry he ranked as a large grower, as president of the East Highlands Citrus Association and as a champion of the system of prorating orange shipments he helped to draw up the agreement which was the forerunner of the California-Arizona Marketing Agreement.
He was a member of the Congregation Church and of the Fortnightly Club, an organization in which he was long active. He was president of the Greenspot Well company, director of Redlands Heights Water company and a member of the Upper Santa Ana River Basin Study Committee.
He is survived by his wife, Frances, his son, E.D. Patterson, Jr., of Redlands; four sisters, Mrs. Jackson Rigby and Mrs. Belle Woodside of Redlands, Mrs. Horace Cecil, Mt. Pleasant, Tenn., and Miss Elizabeth Patterson, the film actress, Hollywood; two grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Grove Patterson, a cousin, editor of the Toledo Blade, has often been here to visit the E.D. Pattersons.
Born at Savannah, Tenn. December 18, 1876, he was a graduate of Vanderbilt University and of the Columbia University School of Law. He entered legal practice in Memphis but was forced to move west, for his health and came here in 1910.
In 1915 he formed a partnership in the real estate and insurance business with his brother-in-law Jackson Rigby. From that he extended his interest to
orange growing and built up his holdings to about 100 acres. For about 20 years his son has been associated in the management of the properties.
Mr. Patterson was a man of many interests and among other things collected rare books about water and Southern California history. Archeology excited
his curiosity and he was fond of collecting aftifacts.
F. Arthur Cortner is in charge of arrangements.
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