The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-07-11


he boiled the dock root down aud
mixed II with the alcohol. He had two
hctileS OF H. less than pint. He was drink.
in. IL until about nine o'tfock last night,
~hen he had e. all d.ank up. He drank
very little before that time Tor two weeks.
lie ssid at haif-past nine O'Clock, when he
was leaving, ~ want a glass of gin," and
went 10 his coat pocket and took something
tiI:lt appeared to b. p box OF pills, and said
Good bye, NJ. Waller, / am going away; /
VIII never sSe y"a any more"
SAID don! CO." and he answered, .Yes,
am going He then went and said. "Good
bye, Mrs. Waller told my brother-in-law,
george waller, that Green had left, and said
he was not coming back any more, and 10
look and see which way he was going. /
went 10 the front gate and saw him going up
loih street at half-pasi nine O'Clock. He did
not say why he was not coming back any
inoTe. Tie eat no supper, though il WAS ready.
He has been living with us for about three
years lie has been constantly occu-
pied In reading and writing, es-
peciaily books OF Doctor Brooks.
lie had chemict Al fluids-po;sons, presume,
tor he used to call them so, and was trying
experiments on them about eight O'Clock
ia,t evening. have made no search Tor his
letters That may give You or myself any reas-
on FOR his self destruction. He attempted,
about two months ago, to commit suicide.
He drank something from q vial and got
sick. sent for Dr. Brock, and he took the
vial with him. He has lately became more
no money or remittances from England since
he came back from Iowa last fall. He was,
| think, much indebted from not receiving
these remittances-
FINDING THE BODY.
George Waller, being duly sworn, depOses
and says: / found the deceased this morning
on Twentieth street, about . O'Clock. Mrs.
Waller was with me.
Who else:
Nobody; / saw him up living In n ravine
from OF the carriage road l was the n hunt
ing him; when found him he was dead, re-
Ginning against bank; i saw no marks OF
lam. A. l.f
when i saw him; / saw him last about half
past nine oc ock alive. I heard him say he
was going TO get some jim, and when came
back from the stab c he had gone. He went
alone. There was no appearance of violence
on the ground. OF foot tracks indicating uch.
don't know of his meeting any one after he
] LEFT me. 1 have known him intimately for
| three years. l don't know why should sus-
! pect any body for causing his death. For the
last three months, he was occasionally more
| gloomy anddespondent than usual He was
| generally reading and sritIng in the itting
room. The subject was on chemicals Oh drugs.
| He had quite "A miniature drug store in his
room, and a lot OF bottles marked Poison"
lie was always experimenting on dock root
and mixing Its juice with alcohol and drink
ingit. l know OF no reason why he should
commit self-destruction, though 1 have
heard him say frequently he would do so.
His habits OF sobrieIy were much improved
| in the last few months. and his latest spree
, was three & or four weeks ago; He often got
two hundred dollars from there last
fail when he was embarrassed
in Iowa; he was lately much EMBARRASSED; /
searchei his desk and found no papers that
would give me any clew TO his committing
suicIde; he told me he had brother and Sis
| ter IN England VINO correspondent with him /;
lie has been living with me for three years,
! and feel a post mortem examination should
be held To ascertain the cause OF his death
Will take charge of the body. subject to the
wishes OF his English friends He leaves In my
care and in my possession his wardrobe,
which is Of little Va ue.
by Juror-Wh,re did he go usually TO get
his gin:
/ am not aware where he used to get IL.
He was fully sensible between his drunken
sprees. GEORGE WALLER.
A PHYSICIANS STATEMENT.
Doctor Neely, being sworn, says as follows
] knew the deceased.
When did you See him
This morning, dead, about two miles out
ON Twentieth street, he was then lying in q
dry gully. i briefly examined his pockets
only, III the presence of the Coroner, and saw
no evidence Of violence on the grass or
ground around him. l cannot state to this
Jury what was the cause of his death. That
ear. De only ascertained by me, or any other
ply sician, by post mortem examination.
MIDNIGHT CRIES FOR HELP.
Mrs. HOwarth, being sworn says:-I knew
| the deceased-l heard last night, about half
past IL o'clock when opposite my house,
| and he and heard 1t. But could not tell who
ii was. thought II might be a drunken isOl-
dier. We heard the voice again when opposite
| our next neigh bor's calling "help help " and
at Twentieth street, whoever IL was they
kept calling AT Intervals "help" help ~ for
about two hours, when the voice died out
, We did not know who it was. When Mr.. and
Mrs. Waller came and tod us they had
found the body, We thought IL must have
been Mr.. Green. Mr.. Waller came tn my
house this morning to Inquire if had seen
Mr.. Green: and Mrs. Waller went To Mr..
Heaths. told her what have stated. This
was befJre they found the body of the de-
ceased. When we heard him lie seemed
10 bc walking along at his leisure, and not in
a fight or difficulty with any one. That is
the reason We supposed 1t was "A drunken
colder; We did not see any body with HIM,
and did not see him; il was too dark-we did
not hear anyone with him.
THE POST NoRTEN
After the adjournment of the inquest Doc
tors NJ. =. and -. W. Thomas, =. r. Neeley
and j. w. Brock, proceeded 10 make a post
mortem examination. The brain was found
in good order, the heart and lungs were in
fine condition, the liver being somewhat en-
iarged, aud the stomach containing some
poison, the exact nature OF which will be Civ
en- at the meeting OF the Cororner's jury at
O'Clock this morning, when additional evi-
dencc will also be taken.
AN INTERVIEW WITH MR.. WALLER.
During a conversation yesterday afternoon,
between TINES reporter and Mr.. Geo. Wall
ler, the following transpired:
Rep-"What do you know of Mr.. Green's
family:"
Mr. W.-"I know no more than that he has
st iyed at my house long time"
R.-"Do you not know the address of any
of his relatives in England:"
Mr.. WI do not, except that he has a sis.
ter somewhere in Germany, and brother.
named Hugh Percy Green, somewhere either
in England or Australia"
R-"Had he been drinking much lately 80
''No: He had be. n sober for long time; ;
several months"
How much did he usually receive from
England In the way of remittances:
ANY amount he asked for"
"You do not then know the amount of his
incomec-
IL do not"
"Was he not expecting a remittancee"
81 think he was He had written some
time ago for money, but do not think he
had received any reply"
"rnen, you know nothing OF his family af-
fair?-
NO. Nothing at ALL"