Show t UTILE HOPE FOR 111M 1 I 1 I r Curl Whiliiit Once a Soldier Near the Point pu V i a if Death 71 I DRUGGED WITH MORPHINE AND ROBBED i I 1 I Should Have 1In Illr1lst I Tomorrow 11I I Ill Fit If tbrkPhY1J laul Attendee i I I Stretched on a table > In the patrolmen patrol-men room of the old city hal building I build-ing with four physicians attending him and little hope for his recovery I Is I the body of Carl WhllBitt whose pinna If they had not been Int rfered with would have led him lo the altar tomorrow till lth list tthne he would have taken unto hlmxcl 11 wife In the person of 11 IBS Annie llunacn of this city THU MANH DIBCOVCIIY Whllsltt was found ut the point of death In the basement of the old 11 leum building on Seeoml South mUreet I ot one oelock tills morning his groans leading 10 tho discovery hlh an mod by W a Wnrlg it Color cl gar dealer unit H J Ilhon a minIng min-Ing mnn Whn approached the nRn was lying On his back gr kiting rain h anti In an tenlou onllon lie Ivan shortly conveyed 10 the Iolca tolon and mdl1 ovalittivinve our moned through mhose aid It I wa learned that lie had been rendered unconscious un-conscious through the application ut moiphlne tt hen found his I iketn I were turned out and their contents consisting papers a silver natch nevral keys a knife and other trlnketi r Irewn nlout him these Li Ireum stances pointing veiy clearly to robber rob-ber > 1 STIII UNCONSCIOUS The Physicians summonul were Drs Hoot witrhcr McKenna and liver all of whom have labored liald all day In I nn effort lo resuscitate the man and I bring him to u slate of consciousness I e was so far gone oweler when discovered ial r 11 discovered that their I task wasadlm cult one and at press lime though i the man was Htlll alive It l was thought t barely possible I I that he o fJ recover I Ha labored was his breathing that nn IncUlon I had to be made In the wind Ihr pipe 1 and a tube Inserted therein In order or-der to give the man all possible chance of recover The stomach pump was also used with some effect but all effort thus far have failed to give much hope for an ulimate restoration to health and strength I WAB ONCE A SOLDICll from Whllsltls effects It appears that ha Is I u discharged soldier of the 16th Infantry and recently returned to this city from that hoX > s present 10 > ealon A letter on till person showed also that he mas ut one time n member ot the hospital Curl oC one branch of the United States army stationed years rise at Angel Island Cal This letter was n recommend recom-mend n to his efficiency from W H Gardner then a major anti surgeon In te army Another letterwrltten yesterday yester-day and Intended for Ills sitter at lluffalo N Y told of his approaching marriage expressed thank for money received and stated that lie had over COO to pay the expenses of hit maintained monlnl venture Thl a letter also eon tained a wish that his sister were a there t-here In Order that she might suggest what he should wear on tho occasion of his marriage 1 Is I thought that the money Whltiltt referred tu as having was taken from him when he was lured Into the Lyceum building and there dosed with the deadly drug referred to above 1118 nANCrr HUAHTmiOKKN The greater part of the day Miss Hanson WhlUItt fiancee mu present f at the police station sobbing In heart 1 broke tones at her lover critical i eon lUon tr on tomorrow they were to haw boon married Meanwhile DetectlYM Sheets and llalelgh mail Investigating In-vestigating the mutter In an endeavor to bring to justice the perpetrators of I what was undoubtedly it case of robbery rob-bery even at the risk of committing nulr I I |