The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-06-27
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"Hypodermically."
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I searched him but he had the other
mans clothing on"
Deceased
Yes"
How did you know he had the de
ceased's clothing on?''
He said by mistake, in his hurry Il
notify me, he had put the other mans
clothing on"
Did you find morphine or hypodermic
needles on him?"
Il did not. But I found them on the
| table in the room"
Did you make any inquiry as TO who
owned these needles on the tabe?"
L did, and Mr.. Briggs said they be-
longed to him -
Did this man Briggs give any explana-
ton in regard to this mans condition."
He said that some time during the
evening that he had purchased this bottle
Of morphine and a half pint of whisky,
and that after they had retired he saw
| him empty the bottle of morphine into
the whisky and drink it."
This man Briggs said that he saw
Hiatt drink it. did he?"
yes, sir"
Did Briggs have any money In his
clothes when you searched him?"
mo"
Did you find any money in any clothing
that you searched that night?"
Il did"
How much?"
Two dollars and twenty-five cents in
good money and some bogus bills"
In whose clothes did you find the
bogus money!,
The purse that I found was under a
! table. 1t contained a dollar bill torn in
two and the bogus bills. And in the
| clothes of Mr.. Hiatt found s125"
Were you acquainted with this man
Briggs?"
Il have saw this man Briggs about
town for three or four days, but I was
not personally acquainted with him"
Were you acquainted with him by
reputation"
Il was not"
DO you know where Briggs lives?"
HE was stopping in this room for the
night, but think he is a professional
tramp"
Did you see the bottle said to contain
whisky and morDhine?"
Il did,
When you arrived there how much was
lefr in the bother"
There was no whisky but 1 should
judge the morphine bottle was about
one-third full"
Did You see any bottle that looked as
though it had contained whisky and
morphine together?"
I saw the bottle that Briggs said had
contained morphine and whisky"
WAS it empty or partly so?"
1T was empty"
what is your vocatIon?"
Police officer"
AT the time that he, Briggs, was raw
ing, did he use any language"
only that he was asking every person
in the room where his hypodermic syringe
was, throwing the clothing and crying
that I must have it or will die. >"
DR.. Jordan CIV. Al being duly sworn,
gives the following testimony:
state your business or calling"
physician and surgeon"
In your profession have you any
knowledge of the deceased. Emory
HAITI"
Yes"
You may state in what way. giving
particulars"
Il was called to see him last night
about Il o'clock at 3I7 East Douglas: I
think it is 321. 1 found this man Hiatt
overwhelmed with some poison which af-
proved TO be morphine. I ad-
the antidotes usually given and
after about an hour took him to the
Wichita hospital and remained with him
until ; O'Clock this morning. Since then
I have understood he was dead
rs that all Of your knowledge and con
nection with the case?'
Il presume il is proper to state that
was undecided whether il was suicide or
not The actions and behavior Of some
man in the room, whom / took 10 be a
morphine habituate prompts me 10 believe /
or suspect that rather he. The morphine /
hahituate. gave the deceased the NOR /
ph.ne from which he died"
state in what way It was given, If you I
znow?"
Il rather think it vas a hypodermic 4
That ! could not be positive Of. Judged 1
SO from the fact that the man was so /
thoroughly overwhelmed with the opiate 4
nat when 7 SGT there. the length Of time /
would not have h=eQ sufficient. had he /
aiken it in by the stomach, for il 10 have
,een disested and assimLated For that /
'eason I think it was . hypodermic dose,
,ud a very large one"
DO You know the name Of this person
hat VAS in the room
only from hea-say. Said to have bsen
Briggs"
DO you know where he is OF where he
to9s?'
He was locked up last night in the city
,risou Ny Information IS that he is held
hc.s"
Question BY Juror Edgar B. Narchant:
what time were yen called 10 the
Dom in which you found the man
HIATT
About Il o'clock. when got the mes
age. am not sure whether It was Il
xscJly. Il was in the neIghhorho0d Of Il
CLOCK Probably it was after Il"
What was his condiuoa when yon
cached the room
Absolute coEn2, the refiexes absent"
What length u time elapsed. y you
now. between the time yoa received The
lessage and the time yau arrived there.
Perhaps half az hour. perhaps g hfge
niger. had TO wake 3 druggist up
he messenger at the phone stated what