The herald., 1896-08-08

and at the same time called for assist
ance, the arrival OF which probably pre-
vented Relland's taking his life at the
time.
Undertaken John Paul produced note
| which he had in the morning found in the
| clothing of deceased, sealed in an en-
yelope and addressed to him personally.
1t read:
Aug. 9Th.
'These few lines will tell ALL I must
| go where my loved one is. My disease
has puzzled the doctors. so investigate.
suppose my folks will want my re-
mains. Lay me by the side of my loved
one. My home address is No. 100 Ash
street. Seattle, Wash.
Telegraph at once.
Mrs Carrie Relland, 120 Ash street
| Seattle, Wash"
| At about 1880 Thursday noon Relland
came into Mr.. Paul's establishment and
asked an employe for paper, envelopes
and ink as he wished to leave his ad-
dress for Mr.. Paul. He was given the
desired articles and sat down at a desk
and indicted the above message. He did
not deliver it to Mr.. Paul but sealing it.
placed it in his inside coat pocket and
left the place. The note plainly shows
that Relland had his mind made up to
kill himself and only awaited n favor
able opportunity to commit the deed
The reference to his disease which was
said to have puzzled the doctors evil
IDENTIFY referred to an incurable ailment
with which he was afflicted. Upon the
arms were eruptions at first supposed to
have been caused by morphine injec-
tions but which are only the external
manifestations of his malady. A tele-
gram was received from the suicides
father. George Relland,, of Seattle. ask
ing that the body be embalmed and ship
ped north to him. The corpse of Mrs.
Snyder will be inferred here.
After deliberation a verdict was rem
dered by the coroner's jury as follows:
I'VE find that the deceased, William
James Relland. came to his death by
gunshot wound inflicted by himself,
with suicidal intent
After the inquest had been held DIR.
]. de Barth Shorb. son of the la tie county
treasurer, called upon Coroner Camp
bell, and after viewing the remains.
stated that he identified the deceased as
IA person who called at his office about
eleven days ago and made proposition
to have an abortion performed upon his
wife. The young doctor was highly in
dignant. He Informed Reliand that he
had called upon the wrong man. Rel
land then asked about another Dr. Shorb
and finally admitted that it was A. S.
Shorb he was looking for. He also ask
ed permission to call up DR.. A. S Shorb
by telephone, which was granted
Meantime. during the progress of the
inquest, the authorities had been busy
and DIR. F. w. Steddom called at the dis
trict attorneys office. swearing to
complaint which charged A. j. Shorb
with having ''willfully and malciously
murdered human being, to wit. Jennie
Snyder" The complaint was taken to
Justice Morrison's court, where war
rant was issued for DR.. Shorbs arrest
and placed in the hands of Detectives
Hawley and Auble for service.
Later in the day DR.. Shorb appeared
in the police court and was arraigned
before Justice Morrison. pleaded not
guilty and had examination set for
Thursday. August 18th. at 10 a. m. The
doctor was represented by Senator
stephen NJ. White of the firm of White
& Monroe. who will act as his attorney
in the matter. Bond was fixed at SIS. 900
with the consent of Deputy District At
torney James. and promptly furnished.
complaint which charged A. S. Shorb
Slauson. George II. Pike, S. B. Caswell
and l. n. Van NuyS.
When seen in regard to this latest de-
velopment DR.. Shorb expressed himself
strongly on the matter. He said:
Il think it is an outrage. In the face
of the evidence I can't see how the jury
ever arrived at the verdict they gave I
however, expect no trouble. since / did
nothing more than any other reputable
physician would have done. My profess
sion is to save life and all that | did un-
der the circumstances was strictly pro-
fessional.