Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-07-14
BROWNING'S DEATH
MAS ACCIDENTAL
So Decides Coroner's Jury After Doc
tor and Mrs. Browning Told
Their Stories.
HE con rHE rABLErs MIXED


We. the jury. fhd that Henry n.
Browning came TO HE death in the city
Of Omaha BY swallowing bichloride OF
mercury tablets, BY mistake We fur
ther ind that these tablets were taken
oeasec. We further find that they were
taken the evening Of June q. and Henry
~. Browning died, ss the result Of their
taking. the morning OF June 3 az the
Nicholas Sem hospital
After short deiiberation on the testi-
nnony Offered at an ipquest. to determine
the circumstances surrounding the death
OF Henry NJ. Browning. local manager OF
the n. c. Scott Advertising company. a
eoroner's jury returned the above YER
dict
Or. A. X. Detwiller was first called TO
the stand and told how he was summoned
to the Browning apartments IN the New
Hamilton.
~when got there. the first thing Mr.
Browning said TO me. was; II have made
an awful mistake; can't you save me.
doctor7"
Il treated him and later learned that
he had been out on the lawn and was
passing some breath lozenges back and
forth in his hand. when by mistake he
mixed them with some bichloride tablets
which he he'd taken from the pocket %
his coat opposite the one which had con-
tained the breath drops. He then tossed
number into his mouth ami had swai-
lowed several before he realised his
error Whom I got there he was at
tempting TO rid himself Of some that had
stuck IN his throat. The bichIorlde and
the breath tablets being both of violet
color, and Of about the same size. the ac-
cident was not unusual. considering also
that Il occurred about Q o'clock In the
evening"
DIT s. MccIeneshan. coroner's physi-
clan. and Edna snodsrass. the Browning
maid. were called on briefly.
wife TeutiTies.
Mrs. Pearl Dixon Browning, wife OF the
deceased. then told Of what took place
the night OF the accident. She saic Miss
Cullen and were TO take supper with
my husband at the Henshaw and then
so to the Brandeis thesaer. He came
home about o'clock with some sand
witches that had told him to bring and
as we wanted to do some shopping he
told us to 40 on. ard he would put the
baby TO bed and meet us later at supper.
after he had finished writing some letters
AZ tno offioo.
I'VE had our supper and when he did
not come. we want to the cffics and moi
1 finding him there. phoned to the house
Henry answered and said that the baby
had got out of bed and gone 20 anothe,
apartment and after he had found hel
he would meet us at the theater. Wher
we got TO the Brandeis we remembered
that Henry had the tickets. 90 we bought
two more next the ones he had pur-
chased ana went In. After half hour
he had not arrived. 90 we left the theatel
and went home. AS we got off the cal
we cav him coming toward us across the
lawn.
What have you been drinking7" he
said TO me. Here. take some breath
mints."
would Not Take nEints.
II told him that ] had had a cocktail
at Supper. also that had some gum AM
didn't want any mints. He then tosse.
several pellets into his mouth. but in
I moment discovered his mistake. We al
: three rushed upstairs and Miss cullel
phoned DR.. Detweiler. In the meanwhil
! did for him what could. The bichlor
ide tablets he had bought for me severa
days before. Later IN the evening h
thought he would be ali right. but