The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1921-02-17


beverage, but without suici-
dial intent"
This was the verdict of the coron-
er's jury empanelled to investigate
the death Of Galloway Queen which
occurred in shack ut the fair
grounds early Friday morning
The testimony revealed that a polk
err game was framed early in the
evening in Snyder's pool hall, Ed Be-
lille, Grover Smith, Sanford Taylor
who lives near Floris, Oklahoma,
J. Chef Johnson and Galloway Queen,
the deceased, planning to go out to
the fair grounds.
The bunch separated into separate
groups and went to the picture show.
After the show, at about $50 or 10
o'clock, they engaged Hal Spaulding,
the jitney driver, to drive them out
to the fair grounds.
Smith, johnson and Taylor got in
to the car at the alley near the Buch-
fink shoe shop, then they drove south
to Second street, turning east and
stopped at the rear of the George
grocery store, where Sanford Taylor
got out of the car and went back to
the pool hall to look for Hobert Fin
ley. He could not locate Finley and
returned to, the car. In the meantime
Ed. Belle and Queen had gotten in
the car. Then they drove to Kansas
avenue and south to the Carson hotel
from there west to the fair grounds.
Testimony was forced from the wit
nesses by the county attorney that
they got into the car at different
places and took roundabout way to
the fair grounds to elude the officers.
1 Arriving at the fair grounds, they
met Ira Clarkson and Fred Ward who
live there. The whole bunch went in
to one of the stalls and started a
poker game. The evidence showed
that the game had been in progress
but a short time when someone ex-
pressed a desire for drink, where
upon Galloway Queen got up, took
off his overcoat, and at the same
time set a bottle of whiskey on the
table, and invited them all to have
drink.
The testimony was not clear as to
whether or not Queen donated the
whiskey or whether it was paid for
by the bunch; one or two of the
witnesses testified that Queen took
$40 out of the poker game to reim-
burse himself for the whiskey. Other
denied this. It appears that at about
1 o'clock Galloway Queen complained
of not feeling well and giving his
money to Sanford Taylor to play for
him, he lay down on the floor on his
overcoat. A few minutes afterward
he appeared to be sound asleep
snoring loudly.
Shortly after this, about o'clock,
Spaulding re-appeared, having been
previously instructed to come after
them at that time. But the game did
not break up, and only Ed Belle came
back to town with him. Leaving Be
lille in town, Spaulding drove back
after the others, and as he neared the
fair grounds he met johnson and
Clarkson who told him they had a
dead man out there and for Christ's
sake to get doctor. johnson and
Spaulding drove back to town and
endeavored to get assistance at the
Morrow hospital, but were unable to
arouse anyone.
However they soon found night mar
shall Higgins who succeeded in getting |
DR.. B. H. Day and they all returned
to the fair grounds. 1t seems as
though shortly after Belle left the
game, one of the parties noticed that
Queen had quit snoring and went to
look at him, and announced that he
was in had shape;xwhereupon they |
set to work trying to revive him,
while others went for the doctor.
When DR.. Day arrived Grover
Smith was still endeavoring to revive
the dead man by artificial respira-
Ition; but it too late, as he had been
dead thirty or forty minutes when
the doctor arrived.
s. A. Miller coroner was called
and the body was brought to town
and placed in the undertaking parlor.
At the inquest It developed that
Queen has been subject to heart at
tacks and has come very near dying
from the effects of booze on previous
occasions.