The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-10-16
The Inquest Over tho Lato Samuel Poi

The Inquest Over tho Lato Samuel Pot
lack.
The ooroner's jury, In tho case of
Samuel Pollack, who died suddenly
Wednesday morning, concluded i,s
labors yesterday and was discharged.
1t appears from thelr verdict that the
matter remains about as much Of
mystery now as before
the inquest, as they aid
not undertake. To say whether the NOR
phine was taken pu rposoy or by mis-
take, nor inde Oh in 10 definitely known
that he died from morphine, as in DR..
Eagan's testimony ho says there
would have TO DO u post norton in or
der to determine the fact beyond n
doubt, but OF course the natural pre-.
sumption Is that 1t was from NOR
phine.
Tho deceased was a member of the
X lights of Maccabees, In which organ
ixa,i0n he carried an insurance policy
OF $1,000. IL ~ said slso that he was in
sured In other companies to tho
smonnt OF $40 900.
The deceased was buried yesterday
morning, and tho funeral was numor-
0usly attended by his friends and &C.
qunintances, ana was under the guspi-
cies OF tue Lodge OF tho MBccabees
The intorment took place in tho He.
brew cemetery.
MRS MARIE PoLLACK
was again called 10 the witness stand
yesterday morning, and deposed aS
follows: i do not know whether my
husband took anything during the
night, as was sound asleep; he did
not tell me In the morning that he had
taken anything; attended to my
daughter, VINO was lying sick upstairs,
most Of the morning, and do not know
that he took any medicine whatever;
II ho took anything, he took 1t without
my knowledge; when | went through
the room with u cup had for my
daughter, / noticed his face looked vel
low and unnatural; touched his head
and found 1t cold; 1 then called for
Mr.. Chase, and he was dead; II NOR
phino was ON that bottle l do not
know how |. csmo there; he sent for
qulnino tho night before by my son
Charlie; thore was nothing In the
wcrld to mar our happiness; we lived
together lust IN happily AZ little chill
dren We have two sons and daughter
living In 81 Louis; all married, In bu.-
mess and well TODD; there was no bot.
tie Ia ,he room except tho ono you
have, and we bought 1t for quinii O; o
was snoring and not hard breathing.
Mr. CHARLES PoILACK
was then sworn. He said: / am the
son OF the deceased; about half past 8
o'clock Tuesday evening my father
sent me ~ get bottle of quinine--s
quarters worth; went to Walters
drug store aud asked for qulnino; jim
Waller waited on me; he gave me
small bottle LABELED quinine and
sealed with red sealing wax; took II
home; tho bottle, l believe, was fun;
that Is all got; when l came down in
the morninR l heard him snoring,
which WAS nothing unusual.
MRs. DORA FREEMAN
being sworn, said: About IL o'cl 1ck,
noon, wheu went 10 the house OF tho
deceased took a bottle standing ON
the dressing case aud told Mrs. Pol
lack II Was not qulnine he took, but |
think IL was morphine, for have seen
30 much OF Is alresdy; Mrs. Pollaek
said he took doss OF II last night; |
told MIR. Slribllng to go for doctor. rs
] thought he could be saved; Mrs. Pol
lack followed Mr.. Sttibling to the door
and safe: "non't tell the doctor IL ~
morphiue" tina doctor came soon Mt
ter and hs p onnuncsa hlm dead; |
told tina Doctor that | thought 1t was
morphine; he said that u would haya
TO be tes'ed, that he could not toll.
G. SHRINKING
being sworn testified ~ flllowA. |
was standing ~ my door whom Mfa,
PollRpk called MIR. Chase; he went
over, aud about u minnie lator callei
mt; 1 went over and saw Mr.. pollacK
lyirr ia bed, apparently dead; 4 he
ljeye they tslephoned for Dr. EayDn
and could not yet him, no went fol
him IN nv wagon and could not iind
him; 4 told Henry Pollaok and btou mi
him up with me; about 10 minutes
later the ostor came: when he ar
rived was NOT In; wher
Chase and I were IN there, Mrs. Pol
lack saii that Mr.. Pollack wa
complaining at night and took, OF
goin. 10 bed or during tue night, !
am hot positive which. rse of qui
nice; the bottle was standing on th'
dressing case, Mrs. freeman came u
about that time, picked up the bottle
looked a. IL aud said, "this must bi
morphine instead ii quiDine;" ther
Bald, ssy nnthing of the morphine, fol
che did not think he had any.
IN EA0AN
Xos then called 10 the sand. He said
To faulty srnt for me, and reached
ehefe eb,Gtl2s36, he probably had beer
Good several hspnvs before reached
~ hooseJ hIs bedy Wss cold the dealt
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