(-November 27, 1918)

The people of Malone were again shocked and deeply pained this morning by the sad announcement that First Lieut. Daniel W. Flack, of Co. A. New York Guard, had passed away at his home on Ft. Covington street. Lieut. Flack and been ill from what appeared to be a second attack or relapse of influenza for a little less than a week, pneumonia set in and his condition very soon became precarious. Early in the present epidemic he was ill with a light attack of the disease but appeared to get all over it so that he resumed his usual duties. Only last Thursday afternoon he drilled the Academy cadets at the armory but complained of illness that night and since then the progress of the disease had been rapid. His call from life’s activities came at 8 o’clock this morning and this community is profoundly moved.

Daniel Wellington Flack was in the very prime of young manhood and possessed qualities of companionship, foresight and sturdy worth which made him extremely popular with all classes. No young man in Malone was more deeply beloved and none had more warm and intimate friends. He was born in Norwood, the eldest son of the late Congressman William H. Flack, his early childhood was spent at St. Regis Falls and he came to Malone with his parents when his father first entered upon his duties as county clerk, which office he filled for six years. Lieut. Flack received his education in our local schools and a number of years in which he was employed as a deputy at Malone to the time of his death.

Lieut. Flack had long been deeply interested in military affairs and was one of the most capable military men in the state. He enlisted in Co., K of the National Guard in December, 1901 and remained continuously in the company, rising to first sergeant, till honorably discharged in January 1911. When the United States entered the war with Germany he applied for admission to an officers’ training camp and was deeply disappointed at not being able to enter the service of his country. After the organization of Co. A, N.Y. Guard , which succeeded Co. K here, he was commissioned first lieutenant of the new company and much of its success and efficiency was due to his untiring efforts as a drillmaster. When the Franklin Academy Cadets were organized under the military law he was appointed drill master of the company and was later made drillmaster of the boys employed in industrial enterprises. All these positions he still held at the time of his death. Not long ago, recognizing his superior ability as a tactician, he was appointed by the state authorities one of the officers at the state camp for boys and spent a month in that capacity. So that, during the war, his military services were of great value at home.

Mr. Flack was very prominent in Masonic circles and was pastmaster of Northern Constellation Lodge, past high priest of the Chapter and past commander of Franklin Commandery. He was also a member of Karnak Temple of the Mystic Shrine and was held in highest regard by all his brothers in the order. He was a member of the Baptist church, Malone, and had served for a long time as treasurer of the Malone Laymen’s League. He was 35 years of age. He is survived by his wife, who was before her marriage, Miss Martha Hawley, daughter of the late Thomas Hawley, of Malone, one little son William, his mother and one brother, William H. Flack, who is a field clerk at Camp Hancock in the U. S. Army service. The family is sorely afflicted for wife, son and mother are all ill of influenza at the Flack home. The sympathy of the whole community goes out to them in deepest measure. The funeral arrangements have not yet been made.

(From the Wednesday, November 27, 1918 edition of the Malone Farmer, front page. Courtesy of the Northern New York Library Network @ news.nnyln.net).