Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-01-12
He DIED SUDDENLY.
Herman Klh1's Career Cut Short Lls
a hight at ClrdS.
HAS BEEN GOING ArARapm PACE
His Death Saves Him From Trial IL
the District Court, Having Bctu
Indicted by tie Grand Jury.

Herman Kahn, lats manager Of the
Chicago Meat market, died suddenly
In his lodgiugs ON FIr5! South street
this morning pit.r "a night with
friends ami cards and uudcr circum.
stances whicA 90 SOME ruEgos.cI the
iiea that there might havu been f0u
clay, aud which resulted In Cor0nci
Onenhach calling au mqIglt for two
O'Clock this afternoon.
The deceased, u waa claimed todny.
had not been Ia very good health
Of late and that no complained
considerably tho lsst iow ucy,
NJ violent pains iu the stomach.
lie was not however 1l seriously ln.
iHplHcu sH % prevent h.W Spending
ms nights away 'fl0m hi. rooms. Ll-t
ul ht about s n'glGgk, according Go ihg
statement 90 john kuIIor also 90 ono
time associated with the Chicago Meat
company, he lUt. bis lodgings aud o..
NAMED away until between three anu
| four o'clock lhig m1fuiug.Ou returning
! ho got Into bel with his room mate,
| Max OppuuhuimcL AMI sHuu after
/ commenced To- lUB AMI l.trn about,
saying lao had severe pains again va
The region oi the 1uiomtu.
"rho0," s,ys Keller, "mytUli aul
| wife 60 utsi nyrtl' - was called
across tho hall by Oppruhelmrr,
/ who said kthu was very
uick. went Tor duuI0.
aud At smith's dug store they sum
moueI Dr. Hicks Tor me. 1 hurr8,
| back with him Hui he said he Thought
Kahn was dyiug and sent me Tor Dr..
/ DAlby but falling TO find him / got pr
Beers aui We uurrci back, but tue
] dOu.Ora could do nothing, and abuu
! nuuuu minutes 10 o DO diUI."
Questioned 8s 10 details in thu case
! Keller said, iu lfUHcn Eugilsh, "iD
\ know hu has been gambling goo =
deal Of latu and l asked him now
/ muuh ne lost, but but he could not
answer l dUn't know now much
money he Loot but guess a lot OF H."
Kahn was arrested some months agu
on "a charge OF being one " tne prlnci.
| pals In systematic cattle stealing
business which was being carried On
In this nuu adjoining counties on
n large scale. In a hearing be.
| lore Justice Smith no was uC.
/ N.AAAANA hNA AAN Va ANNN AHANAAhAAa
was held 10 await the action OF thu
grand Jury. When that body net,
however, IL indicted three or .ouT
others ami among them was Kahn,
That fact II IL said contributed largely
70 his dissipation. lie passed his last
night. IN mortality principally at an
East Temple street gambling house.
lie was about tweuty.eight years Of ny,
aud was unmarried. Al QUE time he
represented Goldsmith q Co., the
cloihivrs OF this city, a. travelling sales
man aud had been Ia Utah about ten
ytaTs.
Al O'Clock this afternoon mum,
Der Of friends aud ncguuintances gath
cred 5ReWeB's undertaking estublish
mrnt, where the dead body lay, nnt
discussed the question " AN autopsy
| This, some OF tbcm hold was nUces
aary to ascertain the exact cause O
death. Olhers took the ground thai
such proceeding would simply Incur
needless trouble and expense and dis
close nothing moro thnn already
known. AZ press time, however, thi
coroner had not made up his mine
that au sHutopJy was not the prJpul
thing Huuder the circumstances
The inquest Awns postponed uu
~ this evening. 10 nppeau
that Kahn had been under irualmeu
b. DE- Meyers for the last month. H'
hGs brother In Siuux CITY aud tw,
sisters RuI GA uncle ln Omaha. rhey
were notified today 10y wiTU Ct hu
death aud they to.egrlpAed back, asG
ing thHt he be- huIiU4 here tomorrow,
rrquoH. that VIII ue compiled with. IN
family were among the carly settlers o
Omaau, aud are said 10 Uu eminenuy
re8i ectable people,