The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-14

III HAT IS believed TO be a foul muir
" der was committed some time
Friday afternoon in Victoria al
ley. the heart Of the tenderloin dis
trict of Salt Lake City.
At Il o'clock yesterday morning.
Dutch George" a man employed
about the various houses in the alley.
discovered in an clubhouse, adjoining
No. 20, the body Of a man, since iden-
tilted as that OF Daniel Ryan, a miner
from Kimberly. There were no marks
of violence on the body and no out
ward indications that a murder had
been committed.
The body was taken to O'DonneI's
undertaking rooms, and the police
started an investigation They
learned that the mans name was Ryan
and that on Friday morning. about IL
O'Clock. he had appeared at McCOr-
hicks bank, in company with a friend,
Jack Elliot. of AZ West Second South
street. and cashed a check for $4,000
On the body of the man found in the
Clubhouse, there was not so much as
scrap of paper. A leather thong,
which he had used as a watch chain,
had been severed. A hunting, case sill
yer watch was found in his pocket, but
on examination il was found that the
lower left hand pocket of his vest had
its bottom cut out, evidently by a
sharp knife.
Last Seen of Ryan Alone.
Elliot was located by the police and
though intoxicated was able to tell
the officers of the last time he had
seen Ryan. He said that he had for
merly worked with him in different
Utah mines and knew him we'll. He
met him on the street Friday morning
and went with him to get a check
cashed. Ryan then bought new pair
of shoes, paying $3.50 for them, and
then the pair met d man named OCOn-
nell, another miner, and began visiting
various saloons.
Shortly after y o'clock they were in
the Mint saloon, where Ryan suggested
that they visit the tenderlOin- The
trio repaired to Victoria alley, where
Ryan left them, going into one of the
houses about / O'clock Which house
it was, Elliot was unable TO point out
That was the last he and O'COnneu
saw of their friend alive.
Last night. County Physician Mayo,
assisted by DR.. OdeH, performed an au-
topsy on the body Of the dead man.
They found every organ of the body in
a normal condition, there was no sign
of a disease anywhere. The heart was
slightly dilated. but this. Dr.. Mayo
says. was probably caused by labOred
breathing The key 10 the manner Of
RyanS death lies in the contents Of
his stomach This organ was not ex-
amined by the physicians. but was
sealed up for chemical analyzation.
Indication of Foul Play.
A theory of the police that the man
died of alcoholism is laughed at by the
-h0
Of the body utterly fail to show that
this was the manner Of his death. The
stomach is small. not that of a beer
drinker, and its contents would scarce
ly fill a wine glass The other pOr-
tons of the viscerae are not affected
as they would be in the case of alcO-
holism-
The contents of the stomach have not
as yet been examined. but it is believed
the secret Of his death will be found
The police are not anxious to have a
murder mystery on their hands, and
are doing their best TO discredit the
theory that he died from other than
natural causes Yesterday they made
a desuItory search of the houses on the
alley. They asked the women in the
various rooms if they had done the
deed or seen the man. All denied
knowing anything about it. The pO-
lice accepted the word Of the women as
truth and there the matter rests No
vigorous effort has been made to dis
cover the identity of the woman whom
the dead man visited, by the methods
usually employed by deteetors of crime.
Instead there was a questioning of
women in a mild-manneTed way, that
was all.
Apathy of the Police.
Chief Paul said last night that he
hoped some time to find the house
which the man visited, but in view
OF the methods now being used, it is
apparent that the All Quong murder
mystery viii be duplicated. The muir
derer in that case was known and
still escaped. In this case, the police
cannot even ascertain the number of
the house which Ryan visited
The theory regarding the death of
Ryan is that, while intoxicated, he
went in the doorway of one OF the
houses on the alley and fell into the
hands of one of the human harpies
who watch from their windows for
their victims. He was far gone in
liquor. but still was sensible of the
fact that he had money in mis- peck
cts. The person or persons who were
in the house and interested in secur-
ing his money, piled him with beer
during the afternoon but did not sue
coed in making him insensible- He was
suspicious of them and was not to be
robbed with impunity.
Using the arts of the experienced