▁C ory ell ▁and ▁Ber k man ▁were ▁held ▁as ▁access ories . ▁All ▁were ▁released ▁for ▁lack ▁of ▁evidence . ▁In ▁ 1 9 1 1 , ▁C ory ell ▁and ▁his ▁wife ▁Abb y ▁were ▁the ▁inaug ural ▁teachers ▁at ▁the ▁Modern ▁School , ▁founded ▁by ▁Gold man ▁and ▁Ber k man . ▁C ory ell ▁described ▁the ▁school ▁as ▁" rad ical ▁in ▁the ▁method ▁of ▁teaching , ▁but ▁not ▁radical ▁in ▁the ▁things ▁taught ." ▁ ▁Death ▁and ▁legacy ▁C ory ell ▁died ▁at ▁his ▁summer ▁home ▁in ▁Read field , ▁Maine ▁while ▁still ▁in ▁the ▁employ ▁of ▁Mac f ad den ▁Publications . ▁According ▁to ▁Mac f ad den ▁editor ▁Lyon ▁M ear son , ▁“ He ▁died ▁while ▁reading ▁a ▁manuscript .” ▁F ult on ▁O urs ler ▁wrote : ▁“ John ▁was ▁my ▁close ▁friend ▁until ▁the ▁summer ▁of ▁ 1 9 2 4 , ▁when ▁he ▁typed ▁the ▁last ▁sentence ▁of ▁the ▁last ▁install ment ▁of ▁his ▁last ▁serial ▁and ▁quietly ▁died ▁in ▁his ▁chair .” ▁ ▁Of ▁his ▁literary ▁dimensions , ▁Harold ▁Her sey , ▁who ▁had ▁serial ized ▁C ory ell ' s ▁Str as bourg ▁Rose ▁in ▁Street ▁& ▁Smith ' s ▁The ▁Th r ill ▁Book , ▁wrote : ▁“ I ▁recall ▁him ▁as ▁a ▁man ▁with ▁a ▁kindly ▁soul , ▁a ▁patient , ▁bal anced ▁mind , ▁and ▁with ▁an ▁imagination ▁that ▁had ▁created ▁thousands ▁of ▁characters , ▁thousands ▁of ▁situations ▁and ▁thousands ▁of ▁plots .” ▁O urs ler ▁noted