The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-05
A DOSE OF LAUDANUM
What Edward Poppen Used to
End His Life.
HE HAD BEEN DRINKING HARD.
A German Carpenter. e3 Years Old. Out
OF work and Presumably Despond-
ent-No Clue 10 His Relatives.

t-f"aTa krc-N~er, = carpenter. eEei shog.
q years. 1se1 a. Providence hospital yes
ter1ay afternoon AZ . o'ctcck. prssu ia ol =
tro-n al overdose q .au5ans.grs. taaso1 Min
suicidal inEsnc
Nhsa Po2pea was touni n room =;
so JeHeF~oa street -sterGay s,,ernoor.
he was - Tar gone ihat ne seYores >. d.
Jea1er an4 Health 0ficer Palmer % re-
saScl-ate hin were q no avai.. and 10
de1 q saor. Sl-ae after beng removed %
me Hospital.
Near he head ~ tee BED WAS a.s>ove1e :
a toJr-ol1ca bottle u which Ras s.la..
quantity OF ia1ia1um. This tac; hss
sven ne fcuA-a for tse SUE. "a
t1sorS-. out Coroner Asha.n WI rrana a.y
ho.i a. tnoues, today 10 ae.erla.ns on
c.a4.y the status q Iae case
Soapea VAS native - Germany. oue
has .-Fed II " asal1St FOR Sevsra. years.
He VAS carpenter bv traie AID worAe /
g. TIE Western NIL. Since taa M. closed
Gown Ae n1s been out OF employment NOS
q ne 1-l1e. FOR ;ATse years. Win ne e&-
cep;lon OF a shor. t&nle. ho has lved a,
Ms {. N.eieula1n's boarding house. 3l5
JeilerSoa street He A2s not pad his rent
iST long time NEW .tl.s landing rs IL
aoliiv . 0ay his living expenses. he has
been drinking heavily o. late.
Yesterday morning "a ~ O'Clock he
cnanoerEaai1. a youag SRI, informed Mrs.
W eie1n2nn .1at Al he TOomers were up
except Mr.. PoDpeR. She tAen weai 10 me
room. o4i as she heard what she thought
Mere ne SHORES ~ ne ,olSer. SIZE retired.
No special attention Vas given the mat
ter because Mr.. Pop0en was n The habit
o. Sleeping late IN he day.
After dinner Mrs N5eleInann concluded
% cali he Sleeper. 50 she raped on the
Goor- Receiving no response. she tried
the door and found TIA, il was unlocked.
iocpen lay On the bed. the C,CtheS drawn
We'll up around his neck and rs .nfre-
qGen. and ,abore8 brea, Ain- alarmed Mrs.
Wte6enann- she immediately ca..ei her
son aa1 had nm notify Or. Jenaer. The
doctor pronounced Poppen % oe II a serl-
cas- condition. and q gi0len, later caUgA,
sigh. Of The empty lau3anurn bottle.
" hle Healta Officer Palmer was being
NOTIFIED. attempts were made - save the
lie o. the patient. a2t ic soon became
evident that the drug was 100 deeply
seated for the efforts - ne successful As
soon IS ne health officer arrived lie p0-
Ice patrol wagon Vas called and Mr.. Pop
pen was removed % Providence hospital
where he died 9 o'clock.
Coroner Askam took charge o. the room
where Ponpen was found. ana made =
close examination 81 an his eftsctS. He
BAD - silver watch. a number OF Eood ear
pentering tools. some fatrly good clothes
and a few odds and ends. There Was no.
a cent o. money Or 3 SCRAP - PAPER that
gave the sligA;es, c3ae % The Nhere8 bouts
Of his relatives. Mrs. Wie3e12aa2 said
taac she heard Poppen say he had WIFE
and family in Texas. His daughter, as
cor3ins 20 his story. was married % a
wei.-to-do carriage maaufsc1UTer- Some
time ago Poppen's people desired him 20
return home. bat he did not want 10 leave
Seattle.
Il Is presumed thar Poppen being out q
work, considerable IN debt and a drinke-,
decided that the best way on, a. i was
70 commit suicide
AS 20 when he took me poison : only a
surulise- No one heard him come into
the house. as there : Is side door which
leads directly 20 the hallway, v1ere his
room MAS locste3. a. the drug store
where * MAS Thought ne purchased ghe
la15an1rn 3. was saii tha1 they rad not
sold { sottle Ike The one fond r the
room. o. used "a label similar . the one
on the bottle cor three yeas. oNing %
the CONDITION CT FoqpeH when found i IS
believed that he took see dose. walsh was
undoubtedly 4 large che. some time Thurs
dsy night
The inquest WI ~ he,1 5his afternoon
at BGtterwo-ta's undertaking rooms.