Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-08-18
How the Young Man Died in q
Dark and Filthy Cell.
NEVER SPOKE TO ANYONE.


Tho inquest regarding tho death Of
Martin -. Walthall. the young man
who dlp1 on the bare iron bars OF his
bunk in q dark and nlthy cell in the
city JAN yesterday afternoon. was held
IN Justice McMastcr'a court at ten
o'clock this morning.
The jury was composed Of =. T.. Ncve
Louis Hook aud r.. a. Kcsalor.
Omccr Fiizmnurice was the first wit.
noas called llc related the circum-
stances surrounding the arrest OF the
young man. who staggered On tho
SuItuir train ou Wednesday afternoon
lu u drunken condition. A. was usual
lu such cases be- was placed iu the
drunk house Go sober up. subsequently
the young man was Transferred 10 the
JAN proper rmuug the other prisoners.
Jallur FOL. klmbali said that he know
practically nothing about the ease, uB
De- dll not seu the prisoner until after
De was dead. Whom he entered tho jan
90 allow the prisoners 10 come into the
dining room Co their usual midday
meal he stated that he heard someone
grooming in the coll but paid mo- atton-
ton Co the same aH such noises on the
purt N the prisoners were uf common
occurrence. especially when they We're
recovering from "a protmctrd drinking
spell
J. Knox Bovdel. " tho Rio Gruudo
Western. then was cgllgi. tio said that
he knew the deceased In Sew York and
that be- bore On excellent reputation.
Hobo Lawyer Smith and spinal
Meningitis Garth, two Inmates ot the
city jan. who ATE serving terms Tor
NuEraucy related the circumstances
surrounding tho death of young Wal
th1li. They both told the same story.
Garth Hall that when tho de-
ceased wnH brought into the
| JAIL officer Fltzmuurlce told
them 90 take care Of the prisoner
ana treat him we'll ilU led the young
man Into the nrHt cell tn the left uf the
/ door where There were some old quilts
/ and lDft him there. Doe heard him
EruuulnE several times during the night
but puld mo- attention Co H. The next
l morning when they won't into their
| meals Boz shook the dccraHoi'H shoulder
| something 90 eat The young man
! did not answer him uul he lot him
] Tho deceased never spoke word TO
Z any NJ them iu the jail After dinner
| Gorth won't into the cell and took "a
| lighted candle nH was bis custom, To
| gl"nn out the Same. The moment tho
| light fcll upon tho young mans face
| hH saw that hu was either dead or dy-
| inW, no he called 60 smith. Smith
came In ana putting his ear 10 Walth-
| airs breast be- said Dc detected Just "a
faint action of the heart. The two
men then wont 90 the bars ami called
Co u truHty outside that "a man was dy-
INK ln jail Patrol Driver Armstrong
then came 10 the door. but ala not en-.
ter; he asked what was tho matter. and
ON being told be- said
~ can do nothing Tor him. then
added. u viii got physician" When
the two men returned 60 the coll IN,
D NNHHMw FHuW UHH dead
This closed the testimony and the
| Jury retired Tor fuW minutes and
eventually returned verdict uccurdinf
60 Dr. Witchcr'H certificate TO the ~,
feet that the deceased came 10 hli
death from natural causoH' fatty de-.
generation of the heart, Hupcrinducet
boy excessive use NJ alcohol The lup
further HvonCmted the officers 20 thl
] extent that the deceased had received
no harsh treatment ut their hands.
chief Hilton THIS morning received o
telegram from tho mother NJ the youni
man Co the erect that she had lut
/ Colorado springs ana would arrive ~
salt Lake city uu the s.l5 a. q. W
l train this evening.
THE grlsfstrlrken mother NJ M
Maynard boy VIII bee met ut the depu
by Mrs Huwdlp who was an old
Hoh0olmutc pf hers years AGO in Ncv
York state. Mrs. HoWdlc in spcullini
OF tho case this morning Hlil tina
there was o. strange fatality about thl
anulr; that in years gone byMrs. Waltz
an, who was then n young nul beAuu
fui girl, refused the hand OF "a gentle
man in the East because she feurc'
that De- might degenerate into a drink
Ink man, % was a severe trial 10 he
az tho time and FOR years after "AnI
now 90 think that her boy should do
q druukurd'8 death o. awful" sal,
hra. iowdle.