Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-12-13
TIRED or Lying"
4 Stranger Suicides It The Raw.
nond House
By An OVERDOSE OF MsKfHISE
Drunkenness eye Cause Of the Ter.
rIhle Deed.

y recent arrival in this city, b
the name OF John. Zimmerman, 70,
merly an employe Of the Utah Cen
trail Railway Company, ccmmitte,
suicide last evening about G O'Clock
at the Raymond House. opposite tn
Theatre en- Second South Street
The Immediate cause OF death wa
an overdose Of morphine, admins
tered by his OWN hand with suicid.
; intent.
From the time of taking ep hi.
residence at the lodging house re.
ferred to, about shtee weeks ago. he
has been IN AMI under the in.
nuencs OF liqlDr most OF the time.
The proprietor Of the place reports,
that as reguiaras night came. the
deceased would take a pint a,
whisky TO bed AMI by ncrr.
ing the flask woaid invariably be
empty. The proprietor took up a
lahor with hin sni begged Of him
to refrain from The use O,
! sii intoxicants the man finally
promised 70 do 50. For
day or two he drank no
liquor OF any kind but grew wore
instead OF better and aunos need his
Intention Of seif-de.tcction, giving
as a reason that ne was tired o.,
living, and once more drank him
self drunk.
Dr. Hasbroacs, Twas summoned on
We inesizy last and prescribed for
hlnIeman but the man seems
really 10 have becsme desperate
and resolved on taking his own
Ere, as borne oct Wy his statement
that it wa. his Intention to IN en-
and confirmed by the sact, that on
Wednesday night "a TOOK 81 doses
of hydrate % ehloral; but the fata:
results Chat would have attended
IA taking Of such an lexorbi Int
dose OF the drug Under ord.-
I 1ci NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. was counter
acted by the great amount Of liquor
he had taken during the Gay prior
to pledging himself that he would
drink no nore.s Yesterday after.
noon he left his apartments, how
I ever, for short time. and somehow
secured bottle OF morphine, which
/ he took, Hi:h TIE result mentioned.
( The body Of the deceased man was
removed 10 the undertaking estab-
llshment OF Evans & Ross. where
] and inques. was held today before
Coroner Harris.
The following witne.eeh were
sworn and examined.
Dan Gsnicher testified-i am a
rey--e LOGGER at the Raymond
, House, opposite the Theatre on
First South Street. Last evening
about $3.50, when returned from
my days lsbor, | was accosted al
the entrance To my apartment by
the proprietor OF the house, who In
formed me that a man was dying.
[ wen: with him 70 the deeeased's
room ami found Aim In an uu-
conscious condition; l know that he
has been drinking great deal since !
he came 10 the Rsymon House.
Mr.. Finn testifeS-I have charge |
OF the lodging Noise over she saloon /
opposite tee Theatre. The dead /
man has been addicted 20 the use OF !
intoxicahts. Daring the last few +.
days he male np his mind - refrain 1
from the use OF all alcoholic stimu-
lants, but he seemed TO have great
pain after doing 80.
Three days ago ] asked him IL
should summon physician, he T,
piled no, bIt ! demonstrated with
and endesvOrr,i 10 show him that /.
was criminal. not 10 employ proye-
All while suffering n he was. He
finally yielded and chilled in DIR.
HasbrOuek, who prescribed for him.
| went to a drug store and haj the
prescription filed and paid for il out
OF his own money, which he depos-
tied with me- on the frst night he
took up his abode at the Raymond
House. The amount he let was
Si1. | have given him small
amounts Of money frequently since
then. a few cents or a dollar or two
at a time. AS he wished. The frs;
night after purchasing the medicin.
referred TO, he emptled the bottle Of
its contents, and next day the pre-
scriptioI was duplicated.
d HasbrOuck testified-On We'd
nesday last Mr.. Finn called at my
Office and informed me that he had
a drunken lodger in his house and
asked me if | could give him an
antiiote for drunkenness. inform
ed him that could and prepared
for him 4 prescription consisting Of
hydrate of chloral and syrup OF
acacia. to be taken hourly until he
should fall asleep. l saw the man
no more until lat nigh when was
a gain summoned TO his bedside and
discovered that he was dying.
from an overdose of
In reply TO the question Of the
the medicine you .
prove fatal If taken in
large quantities: the doctor said-i
DO not think so, while the man was 4
under the influence Of liquor: other !
wise il would.
DIR. T.. 4. Tubs testifi-i-Last ,
night was requested 10 20 TO the
House ami assist n dying /,
man Il did so hastily, and when | ,
arrived | found the man in the ,
.hroes o. death and remarked that il ,
was useless TO try and save him, as ,
he was evidently suffering !
from az overdose Of morphine. DIR. =
HasbrOucs WAS there at the time.
We went TO work, however, with a :
will and endesvored 10 restore the ;
dying man. \ stomach pump was :
used, but the poison had already ,
lone itsieadly work and in a few
the man expired.
George White testi,ie6-I am
odger AZ the Raymond House. Yes !.
erday afternoon, about I O'Clock,
he deceased left the house and !,
vent up street aud returned about /,
i.teen minutes afterwards. He took :
glass of water with him to his 4
DOM. Have been acquainted with
lin for a long time; worked with i
nm N Park City. never saw him !;
lnder the influence Of liquor, and !,
ont know that he used morphine.
Mr.. Bell t.stified-I am a druggist T
v profession; am emplyed in the >.
rugstore of Earl ID. Gray; 1 filled s
Dr.. Hasbrouck's prescription; 4
tranger called at the store yester-
ay afternoon and asked for fifty
enis worth Of morphine; by the
emand for such an unusual guam
Ity knew that he was not addicted Z
, the use Of morphine and refused I
D sell it to him on the suggestion of n
he proprietor, Mr.. Gray. An =
abitual morphine eater will
lways call for sixty cents y
forth-the regular price of a b
ottIe of morphine throughout the