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Show VERDICT IS RETURNED i TIE QU1GLEY CASE Coroner's Jury Finds That Man Came to Death by Foul Means. WOMAN BREAKS DOWN Remembers of Hearing "Knockout" Drops Mentioned Men-tioned on Fatal Night. Sirral lu Tim Tribune. IHIl'K.V, Jau. 2U. ( 'on til tnatiun of cvi.liMH'c obtained 1 .' tho polici inn! ,ou uly officers vostcnliiy following flip arrest of James O'Brien ami other suspects sus-pects resulted today in a eoroner's .jury returning a verdict that Patrick Cni 4-kv, 4-kv, vii-tini of the alleged rooming house luurdor lust Tuesday night, ejurte to his death ly foul inoiins. Although nimble to fix responsibility for the actual crime, the jury designates Frank I'hilbrook find O'Brien as principals for having removed re-moved the dead body of the miner from I )o rooming house at 3ui Twenly-lil'lh street. Mrs. Kannie Dawson, proprietor ot the, rooming house, and O'Brien were the principal witnesses at tho concluding conclud-ing session of the iiupiest this morning. In each instance the witnesses reviewed in detail tho scene in Mrs. Dawson's apartment at the time Qnigley is supplied sup-plied to have been given tho drug that resulted in his death. Neither the woman wom-an nor O'Brien changed to any great extent the story related to the "officers vesterdav. Mrs. Dawson, who is believed be-lieved hv tho officers to have full knowledge knowl-edge of what was planned and what took place, broko down while on the witness stand and often complained that her brain was so befuddled that she could not remember anything that occurred. oc-curred. Memory Is Refreshed. t'uder cross-questioning by County Attorney .loseph E. Kvaus, the woman recalled' that "knockout" drops were mentioned in connection with Qnigley 's isit. After the aged miner had collapsed col-lapsed and been carried out of her room, Mrs. Dawson said, she remarked to I'hilbrook in a joking way that she did not want anv more beer or "knoekoiiT" drops. The next day. Mrs. Dawson said, she was convinced that (Juigley had been drugged. The w-omnn testified that the miner's eyes lnoked "fnnnv" after 1 he had collapsed while attempting- to drink his second glass of beer, the first having beeu given to him by I'hilbrook about fifteen minutes previously. Dr. A. A. Robinson, who has been making an examination of Qnigley 's lnaiu and the contents of the stomach, was not called as n witness at the in-nuest. in-nuest. Ho has nut completed his in-. in-. estimations and. while it is reported : lliat traces of poison have been detected iu the contents of the stomach and in-:- tontines, it is probable that Herman ' Harms, state chemist, will be employed 1o make a thorough analysis. It is , considered hv the authorities necessary to have positive evidence on this point as it has been impossible to obtain a confession from any of the murder sus-rects sus-rects that noison w-as actually placed in i Miiirlev 's beer. Verdict of the Jury. The verdict of the jury, composed of .luiUe (icorfie S. Barker, ex officio coroner; cor-oner; i". A. Puss. C. J. Call and A. Mulchler, is as follows: We have arrived at the following I'Michision : 'that a person desiKnaterl as Pat Quiuley came to his death by foul means at a rooming house at Twenty-fifth street and was carried car-ried from there to the rear of the Senate i-afe and there deposited in the snow hv l-"iauk rhilbrook and .litnie.s O'l'ntMi. Mi !n-n:i and O'Rrjnn were In turn lo.-ni'.el in leave the courtroom In whirli the iiuniest was beiiiK held while 'he ei her whs testifying. The woman :TMid she hnd resided in Opden for the ;'st ' ,.H1 eondueting the Wright-Annex re. inline hniise on Twenty-fourt h street i'or i::- fhM nine nonrlis mifl ronii-i - ; intr ill. rooming imii: at 'I'w"iiiy-t 'I'w"iiiy-t !l l !j fit rt-'-i i ') n Kin t : i. .-" ip is til-- rnntlM-i- of I'.noo . I u Id r-l i. llu: !. !.-(. All I "' ( I 1 ;t wuou, ) YHiirx (!' ne.-, lift V I nv; ht-.-it t,ik.M! ifil'i rnsltj.lv HlONt; With llu; othi-r anfipi'i-is. hut htin- i-.-l.-;i'l. Ill roriuinji ;tt ui 111- I ri I r ni; i Hon 'i vni Im- i y J', i i.-n, t he ' 'Mii;i n tf-sUt'ied that r-'ni nk I 'hi 1 1. rook. K. M. l'ow:rs. I'iitrit-k (-'Iwiii ami ht-r thr.-'- tinidru ui-i"'1 in ilit; room whfii (j'llri'.-n ami 'juiijU'.'- -;iiim- mid th- pl.i.-r-. At tins I'oi m Mrs, 1 a'. si'ii broko i!o n ami s:i ii sht- oiiM not r-iuf tnrj.--r. but limitr rnr-t rnr-t Inn- ( ' J''Xt ion I nq h'y lf, fmiliiy :U tor-m-v w.ix r,.iH''-'I to rcUttr- t iu happ'.'ii-i happ'.'ii-i n h In tf room wlicro i-jnilcy id hc-liuvfii hc-liuvfii io liH'. c been poisone'.l. Takjen to His Room. r'liilbioolc li, brought iwo ho'tU-s of hf-t'V to Uf-v ruoni ;i ij.jnt S o'l-lii' k. I ho uilnps sai;), ami I'.vo ni'.r'.- hutil.-M wnv bron'lil from '.Jnilcy'ri room afifr li'-aml li'-aml C'i:ri'ii a i-ri With 'iiilbrook stM-vintf 1 1, j nor m all i Imm in the room with t he f.-o'.-piion ot' 1 1- (wo sum Her I iiiwsun cliilil i mi, 1 1 1 o woman trHlifm.! that yiilKl'v bail drunk bis first sla.ss of bfiT am) wns about lo lakr iho si.thihI oih' tilt.-. ni minulfH lat'T. when In1 netirly from his chair. U'Iiph ho did not rpvlv.;, IMillhrook u nd O'Hrirn carried llic miner to- Inn room. Accoidinf? to M.-s. I'awson'.s version, QuiKb-y's eyn looked "fiiiiry" when Im was carried out. W'hon I'bilhrook and O'l'irien re turned to the room, M rt, 1 awson sh id bhe Inquired In-quired bow the old man was feeling. "Oh, !k;h ju.st pulling off a stunt and will he all ri'hl," rhilbrook is q not eel as say-ins', say-ins', The balance of Mrs. Dawson's testimony coin-enied lier avqnainianee with u'Hrien and ('Iiilbrook. (J'Hrien ackJerl few details to his tes-llmonay tes-llmonay that weie nol nivpn to the po-l po-l lice and eounly ot'ttcei'H in his Ions- stale-I stale-I ment yesterday. Me rievewed the cir-; cir-; i-ninstancea in the mom whore all had 1 been drinking beer, and declared that Quisley was breathing when he and l'hil-biook l'hil-biook placed the used niai on tin; bed in room No. :;. Qnigley hail t he appearance. appear-ance. O' Eirien said, of having been drugged. A.s to Philbrook's conversation when he awakened O'Brien at '1 o'clock in the morning, the witness quoted the supposed sup-posed leader of the sang as saying: "Whiter, the old mini's dead, and we've got to take him ont. I want you to help me carry him down that back stairs and leave him In the alley." Follows Instructions. The witness said he did not know what made him do it, but lie blindly followed Phil brook's instructions. He told of the hody slipping from their grasp and rolling roll-ing part way down the stairs. A fter dropping the body in the snow, O'Brien said he returned at once to his room and to bed, leaving Phllbrook In the alley. It was Wednesday afternoon., following a "breakfast" in the gang's apartments at the Wright - A nnex rooming house, that the wit ness said he was given 2 by Phllbrook and caught a freight for the west. U was intimated today t hat the officers offi-cers obtained information of value from "Paddv" Flynn, one of the Inmates of the alleged murder room, who was arrested ar-rested last night. The nature of the information would nor bp divulged by the police or sheriff's officers, who asserted that Flynn seemed to be the last person needed to make the case complete. County Attorney F.vans announced that no complaints would he filed until Monday, Mon-day, at. least, the officers having not fully decided who to charge and who to use as witiienses. There is a possibility that the burden of responsibility for the alleged murdpr will be fastened- upon Philbrook, with O'Brien acting us the principal witness for the state. County Attorney Evans is inclined to believe that complicity charges should be filed against Mre. Dawson and her son, Alfred. Flynn and Powers will come in for lesser charges, it is believed. |