The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-09-02
WEI cARBoLIc ACID ROUTE
Bert tiinn Finished His Life by TAX
ill.,, uarbolic Acid as He Was APP
preaching Home.

drl-. carboiic acid. He died with
Al rods OF the residence of John
Ne. ON the south side, and where
his has been making her home
4 cir separation.
34 operation between Quinn ana
ms occurred last spring wAen he
cane 4ome che night and proceeded
10 D4e..a up the furniture and dishes
when re found another man in the
house IA company with n4s wife and
|aaouler lady friend. The case at
that tine against Quinn was not push
eG ~Ad he was permitted to leave the
town .lder the promise OF not re-
turniAs.
lii &c past week he came back
from sioux City, where he was tend
ing bar in a saloon, and has called at
the .-eiers residence several times,
the sapposition that he was trying
to eMect a reconciliation with his wife.
! Sunday night it is stated that he was
at the Meters home and then made
Ithrei.ts to clean up the whole family.
Money Sheriff Plotner served the
papele on him of the notice of the
proc dings of divorce in behalf of
Mrs. Qainn. He again threatened to
clean up the family. Monday night
Quinn is presumed to have left the
City, stating that he was going back
to Wor6. 1t is evident that he went
to Marion Junction and that he re-
turneI to the city on the east pas
sengel train Tuesday afternoon, and
started directly for the Meters home,
which is located a little west of the
Sanborn street bridge over Dry Run.
He passed Owen Sheehee the cross
ing tender, and the latter noticed
that he took a small bottle from his
pocket, poured something into a
glass and drank it. AS he approach
ed closer to the house Quinn was
met by one of his two children, whom
he stopped and kissed. He then took
a..othsr drink from the same bottle,
and alter walking a few steps fell to
the ground. Sheehee and a switchman
hurried to the assistance Of the man
and Mrs. Quinn and several others
came from the house, after the child
had left his father and gone to the
house, evidently to tell them some
thing. DR.. King was called from the
residence of j. P. McKillip, but when
he arrived there vas no possible
chance for saving him.
The body was taken to the house
and shortly after removed to the
Broadbent undertaking parlors.
The deceased has lived in Mitchell
off and on for a number of years.
Some eight or ten years ago he was
the manager of the Peavy elevator
company, and was quite an enthus-
iastic baseball player, and in that
way became quite we'll known among
the sporting fraternity of the city.
Alter he gave up his elevator posi-
ton Re began tending bar in one of
the saloons and has followed that
avocs ton ever since.
A brother Of the deceased is ex-
rect d to arrive in the city this af-
~terneon after which arrangements
will be made for the funeral services.
Tho Coroner's Inquest.
Aftor viewing the body as it lay in
Rrosdnsnt's undertaking parlcrs the
lcoroner's jury, which consisted of w.
+. Coi.yes, Ambrose Curtis, and G. E.
Reeves, met in the sheriff's Office to
consider the evidence in the case.
The fearing was held at II O'Clock
?. Wednesday and was in charge of
Corcasr DR.. G. A. Bower.
Oven Sheehee, the fagman at the
Sanharn street railroad crossing, was
NJ t!rst witness called and he testi-
fieS substantially as follows: 81 saw
Quinn cross Sanborn street and go
through the gate; he turned to the
ANAe II WSAC q lACLlO ways l1lO IuS
garden. He took a bottle out of his
pocket, poured something into a glass
and took a drink and then went down
the path through the garden and
crossed the bridge. His oldest boy
met him there and he stopped down
and kissed him. He then went on a
little farther towards the house and
fell over. l told Mr.. Stuckey that he
fell down over by the trees and point
ed him out and we went over to
gether. He was lying on the ground
gasping for breath: he didn't say
anything. helped carry him into the
house. He was alone"
The Milwaukee switchman, Harry
Stuclsev, who was working near the
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