The San Francisco call., 1896-11-20
Foul Play and Robbery Sus-
pected, but No Evidence Can
Be Found.
The Deceased Was Prominent Poll
tician and Business Man of
Colorado.

receiver OF pubic moneys OF tDat State
and g business man of great wealth, was
found unconscious in upper Eighth ave-
nue., near One Hundred and Fisty-third
street, this morning by the police and
died shortly after being removed to near
by station-house.
There were no marks of violence on the
body, but there was a distinct smell of
liquor about it and the detectives were
sent out at once to make an investigation.
They went to Captain Sauers' Atlantic
Casino at One Hundred and Fifty-tifth
street and there learned that a man
answering the description of the dead man
in every particular, had been in the Casino
between IL and II o'clock last night.
Charles Horstnan, the bartender, said
that the man then had hand some watch
and chain. He remained in the Casino
for half an hour, and while there bought
several drinks and showed large roll of
bills.
OF his movements after that the police
have been able to learn nothing. They
examined the ground where he was found,
but not trace of struggle was indicated.
There was no watch on the body when it
was searched at the station-h house, and but
for the statement of the bartender the po-
lice have no evidence that would point to
robbery or assault.
The neighbour ood where the dying
man was found has an unsavory reputa-
ton, and just thereabouts are mum Der
OF Raines-law hotels, frequented by boat
men and women of low character. Nearly
every week the police receive report of
some robbery from the vicinity.
Fred Fiegel, editor of the Tammany
Times, identified the dead man as Frank
p. Arbuckle, a mine owner and politician
of Denver.
Mr.. Arbuckle had been in this city for
one week, ana during that time had been
a guest of Mr.. Fiegel at his residence, 236
West Thirty-ninth street. Mr.. Arbuckle,
when last seen by any OF his friends. was
in Fourteenth street, near the Tammany
Hall, at O'Clock yesterday afternoon. He
was with Mr.. FiegeI and was in excellent
health and spirits.
After a few minutes conversation with
Nr. Fiegel he went away. saying, "pIl see
you at o'clock at the house." He did
not go to the house, however, and was
next heard of when Mr.. Fiegel identified
his body in the station-house few min
utes after 10 o'clock this morning. How
and why he went to upper Eighth avenue
is mystery and the police as we'll as his
friends are at a loss to account for it.
Mr.. Arbuckle was president of the High
lands Water Company and the Highlands
Electric Light Company of Denver, and
had a large fortune in real estate and min
ing property in addition at Cripple Creek
and Central City. He leaves widow and
three children-two boys, 13 and 15 years
of respectively, and a daughter, married
and living in Denver.
Coroner's Physician O'Hanlon per-
formed an autopsy on the body tonight
He found fatty degeneration of the heart
sufficient, he said, to produce death
There was slight gastritis in the stomach,
which may have been due to alcohol or
some irritant poison. To settle tais uues-
ton definitely the contents of the stomach
will be analyzed. There was also found
congestion of the brain, which might have
been caused by alcohol.
very slight confusion on the scalp
back of the right ear and slight hemor-
rhage of the right kidney were probably
caused by falling to the ground. They were
not, the doctor said, the result of an as
sauit. Up to late hour tonight no ar
rests had been made. When asked whetb-
to the detection of possible crime the
police said although they had made care
ful inquiry they could find no one who
had seen or beard of Mr.. Arbuckle
Roundsman Mclaughlin found him in an
unconscious condition in vacant lot
DENVER, CoLo., Nov. 1y.-Frank P.
Arbuckle's home was at Highla nds, a
suburb of this city. He married Miss
Emma Swift of Fond du Lac, Wis, who
with two sons and a daughter Mrs. A. N.
Darrow of Denver. survive him. He was
telegraph operator at Russeilville, where
he went six years ago from his native
city, Erie, Pa, and afterward became
sctive in politics and returned to Colo
rado. Under the first Cleveland admins
tration Mr.. Arbuckle was appointed land
officer at Lamar.
He was president of the Denver Water
Works Company. He perfected and sue
cessfully operated the Beaverbrook Water
Company and the Mountain Water Com.
pany, which supplied the citizens of High
lands, and the Denver Highlands Ell, ctric
Company. He was appointed Receiver of
the Land Office at Denver under the pres
ent administration. Mrs. ArbuckIe left
Denver last evening to join her husband
in New York, where they intende ed to re-
main month. He went East lust after
the election to close large mining deal.
OMAHA, NEBR., Nov. 19-Mrs. Frank
ArbuckIe, whose husband was found in a
dying condition in New York this morn
ing, was passenger on the Union Pacific
train that passed through this city at 4:45
P. NJ. to-day. She said that she had re-
ceived the news of the death of her hus-
band at IL o'clock in the morning, a tele-
gram having been sent to her on the train
by friends in Denver.
Mrs. ArbucKle said that she would con-
tinue on her way East, but there had been
no arrangements for the funeral, nor had
she given the subject any thought as yet.
She said that her husband and Mr. FiegeI
had both urged her TO come to New York
and spend some time there visiting, and
this she had intended to do when she left
Denver yesterday, but she doubted if she
would remain in New York but few DAYS.
The interment will probably be in Denver.