The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-05-28


residence Nc, illi Jackson stfoot, 10 Rn
o.rly hour yesterday mornlnF ifom au
overdose of hydfate ~ rh.ufsl
Hud bromide Of POTASSIUM, h
brief uoHouut oi which was
given n yesterday mornings
lluuAtp, east u gloom over the city, ior
mo was well ana iayorhhly Known aud
his urbano, accommodating ways aud
genial disposition had gathered around
him large circle Of friends. Possessed
Of tho post qualities Of head and
hoRTt, he mi DO friends of all win whom
he came In contact. AZ FIRST u was the
general impression that ne hhd taken
the drug with suicidal Intent, hut a. tue
facts became known II Is pretty clearly
demons,rat. 4 that no simply took by
| mlstaks an overdose. fho deceased, who
was 40 yoarH old and who leaves a wife
and four Chi idren, two daughters ana
two sons, the eldest OF which IN a son oil
! II, and another, an infant daughter, WAS
! native OF brooklyn, New YORK, where
| he married. lie came 10 IoAAs about
| 20 wears ago and for several years was
| in The employ OF the Texas ~ Pncihc
! freight department, though for the past
seven wears he has been and was
AT tho tine Of his death deputy
city assessor and collector under Mr.. j.
| L. Bogei. lie was member OF several
secret orders, aud had NE Insured
amounting 20 $4,000 In tho following
companies, viz: Trinidad Council
American Legion OF Honor, $1,000;
United Ord OF United Workmen,S $1,000
Chosen Friends, $1,000; New York Lilo
Mutual $1,000.
Justice Schulz impanoled jury of
inquest, which, after viewing the ro-
mans, heard the testimony OF tho iol-
lowing Witnesses:
II. NJ BRYAN.
Lived at 1920 Jackson street; was
awakened at halt.past II last night ny
his wife telling MIN there was some
thing the matter across the street;
dressed and crossed tho street and found
out there was a disturbance In the house
of Mr.. Bipsell; when he got Into the
room he found two or three ladies' pres
ent; doesn'; remember whether two or
three; also saw the body Of Mr.. Bissol
living on the bed stretched out; he was
dlsrooed as IL for sleep; he was nod
breathing, neither was there any per-
ceptible action of the heart; his body was
warm; Mira. Bissell kept wishingwltness
would do something FOR himi witness
! made some attempt 10 bring about arIl-
! fetal breathing BY moving his arms
and masLlng his breast; became saIlsh-
| ed he was dead and so expressed MINI
| self to Mrs. Huntington who at mat
! time was present; looking upon table
| standing near the bed saw these two
visls, aud referring 20 cne OF the bot
| Ties, remarked, 81 think this IL perhaps
| the cause" Mrs. Bissell remarked, "lC
| couldn't b. that, he was accustomed 10
/ taking Chlurai;' examined tho
other vial, but could find no cyl
/ dence Of it being recently
filled with auythingi soon after his Mr.
/ Huntington, Capt. Stsuage, Mrs. stan
age, Drs, Allen and Beaumont ~,
! Inc two latter OF whom carefully exam
| ined the body and pronounced him
dead; witness then picked up mis- coat
and pants; IN the back pocket of his Goa.
! found q half pint flask OF what he sup
posed to be whisky; IL was iull; none Of
II gone; soon after went home.
DR.. BEAUSoET.
II We about 1920 be entered Mr.. Bis
selre house; found DR.. Allen there eX'
! aiming tho body; witness felt de-
eeased's pulse and listened 10 bis heart,
and found he WAS dead; ni this vial
and supposed be had taken an overdose
Of choral
Witness examined the bottle of chic
raj and said II was questionable II the
! sose tGlsgn $50 grMns) would Rave
billed him il taken AT III IL would haYs
| lIlled HIN IN Two hourS;
aqence Of iionSrwould not be so easily
| affsctgd-thG alcohol would hive a ten
deuCy b. keep his heart working lnuEer;
! had no idea what the smaller vial tcn-
! toned; morphine IN solution OF water
would leave no deposit.
Tho little vial is ana inhaler that comes
Win Saniord's Catarrh cure.
! Didn't know Wh1ttile box contain edi
looks q coed deal Ike arsenic acid, q
! strong poison,
MR.. JOHN HSNIINdroN.
Both he and his wife were awakened
| mt about midnight by Mrs. BIssel, who
lives Immediately next door, calling
his naue and imploring him to come
IN theI :, as her husband was dying;
his vito went in immediately, and wit
ness, hatless, ran for DR.. Beaumont,
who proved TO be out, then went ana Sc
cured Or. Allen, and returned 10 me
| house; his wife met witness NJ thA door
and said Mr.. Bissell was dead; walked
| to the bed where Mr., b, was lying; felt
his pulse, which was pulseless; his
heart had ceased TO beat; then pu6 his
face TO deceQsed's mouth TO discover If
he was breathing at all; he found he
was dead; witness attention was called
to a 4-ounce vial containing prescrlp-.
ton of choral hydrate and bromide OF
potassium, which had been hall emptied;
| The suppositiOn was that deceased had
taken an overdose of the medicine; inn
mediately afterward Drs. Allen and
| Beaumont came in and pro-
pounced him dead; this oc-
Cured about 1890 this morning.
that box has "Bismuth" writer across
tie top; Mr.. Bissoll was undressed, with
his hands crossed; witness had been
credjbly informed that Mr.. Bisseil put
his purse and pistol under his head,
hur = I'D his clothes and retired in an
| orderly manner.
j. 0. STRANGE
had heard Mr.. Huntington's testimony,
and woul 4 corroborate it. he was OK
Cused.
MARY BRIDGES,
a domestic, testified as follows:
MIR. Bissell came in her room last
night and woke her up; he was breath
ing awtlily hard and he Iell down;
thought BIO waa drinking; he didn't say
anything: Mrs. Bissell woke witness
about II clock. screaming, and saying
her husband was dying; didn't know
been ties fed; don't know what time it
was whe, Mr.. B. came home; deceased
S GSKe hear ear him Gm0A go 10 to bed;
he came through my room when he
came home; he was breathing hard; ne
went to the lodge last night; his falling
woke me; he ate hearty supper last
him.
DIR. r. w. ALLEN
got to the house about five minutes after
| his morning; found MT. BisseI dead,
but the body was still very warm /;
nothing about his appearance to indi-
: cate cause Of death; guess this
was the same bottle found
near the bed; half the contents
would kill man; the little box wit
ness supposed to be bismuth-harmless
az flour,