The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-08

Time Of his death he was In his room With
:. a.. Hurlock, a land broker, fixing mn.
q vendors Hen note which he Ind nc
QGlfvd through the broker. No one knows
nnSthing further about the deceased than
he himself had told sinc, his arrival here.
lht the only PAPER found OH his OF
his relatives was letter from his son.
Iowa
Besides the letter, the deceased Lad the
vendors licn note already referred to-
which was for $500 and S,,,in. 10 IN cash.
Justice Malsch was notified Of the death
ana conducted an Inquest. taking the testi
n"My 81 A, ID; kcnt. proprietor of the
hotel. that of Dudley Kent. the son OF
the proprietor, aud also tnat OF MI. Hur-
lock, the broker. The testimony OF the
hrSt named was ms follows,
Il am proprietor OF this hotel Deceased
registered here as Isaac Van Dyke from
Colorado Springs. he stopped here some
Two or three weeks ago, then went to
B,aumont Last night he came hack and
complained Of suffering from diarrhoca. lie
retired about II O'Clock last night and
came down 60 breakfast aud dinner today.
He sat and talked with some gentleman
uutil about 1850, wnen both went upstairs
together' few minutes later my wife
called me 10 20 tothis room. which | dill,
call for a physician, anyway. and called
pr. Norris, VINO clmc In u reasonable time,
hut was too late 10 dc any good. think
the deceased was about rs years OF age. Z"
Dudley Kent gave the following testi-
mony;
''rhis afternoon was sitting In my
room and some gentleman called TO me 10
come down to y room at once. went
him and found deceased ON the floor in a
sitting position with his head up against
the bed. | helped put him on the he'd; his
face was black and he lust gasped once
or twice and died | then notified my
father, who thought best to call doctor
anyway aud he called pr Morris. was
not acquainted with deceased or the man
that was with him, and today is the first
time | ever saw either of them
). II. IIurlogk gave the following evidence
In regard 20 the death;
n was in the room with the deceased
fixing MP note, sitting at the bureau aud
he. sitting ON the bed my right side to him.
All OF a sudden | honrd him say My God"
and looking around, saw him fail with hia
head on the foot OF the bed, | tried 60 as
sist him, but he was too heavy for me 20
handle and seeing that he was about TO
fall on the noor, | eased him down, then
ran out and called for help. some young
man. who have since found ont was
Young Mr. Kent came to my assistance,
and we lifted him onto the bed, but he Just
gNspcd once or twice and was dead
II met deceased In Beaumont about one
week ngo and sold some land for him. My
business here today was not with deceased,
Int to try "a huy some land from Mr. j. o.,
Davis. While here In the hotel deceased
FOLD me that had lot the stamps oil the
note and gave me $50 to get them. ! went
after them, and they cost S1.00 Instead Of
81 90 and he not having the uOtc with
him, We went mp Ia his room 70 put the
stamps on. When we got up there ! called
his attention to the 80 cents | had paid ont
IN addition to the Sl.50 he gave me; this
account, for the S. bill lying on the bu
rcau out OF which was Ia get my change.
"My business With him was only as u
broker and paid him 500 aud gave nm
note FOR $1,000 yesterday evening"
Or Il r Morris gave II ms his prcfes.
s'onul opinion that the deceased came to Nix
dcath through heart failure.
The body was turned over to The uudcr-
taking establishment Of sidney WCsthelmcr
TO bc cmbAlmcd. Hnd W viii he held await
ing Instructions for disposition from rell-
llvos who have been notified of the death
by wire.