The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-04-18
INQUEST IS BEGUN
ON DEATH OF TURK
Witnesses Shed but Little
Light on the lnfliction
of Injuries.
DOCTORS ON THE STAND
They Testify as to the Cause
of Death; More Witnesses
Subpoenaed.

An inquest into the death Of Scaba
Hassan. n Turk, at the county hospital
last Tuesday, from internal hemor-
rhagc said 10 have been the after
effect Of blows inflicted upon the abdo'
men by some assailant, was begun be.
fore Coroner Harry 5. Harper at :
clock yesterday afternoon.
The taking OF testimony had not
been completed at Sis o'clock, and a
continuance was taken until 10 O'Clock
this morning.
Testimony was introduced TO show
that the Turk, who was known at the
hospital as Hassau Sampah, was ar
rested in coffee house at 533 West
Second South street shortly before mid
night by Patrolman j. 6, Anderson and
sent to police headquarters in the pa
troll, on charge of intoxication.
Madge Butchart, waitress at the
coffee house. testified that she had
known HassaH. and that he had been
An admirer of hers, pressing his at
tentions TO the point of offense in ~
sisting that she should marry him. She
further testified that she visited him
after he was removed from the Gold.
field hotel. at Fourth West and Second
South streets, to the county hospital,
and that he told her he had been
beaten by five policemen.
Miss Marian Ryberg. a nurse at the
hospital, testified that she overheard
mart of the conversation between the
Butchart woman and Hassan, and that
She heard the Turk say that he had
been beaten, but that she did not hear
him saw who did it. She explained that
she was paving no particular attention
to the conversation between the pa
tient and the visitor. and did not hear
all of it.
View of Physicians.
DR.. w. n. pugh, assistant county
phvsician. gave the cause of Hassan IS
death as hemorrhage OF the bladder,
and added that in his opinion the
hcmorrhage had been the after effect
of blows on the abdomen, evidence OF
which was found on the mans body
His testimony was corroborated by
that OF DR.. III, B. Sprague, who at"
tended Hassan at the emergency
that of DR.. ChristAs Petrouas, Greek
physician, who attended Hassan after
he was taken from police headquarters
10 the Goldheld hotel, Sunday. Testi-
mony was given TO the effect that Has
san had insisted that be be sent to his
room rather than to a hospital. The
man was removed to the county hospital
Monday.
According to the testimony of j. G.
Anderson. who made the arrest Of
Sam Oehler, q night watchman, and
of Madge Butchart, Hassan had been
following the Butchart woman shortly
before his arrest, and that, at the time,
the woman was in the company of an
other man, an Assyrian. 1t was
brought out in the evidence that Has
san was very jealous of an Assyrian,
said TO be an admirer of the woman.
Though several witnesses said that
they had heard OF Hassan's s jealousy
of an Assyrian, none Of them could
furnish the name of the suitor of whom
Hassan is said 20 have been jealous.
PatrOlman on Stand.
Patrolman Anderson said that he did
not strike the Turk at the time Of the
arrest, his testimony being corrobo-
rated by that Of Night Watchman sam
Oehler. Other witnesses examined
were James Colos, proprietor of the
Goldficld rooming house; George
hNDEOc, Ddl at AHt u tiip ohlooh
537 West Second South street; Alex
Giannikos and Tom Poulos, proprietors
of the coffee house at 533 West Sec
ond South street; William Gravis
keeper of fruit stand, and William
Keyting, desk sergeant on night duty
mt the time Hassan was taken to head
quarters
Sergeant Keyting testified that
Hassan was not handled roughly while
oyf -tar H.
that the Turk seemed much wrought
up over something, but that the mar
could not talk so as TO be understood
and appeared to be intoxicated,
Several of the witnesses said thai
they had heard that Hassan had sale
that he was beaten by policemen.
Did you hear him say that he wa
beaten by pohcemen9" was asked o.
James Colos, proprietor OF the Gold
field hotel.
"No, I did not hear him say that, ,
said the witness.
Others Of the Greeks on the wit
ness stand said that they had hear,
Hassan sny that he had been beaten
but said that they did not hear hin
him say that policemen did it.
George Kypos testified that he sa7
Hassan Friday night about clock
when the Turk entered the Paris sa
loou, duu caIIeu Aof orlHh OF VINE. III
said that Hassan appeared TO hav
been drinking heavily. Kypos sal,
the next time he saw Hassan was Sun
day morning. when he was taken to tn
Goldfield hotel in an automobile by tw
men dressed as citizens. He said tha
he did not know whether they wer
policemen or not. Hassap, accordini
to the witness, was left standing on tn
sidewalk.
After More Witnesses.
William Gravis said that he saw Ha.
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