Porter Moses Rollins

From the Graham Guardian Newspaper dated September 18, 1896, Friday, Page 1: Last Tuesday afternoon as the trial of Pratt Stewart was going on quite a crowd had collected near Jacobson's store and Porter Rollins undertook to make his horse go through a course of gymnastic exercises and the result was that the horse fell, and Porter struck with his back on the end of a railroad tie. At first it was not thought he was hurt at all but in a few minutes he commenced fainting and continued to do so for some time. Dr. Weeks was called, and he informs us that while the injury is a severe one it is not dangerous. Since the above was put in type it was learned that Porter Rollins died of his injuries at 1 o'clock Wednesday morning. The funeral services were held on Thursday. Porter had been at St. Johns for more than a year past working in the St. Johns Herald office and had been home only a few days when he met his death.

From the St. John's Herald Newspaper dated September 26, 1896, Page 4: The above account of the untimely death of Porter Rollins is copied from the Graham Guardian. We mourn with his family and friends the loss of a generous hearted young friend and a faithful employee. Editor.