The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-05-28
LONG ADJOURNMENT IS TAKEN
Funeral of Former Kenosha Man Will
Probably Be Held in Chicago on Mon
day INSTRUMENTATION and Daugh-
tiers May Not Return to Kenosha.

The inquest held by the deputy
coroner of Cook county over the re-
mains of Philip Frederick, former Ke-
nosha man, who died in Chicago on
Friday morning, at the Presbyterian
hospital in Chicago this morning failed
to lift the veil of mystery which sur
rounded the death of the former Ke-
noshan and after the examination of
several witnesses the coroner adjourn
ed the hearing until June 3rd in order
to permit an analysis of the contents
of the stomach Of Frederick. There
was nothing brought out at the inquest
which threw any light on the case
more than the fact that one of the
attendants at the bath house testified
to the finding of a small vial in the
apartment which had been occupied by
Frederick which bore a label showing
that it had contained sulphate of NOR
phia. Nothing was brought out to in
dictate any reason for Frederick taking
his own life, but on the other hand
the testimony of the men who had seen
him last indicated that he had been
in a cheerful frame of mind.
None of the members of the imme-
date family Of Mr.. Frederick were
present at the inquest. Mrs. Frederick
at the home of one of her sisters was
near to nervous prostration and she
was represented at the inquest by her
brother FL. Thole and her brother in
law, William Seidel, both residents of
Chicago. Roy K. Dorr, agent for the
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance
Company in Kenosha, was the only
Kenosha man to appear at the inquest.
He told Of the insurance amounting
to $4,000 carried by Frederick and
announced that it was all payable to
the widow and all of it was in perfect
order on the books of the company.
The most important witness at the
inquest was A. III. Hill, the assistant
| manager of the Kercher Baths where
Frederick was found unconscious on
Friday morning. He stated that
Frederick had come to the bath house
| just before one clock Thursday af-
| ternoon. He chatted with the at
PENDANTS as he appeared FOR bath
and after taking a steam bath he re-
tired to one of the rooms, declaring
that he had been suffering from a
headache and wanted to take long
sleep. No further notice was taken of
the case until just after eight o'clock
Friday morning when a porter in the
bath house heard heavy breathing from
the room where Frederick was sleep
ing. Hill himself opened the door and
found Frederick unconscious and sum
moned DR.. Arthur Calvert, house phys
clan of the Congress Hotel, who di-
rected that he be removed to the hos
pital. The little bottle was found in
the room later and it is just possible
that it had never been in the posses
sion of Frederick.
DR.. Calvert testified that he had
treated Frederick for an overdose of
some opiato and that ne appeared to
yield to treatment after being taken
from the bath house, but that on the
way. to the hospital he became
unconscious.
Edward H. Wachs of Chicago an
uncle of Mr. Frederick, was called as
a witness, but his testimony was only
along the line Of identifying the re-
mains. He stated that the had not
seen the deceased in several years.
Final arrangements have not as yet
been made for the funeral, but it will
probably be held in Chicago on Mon
day afternoon and interment will be
at one of the Chicago cemeteries.
Mrs. Frederick, the widow, is so
broken as result Of the tragedy that
she does not plan to return to Kenosha.
Relatives from Chicago plan to come
to the city next week and close up
the home on English Court and Mrs
Frederick and her daughters will make
their home in Chicago.