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Edward J. Hughes, Turf Director, Dies Suddenly Secretary of State for Illinois Has Heart Attack in New York NEW YORK, N. Y., June 29. Edward J. Hughes, Secretary of State for Illinois, died Wednesday afternoon at the Waldorf Astoria from heart failure. He was born in Chicago in 1888 and educated at the public schools in that city. He studied law and was granted his degree. He passed up that profession for engineering and engaged in the contracting business with the firm of Nash Brothers. The latter owned the Shan-don Stud and were actively interested in racing, Patrick Nash died last year. Mr. Hughes was prominent in politics in his home state for many years. He was elected a state senator from Cook County in 1914. He was elected. Secretary of State for Illinois in 1932 and in the elections of 1940 was the only Democrat returned to office on the state ticket. He came east with Col. Matt Winn on a business trip and the two shared an apartment in the Waldorf Towers. He had been in ill health for over a year. Yesterday evening Upon his return from a business conference Colonel Winn found Hughes slumped in a chair. He immediately summoned the house physician who pronounced him dead. With Colonel Winn he served as a director of the American Turf Association, controlling body for Lincoln Fields, Chicago, and Churchill Downs, Louisville, Ky. Previous to its sale and abandonment Latonia was a member of that conference. Mr. Hughes is survived by his widow Winifred and a daughter Mary Elizabeth Hughes. They are en route home from a brief vacation in Maine. The body was shipped to Chicago today on the Admiral, over the Pennsylvania, and funeral services will be held in that city.
