Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-11-24

by the Famous as soon as the same
can be put in shape. The Local Sc
curity company finds iss increasing
business requires more room, as well
as better location. hence the change
OF quarters.
The Herald received additional COM
plant this morning concerning the
condition OF the wagon road leading
south from Durango. Our informant
said II was q disgrace to any civilized
community and the commissioner
should instruct the road overseer to
get a move on at once. Transfers
are compelled to drive out Of the road
and pretty soon the road will be dan
gerous for bird to fly over 1t.
Davy Crockett was found dead this
morning In the rear of the Cueter
saloon, in front of a closet William
Nesbitt, who came on shift at the
Cueter at about six O'Clock. says
Crockett came up to the bar and
threw his hands down heavily and he
thought him very drunk or afflicted
and he requested a bystander TO as
sist him In seating Crockett in a
chair. Soon after he was seated
Crockett arose and walked out to the
rear leaving his hat. Nesbit says he
thinks Crockett had not been absent
more than FIVE minutes when he
walked out to the rear of the saloon
and found the man dead. Nesbit then
called for an officer.
Several persons about town say that
Crockett has been here several days
drinking heavily. James Bennett at
the wholesale house of John kellen-
berger says Crockett has been there
several times, but that he did very
little drinking there. Mr.. Bennett
says Crockett appeared to be sick
more than drunk and he had suggest
ed yesterday that the man ought to be
in the hospital The last he saw of
about four O'Clock when he walked out
OF the rear of Kellenberger's.
Crockett was a blacksmith who had
been employed about the sawmills of
this country. He was aged close to
sixty years. He came from New
Brunswick and lived in Maine several
years before coming west. 1t is said
that he owned several blacksmith
shops in Canada at one time and was
well to do.
| To the casual observer about town
Crockett for several days has had a
general appearance which indicated
that he was drinking heavily. 1t is
| said he had little money all the
time and paid for what he got.
| II Is the custom of most resorts
when they see that man is drinking
too heavily to refuse to serve him with
more drink. but there are a few places
that will sell drink as long as man
can stand up and appear to have con
| troll of himself.
Different ideas are expressed as to
the cause of death. that he died OF
heart failure or killed his heart with
| excessive drinking; that he might
have had asthma or apoplexy; that he
might have fallen and. striking his
head In his weak condition died from
the shock.
Death occurred at an early morning
hour The body was lying where 1t
was found as late as seven o'clock.
In this connection there should be a
rigid investigation. That a man Is
| found dead at the rear end of sa-
| loon is not evidence that he met his
death through any foul play, at the
same time such deaths assume an air
Of mystery until thoroughly investigat-
ed. and this should be done, even
though the man in question has no
| relatives or friends to look into the
matter.
out of the world at any time, but they
mad not supposed that he would go
out so easily and peacefully. Several
times he had fallen in violent apo
pletic fits when he was thought to be
dying. but this time he sat down as
If going to sleep and shut his eyes
forever to the world.
Ping was a popular China boy. He
got along well with the Americans.
He was quite sport. and sometimes
a plunger. His partners were telling
| th' wi oH'i 'iiio hhht ~ h"'
not been lucky lately and that he had
lost heavily, that he owed them mon
ey and had borrowed a good deal of
money from the boys which they
would have to pay, but they said they
would bury him and pay his debts and
If he had anything coming on his
fourth interest in the restaurant they
would pay 1t to his boy and girl in
China. The China boys are good pay
ers and they can generally borrow all
they are worth.
The partners were asked II they
would observe the Chinese custom of
burial Sunday. and they said they
thought they would. If they do there
will probably be good many Ameri-
cans present. They generally leave a
roast pig or turkey and some rice or
other food about the grave so that II
the spirit returns to eat without the
price. he can get something on his
own premises. Ping was about forty
FIVE years old. He was uniformly re
spectful to everybody he met.
His soul goes out to seek Its heav-
en-. and II he can find in illimitable
,noca tho Celestial nook he will prob-