Show iWAS I ll1FFRMllRPll MlRDERED Found Dead in the Rear of a Gambling Hall A BLOOD CLOT ON THE BEAIN t Result of a Wound on the Side of the Head II I I i Ho Was a Trailer at thaT nnel Cafe Tho Verdict of tlie Coroners Jury Kept I Back Till Monday Has no Relatives Here A very mysterious death occurred in the rear of the Wasatch gambling rooms over the Congress saloon on East Second South I street late on Friday night or early yesterday j yes-terday morning The victim was a waiter 1 named Ed Heffner employed at the Tunnel Tun-nel cafe I The facts appeared to be that Hell nor and another waiterGeorge Brielich in the same establishment left the cafe about 8 oclock on Friday evening after taking supper and regaling themselves with a drink at tho bar Heffner complained of suffering with toothache and proposed trying his luck at 11 A GAME OF FARO in order as he said to divert his mind from the aching tooth The pair dropped into the Oxford saloon and had another i drink after which Heffner called at Lich I tenstems pawnbroking establishment and soaked his watch and chain for f 7 to start him at the gambling table I They then proceeded to the Wasatch gambling house calling in at the Congress Con-gress saloon and indulging in another libation before proceeding upstairs and at 830 Heffner seated himselt at one of the faro tables in the rear of the room and COMMENCED HLATESG staking 1 as a start Before the turn was called he complained of being sick and asked Brielich to take his seat and play the hand whilst he started for a I i lavatory in the rear of the hal Brielich I I played the hand with the result that the I dollar staked won another dollar when I he vacated his seat and sought his friend 1 in the lavatory before doing so he however how-ever staked the 2 on another round Brielich says he FOUND HEFFN35R VERY SICK and remained with him a few minutes and then returned to learn the fate of his second venture which proved not satisfactory satis-factory as the stake had been lost He then quit tbe game and again sought Heffner but could not find him and supposing sup-posing he had left the room Brielich also departed shortly before 9 oclock That ended Briellchs knowledge of the affair Charles Harrison also a waiter aud an acquaintance of Heffner says he saw him about this time sitting on a window 8U at the rear of the building and shortly after af-ter observed him LAYING ON THE METAL ROOF of a shed about three or four feet below the window in an unconscious condition condIton and went out to get a carriage and obtain assistance in conveying the sick man to his room Directly alter the departure of Harrison Heffner was found by Billy Mountain bartender at the Congress saloon LAYING ON THE GROUND twelve or thirteen feet below the roof on which he was said to have been seen When so found he presented the appearance appear-ance of being intoxicated no marks of violence being visible On an examination examina-tion however it was found he was very ill and Dr Hicks was sent for but he was beyond medical aid and EXPIRED A FEW MINUTES AFTER the arrival of Dr Hicks The body was removed to Skewes Sons undertaking parlors and an autopsy held by Doctors Hicks and Plummer The doctors reported that they found a I BLOOD CLOT on the right side of the brain which they I testified was the cause of death An inquest in-quest was called by Coroner Taylor with C M Hammond Dan Camomile and Thomas Borlase as jurors who returned a verdict which the coroner announced would not be made public until tomorrow tomor-row when it is supposed the case will be put into the hands of the I GRAND JURY FOR INVESTIGATION The only mark of violence on the body was a severe brnise on the neck and side of the head not at first visible on account of the thick black hair on which the blood clot on the brain was found the clot being the result of the wound There are several theories as to how he came to his death One is that he fell from the window on which he was seen sitting on to the roof and thence to the ground and so received his death wound Another window i that whilst sitting on the HE WAS SLUGGED and thrown down by some party who supposed he had a good deal of money on his person A third theory is that he made his way down the rear stairs into the open air and there met his fate in some unknown manner The deceased was twentyfive years of age unmarried and had no relatives in thin territory A sister living in St Louis was apprised of his death and asked her desires as to the disposition of the remains re-mains |