The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1903-03-11

| 1t looked to me as though you could
| hardly hear him breathing, and all al
| once he began to gasp and struggle and
| came to in way Then he would sink
| away again. Then the doctor had to
attend to that case at the hospital, and
he told me he had better have another
doctor. l told him | would telephone
for DR.. Heliker here, and we telephoned
for Heliker at his office, and he was not
thee. / said, GLOW would DIR Duiu
dor" He said get anybody you want
| | telephoned DR.. Dulin and he came
down and Dulin refused to give him
ANYTHING; he said he didn't know what
| Fletcher had done. Dulin didn't want
to come he said it was Fletcher's case,
and | said it didn't make any difference
about Fletcher. | wanted him to come
down there. He came and looked at
him and he said it looked like morphine
poison and that IS what Fletcher said
too. He went over to the hospital to see
Fletcher, and Fletcher told him that he
had given him some hypodermic; what
ever 1t was; don't know; and he said
it would be about two hours he would
come down in abont two hour: they
came back, l believe, and they gave
him another injection hypodermc; or
|
and that's about all. | came down
town and got some meat, and my son
telephoned down to DR.. Fletcher and
told him he WIS dead. He died about
2:15. | was on The street and Fletcher
asked me and we both walked down
together. That's all know about it.
| Who was present besides yourself and
Mr.. Britt and your daughter Madge
when he was speaking about this won
derlng if there was "a hell and if he
would go to hell? Nobody but Madge
and myself, | believe. think my wife
had gone to bed. l do not remember
whether she was there or not. 1t was
just a conversation more between them
selves than it was between me. He
| asked me what | thought about it.
Did he ever say anything during that
time, or give any indication that he in
tended to take his life? No, none at
all.
Was he cheerful? Did he seem
cheerful? No, he did not. He see ned
kind of morbid he had morbid spells:
he would get "dauntsy" and would talk
to himself a good deal. Many time |
have seen him when there was no one
talking to him and his lips would be
moving then if you would talk to him
he would brighten up and he would be
alright. Seems as though he was de-
spondent. He had stomach trouble of
some kind. He came to see us at Fort
Dodge and we had some Colfax water in
the house and we drank all we had and
got some; said it helped He would eat
one or two good meals in two or three
davs
Mr.. Wright, what was the little fam
lily difference that you and Mr.. Britt
had had between you? What was that
about? We never had any family diff
ference.
Wasn't there some little trouble be-
tween you and Mr.. Britt and you came
down to the hotel to see him? No sir,
not at all. Never had word of any
kind with him in nv life. Never had a
word with him in any shape,
lie was stopping at your house, was
he not? Yes sir.
Was he there visiting? Yes, just
stopped there.
BY invitation? He claimed he didn't
like the grub at the hotel and staid
there with us.
When did you first come here, Mr..
Wright? 1t was in September, l think /;
along in the middle of September along
there. 1t was just while before the
state fair; | came in September, |
think.
You purchased the property that YOU
now own from Mr.. Dooley, did you not?
NV wife did.
OF MIR. Dooley? Yes sir.
Your son purchased house of Mr..
Britt; with house on it, from Mr..
Britt. Was that a different piece of
property? Yes sir.
When was that, Mr. Wright? A
short time ago. We were all in the
house; my son was there when Mr..
Britt was stopping there and we were
considerable crowded up; the boy had
to move and he kept looking around
and finally found this piece of property,
but hadn't enough money to pay on it,
and MIR. Britt said he would buy it for
him ; II he could find piece of property
that he would like he would buy it for
him and give him chance to pay forit.
So they bought this lot with the lit
house on it.
Where did you first meet Mr.. Britt?
Fort Dodge, the first place l ever saw
him.
About what year was that? That was
along think in June possibly June or
July along there.
OF last year? This last year. | do
not remember what month it was.
And then you came out. here ahead
of him? Yes, he started to come out
here himself; and when we got to Min
neapolis he left. He had his ticket and
everything else all bought through, and
just why he never did say. He said he
had some business to attend to and
didn't come on. He had his trunk
checked through and it laid here at the
depot for a long time.
You came out here first and he came