Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-03-05
MYSTERIOUS DEATH.
The L.i3ltss Body Of Halt c. Walker
Found at His lO.hsfS Homo
AT SEVEN O'CLOCK rnrs MORNING
Post M9riem Examination BY q Corp.
Of Physician, thi, Afternoon
Particular a. TAR ~ kuUwas.

lhIuculnF a. Tar ~ huuWus.
irwin be- startling news TO the social
hud business circles 0i the city to learn
isht Matt G. Walker was iuunI tesu
90 The Iptiieucc OF his mother shortly
boi9fe seven O'Clock this morning. The
diacovcry was made by servant gttl
10 tue employ OF the family, aud a few
moments later tho whole household
was thrown Into mourning over the sad
event
Tho particulars, ~ Tor as tho cause OF
death, ate concerned we're very I'M.
Quito gbiain AMI up to noon today
nothing was known beyond what VIA
related Co 70 representative of the NEWS
by b. 4. uuI SHARP walker, two
ps5iucfa Of tuu deceased. Ihry sail
10 substance that iis,, d.n,i ut home
yesterday afternoon ~ three O'Clock
Hui that hu itii the house au hour later
la the best % spirits.
In Response 10 a question from his
m,ihrf ha 10 whuu ur would be- homo
mo replied "Al bod lime, mothof.r
liANiIg mus spoken he opened the
duprWa4u a l0Culnr remark anu started
ior thu street. lie was not seen again
~ auy mumb,r Vt the family until hls
iiic.cas BODY WIS found on the fll0t a.
STATED.
ltnppcara that he came up town Tor
ne purpose OF visiting fsond, Harold
lltl VINO hhd undergone An operation
AZ lhu hands o. doctor yesterday.
ABOUT O'Clock hu left Mt. Pitt-sO IL
'houSht-lo Welt a young LADY Ia the
tuulhenAloTh lhtt VI the city. White hu
was masing hiH CallUn hrf hr banana
w anu was tui1,i with violent pains ia
tue stomach. lie tutn came ~ TOWN
anu went W tho Riblrt just NORTH Of
tu0 Cllit huuuu auu told Mr. Dittmap.
the ptopfiotUr, that he had "a ofamB
ana askud Tor some jamaica ginger
aud brandy. This gave MIN no relief
hnu nhufly Afterwards nt his ftqurit
Mr. Ditiman gave him a strong du.r
VI peppermint and hot water. Instead
~ getting better hu g0t woffp and saij
that thu pain was becoming DO intense
that he could not endure It and thnt
lac needed a physician. The office oil |
Dr. W0fthingtOn was onIy few
ioors iarshur up tho street aud
10 that he wac taken by n
couple OF fflonds, J. NJ. sull aud "A
Mr. smith. DR.. Worthington af.er a
lrw searching inquiries gave him a
hypodurmic Injection Of morphine tut
hla Hgony Continued anu second doss
81 tue drug was injected into the body,
III short time hu iolt much easier |
anu expressed n desire 10 DO taken |
home and Messfs. Sluil aud Smith nc.
companied him. At the door they Ia.
qulfcu OF him IL they mad u.t better
arouse some VI the folks aud he replied
IN tue negative stating that he old not
Wish TO disturb VI frlghten his mother
hnd that hr felt considerably better aud
would clip quietly ny 10 his room aud
20 10 bcJ,
lie then took a "nigh, ksyD from his
pocket uulocuod tue door (this was
ABOUT 1880 lhlA mOfningl, saiu goodbye
10 NE lflonus anu stepped inside, lockuI
tue du0t put MS cauo In the corner,
near uyi ana IL IL supposed ifIm the
half'sliuug aad haltstanding position
ia which his body wac found that hp
turned round, sank down against
cabinet OF onyx anu minerals aud died
Immediately.
Sharp Walker was flrst apprlssd Of hls
brothers. death by the servant. He
rushed down slairs anu soon his
mother, brother aud two sisters were At
nlH side. Sharp placed his cheek 10
Ills br1lner's lace aud found that 1t was
dtalhly cold. lie then put his hand
over tho heart nud found tho body
warm. A basin " warm water was
brought aud into this tue icet Of the
ieceAsed were plunged, while mes.
iengef was dispatched Tor DR.. Basoom,
The family physician, who, ON his Nc.
fiyal, stated that nothing could be ,
lone Tor the unfortunate man aud an.
lounCed that In his opinion he had
been dead Tor several hours.
The sorrow OF the family was made
infinitely more poignant by tho sud.
iennes " the blow and the mystefy I
tho case. The coroner
vas notified and sleps tending 10 the
holding Of an Inquest were at once
aiken. Tnls action, however, was
preceded by a post mOTlem cxamina. o
ION held this afternoon at which the II
0llowilgI puyslciaus were present: !
iascum, Fowler, WOfthington, Plum. :,
net, pinkertou, Msacham aud Hughe-. J.
The deceased was the sOn VI tho late Il
!. =. Walker anu % year, Of age. He
raves a mother, two bIJlhots, ,. r.. .
ud Sharp, four sister, Mis- r.. n. y
.rcles. Mis-. .. X. LOWS, Of Butte, =,
tUntana, aud Nellie anu D0llie. u
The post m0rtom examination re-. al
lltod In the surgeons hndiug that y,
cath was due 10 acute obstruction Of ~
io bowels. A. the Inquest held later ~
D the day testimony 20 that elect was :.
wen by Doctors Basc3m, Fowler, A.,
yotlhington aud Hughes anu yer. II,
let rendered In accordance herewith. "a
This time Tor holding the funeral has "
ot yet been decided upon, The news \.
tho death has been lulcgfaphud 10 y,
~ sister Of the deceased At Butte aud -
ie Is expected TO arrive here lomOT- q"
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