Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-01-22
INQUEST IN
LENNON CASE

An inquest over the remains Of Rob-
ert Lennon, whose death from sup
posed morphine poisoning was chroni-
cled In last nights News" was held
this morning at the undertaking par
Tors Of Joseph Il, Taylor, Justice Frank
II. Clark sitting as coroner The jur-
ors before whom testimony was given
were Reese Price, W. ID. Neal and Gull
bert l.. Olson, and the witnesses ex-
amlned were DR.. j. u. Giesy Ray elf
ford, Ben Farrar, Sergeant Hempel, I'M
dertaker Taylor, John Delaney and
Samuel Taylor.
County Atty. Westervelt conducted
the examination. but as the mystery
had not been sufficiently cleared up by
1880, recess was taken TN 2.S0 this
afternoon IN order that further testi-
mony might be heard in the hope OF
shedding additional light or the exact
cause OF the mans death.
DIR. GIEsY CALLED.
The first witness called was DR. Giesy.
He related how he had been called to
10 Commercial street the morning OF
the Goth and the condition IN which he
had found the patient. Lennon, he
said. was lying on bed In Ray Cliff
f0rd's room unconscious and snoring
heavily. The pulse was weak and rapid,
the pupils of the eyes were contracted,
his feet were cold, his hands warm and
there was a peculiar rafting In the
throat. The symptoms indicated pois-
oning by an opiate. although whether
morphine or laudanum would be rather
difficult 10 tell. His condition might
have been caused by INVESTIGATION had II
not been that the eyes were so visibly
affected. The doctor said he arrived
at the house about Z a. m. and re-
manned for something like two hours,
calling later and afterwards seeing him
removed TO the home OF Mrs. Naomi
Young.
RAY CLIFFORD's STORY.
Ray Clifford, the woman IN the case,
was the next witness. She told the
story Of her acquaintance with Lem
mon. which had covered period OF
six years. Then she related how he
was brought to her room by Ben Far
rar and how they drank beer together
and had a general good time, Farrar
left the room about midnight and went
downstairs 20 bed while Bob remained.
and after taking drink Of whisky
which he brought to the room himself,
remarked that he felt as
though he had been doped.
lay down on the bed and went TO
sleep. The witness said that a little
later she noticed that Bob was snor-
ing heavily and after falling IN her
eforts 10 wake him up. called In Mr..
Erckmann, the proprietor. and also
Dr. Skala, the ohiropodist, each OF
whom worked with him but without
avail. The woman further said thai
when he came there Lennon had
s. bill and some silver, but during the
course Of the evening he left the bill
wlth Charley King. bartender In The
Lone Star saloon, and gave witness 80
cents, the only silver he seemed 20
ave. Lennon, said the witness had o
horror OF morphine and did not use 1t.
BEN CARBOHYDRATES
BENJAMIN Farrar who accompanied
LommOn to the Clifford woman's den,
vas the next witness. He told how he
met Bob In the Lone Star saloon and
how. az his request. be went with him
10 the wOman's room In his opinion
Il was between and 10 O'clock Bob
he'd been drinking but was not full. In
other particulars be corroborated the
story told by Mrs. clifford
OTHER WITNESSES.
Sergeant Hempel OF the police de-
partment told OF the arrest of the pris-
oners. while Undertaken Taylor testi-
fed to receiving the body and prepar-
ing Il for burial There were no marks
on the body. IL had been prepared IN
the ordinary way, cavity injection
having been made. which necesslsate1
the removal OF some Of the contents OF
The stomach. Witness did not know
however. that this would materially IN
torfere with q post mortem eXamina-
tlcn should II be deemed advisable 10
hold one
Jobn Delaney corroborated Farrar's
statements. but said further that he
had heard the girls at No Is remark
that Bob had taken a dose Of MORPHINE
Samuel Taylor who personally pre-
pared the body FOR burial. explained
hle operations. after which an adjourn
mont was taken TN 2 30 this afternoon.
BURIAL DEFERRED
The funeral was to have taken place
n. 1 o'clock today but as IL was not
Known whether II would be necessary
10 conduct a post mortem examination,
IL was deemed advisable 10 defer the
burial until perhaps tomorrow.