| Show alcoholism caused death dr john L donnelly died suddenly from acute alcoholism early saturday morning ile he was waa around on the streets as usual friday but for some days daya he had eaten practically nothing but had bad been drinking heavily it la is reported that on one occasion hu he drank seven beer schooners ners of whiskey in rapid succession friday night he was found on the sidewalk in a drunken stupor by lon black and county treasurer george A davis they earned him to his hia room a cabin near tile the west end livery stable and placed him in bed his hia room mate was toni tom donovan he foot lacer acer i who was too ill to render any ass assistance istace ace ile ho reports that donnelly slept part of the night but toward morning struggled as it if in convulsions then quieted down when some one called at the cabin in the morning it was found that donnelly was waa dead county physician dr garrett odonnell was summoned and pronounced the cause of death to be acute alcoholism the city authorities took charge of the body as deceased died in abject poverty acting city attorney don B colton and several of the city officers made a cire ful investigation of all the circumstances es and were united in the opinion that an inquest vaa kaus unnecessary the there remains were placed in the morgue of the vernal coffin company where tl ti ey were kept until tuesday when the burial took place rev it S nickerson officiated at the grave the remains remaina were interred in the vernal cemetery dr donnelly was a veterinary surgeon of maikel ability and served a number of years as such in the united states army ile he was in the philippines for san eral yeat deais s and upon his return was waa stationed at fort duchesne here he was discharged at the expiration pi ration of his term of enlistment ment since then he has resided in vernal where he could easly have had an excellent practice but for his drinking habits ile he has haa a sister residing at ignatio colorado |
