Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-10-26
FATHER ORDERS
AUTOPSY OVER
. SONS REMAINS
Wire from Brooklyn, N. Y, Re.
suits in Postponement of Mil.
Ter Funeral
MOTHER DECLINES TO
DISCUSS DEVELOPMENT
Mrs. A. o. Miller Knew Nothing
of Change in Plan Until Hour
for 0bsequies

of Change in Plan Until Hour
for obsequies
Mrs. A. o. Miller at the very mo.
ment of setting out from her home on
Front street to attend the last rites
for her son, Walter Weinberg, to have
been held in a local undertaking es-
tablishment, was advised yesterday
afternoon that, at the wired request
of the young mans father, the funeral
would not be held and that the re-.
mains would be preserved until an au-
topsy and inquest could be conducted.
Father Asks Investigation.
Walter Weinberg, better known by
his mothers present name Of Miller,
died early Tuesday morning at the
Bismarck hospital. after several
days illness. The death certificate
gave the cause of death as acute end
ocarditis. The embalmer had prepar-
ed the body for burial, and the funer-
al had been set for 3 o'clock Wednes.
day afternoon. At 10:3O "Wednesday
morning. the police department re-
ceiyed wire from the young mans
father in Brooklyn. N. Y. insisting
that the remains be held for an all.
topsy and inquest, and demanding
that persons who might be in posi-.
tion to testify be kept under surveil
lance until an investigation could be
conducted. The funeral director was
officially served with an order to de-
fer final disposition of the corpse, and
the mother, as she was leaving her
home at 9l1 Front street for the un-
dertaking rooms, was advised that the
rites had been postponed.
Mother Knew Nothing.
81 know absolutely nothing about
it, declared Mrs. Miller, last evening,
when asked as to the reason for con,
Quoting an inquest. "I wish you
would say nothing about it," she con.
tinued. "Walter was the very best
boy there ever was-he was the very
dearest thing 4 had. and it almost
kills me to have all this business
come up now. l don't know why the
funeral was postponed; l don't know
why his fatiierswants ain inquest held.
Walter died from ptomaine poisoning.
lie came home sick, but thought he
would be all right the next morning.
When | came down stairs the follow.
ing day he was in a terrible shape. I
didn't realize how Ill he was until
then, and ! Immediately called doc
tor. Walter was delirious. Some
years ago he had leaky valve OF the
heart. believe he would have got
over his poisoning all right if it
hadn't been for that He was dandy
boy-everybody liked him. do hope
there'll be no notoriety given his
death now.'
Asks For Sons Father.
Mrs. Miller asked whether her sons
father was coming from Brooklyn. 81
do hope he does," she added. "I will
be glad if he does come"
"Yes," she replied, in answer to a
question, Il believe Walter did have
some insurance. Anyway, he had a
receipt and button from the Mer.
chants Life & Casualty company,
which he got in Plentywood. He
never paid any assessments since he
has been here, though"
Were Devoted.
Everyone who is acquainted with
the Millers has commented upon the
devotedness Of mother and son. They
were always together when the young
man was not employed. Mrs. Miller's
present husband, A. o. Miller, has
been in Miles City. Mont, for some
time, but is now enroute to Bismarck
and will arrive today. The family
moved to Bismarck about a year ago,
from Saskatoon. Sask., where Mr.. Mil
Ter had been extensively engaged in
real estate operations prior to the
outbreak Of the European war. While
here he was employed as agent for
North Dakota nursery company.
Became III Last Thursday.
Walter Weinberg had been employ
ed for about a month as second cook
at a local cafe. Prior to coming here
he had been engaged as chef in the
vised his last employer that he was
discharged because of a weak heart,
which affected him in crossing the
mountains. Last Thursday at the
cafe he was taken violently i'll. He
remained on duty until noon. when he
was persuaded to go home. He at
tributed his attack to a dish of liver
and onions which he had eaten.
Upon reaching home he informed
his mother that he had contracted pto-
maine poisoning from something he
had eaten. but believed he would soon
feel better. Sunday, when he was
found much worse, Weinberg was re-
moved to the Bismarck hospital,
where death occurred early Tuesday
morning.
What Endocarditis Is.
The death certificate gave no indi.
cation of poisoning from ptomaine or
any other source being one of the con-
tributing causes Of death. Acute end
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