Horace G. Cates

He died of blood poisoning a week after scratching his thumb with a pin while preparing a dressing for a patient in Crocker Hospital, of which he was superintendent.

All of the methods of modern medical science failed to check the spread of the disease," reported the Los Angeles Evening Express, labeling it "blood poisoning.

[2][4] He was a member of the Santa Monica school trustees until he moved from the city in 1891,[6] and he was elected Los Angeles County Coroner for a four-year term on the Republican ticket in November 1892.

[10] He was survived by her and five children, Charles B., Horace B., Ella, Mildren N. and Mary Edna.

He died without a will, leaving property in Los Angeles, Ventura, and Fresno counties.