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Show GKOEE& lETfflS DEATH" . - ' , JWO ARRESTS AIRE Itti Negro Porter Who Was With Dead Man and Chinese Proprietor Pro-prietor of Opium Den Are Held by the Police. BULLETIN. , NEWTON, Kan., May 13. The Coroner's Jury In the case of Herbert V. Croker brought in the following Terdict at 10:30 today: . - - ' "We find, upon our oaths, that aaid Herbert V. Croker came to his death on May 12, 1905, on Santa Fe train No. 17, while between Kansas City, Mo., and Newton, Kan., from the effects of narcotic poisoning taken into his system at Kansas City, Mo., before boarding said train, by means and manner unknown to this Jury." KANSAS CITY, May 13. Local Interest Inter-est in the mysterious death on a tr in between Kansas City and Newton, Kan., of Herbert V. Croker, son of Richard Croker of New Tork City, today to-day centered around Charles Wilson, the Coates , house . negro porter, who placed the young New Yorker on the , train for the South on Thursday night. Wilson, who is 30 years old. was arrested ar-rested after midnight and held pending investigation. Will Examine Negro. Although Wilson was frank In all his admissions to the police and told a connected story that fitted In closely with all thej' had learned about the case from other sources, it was decided to put him through another severe examination ex-amination today. An officer was sent but to bring in Ah Lee, the Chinaman, whose place Wilson said he had visited with Croker on Thursday night, and where. It was . asserted, he had smoked opium. From Cronin's saloon the two men went to Lee's place above a saloon in West Sixth street, four blocks away. , There Lee had conducted Croker to a , couch, and Wilson had gone downstairs down-stairs to wait until Croker bad had a smoke. Croker had requested Wilson to be ' sure and watt for him. 'Wilson had played cards in the saloon below with some negroes for about an hour, when Croker reeled into the room. Croker Was Unsteady. "He was a little unsteady,' said Wilson, Wil-son, "but he talked well. He told me that he had to catch a train for Oklahoma Okla-homa and that we had better go. We went to Cronin's saloon and secured the twenty dollars left there with the bartender. bar-tender. Croker bought a drink and . soon said he had but a few minutes in which to catch his train. We got Jnto a hack and were driven fast to the de- ' ' pot." , i : Wilson said that they had reached . o 1 the Union station only a few minutes before time for the train to start. After Af-ter paying the carriage fare, Wilson said Croker had between 317 and 11$ left. Croker tried to get a Pullman, but was unable to do so, and the two went into the chair car. Smoked Opium Too Fast. After the examination of . Wilson. Chief Hayes gave it as his opinion that Croker had died from the effect of snvfcing opium too fast. Ah Lee, the Chinaman, was arrested and brought to Central station today. He was questioned closely and told a story that bore out the statements made by Wilson regarding the visit of the two men tot his place. Lee said that Croker had smoked five pills of opium, but Insisted that when he left the place Croker, although a little unsteady, was capable of taking care of himself. Both Wilson and Lee were placed in cells. The bartender at Cronin's saloon, questioned by the police, told the same story of Croker's visit to his place as related by Wilson. The bartender was not arrested, and would not be, the Chief said. C. H. Northfoss, the undertaker who prepared the body of Croker, testified that he found no bruises and as far as . ' he knew there were no traces of poisoning. |