The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-28
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THE ALLISON INQUEST.
Coroner's Jury Found That Death Re-
suited From Injuries.

The inquest over the body of Mr..
Allison was held yesterday before
Justice Ternes and a jury composed of
Arthur Brodder, c. S. Pulver and
Whit Bingham. The jury examined the
marks on the mans body the broken
arm and the bruises about the foot
before beginning the examination of
witnesses. Manager Doane was on
hand but he could tell little of what
happened except as the bar
tender at the place where AL
hson is alleged to have received the
injuries that resulted in his death had
told him. His story was about as has
already been published in The Herald.
The man was there and a crowd of
fellows were there having a sort of
high jinks time.
Among other things they played
baseball with sandwiches, etc, and
We're drinking freely. Allison went in
and was treated by the crowd. He
made rather hog of himself and was
sent out but returned and drank some
more. The last time he was sent out
was about 10 o'clock and Doane did
not see him again till the next morn
ing when he was discovered on a
bench at the south end of the hotel. He
was lying in an unnatural position,
one arm being doubled back under his
body and his neck awry. He cared for
the man out of pity and sent for
Sheriff Davis to bring a doctor from
Brigham. DR.. Taylor did not examine
the man for injuries because the man
was in no pain. They did not know his
arm was broken when he was sent to
Mundavs at Hooper.
DR.. Conry said there was nothing
the matter with the man except
broken arm which had not been cared
for and a generally run down system
owing to dissipation. He thought death
was due to a debauch.
R. T. Majors, the hospital steward,
told his story of receiving Allison and
of how the latter had claimed that
some fellows had tripped him UP in a
saloon at the Hot Springs. This story
was corroborated by Mr. Munsey who
also testified that Allison was a hard
working, peaceable man. He had been
at his place since April and was not
a drinker. He had worked out in Ne
vada for the Corey Bros. company be-
fore coming to Munsey. Munsey had
given him 81 the day that Allison left
for the north. This was July 13, and
two days later the man was brought
back to his house by Mr.. Westgard
from the Hot Springs.
H. Kimball, the bartender at the
Hot Springs hotel, gave testimony in
effect the same as that of Mr.. Doane. !
He remembered the crowd being out
there and having a hilarious time and |
that Allison drank three or four times |
with them. He did not remember any
scuffiing or quarreling, but said such |
night have occurred without his know !
ng it. He testified that he discovered |
he man on the bench in the morning. !
The point that impressed the jury |
vas that Allison's story as told to
was practically the same as /
hat told to the hospital steward |
about ten days later by Allison, one |
lay before the latters death.
After being out but short time the
ury brought in a verdict to the effect
hat William Allison came to his death
rom injuries inflicted by some person
II persons unknown, at the Hot
Springs on the night of July 10.