The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-28
OGDEN BUREAU.
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MYSTERIOUS SUICIDE.
Verdict of the Coroner's Jury Given
Yesterday

AN inquisition holden at ogden,
Weber county. Utah. on the 9th day
of January, 1897, before b. Terner,
justice of the peace for First Ogden
precinct, Weber county, Utah, upon the
body of George o. Davis alias A. G.
| McAllister, there being dead, by the
jurors whose names are hereto sub
scribed. The said jurors, upon their
oath, do say that sand George o. Davis
| alias A q. McAllister, came to his
death by cutting his throat with a
pocket knife with suicidal intent on
the 10th day of January, A. d. 1897, be-
tween s and $3.50 o'clock p. m. of said
day at the Union depot in Ogden,
Weber county, Utah In testimony
whereof the said jurors have hereunto
set their hands the day and year above
written: H. H. GODDARD,
j. H. CARTER,
JOHN NJ HASSELL,
attest: B. Ternes, justice of the
peace, First Ogden precinct, Weber
county, Utah.
The above is the verdict arrived at
in the case of the mysterious suicide
known as Schlatter. 1t has been one
of the most protracted inquests ever
held because of the mystery surround
ing the man and the lack of knowledge
even of his name. Justice TerneS
that the man registered Jan. 16 at the
Valley house as George o. Davis. The
signature corresponds TO that on papers
in the trunk found at the depot. The
man was remembered by the Valley
house proprietor and the circumstance
recalled of mis- sharpening his knife the
day of his departure. 1t seems strange
that no word of reply has come from
any of the mans relatives to the tele-
rryeea r11C- h I.1r, .ar
dian Valley, Texas, where Davis had
an account of $500 to his credit in Oc
tober has not answered the kilograms
semitic them. There seems TO be some
thing mysterious about this money as
it evidently preyed upon his mind. To
an attendant in the county hospital
during a rational moment he mentioned
his money and asked after it. The
police officers who stripped him at the
city Jail and sent for Doctor Coulter,
say there was not a cent on his person.
The underclothing which he had on
when the deed was committed was
burned that night. II was ragged and
out of keeping with his other clothing.
The man evidently travelled as Meal
lister, but went also by the name of
Davis which accounts for the difficulty
in trying to establish his identity.
That he contemplated some violent
death is indicated by a memorandum
made by him as follows:
Il am taken for Francis Schlatter
hearty every place l go but if l was
no larger than him / would be just the
size of an imp of hell; but so much
larger than him am l that when L
founder not. many months hence, the
earth will be rent assunder and the
sea will take his departure and man
shall disappear from the face of the
earth. Hear what | say"
On the same sheet were some notes
which had been written in Ell Paso,
Tex, last August.
Unless word is received from rela-
tives today the body will likely be
buried this afternoon. The cOroner's
jury and Justice Ternes have made a
thorough investigation.