The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-08-12
SAT
IN CAROUSAL

while a party Of drunken lorFefa
sat drinking and earouHiug in the
Dolphin saloon. on Occidental ave
nue. and Main street last night the
corpse OF I'd Maehlen occupied "a
seat In the circle Of merrYmakera
and for eleven long hours Razed
with glazed and alEhtloss eyes on
the reYrlrrH
Tilted back in bis chair against
the wall the dead man, Who vas a
logFiuF camp cook sat through the
card playing dancing aud dlHCurds
ant ehufuasH beloved forth from
the lungs Of the living weodamen.
az hard earned dollar after dollar
vanished over the bar
Ills pockets have gone tu sleep .
"He'a a dead one. anyhow tested
the iuEscra when u came Maehieu 3
turn o buy. aud be made no
move
Dead 20 the world. poor devil.
muttsfed the bartender. a. be re
moved the silent guests glass IN
touched
Though the barlseper knew II
not. bis words were literally true.
Mnehisn had swallowed poison early
lea the evening aud was dead Not
until the party broke up ala biz
companions realize the fat
About % O'Clock last uiKht Ma.
chlen asked y. u. Carmlsf. a life
long friend. 10 got him a glass u
water. and at the same time Dor
fuwe1 a laet=huIie from him ilia
friend brought The water o. him and
aaw him pour "a little white powder
into II and HaalioN r. Tie poe
Ger waa morphine and MaHHIHu died
unnouaed. a short time afterwards
from the effects ~ the deadly daHe.
CafmIrr stated thIH morning that
be- did not know az che time that
the powder Mas morphine though
q little ~ De- aaH spilled on The table
and be picked 30 up and put 10 70
hia tongue tie supposed 81 was
either a reidIetr powder or uulnIue
Better not take much 81 that
stuff. pal i might not Be good
Tor yuu." remarked Naghieu. wha
had already drained the poison cup
q the last drop
Shortly afterwards MaChirn APP
rarcntly doaed Of and bis com
panlaua ceased their uppllug louF
enough 10 place his chair against
the we'll and place hiss head iu an
easy position Several times dur
ina the uirht their attention saH at
tracied by the loud breathing Of
Machisu. but they failed % realize
lta true import. Not until So
O'Clock this morning did they dis
cover that Narhieu Was dead
one ~ the gang came into the So
loon. after eating bis breakfast az a
nearby restaurant. and remarked q
the bartender. Why. Eds asleep
set. Ant he Guess I'll wake him
up and give him bis mornings
morning
lie stepped % the dead mans
side. saving Come. "a, lets have
a drink"
There was no answer aud he re-
peated tho invitation az the same
time giving the dead man q shake.
Machiens head rolled from side -
side. and the bartender ran forward.
"Hoxa that mans dead be- e1s
claimed
Thef placed their hands over bis
heart and listened in vain for It's
beating
putraIman brown vas notified
lie teIehuued police headquarters.
The police notified Coroner Hoye.
and Deputy Coroner Austin was
sent ~ make an investigation The
body vas removed % the Hunuey=
Watson mOrFHe.
a search of the dead mans cloth
tnr resulted in the finding ~ one
lone hfe.rout piece. a collar button
and a cheap watch chain No pa
ufrs we're found on the small Ia
bio near whore ho SAT In the saloon
"a tvo=auncc bottle. labelled NOR
lhine. was found
Coroner HaYe thinks there ia
something strange about this mans
death.
1T IL a hard matter 10 believe
that the loud snoring ~ this dying
man would be unuofitrd by every
body In that saloon last night /
am going 10 make q thorough In
YcstiRatinn of this ease and viii
make "A post norton examination
this afternoon. IL morphine was
given To him after he had been
duRred. ! want On know II and |
think 1t Sc necessary Tor me to
know
Entirely too many deaths occur
IN resorts Of this kind where log
rers are encouraged 20 spend their
money aud offeuumes are drurged
and robbed In spite of tho vigilance
uf the police This name watch ia
gone. lie has no money. Where is
the pawn ticket 10 he pawue1 the
ar one OF the logFnrs has exz
planned / will investigate this
death until I am satisfied that Ma
thlon did commit suicide
Maohipu had bocu living In this
state for the past rs years and was
well known in many lueglua eamna.