The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-02
| DISASTROUS FAILURE
Big Emma's Heart Compelled to
Go Out of Business.
NO MORPHINE ON HER
She Had Various Aches and Pains and
Jags, but She Wasn't Dope Fiend.
1t Was Her Heart That
Slipped It's Trolley.

A coroners jury decided yesterday
that Mrs. Emma Martinez, Big EN-
ma" who died Monday evening in her
| shack in Pleasant alley under circum-
| stances which suggested morphine as
the cause, died from heart failure. The
| inquest was held at o'clock in the aft
| ernoon at Tachells undertaking rooms.
| DR.. Edgar Laurin testified that he had
known the deceased 10 or u years. He
| was called to attend her about o'clock
and found her suffering from agitation
and difficult respiration, complaining
| from pains in the stomach which had
lasted all day. She was becoming I'M
conscious at the time. She had been a
heavy drinker and had often complained
TO aim OF pains over the heart. From
her symptoms he was sure she died
from fatty degeneration of the heart
tissues.
MILFORD Chattelle knew the deceased
eight or nine years. She always COM
planned of rheumatism in the right arm
she drank a great deal of beer, but
he was positive she never took drugs
When he learned of the woman being
sick he went to the city Jail and had
the county physician telephoned for. Dr.
Sheerin wanted to know if it was
county case, and being informed it was
not declined to attend. In the mean
time DR.. Laurin had been secured.
Joseph Fl. Ferand knew the deceased.
He saw her last at her residence about
1870 the evening of her death. He hap
pened along and was told the woman
was sick. He went TO see her and found
her in bad condition. He secured the
attendance of physician and applied
mustard plasters and tried to administer
the medicine prescribed, as directed. but
she expired before she could take the
medicine. He did not know of her using
drugs of any kind, and he had known
her seven years He understood she had
not been drinking that day, although
she was accustomed to drink some. The
only trouble he knew her to be afflicted
with was rheumatism.
NJ. Bessette knew the deceased and
saw her often. She was feeling badly
when he say her on the morning pre-
vious to her death. About noon he saw
her again and she was feeling worse.
She complained of pain in her arm.
In the afternoon he saw her again and
she complained OF a pain in her stom-
ach. He did not know of her being in
the habit of taking drugs,
Joseph Barrllls had sometimes at
tended the deceased when she would
complain of the pain in her arm. He
saw her about 1850 and she said she was
feeling good. AT about 8 O'Clock he was
going by the cabin and was told she
was sick. He went to see her at about
Sioch anu louHu ner dlone ana SuILef-
ing great agony. She said she was GO
ing to die. He discouraged her in the
idea, but felt all the time she was right,
as her flesh was cold and clammy then.
He heard her complain of a pain in
her stomach the day before. He was
positive the woman used no drugs. He
knew her to be very fond of beer She
had said once some time ago that she
would rather be dead than suffer such
pam as she did with her arm. OF late
she had complained of the pain working
down into her chest. After she died
the arm turned blue.
The jury based its verdict on DR..
Laurin's testimony and declared death
to have been due to heart failure.