The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1892-05-14
Charlie Brooks Passes Quietly Away in
Caldwell Hotel.
DID NOT COMMIT SUICIDE
He Came to His Death by an Overdose
or Morphine Administered by His
Own Hand.

The town was startled last Tuesday
evening by the report that Charlie
Brooks, an old and respected citizen
OF Owyhee county, had been found
dead in the Haskell House.
A TRIBUNE representative repaired
to the place and found the report only
too true. There, in little upstairs
room, lying on his back in peaceful
repose, as in deep sleep, lay the earthly
remains of poor Charlie Brooks. On
the table was glass containing a little
water, spoon and an empty morphine
bottle, the latter being very suggestive
of the cause of his death.
Judge Beatty impanneled jury and
held an inquest on the remains. The
testimony given brought out the follow
ing facts:
On Monday evening, at about Z
o'clock, Mr.. Brooks came to the Has
kell House and went to bed at once.
He requested the landlady, Mrs. Mohr,
to bring him glass of water and q
spoon, which she did. At that time he
was intoxicated. Tuesday afternoon
Mrs. Mohr went to the room to arrange
it for xthe night, but found still
locked. She knocked loudly and called,
but received no answer. She then got
Mr.. j. II. Tate to enter tho room by a
window opening out on the kitchen
roof, to see what was wrong. Mr.. Tate
entered the room and found the de-
ceased dead in his bed. The city
marshal and doctor were at once sent
for, and other authorities notified. The
marshal took the dead mans effects to
Judge Beaty's Office, where they were
examined during the investigation.
DR.. E. E. Maxey expressed the
belief that the man had been dead for
three or four hours when found and
thought it probable that death was
caused by an overdose of morphine.
Three unbrOken bottles of morphine
were found in the dead mans coat
pocket. Mr.. Wright testified that he
had sold deceased three full bottles of
morphine and one broken bottle con-
tanning about twenty grains. Deceased
had evidently taken the twenty grains,
as one bottle was empty. 1t has been
since ascertained that he resorted to
morphine or other sedatives occasion
ally, and the fact is apparent
that in his intoxicated condition
he unknowingly took too much of the
fatal drug.
The remains were taken care of and
his brother, Mr.. Anthony Brooks, of
Silver City, and sister, Mrs. VIM. Man
ming, of Jordan Valley, notified of the
sad occurrence. His father and step
mother for years lived in Boise City
the former died some months ago and
the latter went to California.
Charlie Brooks was apparently about
80 years of age, and was highly esteemed
at his home in Owyhee and elsewhere
by all who knew him. His people are
all well-to-do and highly respected, and
he himself had considerable of this
worlds goods. The remains were in
tered in Canyon Hill cemetery last
Thursday afternoon, after short SER
vices at the Presbyterian church con-
duced by Rev. L. H. Galloway. Fol
lowing is the report of the coroner's
jury:
We, the jury, impanneled on the in
QUESTION held on the body of man
found dead in the Haskell House, in
Caldwell, Ada county, Idaho, find,
LIST, That the deceased's name was
Charles Brooks.
End, According to the evidence pro-
duced, we believe that he came to his
death by an overdose of morphine,
administered by his own hands.
III. X. HARTLEY,
G. w. COOPER,
w. j. EASTMAN,
w. f. SCHNABEL,
w. w. WOOD,
FL. HUNTINGTON,
j. j. APPERSON,
JOHN STEUNENBERG.