Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-09-09
HOW DID IT HAPPEN?
A Strong Suspicion That Ed. HedHeF
WaS the Victim Of Foul Play.
his DODY FOUND LAST NIGHT
II Is said lie VA, Either Thrown or
Had Fallen from tho Wa,atch
Gambling Rooms.

Ed. H,finer, a Tunnel cafe waiter,
was the victim, las. night, OF a death
the cause ot which seems TO DO sur.
rounded with more or lees mysiery and
which poiutu to o strong suspicion Of
foul play IN the minds Of some prr-
sons who hove Investigated tho Gao.
Careful inquiry by d NEWS reporter
ELECTED the f.ct that ABOUT O'Clock
last night Hetlncr and fellow walter,
George Biiclich, lett the Tunnclsaloon
after having supper and drink at tue
Tar, o. tho way up town they called
IN at the Oxford ami drank again.
Hotlner complained " having the
toothache anu wanted 10 DO something
70 engage his mind ~ that
he might feel less pain,
and accordingly determined 10
try his luck at faro nnl an.
nOunced his intention Of going g.
tile Watatch gamble < rooms over
the CongretH saloon on Second South
street.
A. he did not have sufficient money
% satisfy himself with which ~ con-.
mcuce playiug he pawncd his gold
watch ana chnin at Llchenslsln's the
broker, Tor 81. Al the Congress saloon
Bririich anu Heilntf mot some Of
their companions bent on the same
business as themselves aud after taking
another dtink each they went IN 10
the gambling rooms. Hut little time
had been lcst alter leaving the TunGel,
~ nj $3.50 Heiiuvr seated himsrii
ut one Of tho faro table. In
the rear Of the gambling hall aud
commenced 10 play, stalking n dollar.
He hal only been seated NJ tho table a
very fuw minutes when he turned
"doathly" sick, ~ an associate *.
pressed 10. an1 hecEuuing b. BtlUlich
to tako his seat anu finish the game Tor
him, started towards "a lsva.0ry ut the
rear Of the room. lie 10
NAMED away aud the game went
ON resulting In his dollar winning
another BtioliCh Aru-e and went 10
inform him Of that fact. lie found
him unaccDuntHuly ~ aud slonprd
with him Tor couple OF minutes, hay- !
lug, however sisEui the WinnIng |
money agalutt au equal amount before |
leaving, but on his return 10 tho tatle |
ascettained that II had been lot. Tn.s
timeBuelich started 90 iufIlm hisfiiend |
that bad luck had gouo against hini.
Hut he declares that he could not ilna |
him nlsupp0stug that lac had left the |
place through IA unseen entrance,
also leli, some time before nine O'CLOCK. |
Charles Harfl-UD, also walter aud /
M Auquaiutanco ul Heilner, says he |
gaw HIM sitting Ia an open window ut
too rear OF the building about
this time, and that later
he was lying uncou, cious on
lhe metal roof Of shed three anu a
half ieet below the widow. lilo went
out, lac says, To make preparations TO
have him taken home.
Soon after Heilnor was found lying
on the ground shout tW Give OF t. ri en- |
feet from the roof on which he In said
10 have been seen. IL In claimed by |
some that no either fell OF
was thrown from tho roof. This
theory, by Others, IL considered
altog ether improbable as the place
" here the body was discovered IL nard
aud Jagged and would have produced
bruites upon tile bOiy, but nowhere
from his face 10 his feet II the slightest
mark visible, unless II shall be- iOuni
On his head which Is screened by a
thick covering Of jet black hair.
Is Bfielioh was Of the opinion that he
Nas slugged by PERSONS WHO supposed
hat ne had considerable money. He
vas scately dead when hD WsH found
~ Billy Mouutain, the bartender OF
he Congress saloon, shortly after 10 !
,'olUck, anu d.. Hicks was sent for,
,ut the man was beyond all human
lid, ard expired Ia q few min ,
ltes. The body was removed
O the un Iertahiug establishment OF
Sleeves a Son where an inquest and
examination were being
leld tuis afternoon, Doctors Hicks
nd Plummer officiating.
What seems to he more probable
huory Of HtfiueG's death Ia that he ,
made his way down thu rear stairway ,
nto the open air and there mot his
ate In a manner that may never be
nOWu,
He was unmarried, twenty-five years
{ age ana without relatives In this
'errltofy. a sister In ~. Louis, Mo,
as been notified Of his death anu
sked what disposition she desired
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