Arizona weekly miner., 1875-09-10

those present. His appearance was in no
 wise different from that manifested on the previous occasions. He entered the water and swan about three hundred yards in a straight line north from the bath house, then
 turned at right angles and swan about the
 same distance towards the Smelling Works
 He then turned and continued swimming
 toward the Smelling Works. When about
 l5O yards from the Smelling Works he was
 seen to sink twice; but l thought he was
 only diving, which was a favorite paSstime of his, tbut noticing that he did not rise called my husband, who immediately went
 to his relief, but the engineer at the Smet- ing Works succeeded n reaching the body first.
 HOW THE REPORT OF POISONING AROSE.
 4 careful scrutiny of all the circumstan- . ces refutes the supposition which at first at
 tained credence that NIT. Ralston either at
 tempted or contemplated suicide. On the
 day of the bank failure MT. Ralston was as
 collected and free from nervousness as it is 1 possible to imagine any man to be, and he conversed with the reporters quietly and in
 a perfectly selfpossessed tone. He had ev-
 dently made up his mind that the crisis must be faced in manly way, and with
 much to unnerve him. he carried himself through the ordeal of communicating the banks shattered condition with foi titude truly admirable Yesterday Mir Raston
 was at the bank giving all the assistance in his power to aid the investigation that is ! progressing. He seemed little Hurried and ! worn out with excitement, as if he had pass ed the mig ght restive, but was temperate and courteous in his conversation, and was hot
 averse to granting audience to visitors, many
 of whom called at the bank during the morn-
 ing. There was nothing in his manner to
 warrant the slightest suspicion that the thought of self-destruction had crossed his mind and in the fact that he went to North Beach, as was his custom, in the afternoon for bath, there Is no rational ground to suppose that he went there otherwise than | with the object to enjoy swim and refresh | himself. No strong swimmer such as Mr. | Ralston was would dream of suicide in this | fashion. The probabilities are, as the phy- | sicians suppose, that he was seized with an apoplectic fit, and losing consciousness, fioated with the tide inertly until he was picked up It is possible that the drowning may have been due to cramps; but of this the indications are not so apparent as those which suggest apoplexy.
 Frederick Gianboni, who reported the oc- currence to Richards at the bath house, makes the following statement, which seems to confirm the opinions of the physicians: l was out at North Beach taking my daily bath. l saw a man swimming out from the bath-house, and swimming very strongly. He would raise his head out of the water at intervals and shake 1t to get rid of the wa ter, as strong swimmer does. When he got opposite a boat that was floating out side in the water saw him jerk his head up and down very quickly, and then I heard a man say, "That man is drowning.n I ran to the keeper of the bath and told him so. and he said "Great God that is Wm. c. Ralston" said, "YOu get the oars while l push the boat into the water" The boat was too small for two men to go in, so the bath-keeper went alone. Before he got to the body another man had picked it up and and was taking it to the end of the North Point wharf when I hailed him. and said, 'Bring that man here he will die before you get him to the wharf" He said, "He , Is dead already" Isaid, "Never mind bring him here" So he did so. When the body was landed began to try to restore it ac- cording to directions that l had read, to be f followed in such cases. The heart beat strongly, and he had a good pulse. We |, tried for some time, about ten or fifteen min ., ltes, and then his face got blue, and We knew he was dead. C
 The story that MT. Ralston had poisoned himself evidently had its origin in the fol- a owing circumstances: Near the spot where :, 'lr. Ralston put on his bathing dress, boy picked up bottle containing dark mkt Ire. The bottle was examined by repor- $ CT, and was found to contain cough mkt l. Ire. Mr. Richards himself had thrown it ( way, but the incident served as a founda- ion for the report that Mr. Ralston, before :: ,oing into bathe, had drank of some potion II rom phial, and then going in to bathe, had | uecumbed to its effects. c
 THE INQUEST. 1,
 Coroner Swain visited the residence of the deceased last evening to make arrangements I or the inquest. and there being number of .. rominent gentlemen present he at once sum- loned jury, as follows: J. R. Garniss. c. ,. Weller, H. F, Williams, A. A. Cohen. R. 0 '. Morrow, J. R. Keene, W. II. l.. Barnes, t !. c. l.. Wadsworth, and Charles De Young fl The Coroner afterwards sent intimation to |, lr. De Young that if service on the jury II 'ould not be acceptable to him, he would n xcuse him and at MT. De Youngs request II IS name was omitted from the list. B
 THE PHYSICIANS INTERVIEWED.
 Last evening Call reporter waited upon S 'r. Valentine Newmark, who was the first hysician at Ralst6n's side after he was o, .ken from the water. - Reporter-ln what condition, Doctor, did u ou find NIT. Ralston after reaching him |? ol Physician-I found him helpless and did le to revive him, without avail. er Reporter-Did be show any signs of life T., Phvsician-None whatever. o' Reporter-What, in your judgement, caus- pi his death SI Physician-All his symptoms were those m death from apoplexy. or Reporter Did he show no signs ofhaving ken poison. er Physician-I could detect no manifesto ze ons of death from that cause ce Reporter-Well, do you think drowning m as the cause of his death s. Physician-lt is possible that he drowned, T; 1t not probable. 1 learned from those who i-' W him when he went in, and when he was ze ken from the bay, that he never went un- br 1T the water. He was breathing too. when de :.