The daily sentinel., 1912-01-31
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uuIhh " any ne hdu heretofore
seen"
DO you think that Brown was in
such a condition that he would not
have reused in being thrown from
the car and sustaining a broken col
larbone?" asked Mr.. McClintock.
Il don't know but | should think
it would have reused him when he
hit the ground, D" was the answer.
kalisch. he said. was not drunk
nor did he show any evidence of
drinking when he arrived at the gar
age. Doctor Needham had seen moth
ing to make him believe that the
whiskey had been "drugged
No whiskey was seen by anyone
who has been on the witness stand,
after the party left the fair grounds
on their way to Palisade the first
trip. The bottle has not been found
and no one knows what kind of liq-
nor IL was 1t was merely pint
bottle of stuff that Hoffman in his
testimony declared was pretty rot
ten The statement made by an
other paper that there were four bot
ties has not not been borne out in
the inquest.
DR.. Carl w. Plumb was asked by
Juror Charles A. Smith if the con-
tents of the stomach contained poi
son. Il cant answer" he declared
without a chemical analysis. ! saw
nothing to Justify such a suspicion -
Herbert Hoffman, who was one of
the party in The first trip to Palisade.
but who, with Kalisch, left the car
before the fatal drive was made. had
little information that had not al
ready been brought out.
He swore that. so far as he knew.
Hartnett first had the whiskey. At
least it was Hartnett who gave him
a drink at the fair grounds. The
stuff was pretty rotten" and it made
him sick He was sick all through
the trip to Palisade and it was not
until after Coltrin came in from the
last drive that he vomited and was.
after that feeling better and was no
longer affected by it,
Hoffman was at the garage when
the phone call came in asking for a
car to bring in the two boys. Kal-
isch answered the phone, but did not
tell him what was the matter He
helped him get ready to leave and
then started down the street, intend
ing to go to the Pastime. A few
moments later he saw another car
coming in and was trying to decide
whether it was Kalisch or not. Lat
er he saw it was Coltrin in the Olds-
mobile. He saw Coltrin get out of
the car. go through the office. saw
the door open and Coltriu come out
get in the car and drive it to its
place. When he reahced the garage
he found Coltrin crawling up the
stairs. The boy was heavily under
tho inflrnnrn nf 1fnrrar st hn
He assisted him up the stairs. put
him TO bed and lay beside him and
Went to sleep.
He was awakened when the Off
GERS came. but up to that time had
no inkling of the disaster to the oc-
cupants of the car.
He said he did not know about the
inquest until he read it in The SEN
tinel last night
kalisch was called back to the
stand in an effort to get the exact
words of the person who called him
over the telephone about the injured
BOYS being in the road He was un-
able to tell whom il was or lust
what words were used.
Coltrin was unable to throw new
light on the matter when he was
called.
The inquest was closed by Attor-
ney McClintock reading to the ju-
rors the form of a verdict and giving
them legal instructions for their
findings.
The crowd left the court room.
leaving only the jurors there, and in
less than 10 minutes they had reach
ed their decision, as shown in the
verdict above.
The remains of the late Edgar
Hartnett are lying in state today at
the homes at 240 White avenue,
where friends may come.
The funeral services will be held
Friday morning at 9 o'clock from
the home to st. Joseph's Catholic
church with interment later in the
| Catholic cemetery on Orchard mesa.
Roy HaTtnett, brother of the de-
/ ceased. Will arrive Thursday morning
to attend the funeral.