The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-13
MISTAKEN FOR A DRUNK.
A MAN THROWN INTO JAIL WHILE
SUFFERING F'ROM APGPLExY.
He Dies Before His Friends Could
Find Him-Vain Search of the
Dead Mans Sons For Their
Parent.

San Francisco Examiner: Erwin T.
Case, prominent Knight Templar and
an ex-judge, died at the Receiving hos
pital yesterday of apoplexy, after having
bees confined in the city prison two
days on a charge of drunkenness. Cases
FAMILY were unaware of his whereabouts
until after he died and his body had
been seat to the morgue.
Case was arrested Friday evening at
the corner of Franklin and Sacramento
streets by Officer Charleston ana booked
at the North End station on d charge OF
drunkenness. His family were unaware
of his arrest, and his wife, who was Just
recovering from a serious illness, SAT- -
all n:S-si awaiting his return. Saturday
morning the judges two sons. d. S. Case
ana Erwin case, Jr., began a search Tor
their father, and after some inquiry
2scertained that he had been ar-eS;ScS
the night before. At the North End SD
ton they were told that their father had
Deen taken 10 the city prison at 10 o'clock
tha night before ana probably had been
released that morning. Upon this IN
formation the young men returned home
expecting that their father would be
there 10 meet them when they arrived.
After waiting all day, D. S. Case tee
.'HoneQ 10 the city prison a. 10 O'Clock
Saturday evening and inquired if his
who said he was Shields answered the
telephone and replied that Case was
under arrest upon a charge of battery
and awaiting bail. AS bal could not be
obtained so late at night, nothing was
done until yesterday morning, when ID.
,. case visited the city prison, and again
MADE inquiry about his father. Sel---.nt
L-ndheimer, who was on duty sent a.
trEsty down the corridor leading to the
cells to cry Cases name, as is the custom
war prisoner IS wanted TO see a
visitor. No one answered to the name.
as Case had been sent to the Receiving
hospital at o'clock Saturday morE-ng,
and upon this information Sergeant L-nd-
;-eimer told the young man that his
father had been discharged. The prison
register. however, showed that Cas-. had
been sent to the Receiving hospital
Young Case returned home thoroughly
confused; His mother, an elderly lazy
IN poor health, was nearly GiStre ete3 at
Ler husbands continued absence Ind the
conflicting stories about his wh5-. bouts
Erwin Case, jr., was sent with his
brother back to the city prison for the
determine where their father had gone
after leaving the prison. This time they
learned what the prison register showed
Saturday morning-tilnt Their father mad
been sent to the Receiving hospital
The young men FASTENED to the hos
pital and without making inquiry of any
one first consulted the hospital reg -ster.
Almost the first name they saw was that
of their father, with a marginal note to
the effect that he had died at 2:30 o'clock
n the morning.
lie DOuS laQ Deen removed 10 the
.c,orgue. but upon the application of eX-
Supervisor Shattuck, a brother-in-.aw of
the deceased, it was taken to Gray's
undertaking parlors. No inquest was
deemed necessary, as the physicians at
the Receiving hospital agreed that
eooDlexy was the cause of death. DR..
O'Br;en said Case had all of the svn9-
toms of apoplexy and none of drunken
ness. One side was partly paralyzed, and
he could not speak.
Sergeant B.dwell was the first officer
tc discover that Case was ill. The ser
geant came on duty at midnight. and
found Case breathing heavily. Sergeant
Shields told him that Case was drunk.
and upon this information he was per-
n,itted to remain in the cell until norm
ing. AT o'clock Sergeant Bidwell
ordered Case removed to the Receiving
hospital.
Case resided at 1915 Broder.ck street
with his wife and two sons. He came to
California 16 years ago from Providence.
K. l.. where for nine years he had been
a police judge. Case served throughout
the war as the captain of New Fanp-
shire company, and was Knight
Fenplar DR.. Mary s. Case, who resides
at Fifth avenue and Clement street is
his daughter. The deceased was 81 years
of age.