Tuesday, June 5, 1928 Rained again all day and evening. Rotary lunch today at Hotel Taft. John Benjamin Tower, Mayor of New Haven died this morning at 1-25 A.M. at St. Raphael's Hospital. he had been there for three weeks after an operation for gall stones and apparently getting better when his heart gave out. He was much beloved by every one who knew him. He was upright and fearless in doing right. He leaves a wife and four children to mourn him. He was serving his second term as mayor, having been reelected to after last fall. Thomas A. Tully, president of the Board of Alderman now becomes mayor. [Prev](1928_06_04.md) - [Next](1928_06_06.md) <img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/d/19weixlT-z4s9Ob33OOdkXdVyWp9VeCIk">