Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-07-19
A YOUNG MANS SAD END
Dennis ]. Moore Found Dead
Saturday Morning.
COR0NER'S INQUEST IS HELD
He Was Removed From the Street to a Livery
Yard Where He Died About Daybreak
With No One Near Him-verdict

Yard Where He Died About Daybreak
With No One Near Him-verdict
of the Jury.
AS day dawnsd SATURDAY. quite a
stir was caused on the streets, by
the disco very of fine dead body of a
Young man-Dennis Josenh Moore-of
East Addition street Foul play was
at first suspicioned by some and sem
sasional stories to that effect gained
wide circulation but u thorough IN
vestigation has lifted the veil OF mys-
rerv from the sudden death of the
young man and established the fact.
as stated in the verdict OF the coro-
ner's jury, that he came to his death
from hemmorhage of the brain Cor
appnplexy) /: the indirect cause of his
death seems to have been alcoholism.
The deceased is the son of Mrs
John Moore, of East Addition s. rect.
He was % wears of age the 9th of last
June. He WAS a Young man who was
popular among his associates and OF q
genial DISPOSITION, but, like all, had
his faults For the last six years he
has been an emplove of the BROOKLYN
Brass Works.
Last night he called on n youpg Ia
DIV in North MartInsburg and was
perfectly sober when he left the
hnnGQ huf from uli onannnta ha altar
wards began drinking and kept ii mp
until death claimed him for the grave.
He was first found on Queen street
in an intoxicated condition and was
where he died. No one seems to have
been near him when he drew his last
breath, After being examined by DIR.
Baker. the body was removed to WI
lens undertaking establishment.
where q coroner INQUEST was held.
The announcement of his death to
his mother and family, with whom
he was a favorite, was a great shock
TO them. Besides his mother. the
following sisters and brothers survive
him: Mrs. Jacob Sheets, Misses Nan
ME. Mary and Evaline. Messrs Ed
ward and James Moore.
The deceased was a member of st.
Joseph's Catholic church. Arrange
ments for the funeral have not vet
been made.
THE CORONERS INQUEST.
Coroner A. Staublv summoned
Messrs r. d. Staley. A. Comrev.
Charles McBee, John H. Blondei,
John A. Homrich II Id j. j. Russler
jurors and h I'D an inquest over the
dead body of the Young man.
Teathian Blake. who is dong spec
ial night police duty said Il met
IS Moore on the pavement in front of T.
Nicklas Bro. q Cos store this morn
ing about 4 20 o'clock. He was stag
gering n seemed to be drunk. l
started TO walk him up and down
the street and got hlm as far as the
Lutheran church. wheu he turned
and went back When he passed p.
Otto Schnefder's confectionery store
he fell through the glass and then
dronDad to the pavement. 1 went to
him and saw him living ON the pave
ment frothlng at the mouth. | pick
ed him up and we started up the
street. In front of M. q. Tabler's
clothing store Mr.. Schneider came up
to us and talked abou. the glass
While standing there Moore fell into
the street | then weni after Police
man MeBee, who told me to get him
OH the street, as he had to go and tap
the market hell. Martin Green and |
took him across to Coffnsn'si livery
yard and laid him down on a board.
/ thought he was drunk and there
was nothing else wrong with him and
l then left the ward. fhat was the
last saw of him until saw his dead
body in the nndertakltg rooms"
Martin III. Green safd:'I was in
Caskey S bake shop, when, about hf.
teen minutes of 5 O'clock, nv atten-
tion was called to . man lying on the
pavement across the street. / went
over to him and turned his head MP
TO see If l knew him l didn't recog-
nize him. Mr.. Blake told me who he
a l went away and notified a DO
ilceman. came back aud found him
|stiil there splitting and coughing and
frothIng at the mouth Mr.. Blake
and took him over to the livery
yard and then went away | went
back to the livery yard again to get "a