The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1875-04-15
FOUND DEAD.
4 Victim OF Strong Brink Lies
Down and Dies.
4 Short Temperance Lecture in
One Chapter.

Yesterday nom Mr. Whitlock, resident
OF kickaPoo township, brought the informa-
ton to the city that the body ii an I'M
known man had been found on the Eureka.
Rialto, and Fort Leavenworth road, about
twelve miles from town. Coroner Williams
being ill, he could not go out to hold an
inquest, and accordingly Justice J. W. Far
rell performed that duty, taking Consta-
bic Goddard with him. Upon arriving at
the spot the dead body was seen lying on
its face, it not having been disturbed since
the discovery OF the death. 1t was turned
over, disclosing the features of man
we'll known in this city, Peter Matthews.
by name, otherwise known as "Nosey Pete"
on account of the peculiar appearance of
the nasal organ, part OF it being gone. the
result OF some accident. A jury was i'm
paneled and witnesses sworn. Lewis Young,
aged thirteen, was the first ore to testify.
He said he saw a person Sunday evening
about dark, about two hundred Yards from
where he was. He acted as though he were
drunk. AT that time he was near the gate !;
he came there twice and went away both
times. William Young, brother to the
preceding witness, stated substantially the
same, with the exception that he saw de-
ceased standing against fence about eight
or nine o'clock Monday morning. Asked
- h..
about ten O'Clock witness went back TO the
ploce and saw Matthews lying on the ground
SPECIFICS and gasping; he had some coffee
with him, but the man was too far gone to
drink he was then lying on his face, and
witness made no attempt TO move him.
Afterwards went home and left deceased
living there. W. ii. Thomas, the one for
whom Matthews was going to work, said
that the deceased had been put out of a
wagon in which he was riding by two men,
because he was drunk at the time. Edgar
Thomas, last witness son, testified that he
saw the deceased Sunday night that he
was in the wagon with him at Chris Meyers
in the city of Leavenworth; that deceased
was going to work for his father; there
were two men in the wagon beside himself
aad the dead man; they drank at Pat Nc
Crystals in Salt Creek Valley; Matthews
was lying down in the wagon and wanted
to sleep; Ed. Tuttle told him to sit up, and
he did !; Ed. then ordered him out and
put him out at Scotts red gate, about half
mile from where the body was afterwards
found; ii. Haines was with futile, and
both Of them are hired men of nv father !;
futile said he was too drunk to go with
them deceased climbed out OF the wagon
himself.
W. III. Thomas, upon being recalled,
stated that about half an hour after he was
put out Of the wagon, he asked if deceased
was unable to get through the night he
woGld have gone TO where he was if he had
thought that he was too drunk to do So
This ended the testimony.
The dead body was then examined, but
nothing save small piece of tobacco was
found. The jury then returned verdict
that ''the deceased came to his death from
the effects OF undue exposure, superinduced
by intoxicatiOn." The body was then put
into a coffin, taken to the graveyard and
inferred.