Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-01-31
Woman Relates Story Of Having
Hit HeIpmeat With
Pick Handle.
BATTERED VICTIM AT MoRGUE
II May be Coincidence But jack Law
cry, Who "Died of Nlcohollsm,"
Answers Description.

An interesting question for police in
quiry is the matter of the death Of
man named Jack Lavery, whose body
lies at o'Donnelrs undertaking par
lors, with death record showing that
he came to his end through alcoholism.
His age is given as 10 years, and he re-
sided at 81 Second East street.
The matter TO determine Is whether
this death has anything to do with
other causes than alcoholism. The face
Is badly battered and discolored, as IL
club had been used In producing a
fastening end, there would he evidence
enough on the face to convince a jury
that the club had been used well and
skilfully.
This morning n conversation was
overheard on a First South street car.
west-bound, by a reporter of the
News" and it lead to inquiries at ali
of the local undertaking establish
ments for the body of n man who
had been beaten about the face and
head.
BRUISED CORPSE.
Late this afternoon the body of Law
cry was found, answering the descrlp
ton. While the matter may be entire
ly coincidence, and may have alb
solutely no connection with the con
versation on the street car still there
is room for investigation which could
not be carried to completion this aft
ernoon.
Il tell YOU" said one of the three
on the car this morning to her COM
panions, when man comes home
drunk and starts to abuse his wife. |
ttnlr chi a ~ eyh To
herself If she took pick handle to
him. and smashed his head in with II,
It's her own affair, and | don't think
the police ought to bo told anything
about it,
To this the man answered; Yes, l
think that way too. i was going down
TO tell the police, but I'll never do 1t
SO far as am concerned. A woman
has perfect right to use any weapon
she can get hold of on a man taat
comes home drunk. and she ought never
to get into trouble over 1t, either"
MRS. LAyERY SILENT.
AT 2:40 o'clock this afternoon the
News" located Mrs. Lnvery at her
home on south Second East street. She
was In u high state Of nervous excite
ment and refused to answer questions,
referring the t'News" to DR.. Douglas
Ali that could be learned from her
was tiidl HtI UuSUGuu udu lOlB Dttll
given to drinking. at such times would
remain away from home. Friday she
hunted him up and succeeded in locat-
ing him She brought him home Sat
urday evening, and then she says he
took sick. finally dying Monday.
II turned the body over to the
knights of Pythias lodge to which he |
she said, and they got Dr. |
Douglas to examine him. Dr.. Douglas |
testified that he died of pneumonia. |
and he was sent to O'Donnells under |
taking parlors. Efforts to get the wif~
% say more than this were unavailins, |
md she declined to answer questions. |
The couple were married nine months |
ago, and since that time Lavery has |
been a constant carouser while Mrs. |
Lavery has worked to support both
herself and the man.
DOCTORS VERSION.
Doctor C. 1. Douglas was located In
his office in the Auerbach building.
II was suspicious of the case" he said.
II was by no means satisfied that the
death was from alcoholism, and /
did not certify that 1t was from
pneumonia.
Il was first called in Saturday even
ing and noticed the beaten-up express
sion Of the patient, l thought he was
getting over a Jag and would recover.
Sunday | again called, and he seemed
improving. Monday noon they tele-
phoned me he was dead. I turned the
case over to Dana T. Smith, acting
coroner and have not heard of it
since"
did you know anything of an en-
counterY'
We'll. l understood that the woman
used some instrument on him, a picket
from fence or some such instrument,
although I did not know the details.