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Show . .... r :; rr.y: . : i.-t: ? . " ' " I ' : 7. : - f.-r (r!y a r ' . r t r. 1 r ;lre cf . :..vjx c:ty, ' rt. -rl.; 2 ti t;.e C. r: r-?r lut r.!wt, l- -rt f..::ure lc:-? s? i as the c.-.u.-e cf C- h. A curory Ir.vestlja- t; i ty the Coroner d::'c!sel the fact tLat llelro3 er.terei Lis bath last night and was overcome ty the heat.- the water tcir.g fceatel by a patent gas fer r --r.ee. II!s Bon Harry discovered the rli-ht of his father. lie was pass- , ir.g the tathroom and heard the deep breathir.g-' of his father and, becoming alarmed, summoned his mother, and between them they managed to pet the husband and father to a bed. A Fhy-Ficlan Fhy-Ficlan was summoned, but when the doctor arrived Hedges was beyond aid, and died shortly after. A peculiar phase in the case Is furnished fur-nished "by a telegram from Sioux City, in which it is reported that Hedges' death was the result of gas asphyxiation. asphyxia-tion. The report made to the Coroner by Dr. Hill, the attending physician, makes no mention of gas being a factor It the d-.-.th f f i: ' ; f " 1 Lives r.o other - " :i f t.. c ... ? tf death than heait fiw-re. In view cf the con-f con-f Ictir g rfrort concern!,' j the death cf HeJ t-s, the C'cior.er h.'s determined to hold an autorpy to detrrr Ine the actual ac-tual cause cf the tak.rj o:t of the late millionaire. Ten years ro Daniel T. IIdgres was a promoter of pyndkates in F loux City and otlTer Eastern cities. The Union Trust and Loan company of Sioux City was the financial engineer of the syndicates syn-dicates floated by Hedges "and in April, 1S33, the' trust company failed, with liabilities lia-bilities aggregating $7,0uJ,0JO. A few days after the collapse of the bank the failure of Hedges was announced, his liabilities being in the neighborhood of $2,000,000. Failure after failure followed the collapse of the bank and Hedges' pergonal failure. The failures Immediately Immedi-ately connected with the operations of Hedges' syndicates aggregated in the neighborhood of $20,000,000. After the failure of his gigantic enterprises en-terprises Hedges came to this State and engaged in further promoting schemes, but in a small and-not very successful way. It is reported that he died comparatively poor. 1 i |