The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-09-08

Coroner McCollister began an inquest
yesterday over the remains OF Mrs. Emm a
Fitzroy to determine the manner and cause
of her death, which took place yesterday
morning at about S O'Clock.
Mrs Fitzroy lived about a mile south
west of Garfield University with her two
sons. aged respectively 10 and Is years
They carried on q dairy business In small
way. The boys came in from their work
Thursday evening at the usual hour and
found their mother lying down, asleep.
Near by was note stating that she had a
severe head ache and that they were not TO
awake her. As they were aware that she
was subject to attacks OF headache. they
respected her wishes with no suspicion Of
her real condition. Yesterday morning
she was still sleeping aud SO soundly
that all efforts 10 arouse her
were futile. Becoming alarmed they
summoned cid aud physician, DR.
Cave. was sent for. He did all that could
be done but without avail. and in a few
hours she died without having spoken or
shown any other sign OF consciousness
Coroner McCoilister was notified ia due
time, but owing TO unavoidable detsn ton
be did not arrive until O'Clock. He i'm
paneled jury and proceeded at once with
the inquest but the hour was so late that
only the husband of the deceased, the at
tending physician and the elder son were
examined. and the inquest was continued
until tomorrow.
When the news Of the death first was
made public it was given out as case of
suicide, but At the point at which the in
quest has arrived 1t is the opinion of the
coroner that such is not the case, that
death was due TO either an overdose or
fha Af o,-1f inn,
dose upon a debililated system or, what
seemed to him as likely as anything else,
that it was simply a case OF heart failure,
and that in any case there was no actual
suicidal intent.
The husband and the eldest son. who
were examined, testified that Mrs. FitZruy
was subject to very severe attacks of head
ache accompanied by great weakness and
retardation of heart action and that on
these occasions she was accustomed TO
take morphine for relief from the pain
Notwithstanding its probable i'll effects in
other respects.
Nothing was found about the house
however, In the way of opiate of any sort
though thorough search was made of the
premises. Not box or phial. not even a
paper which from its appearance might
have contained any drug whatsoever. was
found, and il is the opinion of the coroner
that, designedly or otherwise, the envelope
of the poison. if any were used, was
destroyed or secreted beyond hope of re-
covering it Still, the attending physician,
who arrived some hours before death,
stated that the case exhibited every symp-
tom of morphine poisoning and the appear
ance of the body after death pointed 90 the
same means And so the case stands.
The deceased was twice married, her
first husbands name having been Turner.
The two boys spoken of are the children of
the first marriage. She came TO this coun-
try, WIDOW. from England with the
per county. Here she met Eitzroy, like
wise coionist from England, and married
him. She kept. or managed. a hotel as
and she and Fitzroy seem to
have been well-to-do people. Both have
met with reverses since.
1t seems that her second marriage was IN
happy. from what cause does not clearly
appear, though Fitzroy states that there
was no trouble between him and his wife,
the only difficulty being between his and
her boys. y few months ago she filed her
petition for divorce and she and her hus-
band have not been living together since,
though he says that she had very recently
withdrawn her petition. He also is en-
gagged in dairying about five miles out in
the country, and beyond where Mrs. Fitz-
roy lived.
\ married daughter OF Mrs. Fitzroy,
Mrs. Paddy Magill, lives In Kansas City,
and will arrive this morning.
The inquest will be continued at q
o'clock TO-DAY.