Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-11-28
TERRIBLE DEATH.
A Dying Man Discovered At Ne D,
pet this Morning.
E.p..~r. ana Iss..p.r.ss. III. rrssAA,s
Cause. KS

Cause. ISL
He is a Resident Of Lincoln County.
Dakota.
And his Name Is TollH ssvsrson 0dseaasdla.
This morning At 7:lO. q brakeman on the
Dakota Southern railroad named Charles
Graham, while engaged in making up the
morning train for Sioux City, discovered .
man lying on the ground just outside and
east Of the PRIV building 0onnec:ed with
the Dakota Southern depot in this city. He
Immediately notified Mr.. D%errickson, the
agent who was in the Office, and taas gestls.
man, Graham and ia. McNaught, carried
the man into the depot Office where he con-
dnued to breathe for q few minutes and
then expired. The man wa apparently
about 20 years Of age = foreigner, was
dressed in black pants, dark gray
coat, black vest, coarse boots, q
heavy fur cap, white shirt with . white kni,
shirt oyer it. His arms below the elbow
and the lower portion Of both legs we're
frozen stiff. On his person was found an
open faced silver watch and chain, 4 pocket
book. q silver tobacco box, pipe and tobacco,
and q pint bottle partially filled with alco.
hol, and q number Of letters written in y
foreign language. A far-skin satchel with
a strap attached, and the fur cap belonging
to the deceased were afterwards found in the
privv. The only evidences of injury to the
deceased were two marks on his face, ono
over the right eye and one on the left side
Of the nose, but these did not appear 10 be
seriou, hurts.
Officer Human was Immediately notified
who informed DR.. Etter, county coroner,
who with jury composed Of NJ. I. Wool
ley, Geo. N. Jenkins and s. X. FELTON,, BRO
ceeded to the depot where an inquest was
instituted, when the following facts were
Ell cited:
Geo. W. Harlan. of Lincoln county. hsv-
.ng already identified the deceased was
examined BY the coroner. His statement
vas that the deceased Was at the Harlan
house in Canton thee weeks ago yesterday,
engaged In selling gold rings. He was a,
that time under the influences ofi,quor. He
lid not know his name but stated that his
residence is 10 Norway township, Lincoln
County. That he is u married man and has
y young wife about 25 yesrs old.
Mr.. Kadish. druggist of Ysnk,on was
also examined. He Unidentified the party NJ
one who purchased . pint of alcohol at bis
store about 1880 last evening, aud at the
time appeared to 10 under the iohuence Of
liquor.
Dr.. j. NJ. Miller, of Yankton, was slso
examined. He gave it as his profe sional
opinion that death was produced BY ex
posture and incorporate indulgence. in alco-
hol.
The coroner then adjourned the inquest
to DR.. Etter's efice in Penningt. MS block,
where it was resumed at 2 o'clock.
The body was placed in the custody Of
j. r. Sanborn for interment.
2o'cLocK.
The investigation at the coroner's Office
was continued. Messrs. Derrickson, Nc
Naught, Prentiss, Conway, DR.. Buchanan,
Harlan and VIM. Cuppett were examined
DR.. Buchanan, in his testimony states tina,
he reached thedepot at 1880 and the man was
yet living but died soon after. He gave it
as his opinion that tile injuries on the face
would not have produced death but were
probably caused BY the mans struggles ate,
he fell to the ground. His opinion was tina,
death was caused from freezing aud intern
perance. ; s
VIM. NJ. Cuppett, q resident of Canton,
stated thaa be identified the body as that Of
a Norwegian living about Is miles north Of
Canton, In Pattee's slough.
Ole Iverson was the last witness ex
amined. He interpreted a few OF the lie.
tiers found on the person OF the deceased
and said be was a Norwegian aud his name
was Tollif Severson Odegsardin One O
the letters was postmarkcd Christians, Nor
way, and addressed to Canton, Lincoln
county. Dakota.
VERDICT OF THE CoRoNRR's JURY
TERRITORY OF DAKOTA, l..
Yankton County.
An inquisi.ien holden at Yankton, 10 thu
county of Yankton. Territory of Dakota
on the 2sth day of November. A. D. 1877
before D. F. Etter, NJ. D., coroner Of sale
county, upon the body of ToIlif syverser
OdeRaarden. there lying dead in the wait
ing room of the depot building Of the D
8. r. r, by the jurors whose names or,
hereto subscribed. The said jurors, upor
their oaths do say:
That the deceased came % his deatl
by the too free use Of alcohol, togethe,
with exposure to the extreme cold Of th,