The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-30
Man Supposed To Be o. H. Bell of Kentucky Found
 in Pitiable Condition
AUTOPSY MAY REVEAL
 STARTLING FACTS
Unfortunate Man Arrested at L. X N. Station Yesterday for Being
 Drunk, Discovered in Dying
 Condition by Jail Off, [ cials Last Night

t'OA city jail. lying on bare mattress, a white man supposed to be o. II. Bell of Paducah, Ky, died from some mysterious cause, which last night baffled the police for a solution.
 Acting Warden Henderson first discov- cred the mans death about S:s0 o'clock when he stepped through the door to look after his condition. Immediately after wards he telephoned the residence of City Physician Whean and notified Chief of Police Bodeker. They appeared a half an hour later. As they went inside the lights in the jail went out and Dr. Whe- Ian had to strike match to gaze into the mans face. The remains were re- moved to the parlors of the Johns Under- taking company. where they will be held pending an autopsy today by Coroner Brasker and City Physician Charles Whe- Ian. It is expected that the results of this examination will bring forth start ling facts.
 Tn a statement made last evening to reporter pr. Whelan said: 'The man evidently died from the effects of whisky, although there were symptoms of other tduSGS. HIS utdtn was lllH Sttllols
 Patrolman McHenry, on duty at 6 o'clock at the Louisville and Nashville depot sent the man to the jail, charged with being drunk When Patrol Driver Eddie Lyons lifted the man, with the aid of a negro trusty, from the wagon and brought him into the jail office Chief Bodeker and City Physician Whelan were in the wardens office. Looking at the charge on the officers slip, Warden Hem It was found that he could not stand, and he had to be held upright while his pockets were emptied. There were only two dollars in cash, several odds and ends, book filled with figures, transfer from the Boyles car line punched at l:1D o'clock in the afternoon, a Southern Rail- way mileage book, almost emptied, and Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen's card, issued from the Fitzhuge Lee Lodge No. 556 in Paducah, Ky.
 The man was then taken in the jail and left there. pr. Whelan was starting to leave tue jail when he was attracted by the snores of the drunken man. He stepped mp and looked through the bars, and then asked the warden to allow him to take Q ser look. One look satis- fled the do tor of his suspicious, that the man was in a dying condition. Or dering the trusty to bring down a mat tress from the jail hospital upstairs, the man was laid upon this. Dr. Whelan then made minute examination. At the sug- gestion from Chief Bodeker that the man he to itat replied that this was unnecessary. as he would not live through the trip, and that it would be for nothing. He administered dose of strychnine in an attempt to quicken the action of the mans heart but no response was felt
 Leaving the jailcr with strict orders to call him every half hour and report the sick mans condition, Dr. Whelan lect in company with Chief Bodeker, to see Patroman McHenry and If possible learn from him the cause of the man s illness. The following is the statem mt which the officer made to Dr. Whelan and a reporter:
 My attention was first called to this man about o'clock when gentleman sitting in the waiting room of the sta- ton said to me, That man is too drunk and sleepy; better lock him up. I went over and shook him. but there was To response save loud snore. Calling the patrol, with the assistance of two men, We carried the fellow out and placed him in the patrol.
 Tn speaking with Assistant Station Master Brave immediately afterwards learned that this same man had boen around the depot since about 3 o'clock in the afternoon and that he had heel drinking steadily. Braye had ordered him to leave once and had gotten Ein from the room. Some time later he came back and he was told that he would have to leave unless he had a ticket He replied that he didn't have a ticket. but that he was expecting one about ( o'clock and he was allowed to stay \ porter who works at the depot as the result of the questioning which I made. said that he had seen this man, sup posed to be named o. H. Bell go into an alcove with two other white men. There they took drink from brown bottle. 4 little later they appeared and the man whom I arrested, according to the porter, was staggering and needed the assistance of the other two to get to a bench. These three sat on the perch until my attention was called to them by the citizen. and then they got up and left before I came inside ,I car furnish no description of them, because they disappeared before l came into the waiting room.'
 The brown bottle which the negro DOT. ter had seen the three men drink from was later found in the alcove by the officer. There was about one teaspoonful left in the bottom of the bottle
 This brown bottle was labeled with ae name of Victoria" and was marked. Made in Paducah. Ky It was turned over to the desk sergeant at headquar- ters
 A brown suitcase which was found with the man contained one quart bot tie of Cascade whisky. one quart bottle of Murray Hill whisky, one quart of Louis 66 whisky and one hottie of Bur ten rye None of the bottles were opened There was also in the case a brown, lightweight rubber raincoat.
 Tn speaking of the case to an Age Herald reporter last evening, following the transferring of the body to the Johns Undertaking companys parlors. Dr. Whe- land said. ''Helrs death. or whoever he may have been, is exceedingly mysterious Although thete is no doubt in my mind that he died from the effects of too much whisky 1hs he had been drinking all the afternoof8 I am also positive that there was an her cause. and which was more to blanI for the death.
 Tt is my b ef that the autopsy which will be held me time today. will bring to light eerV D. facts which will be
 Chief Bodr said last night: ''The man eviden&I jed from drinking too much whisky. when Dr. Wheiaa pro- 'rouneed him a dying condition. I