The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-10-18
Death Of w. A. Nichols.

Death Of w. A. Nichols.
Monday word reached here that
w. "A. Nichols was dead and that
foul play was suspected. Nichols
was well-known, having moved
here early in the spring from Min
nesota, and had engaged in various
pursuits during his residence here.
Last Saturday afternoon word
was sent by the authorities IN
Mandan to the sisters at the hos
pital in Bismarck stating that they
had a man who was very sick and
that he had sufficient money to
pay his hospital charges. The
man was sent to Bismarck and
was identified as w. A. Nichols.
He was in a semi-unconscious
state and seemed to be suffering
from pneumonia. His right eye
was totally blind and had the ap-
pearance Of having been gouged
from the socket, while the left eye
was badly swollen and blinded.
Nichols did not regain conscious
ness, his death occurring Sunday
afternoon at four o'clock.
The Palladium says: The re-
mains were held for the arrival Of
States Attorney Allen Monday
noon; when the post mortem ex-
animation was made by Drs.
Smyth and Chamberlain. No cause
for death was found in the head,
but his heart was found to be in
an extremely bad condition, one
side of it being as hard as stone
while the other side was edecom-
posed and covered with a fatty
substance to such an extent as to
alone cause his death. Also his
left lung was grown to his ribs.
The Mandan authorities who
brought him over could vouchsafe
no information rs to. where he was
found or the cause of his injuries.
Nichols was deputized as deputy
sheriff at the time of the escape Of
Smith and went to Bismarck
and where he remained. but spent
most of the time in Mandap. He
was a wasm hearted young man,
his worst enemy being himself.
At the time of his death he was
about 35 years old. He was a
heavy t:l'inker, but never quarrel
some in the least. At the coroner,s
inquest the jury returned a verdict
that death was due to heart dis
ease. The remains we're buried in
Bismarck.
LATER. "A letter to Sister
Boniface of st. Alexius hospital
f.om DR.. Furness Of Mandan
states that w. a. Nichols, who
died recently at the, hospital, was
brought m from a ranch IS miles
north Of Mandan in bad condition,
and was sent to che hospital here
by DIR. Furness, the county COM
missioners. of Morton county hav-
ing paid $50 for his immediate
needs. DR.. Furness says the man
was sent here because he was in
need Of immediate attention al d
that5these are the circumstanceso Of
his case as far as he knows. Bis
marck, Tribune.
The following is atrecent decis-
ion of Judge Laeombe, Of the
/ United States circuit court of New
York and is IN line with previous
United States court decisions;
"'The Porto Kican is a citizen 81
Porto Rico, and hence an Ameri-
can citizen, since Porto Rico con-
stitutes a portion Of American ter.
5ritory;; but he cannot become cit
.lzen Of. the United States under
the Fourteenth amendment urtil
he is duly naturalized. He has
the pro- lection Of the flag, but he
cannot vote ia one of the states 81
the union until he beco q citi-
zen of the state, and he cannot be:
come d citizen of the state until
he has become duly quail fed as q
4, ll..cl,iittiizen iii of the Unit a States. AID
fto be a citizen of the q United States
q man must either have been born
5ins the United States, 81 must y