Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-09-15
THE INQUEST.

As stated in yesterdays EAGLE the in
quest upon the body of j. c. Treboul, the
J man found above the Seventeenth street
| The jury consisted of r. Burnett, d. c.
Collier, j. D. Caldwell, j. W. Dunbar and
| Geo. Powell
| Mrs. Staten, who found the body, was
| the first witness. She, as well as her son.
the next witness, told how they came TO
| find the remains.
| Mrs Bliss testified to the clothing and
| habits of the deceased. She seemed TO
| think that he had not taken his own life,
and said: Il did not so into his room for
| two days. and then found everything in
general order, just as if he had gone out
expecting to return in a few minutes.
There was letter lying on the floor ad-
dressed to his sweetheart III Fredonia,
which had never been sent. His sister.
who came after he left, found this letter,
and after treboul had been gone some five
Or six says she opened it and read a
portion of 1t. In it was nothing to indi-
cate suicide. 1t was just such letter as a
young man would write TO his intended
bride. / believe, from what | have heard,
Treboul intended to marry the girl in a
short time Since Treboul went away we
have received three letters from this girl,
asking about him.
d. J. Bliss was sworn next. He never
saw Treboul with revolver and don't
think he ever carried one. There was a
man, whose name l don't know, who used
to call frequently for Treboul. This man
was, chink, a brickmason. He used to
h 4 e.. MI
This man never called after Mr.. Treboul
disappeared. l do not know how much
money he had. if he had any. He was
given considerable money by the boss on
the brick work TO pay off the men Satur-
day night. After Troboul had been gone
a day or two the boss called and asked for
the time book which Treboul had. He
found the book in the room and also found
that the workmen had been paid"
Mr.. Edwards, the embalmer at Dunbar's,
spoke of finding the body and removing it
to the undertaker's
DR.. Tilden thought that the skull of the
deceased had not been fractured by blow,
but that the marks We're merely the sepa-
ration Of the seams Of the skull and could
have been made by the shot that caused
the death.
l.. A. Treboul said: The last time saw
Jewell was on the 1st of August. He was
not feeling well that day and did not work. |
He went to his boarding house and l never
saw him afterwards. | recognize the hat 1
mark (Which was shown to him) as belong !
ing to my brother. / believe he took his !
own life. He was sick for nearly two |
months and was at times very respondent. |
He was not a left handed man-never using |
his left hand for his right His most init !
mate friend was Ed Weis, "A fellow brick |
mason. He had loaned considerable money |
to different parties, and l thought this one |
Of the strongest things to arouse my sns-
picions at the time he disapp, AIRED. My |
partner gave Jewell abaut 500 the evening
he disappeared to pay of the men at work
on the new Jail. He delivered this money
all right. None of my family ever COM
mitted suicide before, and none of my an.
cestors were ever insane so far as know
The jury returned verdict to the effect
that the deceased came to his death by a
pistol shot wound inflicted by parties I'm
known.