Salt Lake Tribune | 1904-11-30 | Page 9 | Parker A Suicide

PARKER A SUICIDE. Coroner Finds That Railroad Man Took Prussic Acid. CINCINNATI, 0 Nov. 29. Coroner Weaver today rendered a verdict In the case of C. A. Parker, vice-president of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton & Peter Marquette railroads, who died here suddenly In his office Novembeu 19, finding that death was caused by suicide with prussic acid. Mr. Parker's death at the time was supposed to have been from natural causes, and no autopsy was hold, neither was the Coroner disposed to hold an inquest, and the body was forwarded to St. Louis for burial. On the day of Mr. Parker's burial, however, and almost at the hour of his funeral, Miss Elsie Gesterllng died by her own hand In Chicago. It developed that she had been his stenographer in Denver and that there was a story of improper relations between them. The husband of Miss Gesterilng's mother said after his stepdaughter's death that he believed that Parkpr and Miss Ges-tcrllng Ges-tcrllng had agreed to die together. It was shown that Just previous to Parker's Par-ker's death he had visited Miss Gester-ltng Gester-ltng In Chicago.