Show DEATH FROM DRINK I 1 tile TIIE CASE ADDI 1 10 ivri iiri oAI pacts FACTS an 1 investigation before coroner taylor and a jury of cunningham pendleton and ana cope into the daa dah death of fred hoist who was picked dup up for dead and expired on tuesday last was held at the city hall on wednesday evening the facts elicited were substantially as given in the NEWS on tuesday it was shown that holst hoist was in benites saloon and had been drinking drinkin when the banter was made about ilie lile the quarton quart quant of whisky which he decla decia declared he would drink if another party would pay for it hoist had been heard to say that he once drank two quarts of whisky and six glasses classes of b beer and afterwards walked six miles eert this his was in the old count country rv it was also testified that he habitually took large drinks when tippling the barkeeper whose action has seemed so reprehensible also stated that he handed out the liquor in response to an order for it not knowing what was to be done with it or at least that one manawas man was goin going to drink it all and alid that he was astonished hed on com coming in back from waiting walting on some other customers to ulers to find out what had taken place alter after th the tha testimony was all in the thel lury lary decided that the thie deceased came to his death by drinking a a large quantity quint ity of whisky and bea being bel afterwards exposed to the cold it was reported on the street thursday that hoist was abandoned by his companions in the eleventh ward on the tha ill lil night ht monday of their spree and that he lay on the sidewalk side walk groaning for two or three hours before he was picked up and taken to his aunts place of residence le in the thirteenth ward this it appears had some color oi of truth but was not quite so bad as reported it seems that hoist according to the evidence atthe at the inquest was working for fon john hell heil and was on his way to the ice icehouse house in the eastern part ot of the city where he usually slept ile he was accompanied as far as snells nells tf neils store by alexander wright also an em p aloye bf oye of mr heil who got him started homeward and then returned holst hoist had got about half way to the icehouse when he fell and remained there on le the ground until mr wright who after going back and looking into the saloon had followed loil owed him up came alon aion along and endeavored to rouse him from his stupor railing failing to do this wright went and procured a team and too took k hoist down to his aunts place this was about 4 oc lockin in the morning when hoist left the saloon etwas it was between 1 and 2 as near as could be ascertained it was bitter cold and that hoist succumbed to it after his deep imbi im atlon and protracted exposure exposures was riot at all surprising |