Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-12-07
uOIclTloNS SAY DRUGS
a.. ssfore Insanity Board Yes
w. ,...,v and Further Examlna-
aon Planned for Today.
House has Another Mystery
~ is CrcdIt--Dece"sed was
5 Miner.
s,vrrn JAMES,
WILLIAM sHowEIL
cu,RIEs NELSON.

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SAMUEL JAMES,
IL wrIIAM sHOWElL+ 1
IL cH,RLEs NELSON. !
|2 ~. three men above COM
III ,,ry which viii lit +
g nn inquest called for
tHous nee IL at 10 O'Clock i
s.n the death Of John seger-
w." WI will be Investigated be- i
.' I,s,,ce Of the Peace Dana
7 smith .*
se~pp&@>';';''''''''''''''
.,.r mysterious death has been
l, y, 10 the credit OF the Ameri-
''1 - nm commercial street the
\ ~,,m This time being John seser-
49, native Of either Sweden OF
- hut since 1906 a naturalized
- 4, the United states. seger-
/ 80 sles in the county jail early thus
..-,,rs His death was not discovered
-.a ,bs deputy sheriffs In charge OF
y. r-s,n wena making their rounds
4 ,aagsning prisoners for breakfast As
\, bs5 been thought crazy segerstranu
/ -. ,lsced In the padded cell and when
n.nty sheriff George Grove and an
4 .,.i.,,nt saw seyarstrand stretched OUT
/ an his cot. they presumed, very natural
~ -ha, he was asleep, so went ON Wis
pns other cells. When they returned
10 me padded cell they tapped the
,,supsnt on the feet, and when this
allied TO awaken him they realized
mat something was wrong. The body
uas carried out into the office, where it
was found TO be cold and stin-life had
ceased several hours before.
WHAT PHYSICIANS THINK.
rjiasd Ofcer Howell found seger-
. srud yesterday and the mans actions
/ ryinced the policeman that his pris-
4 M vas not drunk but heavily "dop-
/ Every Indication pointed to the
at that be must have been under
n influence Of some strong drug. The
sin,y sheriff office was notified and
| Rpuass Burbidge and Steele came up
VI TO place the fellow under proper
sroiy As there was an insanity
nrng under way at the City and
hny building the deputies decided
take segerstrand before the court
M have him examined. While await
b his turn segerstrand acted most
uery. One side OF his face appeared
Nrayzed. no expression being per-
npubIs In the left eye, but the right
Ne vas vide open with that alertness
/ ndceabe In insane persons. When
1 eksi for MS name he said he had none
| Ron bis actions and appearance gen
saly Drs. Calderwood and Raley IN
/ targs Of the examination became al
roH convinced that the man was un-
H ne influence OF drugs. As there
sas considerable work to be done the
4 ayacans asked that segerstrand be
Hured 20 the county Jail until to-
~ when further examination could
made.
PARALYSIS SPREADS.
After being placed IN the padded cell
ne paralysis noticed In the prisoners
nee seemed TO drop into his lower
mh and Tor this reason the 1ailOra
made him as comfortable as possible.
nd as he remained quiet during the
gat they imagined he was asleep and
q n0i disturb him. When his life
ss body Was brought out this morning
was found he had frothed at the
ouih probably while in the death
sohl. Immediately upon the discov-
1 Joseph William Taylor was nOti-
el and tho body was taken 10 the
lleitaking phrlors on West Temple
Heet The dead mans belongings
ere lakon 10 the sherifr's oftlce, and
examination Of them resulted In sew
al discoveries. One-and a slgnifi-
lil one In the opinion OF the authori-
ea-Was that while the blanket roll.
sal sult case and telescope, was filled
nn good clothes. linen and personal
slongia's. NOT penny could be found
-lol me body OF In any Of the be-
0nshss The clothes on the body
we're MOI amy too good, however.
PAPERS IN POCKET.
N 7. coat pocket were found papers
''n lold a little about the dead man.
/ Ii,.'..ok out naturalization papers I'm
n ln 1906, as was shown by the
themselves. A letter from "a
W A. Harris from Park City spoke
ney due segerstrand and ex-
,.is nope that he lsogeratrandl
regain good health. Another
~ pi9lf That seEorstrand has not
neallly was found In tho shane
tollle of yellow slips Issued by
m n.5 Phenomenal" company. en-
ar.s lhe holder 10 examination ana
M ..a'lon at the Windsor hotel any
49,. lhul Aug no. 1907. Various
.a6S "sinruH OF letters and notes
. go pamphlet or two Indicated that
~ y ena followed mining. as a num-
trri,.. newspaper clippings with de-
/ hie. li nl mining properties. Among
lasa4A lNgs were several in which
iaarf i.frls was mentioned as SUI
sSs sinlena of the utah- YerinEs,n
losst'e' '.s'one Extension mines. botb
oonr,r. .L ler'ngt0n. Railroad ticket
/ ven IN eng express money order stubs
sh l''ilhuted in different pock-
"A M, neie addressed 10 the man AK
/rlftt come and get the children
- s.tal That s6gerstrand has
Iararf ,ns under the name of John
sdsrs,..t proved by letters ana notes
Ilfobsi.s pm mat way While n IA
iesrsi net. fsirand has been here for
lm = ,..Alns little is known about
EEnra as could be- learned. An
mis- city rs the man 40