The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-27
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ANOTHER OF wHIsKy's VICTIMS.
Henry Bell Commits Suicide with
Morphine.

Through those twin demons, whisky
and morphine, aided by sickness and
despair, Henry Bell, a. young fellow in
the prime of life, shook OF THIS mo,rlal
coil yesterday and left a heartbroken
wife, far away amid the flowers and
verdure of lovely Sam Jose
The deed was committed with NOR
phine, and from the young fellows ap-
pearance he has been a slave to the
drug for some time. 1t was not case
of overdose, or anything Of the kind,
but from a written statement left in
his pocket and from every evidence it
was committed Intentionally, and at
the coroner's inquest yesterday morn
ingly.
The complete story is as follows, as
brought out at the cororers inquest:
William Bennett said trat he met
Bell Monday morning between and
10 o'clock in the Arcade restaurant,
which is run by Bennett on Twenty
fifth street. Bell ate a couple of eggs
and then asked for a, quiet room. Ben
nett had none, but directed him to
Mrs. Lastnus, who rented him a room.
He told her that he thoughE he woutdn't
>,
but when she was showing it to some
one else he came back and asked for
it, and it was given him. She said
that he seemed perfectly right minded,
and there was nothing about him out
of the ordinary.
Mrs. Lashus said that yesterday
morning CTuesday) he came to the
kitchen door and told her little girl to
tell her mother to make up MS ~ IL
because he wasn't going away. Moth
ing was seen of him all day, and so in
the evening she went up to his room.
She could not hear him and so looked
through the keyhote-surprised to find
the key gone. He was not visible and
SO with her own key she opened the
door, and seeing him lying quietly on
the bed and supposing ham asleep left
the room.
She spoke of the matter to Iva
Thompson, the colored stable1nan, and
he remembered that the poor fellow
was tired. Yesterday morning ait $50
she went to the room again, and saw
him still lying on the bed, and sup
posing him to be dead she told the
stableman to notify am officer. Officer
Sullivan was found, who notified Chief
Davenport, and who in turn notified
Coroner Joseph Hail. They found the
dead man laying on his side-or, rather
inclining toward the right side-with
mis- LETT arm across his breast, his right
leg stretched out, and his left leg drawn
up. When the coroner attempted TO
pull his leg out straight, 1T required a
great deal of force and that is why he
holds to the opinion the A.
dead since the night before. In the
room on the bureau was found a thir-
ty-eighn caliber revolver, while in the
top drawer was a 50-gTain morphine
bottle containing a little. In his pock-
cts were found a gold watch, pink
powder papers, a bottle half full of
ipecac and opium pills, q memorandum
book. $3.50, a. como, knife, can"JT'idrges,
keys, whistle and handkerchief. The
most Important was the memorandum
book in which was written in lead pen
Gil:
Harry Bell, San Jose, 1913 Fifth
street, Calf.
knights of Pythias, Vintamd lodge,
Frisco.
Kate, forgive me; goodbye.
'.In case anything happens to me, |
have $1,000 insurance in Union Mutual
of Portland, Me.
Address Jno. Graves, Market and
Santa Clara, San Jose, Cal.
pistol belongs TO ]. Graves, the
watch can send TO my wife. My father
in-Iaw, Edwin Bishop, is at present
working Collier the book in Salt Lake
city. You will find $3.50 in pocket
with which to defray small expenses.
Sickness and whisky has deranged my
mind.
yours, H. BELL:
BUY a shirt, and collar, and cuffs"
He evidently means the Golfer Pub
fishing house in Salt Lake, and yester-
day word was sent to his father-in-law.
The body was removed to the Richey
undertaking parlors, where 1T was seen
by The Herald reporter. The young
fellow has a light complexion, with
the lids being half opened, so that the
glazed, sightless eyes may be seen. His
features are very sharp, and he has
a slight Roman nose. He is very slen-
der and looks as if he were a total
physical wreck before he died. Both
shins are badly skinned, but aside from
that there is not much on his slender
body His cheeks, and in fact his gen
eral appearance would indicate the con-
sumption of a great deal of morphine,
but no incision of a needle marks his
body.
At the inquest held by Coroner JOS
eph Hall, the following witnesses testi-
fed to the above story: Mrs. E. A La
shur T H Carr, Iva Thompson, col
ored, William Bennett and Chief OF Po-
lice Davenport. The jury returned a
verdict of suicide by morphine.
Coroner Hall communicated the mat
ter to the wife of the deceased, but as
yet has received no answer.
j. P. Ledwidge, the chancellor COM
mander of the Queen City lodge of Og-
den, telegraphed to Vineland lodge, at
San Jose, California, asking if any such
man belonged to that lodge and re-
ceived an answer in the affirmative.