, 1876-09-26

The Coroner Investigates the Supposed
Murder Of Edward Elvandorf,
And Finds TINT the Deceased Was
stricken with Ahoplexy.
An Overload of Beer and Excessive Pas
sion Wore the Causes.

md held IN inquest upon the rema1ns OF Ea"
ward Elvanlorf, of Evanston, whose sudden
death at Peter Jacger's raloon at Roseh!ll on
Sunday afternoon VAS reported In Tue Iain-
rNE Yesterday. Deceased lad but recently 10
Gated IN Evanston, and WAS employed by John
Dickinson, fusniture.,leaies, to drive Ills dcliV-
cry-wagnp. Ills mother lives In Albany. N. =.
Ills age was % years. The tnquest commenced
at 2:30 o'clock, and was held at Jaeger's. The
first witne6s examined was
HATTIE DgcKEH,
q young girl not yet 10, whose mother lives ~
Highland Park. She Eeta.cA the circumstances
Of hcr meeting with dcceosesf At dance III South
viii, him once. liz went home with her party. |
Going to Roschil with friend Sunday after |
noon, they SAN deecased in buggy at Nte.
lIe!de'a silicon. After some conycrsation. thG
then started up the, railroad track to find her |
hat, which she had lost from the train De- |
ecaaed followed her, and, as the Coroner sath. |
made dIsrcs,pectable poposals" TO hef; @ sne
saw that lie was Intoxicated. and, Pc
% entering jaseer,s 10 scek protection. Rhc went
upstairs, heard loud talking In the SALOON, and
recognized Elvautorf's voice so9n ,! alter h s,,e
road. They told her that be bad tainted, anu
advised her to run home before he got up. on
tic way, she was overtaken by TWO men In
wagon, WHO carried her to Evanston. sle vas
by deceased, but declined to do 60.
JOHN THEN,
the companion Of deceased IN his Inflated Sun,
Day sp.ec, wo Y e!ga5maksr e%pl93gsd tse a.
day. They first visited Niles Centre, where de-
| ceased became intoxicated, and wanted 70 go TO
| Chicago. Witness had known deceatcd about
~ts I,, apa s.ss sss se 5 es a'fs l. EG :
I1eide's, md l'al some more beer; There they
met some girls, and deceased spoke to them
Tic previous witness was With them; witness
Mon as E Ss Sass s1xus eA e da
saloon. siIa A''isi and 1" tic girl stnrted oil
rapidly. Deceased soon eaino gut, a'a got 'nto to
the buggy With witness; while, crossing thG 3;
truck the buggy gnye a Jerk, aud deceased tel
out, pulling Witness put behind with HIM !nto
the sand. The fall did not hurt them, and they
started along acain; soon after deceased saw the
qirl, jumped out, aid started after l'er; d., =
ceased called her by name, md asked ler to
walt for him; she didn't walt, and he started
afte. her; witnrts lest sight nt thtn. and, alter
whiting about half MI hour, drove ~, back ~ tg
was dead until o'clock Tint night, and said lac
knew nothing moro OF the matter.
Mis-. SUDAN JAEGER,
wife OF the proprietor OF the saloon, testified
1 s .sKea ey
fused to let Tie boy in; llc Raid hc wns looking
for his sister; Jaeger asked him II he saw h!s
sister among the women ln the room; deceased
said hc did not, aud Jaeger ors!evcd him out Of
the saloon; witness did not khnw who was out
; slac The saloon, and heard no quarrel ontBie
tho first witness knew VI the trouble was whcr
she learned that the n,nn was dead.
PETER JAEGER,
proprietor of the Faloon, like Ills vile, started
to rive his testimony in German. He first founc
deceased in his bctt-soom, claitnlnE to bc lo1k'
ing for his sister. and ordered hin ont. De'
ceased asked for whisky, but witness told him ht
visa drunk, and had lad enough. BY thisttmc ths
witness began to understand Engllah, anu Fpok'
It quito rcntltly. Tie stated that deceased re
, ualnctl In the saloon few minutes, stlll want
Inc whisky, and Threatened. to sue witness 10
selling liquor on Sunday. Jaeger told him =
uto ahead" After this, decreased walked TIL
rapidly, nosodJ touching OF pus's!nE HIM, soy
nttcr he came haels agaln, but said nothing
afterwanl, Jacgcr's boy told him that there WI
n a man lying IN the street. Eyerybs,tlY went ON
n side, n6ne Of them knowing that anything ha
nSi Ike most iptellIgiSlo uccount Of the affair W,
! gvcn by ......
$ Of South Evanston, wtsv was In the saloon rhc
l. | deceased first entered, md heart him uni
!, Jaeger to throw him out. THOSE present a
v nut like his actions, md proposed to put Hl'
n out. One Of tho men struck at him with
chair, but hit the door inst as deceased close
a It. Deceased went on to Zcndcr's. n falo9
s DT ow m IL s aa sass te sf T asp ana ts to-
St thought q tErashing would 10 him no harn
&c When tllcy saw him coming back, they though
T. l,e was ayislcl. One Of those present stood o'
N hind the door md seized deccAscd by the ar1n
+. When lie entered. Nr. Dfdtcs WIS deeply Int
~ ested in n ga,nc OF cuchrc, ai1d Iai1 bnt ltt
r. Intention to tue rtl1npus. He only knew I'M
lc the boys had pushed the maj, ont u DOORS an
10 thought they Ind given him IN little tbras
y ipg,H IS he deserved. Fire minutes later, loo
Is ipg out OF tho window, he snw some one sha
y i5 deceased, and noticed that his head aoppt
X: x. around Us II bis neck was broken but hnd
as men told him. Mr.. Didtcr said there VIC
ut about Is in tho saloon at the time, and tn
there were three Or four engaged In The rlMp
rs but could not name my Of them, rs he kept
y scat ut tho card-tnhlo all the time. and the
n was not enougl, noise made to attract Its attc
M Mls ton.
y Assistant County Physician, next gave the !
% suit of the postlnortcln. He found no mar
nc Of violence upon tho body, with the excclti
ca Of small confusion near tue centre Of the fo1
a. head. Upon opening the Uranium he lou!
Ct OF ts.at the man died from cerebral apoplc1y:, !
w. found large clots of blood scattered around t
4, 4, brain, and believed that tho upoplexy was
~ luccd by the intoxicated condition Of the ind
ny assoclatcl With the excitement under which
AZ, was lahorlng. ...
tn This concluded tho testimony, and the ca
cn waa given to the Jury, which soon returned
H. verdict to the effect that tho uan died from
ile poplexy AMI excitement.
u oi This endcd tho matter, ard Jaeger's eaiot
~ which Ind becu the centrc Of attraction all d
I'LL WIS callod on TO supp5ya heavy demand
berr. Sumo OF tho friends Of the dceca.
clutnl To be hardly satisfied with the verdi
-. and make mysterious illusions to the con1
8s' siuns on the forehead Of DECEASED.
uxvr HToth. ,tn,r r N ~ In tho Cnse.