The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-19
EXACT CAUSE UNKNOWN
Investigating the Death of F. F,
Rogan.
WAS FOUND DEAD IN BED
Witnesses Examined by Coroner julien
and ury-Indcations Are That
Death Was From Natural
Causes.

| Coroner Julien held an inquest yes
| terday afternoon at Sherman's under
| taking rooms to establish the cause of
death of F. F. Rogan who was found
dead in bed by his wife at the Merri-
mac house Tuesday morning The evil
| dence was all to the effect that death
! had come naturally. but there was no
| evidence to indicatn the exact cause,
and the jury SO found.
Mrs. Katherine EUgan. Wife of the
| deceased, vas called as the first wit
ness. She stated simply that her hus-
band went to bed Monday night a mid
night apparently as well as usual. and
she woke up and found him dead at 4
o'clock the following morning. She
called Mr. Brooks and Mr.. Marshall
and they secured a doctor, who found
nothing could be done.
Anthony Brooks, proprietor of the
Merrimac house, where deceased lived.
said Mrs. Rogan came to his room
said she thought her husband was
dead. Witness Went and looked al him
and came to the same conclusion. He
called Mr.. Marshall and sent for Dr.
Schwartz, who pronounced the man
dead after applying several tests. Wit
ness did not know Of deceased having
been i'll recently and never heard him
complain of heart trouble. He did not
appear respondent when witness saw
him the day before. and there We're no
evidences of poison having been taken
and no other signs of suicide DR..
Schwartz said in the presence of the
witness that in his Judgment deceased
died from heart trouble.
George G. Marshall a lodger at the
al lima Il Of hot, lad
and went to look at Rogan. There
seemed no doubt he was dead Witness
remained with the body while another
went for the physician. DR.. Schwartz
came, and after examining the body
he pronounced the man dead. Dr.
Schwartz questioned Mrs. Rogan as to
whether her husband might have taken
poison and she said it was not possible.
Dr. Schwartz asked the reason for the
body having the appearance of having
fallen away so badly, and she said he
had recently been i'll in the Occur
d Alene country
James T. LeNens. another ledger at
the Merrilnac, said he saw Rogan the
night before he died standing in front
of the Montana Music store. They re-
manned together some time. About
1:15 O'Clock Rogan left witness and
went home He did not complain of
being i'll and did not appear despond-
ent. and witness did not know him to
be a man addicted to the inordinate
use of liquor. He was perfectly sober
when witness last saw him.
DR.. Samuel Schwartz, who was called
to see the deceased, stated that he was
called about five minutes of o'clock
Tuesday morning. He made a thor
ough examination, applying several
tests, and found the man dead He had
evidently been dead two or three hours
Witness endeayored to elicit informal
ton to arrive at an idea as to the
cause of death, but had been unable to
learn anything upon which to base a
judgment, and he therefore could not
venture an opinion. Death might have
been due to heart failure, apoplexy a
chronic diSeasea4or numerous other
causes, and the only way to arrive at
correct idea would be by an autopsy
There was no evidence of poisoning or
any other manner of suicide. While
there was no means OF arriving at the
exact cause of death. the witness was
satisfied it was natural death.
The jury returned a verdict that
death was due to natural causes, but
was unable to assign the particular
cause.