Show HIS SLEEP IS fOREVER Denver Man Took Powder and Did Not Wake Up FOUND DEAD IN HIS BED Capitalist Used Drugs to Overcome Over-come Insomnia I Second Colorado Fuel J Rnd Iron Offl cial Within a Few Days to Expire Suddenly Denver Nov 22Tohn L Jerome a prominent capitalist and former treasurer treas-urer of the Colorado Fuel and Iron company was found dead In bed at 030 this morning at his summer home at Buffalo Park about forty miles from Denver lie was discovered by his I housekeeper who had Instructions to call him Ills death was caused by an overdose of trlanal a drug which he had been In the habit of taking to induce sleep Death was evidently accidental and the Coroner who arrived this afternoon made the following signed statement After ii careful examination of the premises and the circumstances of the death of John L Jerome us fur OB I am able to learn he came to his death at some time late the morning of Sunday the 22nd day of November 1903 ns a result re-sult of an overdose of drugs he had been In the habit of uiilng to induce slep > The circumstances attending the i death are entirely natural There Is an absolute absence of any Intent The body was brought to Denver tonight to-night for burial John L Jerome was born at Fublus N Y fortynine years ago and became treasurer I of the Colorado Fuel and Iron company which position he held until t last July He leaves a wife and two daughters both of whom arc married |