St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-23
CoRoNER's INQUEST.

Upon the Remains of John DOoIey, Burned
at the Fire IN the Transfer Ofice-Death
From, Cause U,,knosc,a the Verdict-Was
1T Murder?
A coronor's jury was Unparalleled yester-
day afternoon and evidence taken respecting
the death of John Dooey, it having been
suspected that the demand had met his
death from foul play. A number of witness
es were examined.
Patrick DAILY testified: While on my way
home at about 3 As on the morning of March
81, and near Eighth avenue south, l thought
/ saw evidence of a fire in the vicinity of the
mills, sent an officer to find out about it;
|, had Officer Burli pull the alarm box; when
reached the fire found two men there; a man
came up and said there was a man in there;
pushed open the door and saw man in
there lying on the floor; the flames were SO
fierce we could not get in to save him, fire
men then came and 1 gave the body in
charge of an officer.
FOUL PLAY.
j. NJ. Glunt, yard master in Minneapolis
& st. Louis shops, testified, was acquainted
with deceased; saw him in yard Office at 3
o'clock on morning of the 21st; was there at
1870, remained until 3 o'clock; always
found him a sober, industrious man;
thought him sober when saw him last; met
him at ~ 80 in the yard; he asked me if my
men were at supper; told him they were; he
went down with me to the office; wheu l re-
turned ten minutes to g. asked me if he
could stay; told him he could;
that was the last | saw him alive; he had
watch-an Elgin movement; when l came
out of Office he pulled the watch from pocket
and told me the time; knew the chain; have
not seen the watch since; foreman found the
chain, after the fire, in the ruins, he found the
chain near the body about where the feet were;
He told me that he had
TROUBLE WITH A MAN
by the name of Thompson; he traded watch
es with him; he said that Thompson's wife
did not approve of the trade; had trouble at
Thompsons boarding house on Sixth avenue
south; he said that if one of the people had
not interfered Mrs. Thompson would have
cut him with a knife; did not hear him state
when this took place. l have been in the
habit of leaving the lamp burning all winter
where it was the night Of the fire; there was
no infammable materials near the lamp: the
room was oily;
THE FIRE.
Henry NJ Young, engineer of Company 2,
of the fire department, testified respecting
the fire; he saw the body in a sitting posture
about four feet from the door; saw a car
coupling pin lying on the door sill; also
pieces of lantern, which had been broken;
the body did not burn any after we arrived.
Mr.. Glunt was recalled and testified in alb
stract: Deceased was not in the habit of
sleeping in the office; he remained there that
night because of the lateness of the hour;
have not been in the habit keeping coupling
pins around the building.
THE SLUNG SHOT
John c. Berry, yard master of the Transfer
company, deposed:
1t was about Z 80 when I arrived at the Of
flee on the morning of the fire; Mr.. Glunt
told me about the watch; l sent men to find
the watch, but all that was found was a piece
of the chain; Mr. Glunt said he knew the de-
ceased had the watch, because ne saw him
look at it to see the time; the floor was not
burned; everything was closed up earthly,
bnt the watch was not there; they found
slung shot lying on the second step in
front; never saw slung shot around
the building before; think there was a coup
ling pin lying in the snow near the door pre-
vious to the fire; it would be unnatural to
throw pin on the door step; positive that
the leaden instrument found was a slug shot.
THE VERDICT.
Other witnesses testified to substantially
the same as above, when the jury, after
short consultation, brought in verdict to
the effect that Dooly came to his death in the
office OF the Transfer company, from cause
unknown to the jurors, etc.
THE COURTS.