Arizona republican., 1902-07-24
A MORPHINE VICTIM
Dennis Fogarty Died From an Over
 dose Self Administered.

Dennis Fogarty was found in a dy- 1 ing condition in his room in the brick building fronting on the alley in block Il some time before noon yesterday. He died shortly after being found. and though the circumstances suggested to some that there might have been foul ! play, no evidence was found to justify the theory, and it is almost certain he died by his own hand from an overdose of morphine, taken while under the in- fuence of liqucr. The inquest was held yesterday afternoon by Coroner Gray, and the verdict of the jury was that he died from the excessive use of liquor. According t0 the statements of those residing in that vicinity, Fogarty has 1 been drinking heavily for three or four days. Some time yesterday forenoon he retired to his room, and his groans or other unusual actions attracted a crowd of Mexicans about the open door. A girl by the name of Fife Shaw ] passed by, and making inquiry learned | that man was dying within She | forced her way through the crowd, and, entering. found the man frothing at l the mouth and unconscious. He was i lying on the floor, and near by was a | morphine bottle, nearly empty, and in | the cork was a pocket knife with which 1 it had been lifted. That the man had ! not been using the contents of the bot l tie from time to time was suggested l by the fact that the cork had but one
 puncture. Therefore, whatever had ] been taken from the bottle if anything had been taken at a single dose
 Assuming that the man was poisoned
 the woman began chafing Fogarty's 1 arms and trying in various ways to re-
 vive him and make him speak, but he | falled to speak or show any other sigr
 oI CONSCIOUSNESS. Seeing that she
 could do no good. and knowing that {
 doctor and an officer had been sum
 moned, she left the place. When sh,
 returned a little later the man WI.
 dead.
 Meantime some one had reported t,
 Constable Porterie, who found the ma,
 dead on his arrival, and Dr. Craig
 who was summoned, answered prompt
 ly, but says the man had been deac
 some time before he arrived
 Coroner Gray impanelled a jury con
 sisting of Richard H. Drane, Fredericl
 Webb. J. L. Burrows, Martin Gould. H
 5. Crouch and N. R. Bunker The in
 quest lasted the greater part of tn
 afternoon, and resulted as mentione, above, there being no startling de l Velopments or suspicious testimony
 The remains, after being viewed b , the jury were taken to Undertake Bradley's parlors.
 The dead mans effects were few an
 of little importance save a small in , surance policy in the Equitable AssI1r , ] ance society. It was discovered tha
 he was born in Ireland. where his re,
 atives probably are. A letter besinnfn ! with the words Mrs. Johanna St
 John, My Dear Sister," was found. bu
 ether than that there was nothing re [, fecring to his relatives, and the lette r was not addressed for mailing. It wa 1 learned that he had served as a civil ian in the quartermas ster's departmen f at Manila, and had returned to Sa n Francisco on the transport BuforC " From there he went to Seattle. an ', later came to Arizona arriving here a week or two ago via the mortimer if route There was also some mail orde # corresp pondence showing that he ha S recently purchased an Elgin watcl q Less than dollar in money was foun IF on his person.
 6 Physically, MT. FOgarty was a fir V looking man, about five feet and eleye