The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-18

if he should leave his (E4iller's) door open. MT. Edwards replied in sub stance, No, close your door, as shah sleep late in the morning; shall close mine also, as do not want to be dlS- turbed in the morning. While in the room, MT. Edwards was given by MT. Hitler a cough drop or troche, which he put in his mouth, which he evident ly did not swallow or dissolve, for it was found in the morning undissolved. This cough drop was analysed and found to be harmless. Whenever MT. Edwards remained at the Hitler house over night the gas was kept lighted in the front hall over night, and it was customary for MT. Edwards to keep the gas lighted in his own room during the night, and these lights were burning during Tuesday night.
 A short time after Mr.sHiller entered his room, he heard MT. Edwards go down the front stairway, presumably to the toilet, which is room located upon the front or main floor of the house; after a few minutes he heard him return to his room and close the door; this was the last seen of, or heard of Mir Edwards until he was found by Charles A. Hitler, lying in bed on Wednesday morning.
 Wednesday morning, January Sd, the maid Margaret, upon her first arrival at the basement dining room, found the outer dining room door open, and the light burning, She at once thought that the house had been burglarized, and went directly upstairs to the room of MT. Charles A. Hitler. She observed the door to MT. Edwards room was closed. As she called to MT. Hitler, she is of the opinion she heard Mir Ed wards made some indfstinguishaible sound with his voice. She entered Mir. Hiller's room (this was a little before a. m.) and told him that burglars had been in the house; that she hao found the outside dining room door oper and the gas lighted, which door she had bolted, and which light she had extinguished the night before. Also
 
 stairway side when she retired Tuesday night and that it was found by her un- bolted when she came down stairs Wednesday, morning. MT. Hitler asked Margaret if any of the silver, or any thing else was missing; she replied No, and left the room. MT, Hitler states that he did not pay much attention to what Margaret said, as he thought the maids had carelessly left the light burning and the door open,sor that MT. Edwards had gone down during the night to get something to eat and left the light burning and the door open. About o'clock MT. Hitler, after dress ing, went to the door of MT. Edwards room, which he found closed; opened it, and entering, found the gas burning and the inside wooden shutters all closed, as was usual for them to be when MT. Edwards occupied the room, with the exception of the upper half of the shutters at the south window, which were open, as was also the win dow at the top, presumably for venti- lation. MT. Hitler turned ont the gas, and opened the upper inside shutters He observed MT. Edwards lying in bed, breathing heavily, and thought he was sound asleep, and snoring. As he had expressed the wish to sleep late in the morning, he did not rouse him; he did not approach the bed, thinking he might disturb him, but observed that he lay upon his back with his right arm extended and his left arm over his breast; both arms being bare and lying outside the bed clothes; his head turned toward the right and his left cheek upon the pillow. MT. Hitler left the room, closing the door, and going down the front stairway, went to the dining room in the basement, and ate his breakfast and read the newspaper About nine o'clock, not hearing MT. Ed wards, MT. Hitler went upstairs to awaken him and found him substantial ly in the same position. MT. Hitler ap- preached the bed, and taking hold of MT. Edwards left arrn shook him, say ing, Charlie, it's time to get up' Re- ceiving no response he called again to IllIIl S6V6Idl IllllSo' IS liACi AiObiSSN lAAeNe his tongue was protruding from his mouth and mucous upon his lips. As MT. Edwards had remarked the night before about his fear of appoplexy, MT. Hitler was fearful that he was in an apoplectic fit He felt of his forehead and arm which were both warm, and he raised his head so that the back of it lay upon the pillow. He also ob- served at this time that his clothing was about the room in orderly position. The clothing which he wore consist ing of a black cheviot overcoat, a black derby hat, well-worn suit of black cheviot, two very much soiled collars, a pair of much soiled cuffs, well worn black tie, a stiff bosom white shirt, and pair of No. s lace shoes. Mir. Hitler at once went to the house of Dr. Met calf next door; this was 9,20 a. m., where he informed Dr, Metcalf that he thought MT. Edwards was dying. They both went to the Hitler house together, and entering MT. Edwards room, Dr. Adetcalf observed him lying on his back upon the side of the bed, close to the edge, with two pillows under his head, one over the other, and his head turned to the right One of his feet was out of the front of the bed, be-