The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-03-24
DEATH BY MORPHINE.
A Dependent Prospector's Re-
fuge From Poverty.
TRIED TO FOOL THE CORONER.
q. Hsywood, Reduced In Funds "a
- Csats, Gives Up the search
fer worldly Wealth.

q. Haywood, prospector who was re-
duced in finances to 20 cents, committed
suicide in the Great Northern lodging
house by taking five grains of morphine,
sometime between the hours of 1880
Wednesday night and O'Clock yesterday
morning.
Haywood had been in the habit of stop
ping ct the lodging house when in the city
Tor several months, but at no time talked
concerning himself or his business.
Wednesday night he came in about 1880
O'Clock, registered and was assigned to
room Is y. Nelson, one of the pro-
prietors. who was in the office. spoke to
him, but did not notice that he was not in
good spirits. About o'clock in the
morning c. Claussen. the other proprietor,
heard noise ~ If some one WAS breathing
hard In one of the rooms near where Hay
wood was, but paid no attention to it, as
he thought some one might be suffering
from the effects of drunk. The fact that
he did not get mp in the morning caused
no comment, as men who come in from
the country frequently lie abed late in
the day.
About o'clock in the afternoon Nelson
thought he would make up the room, but
on entering found Haywood still in bed.
He spoke to him and received no answer.
Haywood had joined the silent majority.
A light was then brought and tho truth
became known. Coroner Horton was
called and took charge of the corpse and
effects.
The man lay on his back with his mouth
wide open and frothing. His eyes were
shut. One hand was thrown across his
chest and the other at his side. His legs
were cramped at the knees, and both feet
were drawn up under his body. At the
head of the bed were two little boxes, ono
empty and marked quinine. the other
labeled capsules, both being from Kerkow's
drug store. One Of the capsules was filled
with . white powder 50 closely resembling
quinine that it was thought the key to the
cause Of death had been lost. Investiga-
ton, however, proved that Haywood had
used considerable cunning in planning his
death. Where the word quinine was writ
ten were evidences that another word had
been rubbed out and "Quinine" substi-
tuted. In order to make the case sure
Coroner Horton took the white powder out
of the filled capsule and tested it at his
the slightest doubt left in regard to the
ouASsuV tuCOAys AhO pOWuOA AAoy WOoA sCAs
a. quinine was in fact morphine, and in
that one capsule was Ave grains.
The dead mans worldly possessions
we're not extensive nor valuable. Twenty
cents was the cash inventory. pocket
compass. . note book with prescriptions
written out, one or two chemical reaction
equations and the address: s. A. Spencer,
Alert Bay, Vancouver island, BIC. Within
the book were two newspaper clippings
taken from the Posr-INTELLIGENcER,a and
relating to the Colville country. His
clothes were rough and indicated outdoor
life. In appearance Haywood was an in
telligent man, about 10 years old. and
wore a full sandy beard. His hair was of
the same color and quite light, receding
from the forehead.
The remains were removed TO Bonney &
Stewards undertaking rooms.