The Anaconda standard., 1895-12-14
WHERE is HIS HOME
Stranger Passes Away, After Trying
to Speak.
INJURED WHILE INTOXICATED
He Gave His Name as Patrick
Cleason-Did He Say ALBANY"
or"Auburn"-other North
western News.

Seattle Post-Inteliigencer: Stretched
on a slab at Bonney 4 Stewards
morgue Is the body OF a man known in
Seattle as Patrick Gleason. Where he
came from. the history of his life and
the exact cause OF death are shrouded
TO a certain extent in mystery. BY his
appearance II would be judged that he
had been in fairly good circumstances
at least during life. There Is some
thing pathetic about his death, for he
lay at one time on his bed. conscious
but yet unable to speak the words that
would have cleared up the mystery.
Between and Z O'Clock on the even-
ing of Nov. %, the telephone at police
headquarters rang and a message was
received calling for the patrol wagon
on lower Commercial street. Detective
Philbrick. who was acting as Jailer.
went with the wagon and found that
fhe call was on account OF a man who
had fallen down stairs in a lodging
house on the east side of Commercial
street, between Weller and King. The
landlady told Philbrick that the man
had been staying at the house for two
or three weeks. but was without mon
ey. He had told her that ne expected
TO get work. and so she had allowed
him TO keep his room. The evening In
question he had come home deeply in
toxicated, but managed to get UP the
first flight OF stairs all right. When
he lost his balance and rolled down to
the bottom of that flight.
On the way TO police headquarters
the man kept Jabbering In an unintel-
ligsble manner and would unhitch the
fastenings on the stretcher. Finally he
was placed in the bottom of the wagon.
At the station he was placed In the re-
ceiving cell, the supposition being that
he was very drunk and injured only
slightly. His face had a few slight
bruises around the right eye and two
abrasions of the skin OF his nose. The
next morning II was found that he in
no wise improved, so Dr. Palmer was
called. subsequently,. In the middle of
the day. he was removed TO Providence
hospital There he fingered along in an
unconscious condition for about three
days. Once he regained consciousness.
and managed TO tell one OF the sisters
his name and that he had a mother
and sister. lie spoke with great effort
and managed TO say ne lived In -.
That Is where the trouble comes. The
sister could not distinguish whether he
said Albany or Auburn. N. Y. From
this time on he was unable to speak.
although Il was evident ne was In pos
session OF his senses. He tried hard to
communicate with those about him. but
could not Death came 10 his relief
Saturday afternoon.
Gleason was above the average
nelgnt, ana mad a good face. His hair
was quite thin on the top OF his head.
and In one place he was slightly bald.
The color of his hair was brown. but
there was a noticeable trace OF gray
hairs. His nose was inclined to the Ro-
man type. and his mustache was SAN
dy. His hands showed that he had not
been accustomed to hard labor. or at
least they do not show the marks de-
fectives always look for. So far the
people at the hospital have not learned
anything about the dead man. and at
Bonney e. Stewards ID was said that
they could not get any trace OF his peo-
pie or friends.