Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-11-18
a SALOON CASUALTY.

way Suspicion of Foul Play, but the
CoroDer's Verdict says 1t was Accidental.
John Anderson, Swede, about "a or Is
years of age, was found little after o'clock
Wednesday night in an unconscious condition
in a cellar-way in the rear of saloon kept by
Gustave Oleson, at No. 10 Rosabel street, be-
tween Fifth and Sixth streets. Officer Nc
Fetridge, on duty in the vicinity, was notified
shortly after, and as quickly as possible Drs.
DedOlph and Quinn were summoned, who
found Anderson bleeding profusely from q
cash in the scalp,t the lower edge of the wound
ragged and the upper part clean
cut, just over the left ear.
and extending diagonally downward about an
inch and half toward the medulla. The
flow of blood was checked and proper resto-
ratives applied, but the injured man expired at
ten minutes past 5 O'Clock yesterday morning.
The affair being reported 10 Coroner Daven-
port, he summoned a jury of inquest. which
met at OlsOn's saloon, at II a. m yesterday,
at which time several witnesses in the saloon
the night before with Anderson, were ex-
amined. From the evidence of these witnesses 1t
appears that Anderson came into Olson 'SSalOOn
about o'clock in the evening and entered
into game of pool with G. j. Lewis, during
which both men got the worse for liquor. A
little after o'clock he gave Olson $27 in
money, keeping but seventy-five cents for
himself, with which he proposed to resume
his pool game with Lewis. After depositing
his money, Anderson went out the rear door
of the saloon on to the platform about four
feet square, with railing about three feet
high along the outer edge, and from which
stairs lead down into the cellar way, the ex-
cavation being about eight feet deep.
When found Anderson lay with his head OPP
posite the platform and his feet resting on the
stairway. A small pool of blood only was
found where he lay, but when removed to the
saloon he bled very freely from his injury as
above.
These facts ascertained the inquest was ad-
journed to 1880 last evening at the store OF
Donnelly s. Mccarthy, to give Drs. Dedolph
and Quinn an opportunity to make post
norton examination. which was during the
afternoon, the result being the cut as above
described, with very large confusion just
over the cut, fracture at the
base of the brain and large
quanty Of coagulated blood under the mem.
brane of the brain, the result of severe con-
cussiOn.
At the sitting of the inquest the medical
gentlemen gave the results of the post mortem
as option zed above. DR.. DeGolph further
gave it as his opinion that the injuries of the
character described could not have been pro-
iuced by a mere fall, such as that from the
platform beneath which Anderson was found
nut must have been produced by severe. di.
rect blow with some hard substance. Dr.
Quinn, while giving the opinion that the in
| jury might have been produced by the fall
thought the more probable theory
was that of a blow, the severe confusion
the lower end and sharply cut at the upper
end, decidedly favoring such theory.
While the investigation was in progress
DR.. Dedolph stated to the coroner that he hao
learned that about the same time Anderson
| was found, Swede named Carlson had been
| picked up on the street, short distance away
with cash over his right temple, and in an
unconscious condition, Thinking this might
prove clue, Officer McFetridge was sent ou'
not gone long before he returned with Carlson
| his evidence only resulted in showing that he
| had been drinking on Rosabel street, and
| that shortly after 6 o'clock he had gone into
| a small Swede saloon somewhere on ROsabel
| street, between Fifth and Sixth streets. he
| thought, where he took drink of whisky
| and that was the last he knew until couple
of friends found him lying on the Sidewalk
| drunk. and took him to his boarding place.
The cut over the temple proved to be sma
scratch, probably made when he fell on the
| sidewalk. When he started out for his spree
he got $40 bill changei, and when he came
to yesterday morning he had only some 81 in
silver, and he thinks he was robbed, but does
not know that or anything else except that
he was drunk for certainty.
Some other evidence was heard, but moth
ing elected. adding anything to the above,
when the jury retired, soon reappearing anc
expressed desire to return verdict that de-
ceased came to his death by injuries upon the
head, without expressing any opinion as to
| how received DR.. Davenport declined to re-
eeive this verdict, and the jury again retired.
While thus absent story was started abou
large stone being fonnd short distance
from Anderson, to which tuft of hair was
clinging, and The jury was recalled. when Mr.
Peterson, who discovered the stone, but the
examination showed that the soealled han
more resemb'ed bristles and that their was nc
sign of blood upon the stone. Officer Meet
ridge testified to seeing the same stone, but
that the hair upon it was horse hair
The jury then retired again and soon re
turned with verdict that deceased came to his
death from injuries by an accidental fail into
the cellar way Of Olson's saloon, on Rosa be
street.