The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-10-08
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otto Friclb ysyhilei In state Of IntosIo"t'on'
a. Shanghai 10 Dsath.

A singular death was that Of Otto FLICK,
ablackSmith, whose life was terminated IN
the blacksmith shop of Robert Donnelly,
corner of Live Oak stroot and Elm street
"wednesday night, which was .caused BY
stranguIation III strange manner Ills TO
mains were discovered yesterday morning
by Mr.. Donnelly when d he H Gpon %as up bape'
ii ING suspended by the collar
Of Of his shirt, which had caught on the
Hnch-pin of an old-fashioned wagon-wheel
that stood against the wall of the shop. The
body was cold, and he had evidently been
dead for several hours. The deceased, who
was oif.and-on in the employ of Mr.. Donnel,
ly, was given to drinking, too hard. and
the shop in high state. Of intoxi-
cation, and sat down in a chair, doing
off into a sound slumber. When drinking
he was very sluggish and when the time
came for Donnelly to close his shop MS ei-
forts to arouse him from his stupor were I'M
availing and he closed the door OF his shop
without locking it, as he had done on lor-
mer occasions when the deceased visited ms
shop while drinking, so that he could go
home when he regained consciousness, but
when he opened his place of business yes:
terday morning horrible sight greeted his
ewes. There, suspended by the back OF
his shirt band, which had caught on the
Iinch-pin of thewagon wheel, was the un,
fortunate man; his hands, which touched
the ground, hanging limp and helpless; ne
had evidently arose during the nlgns if ro11
catching the band of his shirt collar on the
min, and being helplessly intoxicated, had
died from strangulation. The deceased was
first.class mechanic and had many warm
friends vet his chief and great fault was
his inordinate love Of strong drink.
Justice Edwards, acting cor
oner,% empanneled jury OF N
Quest. and the following testimony was ad-
duced: W.
ROBERT DoNNELLY,
tbe only witness testified I am black
smith. NV shop is at the corner OF Liye
Oak and Elm streets knew Otto Frlck :. IN
his lifetime: he had been at work for me for
about three years. Prick is dead now. 1
saw him alive at six o'clock last night IN my
shop, He was sitting in chair and was
dead drunk. tried to rouse him, but coulq
last saw him at eleven o'clock last nlgnt.
He was lying down in the shop. 1t was
dark and / could not see good, but
think he was in the same position he
was when found this morning., l tried to
wake him but could not. l did not think
him dead, if indeed he was, A few minutes
after seven this morning next saw MN;
lie was Stlil III tlle SAINT Po'lpioi' IL
to wake him, and found he was dead. ne
was living against wheel, with the back
part of his collar band fastened in the notch
Of "a linch-pin band of wagon wheel; lie
was very helpless when drunk, and | think,
in his condition, his collar band would have
choked him to death in the position IN
which he was He had been drunk for
some hours yesterday. He was about thirty
The jury of inquest, composed of ID,
.J6liff, u. +. Gates, A. Rowan, J. ?. Robe rts,
A. Bond and T. r. Yeargan, after hearing
the evidence, returned the following YER
dict 1.-THE deceased, Otto Prick, came to
his death in the city of Dallas, at the shop
of Robert Donnelly, corner of Live OAK ana
Elm streets, about IL o'clock p. IN. Oh Octo-
her s. 1881, from accidental strangulation
while in state of intoxication."
,LThe remains were inferred in the Trinity
Cemetery.