Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1889-10-15
HEART DISEASE
Is the Verdict ia tue Case Of Joe Clark.

Crrnr Silvermau neid m inuua.,
yes'erd ~ nu the bpiy of JpS. Cark.
who died suddenly ~ Charley
Browns barn on Saturday, evening
Following il the tes'im NV ia br.e:
Dr. Fish: ! wa called To ca,
Brown's harm ahout Up M. 20 Pc. joe.
Clark and found hin deaf. NJ upIu.
ion at the present time Is thar he died
of heart disease. Thera wer. 40 ex.
ternal marks of violence that I saw.
Dr. Lebcher: I called upon the man
Clark, the decs IS 4, ffter 7 .. M: I
found him dead; / ild bsen his physi-
clan of aud on for about two aud a
half years; " bad never complained
Of any heart dlsetse or constitutional
trouble do not know the cause of his
death; his pupils were dilatsd, indi.
eating s'lgnation of the blood.
Chris Ramme: 1 met Clark late
Saturday afternoon In Browns stable;
told him then that I thought he was
sick; be told me that h had rot felt
veil fDr some time past; he excIsed
himself and stepped back about tan
PAGES and commenced to voini: after
he came b,cs | lett him, and next saw
bin sbout'7 o'cl ,ck, lyiug 90 the b d,
dead.
VIM. Banson: live a. Lindsay'-
ranch on the Mizpah; have krown
Clark for about four vea's;te has SUI
fered with sick headache; I came to
town with him on Ties1sv, Oct. s'h,
about noon; he returned t1 the Miznah
next day and came back on Thnrsda' !;
he drank little; / last saw him sliv {.
few minutes before o'clock Satur-
day evening; | left him then t0 20 n
the Macqueen house; be WIS Standing
on the outside OF Browns barn; when
I got back he was dead in bad: / got
some medicine for him in the forenoon
at John Wright's; dill not have any
prescription: / asked for something fr
q man who could not keep anything
on his stomach; Clark sent me after IL;
do not know whether he took any Of II.
Albert o. f. Miller: I reside with
Chas. Brown In Miles City; tend at
the barn; have known Clark about one
year and four months; | saw him Sat-
urdsy forenoon; he was complaining
OF not feeling well; he came here on
Tuesday with band Of horses Of
Lindsay's for shipment; he returned
to the, ranch on Wednesday to ex-
change a horse and came back on
Thursday; saw him Off and on
around the barn but did not see him
eat or drink anything except
on the evening Of the 18th of October:
while was sitting In the Office Of tie
barn be came In little before seven
with some grapes; he offered me some
and complaining Of being sick lay
down on nv bed; was reading and
took no further notice OF him, when
heard noise and turning around saw
him drop his legs; then l heard him
sDore; 1 walked over to him and said
"Clark,n but he did not answer;
looked In bis face aud saw his eyes
turned upward; thinking be had a 1t,
I laid his legs on the bed and felt his
hands, which were cold and Timber;
then left him TO go in search OF n
doctor; on the way ! met Benson and
sent him In TO look after his friend; |
found DIR. Fish and he went with me
to the barn and heard him say Clark
was dead; I did not know Of his TAX
ing any medicine.
John Wright: 1 know about the bot
tie Of medicine; l know for what pur-
pose IL was put up; young fellow
came into my store and wanted some
thing 10 settle a mans stomach; said
that be could not hold anything on
his stomach; ] gave him this; I recog-
nixe the'young man the bottle contains
Elixir Pepsin and Bismuth; no poison
Il is perfectly harmless.
The above testimony having been
heard by the jury they went into con