The Saint Paul globe., 1896-11-20
SUSPICIOUSLY SUDDEN
Was the Death of a Colorado Poll.
tician in New York.

NEW YORK, Nov. 19.-Frank P Ar
buckle, of Denver, Col, was found in
an unconscious condition, lying in an
obscure place near vacant lot just off
the sidewalk, in a lot of weeds on the
west side of Eighth avenue between
One-hundred and fifty second and One
hundred and fifty third street at 2:45
O'Clock this morning. He died in the
patrol wagon on the way to a station
house without regaining conscious
ness.
Ten minutes before Arbuckle was
found, policeman passed the place on
his beat, and he asserts positively that
there was no one there then. Arbuckle
was about so years old, five feet nine
inches tall, and weighed about 220
pounds, and in his attire had the ap-
pearance of being a prosperous bust
ness man. He wore a black diagonal
suit of clothes of fine material, which
bore the name of the maker, ~. A
Merriman. Fond du Lac, Wis" In the
pockets of the dead man werea number
of letters addressed to Hon Frank Ar
buckle, care of 'Tammany Times, 236
West Thirty-ninth street."
There were also found number OF
certificates of the Cripple Creek &
Central City Consolidated Mining Co.
The letters all related to mining sub
jectS, and schemes which indicated
that the dead man had been interested
in mining ventures.
Officers sent out on the case went to
the Atlantic Casino, near where Ar
buckle was found There they had a
talk with the bartender, Charles Horst
man, who confirmed their theory that
the man had been foully dealthWith.
Horstmn said that a man answering
the description of the dead man came
into the saloon about an hour before
the time he was found unconscious,
and called for a drink Of whisky. He
appeared at the time to be partly un-
der the influence of liquor. In paying
for the drink, he displayed a large roll
of bills and then pulled from his pocket
a heavy gold watch which was at
tached to a large gold chain. After
taking his drink, the man left the sa-
loon. That is the last known of his
movements until he was found in the
weeds nearly dead. No money except
the small amount of change was
found in his pockets, and he had no
watch nor chain.
John Wilkinson of 241 West One hun
dred and Thirty-third street, this city,
who says he knew Mr.. ArbuckIe well.
has asked the coroner for permission to
take charge of the body.
The police surgeon at the station
house, after a thorough examination
of the body of Mr.. Arbuckle, declared
that, in his opinion, death was due to
heart failure, brought on by an at
tempt to ascend the steps of the Ele-
waited station.
According to Mr.. Sigel, Mr.. Ar
buckle was instrumental In raising
$130,000 for the recent democratic ma
tional campaign, which was about one
third of the whole sum disbursed by
the campaign committee
Coroner s Physician O'Hanlon tonight
performed an autopsy on the body
With the conclusion of the autopsy all
grounds Of suspicion of foul play as the
cause of Mr.. Arbuckle's death van
ished. Mrs. ArbuckIe left Denver
Wednesday night to join her husband
here. Unless she receives word at
Omaha, she will not have any intima-
ton Of her sudden bereavement until
she reaches Col. Seigle's office in this
city. Col. Seigle has telegraphed to the
dead mans brother, Richard Arbuckle
who resides in Erie, Pa, and who it Is
expected will arrive tomorrow morn
ing.