Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-10-30
Coroner's Inquest.

y YES
'erday held an inquest on the BODY of
y. PETERSON, the man who died sud
denly in Pete Esterley's dance.bonso
tuesday evening. 1t seems tho,
lew errors crept into our Account 81
the sad affair as published in vas,or.
days SENTINEL. The deceased woe
not. IN the habit of dancing, and only
dropped into the dance-house ON his
way up town. While in there ho
invited two or three of the musi
clans with whom he was arnua;ntaJ
10 TAKE Il glass of lager beer whicL
invitation VAS duly accented A fnu.
moments later he was suddeniy nv
tackled with bleeding of the limo
L dled pretty much in the manner
deScflbed IN our last issue. Deceased
a W brothers living IN this State
one on Ruby Hill and the Other in
Virginia City. The brother ON Ruhv
illtl was sent for Immediately after
death had resulted. and came down
as speedily AS possible. He testified
before the Coroner's Jury relative to
the age, nativity and health of de-
ceased. FROM his testimony we learn
That his brother had a severe attack of
bleeding at the lungs last Spring. but
under the care of DR.. Williams had
about regained his health.
-As explanatory OF the incidents i'm
mediately preceding the sudden tax
ing oil OF Mr.. Peterson, Neappend the
testimony of one of the witnesses rx-
amined by the Coroner:
Tins L,.irJI, s,.,..- .
reka; was acquainted with deceased g.
nave known HIM seven or eight
wears saw him last night before he
dieu, ana was also present when he
died. Last night, about Q o'clock I
should Judge, | vent into the dance
house on the lower street A.: saw Peter.
sol standing alongside of the stove ;
spoke To him and asked what he was
doing there. lie said this was the
first time he had been in a place of
this kind for five or six months. |
then asked him how he felt. and he
said 4 feel tirst-rate." lie said, q" I
suppose as we have met here we will
have Il dance together AS soon as
he spoke those words, he raised his
head, and | heard Il kind of a u
CLING i'll his throat. and he started for
the door. | stood alongside of the
stove for abont A minutr aftnr he want
ont. Then I Went ont ON the side.
walk. and he was TAKING off his COAT
Give me some alt"hesaid ,.uuick =,
He then came i'm the honse ahnnt
three feet inside Of the door
and as he came in I saw
blood down ON his clothes in front
I said " patersnn wh,t's thn nIottergs
He said Give mo some saIf n~a:n ;,
At that time the blood was nGI,rinu
/ ont of his month. unbuttoned his
/ shlrt.coIIar and under.shirr He fnII
and caurbt him as ne was faIlinr
and hold hin, ina sitting nos;tion /
saia Rows 90 and oct , dorto,
ouick" was hoIdjnr him in this
S%sitfinr nosition and thev nersu,ded
me TO Law him down ON the flat of his
back. | spoke to him several times,
out he oeldl answer me. ny ina
asked the Doctor what he conld do
for him. He said, "Nohodv can do
the first thing for him" lie also sad,
Move hlnl from the door ana raise
llal up IN Il SITTING position again.
We moved HIM IRON the door az the
II OF lhe counter ana ll"ceu nan III
a sitting position against IL lager beer
KEY. When Callahan 1Irst came he
ordered WHISKY ana SAT-. Inc DOCTOR
fPlt OF ms DlISo, ana also Dttl lIS