The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-01-26
Investigation is Begun by COrOner's Jury
Before Justice Moore; Body is Viewed
and Testimony Of Officers and
Others Taken
HEARING WILL BE
FINISHED FRIDAY
Deceased Delivered TO County Jail Sunday
Night; Pockets Searched and Knife
and Matches Secured; Near Death
When Discovered by Dryden

The hearing of evidence by coro-
ner's jury in the matter of inyestigat-
ing the death CT John Hiebing, was
taken up before Judge =. p. Moore
this morning. The jury OF investiga-
tion is composed of the following citi-
2ens Of Chickasha. H. d. Gunneifs,
Joe Lindsey, William Frazier, Ernest
Peery, Oatley Anderson and 7. Y
Moore.
The investigation begun at o'clock
this morning when the jury, after hav-
ing been sworn, visited the undertak'
ing rooms of Claycomb and Anderson
and viewed the body of the dead man
DR.. Emanuel, Officer Bob Boles,
Jailer Dryden, Deputy Sheriff d. Ar
thur Wilson, Bud Gibbs, Sid Anderson
and DR.. Thrailkill had been summoned
W appear DCAOAC tuN JuiJ oo "itA~9SSN'
The evidence showed that John
Hiebing had been turned over to the
county authorities Sunday night,
shortly before midnight; that he had
been searched with the view of remoy-
ing from his pockets anything with
which he might have been able to
harm himself; that double handful OF
different articles, including his knife
and some matches, had been removed
from his pockets; that he was after
ward confined in the insane cell; that
this cell was poorly ventilated; that
deceased rayed and hallowed at diff.
ferent times through Sunday night;
that he did the same throughout por-
ton of Monday night; that he told
Jailer Dryden he would "get out of
there and kill him and everybody be-
tween mere and Chickasha avenue;
that Jailer Dryden found smoke con-
ing from over the transom OF the
wooden door leading into the room
wherein was located the cell or cage In
which Hiebing was confined; that the
jailer called BUD Gibbs and the jailer
dragged the body from the cell; thar
investigation showed the dead man had
fired the grass or hair carpet and
smothered, or attempted to smother
the fire with his blankets; that a
great deal of difficulty was experienc-
ed in fitting the key into the lock OF
the door of the cage; that the man was
thought to have 'gasped once when
dragged from the cell; that Gibbs
bathed his face with water; that he
was dead when dragged from the cell
that had a pulmoter have been used II
was barely possible life might have
been restored; that the medical pro
pession always deemed there may be
a hope for life in cases of drowning or
asphyxiaticn; that no physician had
been called; that the physician who
was called to the home of Hiebing on
Sunday night did not give an opiate
because it would have given only tenn
porary relief; that the man had evil
IDENTIFY been mildly insane for year
or more; that when DR.. Thrailkill ar
rived at the Hiebing home Sunday
night he found Hiebing suffering from
acute mania: that in the honest opin-
ion of the doctor this would have
caused Hiebing's death within very
short time: that Hiehing had said he
came to Chickasha from Mena, Ark,
about three months ago; that the con
dition of the brain of the deceased
made him more susceptible to death
from asphyxiation than would have
been the case had he have been nor
NAL mentally; that it was not the Gus
tom to give insane patients opiates'
that the deceased had talked wildly
TO DR.. Thrailkill on Sunday night and
imagined he was being pursued by
those bent upon his destruction.
Following the examination of DR..
Ihrailkil the jury asked that John
Bennet Of Rush Springs be summoned
AZ a witness and pending his arrival
adjourned the hearing until o'clock