The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-12-23
TRYING To
TIE A DEAD MAN
Officers Make the Discovery
Whi,,c Taking Precautions
Against Trouble.
CAUSE
OF HIS DEMISE
Had been Taken from Room
ing House and Died ON
Way to the City aJil.
CHRONIC

ulcoIsosi..n was re-.
spcnsible for the death vi \.
johnson. vino died about = o'clock
last cvenin. while being taken %
the police station.
The cOroner's jury. composed OF
o. A. Weks:er. q. \. Kayanaugh
and Leslie StinSOn. agreed upon
that verdict ut the conclusion Of
the inquest this afternoon.
DR.. G. +. RleGiaer's testimony
on the post.n1Ortem showed con
ditions i'm several organs arising
from the constant Use OF liquor.
Captain Sullivan and Officers Her
rick and Gum Of the Grand Forks po-
lice department game within an ace
of strapping "a dead man to IL cot last
night to prevent him from creating a
disturbance i'll the city Jail.
After the cot with the strap alta Il
ments had been all SGT. and the man
lifted upon it. Captain Sullivan
thought it advisable to feel of the
mans pulse to see what condition he
was in. There was no flow of blOod
through the Veins, and when - phys
ician was called III q few minutes lat
cr, he declared the man had been dead
for some time.
A. Johnson, aged As. engaged in the
confectionery business on South Third
street, was the victim.
Died in q Sleigh.
That johnson died between the time
he was placed in 81 Sleigh in front of
the Casselman block, South Third. and
The time he reached the city hall. is
the belief of the officers who testified
at the inquest held this morning be-
fore Coroner Hetherington. They had
been talking with johnson when they
orr,cfa1 hin, and had aSSjefa6 him i'm
dressing.
No words We're spoken after they
left the Casselman block, and the
mans head was covered with an over
Goa that was spread over him to pro-
tect him from the cold.
Johnson had been un a long drunk.
en- spree, and had been injured Sat-
urday night in a fall.
Wanted Drunken Man" Arrested.
When the police department was
notified tn take charge of the case, it
was stated that there was a drunken
man" in q in the Casselman
block whom the complainant wanted
removed.
Officers Herrick and Dunn We're del
egated to make the arrest, and they
found the man lying on d bed in such
condition that xheA;ould not. walk. He
was virtually Garfield downstairs and
placed on a dray wagon, being hauled
to tho police station.
Placed Oh Cot.
At the police station the man was
placed on u cot. and while the officers
were preparing to go back OH their
beats, Captain Sullivan visited The cot
In the cell room to make the discovery
that the supposed drunken man and
prisoner was dead.
a physician was called at once and
his hasty examination at the time re-
suited in the announcement that the
man had been dead half an hour.
He probably died on the sleigh
while being hauled to the station. or
just after he reached the cell
Is Without Relatives.
So far is a be learned. john
SOL had no relatives in this section.
He had made mis- home in this city for
many years, being employed at one
time as Il clerk in a small connection
cry store that n located on the
present site of the Dakota Auto COM
pany garage, Fourth street and Bruce
avenue.
Several years ago he established a
confectionery business on South Third,
Just north of the Casselman block. and
he had since been engaged in operat.
ing 1t.
Lately he has been on frequent
sprees. and the flnal drunk was con-
tinued over a two-week period, ending
In his death last night.
Little Learned at Inquest.
Little was learned during the morn
ing session Of the inquest. The police
officers who made the arrest, Captain
Sullivan and several others testified.
their statements indicating that the
man had died while being transported
to the city hall.
At the re-convening Of the inquiry
this afternoon. DR.. F. E. Murphy and
Dr.. G. F. Ruedigcr We're the witnesses.