The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1858-05-18
From the Ann Arbor Local News.
Sudden and Painful Death.

Mr.. George Brazie, whose parents reside
some two or three miles out on the middle
Ypsilanti road, breathed his last in room
in Lund d Chapin's Block in the Lower
Village, on Sunday morning last. A jury
was summoned by Justice Bedel, and an
examination had on Saturday, which clio
tied substantially the following facts =
Brazie met by arrangement on Friday
evening, some halfdozen young men, who
were students in the University, at room
occupied by some of them, in the block
mentioned above. 1t was convivAl meet
ing, and quantity of beer and whisky
had been provided. Brazie went through
ceremony Of "initiation" into what was
styled the drinking club" and all parties
partook quite freely Of the beverages -
When the evening was somewhat advanc-
ed, Brazie was found to be very much un-
der the influence Of liquor, and soon be-
came wholly unconscious. His comrades,
with view of reviving him, took him
down stairs, and having found a wheelbar-
row, placed him on it, holding him up
right, wheeled him few rods to the mill
race, and bathed his head and temples--
This, as testified too by one of the party
was done with the utmost care, and with
the sole purpose Of benefiting him. He
was subsequently taken back to the room
and laid down and covered with quilt,
and was attended by one of the party un-
til about three o'clock in the morning,
when, supposing he would revive when the
intoxication passed of, he was left alone.
He received little or 20 attention from this
time until about the middle of the fore
noon, those cognizant of his situation hay
ing no fears, but supposing he would soon
revive, but feeling then some apprehen-
sion, DR.. LEVITT was called, and it was dis
covered that life was extinct.
The post mortem examination was con-
Quoted by DR.. Levitt, assisted by Drs.
Coles and Woodruff. The stomach was
filled with liquid matter containing a
sediment as Of coffee grounds, and having
the odor of beer and alcohol, but with lit
tie or no solid food. No organic injury
was discovered. The stomach was slight
ly infamed, and the vessels Of the brain
considerably congested, and the blood in
the heart coagulated. The condition Of
the subject was such as might be expected
to result from the circumstances through
which he had passed.
We understand the Coroner's Jury have
held the matter under advisement until to-
morrow.
The following incidental facts appeared
en- the examination: That there was
drinking club embracing some eight
or ten of the 45O students in the Univer-
sity, though we did not understand that
there was any organization for that pur-
pose, but that those certain persons met
occasionally and informally for cc2yiiyial
club. That the deceased was somewhat
under the influence of intoxication when
he came to the room; that he was not urg.
ed to drink more than any of the rest /;
that the deceased had been a student in
the University, but was under suspension
for inattention to studies and general irreg-
ularities.
From the facts and the condition of the
deceased as described by the physicians
we are led to believe that he had beer
without food longer than was prudent, and
having in that condition partaken exces-
sively of narcotic beverages had become
prostrated beyond the power of recovery
by the forces of nature. The young men
who were engaged in the affair which haG
such a tragic termination, seem to have
been to blame no farther than they ait
blamcable for dissipation.
At meeting of the Faculty last even
ing, four of the young men implicated
were expelled, and the rest suspended du
ring the pleasure Of the Faculty. Thi
action we have no doubt will be approved
by all our citizens.