Show EIGHT RElA RELATE IE TRAGEDY STORY One More Witness Sou Sought ht In 1 T 1 M Drysdale Inquest Inquest Into the death ot of Thomas Iii If lc aged need 33 who died on Saturday January J nu ry 15 from a gunshot wound inflicted by City Constable Thomas Cunningham m on December 29 ot or last list year ye r was as con con- continued con until Wednesday by Judge Judo A Hendricks following the taking o ot of Jonda Monday Attorney Samuel Powell Fowell acting In an unofficial capacity told the court that Drysdale's brothers brother had been to him bins speaking of ot another witness whom they had bad been un unable able ablo to locate He H urged that thai that time timo be bo given to see ee It- It It the th wit wit wit- noes could bo ho found County At- At At Attorney Attorney torney Parley Farley concurred with Attorney Powell Constable Cunningham ald and ard ev n en others from the Oxford hotel 2412 i 2 Kiesel avenue told the story lory of ot the shooting In a a simple Ille and concise manner Two police offIcers also alao City Physician U nry S Savage and William Drys- Drys Drysdale Drysdale dile dale brother were tho the other wit wIt wIt- nesses WOMEN'S WO STORY STOny Nina Ina Bond proprietress of ot th the Oxford hotel and Minnie Thomas Thon housekeeper there therl tol told l tho court that came by the hotel about midnight on December 28 He was drunk they declared Hob He H followed them Into the hotel but they finally prevailed pre on him to leave saying urine Wo We have no rooms lie He can came back for tor the secona asserted n cried n Lime m IL iVR LW out oat Im huntin tor for trouble Miss Thomas called the police station at the request ot of Miss Mils Bond whIle Drysdale It tt was Willi added stood at the tho bottom ot of the th staircase and tore a a mail malt box from the th wall wail Further urther testimony was WILS In la effect as aB follows Miss lIss Bond on the first landing ot of o the then saw take tak something from a pocket yelling Ill get set you ou as ashe ho he started up the staircase toward he Tho The object In his hand lIt gilt She thought It to bo be a gun Both she and Miss bliss Thomas ran by bythe bythe bythe the door of or the th room occupied by Constable Cunningham screaming A A up hold-up Constable Cunningham who later la later ter testified that ho he had not beets been sleeping soundly heard the screams ot of the tho women en look took his gun tun which was J bine Ing on a n chair his bed bcd and opened the door Drys- Drys Drysdale Drysdale dale Drys-dale dale was WIlS just parsing by his door Drysdale turned on Constable Cun Cun- Cun shouting to him Ill 11 get you The he constable declared he saw law tho the object glitter d bc- bc be believed It to be a gun eun not L I ft nizine in one IDe He lie fired Drysdale turned about tell felt to his hands and knees knee and then crumpled to the floor The glittering object was WILS a whisky flask nom ROOMERS ns TESTIFY Axet Axel engberg Peter n B 1 P Peters George Georee Dasko Pasko and Charles all roomers at Atthe atthe the tho Oxford hotel testified to hear hear- Inc hear ins Ing some som parts paris or all alt ot of the die dis- disturbance dis disturbance Mr Peters further told ot of seeing a a light In Constable Curt Curt- Cun loom at at o'clock on the night of ot December 28 2 Con Con- Constable Constable stable Cunningham said he lie return return- returned ed d from a picture show about 9 f i o'clock going soine directly to bed Detective George Theobald who answered the telephone call short short- shortly shortly shortly ly after aeter midnight n the tho th morning ot of December 29 told ot of o finding Drys Drys- Drys- Drys Drysdale dale dalo I ling hint Ing on the floor loor of ot the hallway hallway- He did not know Drys Drs Drys- Drys Drysdale dale dalo had been shot until he had ha Drought him to the th city jail and i wai wa In the process of ot searching him before locking hocking him up as an a drunk Oh Oh 0 my back Drysdale was declared to have Iao said saW as DetectIve Theobald was IlS as searching him Ex- Ex an revealed a a spot of ot on his lits City Physician N Henry Savage avage was called Drys Drys- Drys date dale was waa Immediately taken to the hospital Sergeant L W ack also alo testified to a a few tew details hap hap- happening happening hap pening later HOSPITAL SCENES The story of ot suffer suffer- nt ng for 17 days was partially told by William Villiam Drysdale a a brother and the two testifying detectives When was being taken I Into the hospital he declared be- be between bc tween breaths that I 1 am going colne to todie die At I S o'clock the th next morning he told two policemen a a new spa i j per nor man and a a couple ot of o citizens citizen a that he was alright Why Im I'm lot let going to die he h said and When ben asked what had ho he seemed unable to re- re re recall call ali all it Someone gave eave me m an J fur beating and took all I 1 had bad as as aa his statement Alter After that Interview however e C said at Intervals until the th time of ef t his death on January 15 If that ie e was going tolne to die I tried to talk lalk him out ot of It his brother William said Bald but hut he h felt that heI he was going to die Ills brother I told of ot him asking for tor his chil chit children children I dren to come to his bedside 01 or t 0 occasions believing belle vine that ho he could not live through the night nl Ito leaves a a motherless boy and girl Irl A whisky flask Constable Cun Cun gun fun with Ith three loaded cartridges and one empty and the clothes showing the spot where the bullet pierced them were ere ad- ad ad admitted I at the th Inquest a as evIdence lh The Inquest will be b continued on Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock |