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Show CORONER'S JURY FINDS QUIGLEY ' I WAS MURDERED IN ROOMING HOUSE I Mrs. Fannie Dawson, Who Witnessed the Doping of the Vic- tim, Says Quigley's Eyes Took on a "Funny" Look After H the Beer Had Been Given Him Helpless Miner Carried M to His Room Later Philbrook Called on O'Brien to Help Dispose of the Body of the Dead Man Phil- M brook Advised O'Brien to Get Out of Town. That Patrick Quigley, whose body was found in the snow in the alley at the rear of the Senate cafe on "the morning of January 19th, came to his death by foul means was the decision de-cision of the coroner's jury at noon today, following the concluding session ses-sion of the inquest, which was started start-ed Wednesday. The jury was composed com-posed of C. A. Bass, C. J. Call and A. Mutchler and its complete verdict follows: fol-lows: "We have arrived at the following conclusion: That a person designated as Pat Quigley came to his death by foul means at a rooming house at 352 Twenty-fifth street and was carried car-ried from there to the rear of the Senate cafe and there deposited in the snow by Frank Phillbrook and James O'Brien." The inquest was held be'fore Municipal Munici-pal Judge George S. Barker, with County Attorney Joseph E. Evans acting act-ing for the state and Harold Packer aa official stenographer. Testimony was given by Mrs. Fannie Dawson, proprietress of the rooming house from which the body of Quigley was alleged to have been carried, and James, alias "Whitey," O'Brien, who is alleged to have assisted in removing remov-ing the body from the house. Neither of the witnesses was present while the testimony of the other was being taken. The court room was crowded with members of the police and sheriff's sher-iff's departments and spectators and the stories of the witnesses were followed fol-lowed with keen interest. Mrs. Dawson Examined. Mrs. Dawson, who was taken from her- rooming - house yesterday ado" placed In the city jail, was first called call-ed to the stand. Guided by questions from tho county attorney, she said she had lived in Ogden about a year, having conducted the Wright Annex rooming house on Twenty-fourth street for about nine months and the house at 3o2 Twenty-fifth street, for the last month. She was the mother of three children, she said, the eldest of whom, Alfred, was IS years old. The others are under ten years of age. Her story of the happenings in which Pat Quigley was concerned at her place, which, she stated, had no name, was about as follows: Tuesday night, January IS, one of her tenants, James O'Brien, whom she had heard referred to as ''Blondey," I brought Pat Quigley to the rooming house and the latter engaged a room and paid for it. This was about 7:30 o'clock. About two hours later, the two men returned and, as far as she knew, came into the house empty handed. They wero invited into her fnmily living roorn, where Frank Phillbrook, Dick Powers, "Paddy" Flynn, the witness and her three children chil-dren wero enjoying music from a phonograph and tho older people were drinking beer. At this point, Mrs. Dawson faltered in her answers, declaring de-claring she "couldn't remember anything." any-thing." Beer Given Quigley. She was given time to recover her mental equilibrium and then said Phillbrook came to the house about S o'clock bringing three bottles of beer. The last of thfs wns served after O'Brien and Quigley arrived on the scene and later one of the two went to Quigley's room and got two more bottles. Quigley drank one glass of the liquor, she continued, and about fifteen minutes later was given another glassful, Phillbrook doing 'the serving. The old man started to drink the second glass, but spilled a part of It and then seemed to grow dizzy and nearly fell off his chair. O'Brien and Phillbrook then took him to his room. Concerning this part of the circumstances cir-cumstances in connection with the case, tho witness stated that Quigley did not speak and his eyes looked "funny," but he seemed able to walk a little and the two men assisted, rather than carried him, out of the dining room. Shortly afterward. O'Brien and Philbrook came back Co the dining room and the latter, when asked how tho "old man" was feeling, feel-ing, said, "O, bo's just pulling off a stunt; he'll be all right." Knockout Drops. At this point in the game, Mrs. Dawson Daw-son said, she mado the statement to Philbrook that sho didn't want any more beer or "knockout" drops, becoming be-coming suspicious that Quigley had been made a victim of foul play. The next day, she continued, she felt sure that he had been given "knockout" drops. Her further testimony was to the offect that she had known O'Brien for about "a month and that he engaged en-gaged a room from her soon after she rented her present houso, paying a month in advance. She became acquainted ac-quainted with Mr. and Mrs. Philbrook while living at the Wright Annex, where the former had paid room rent to her by the week. At the present time, the witness states, Mrs. Philbrook Phil-brook was working for the new lessee of tho Wright Annex for her room rent. Tho witness also knew Flynn and Powers while living at the Wright Annex. O'Brien Testimony. O'Brien, in giving his testimony reviewed his confession of yesterday, IH telling of meeting Quigley and drink- kfM ing with him in several saloons be- kjM fore going o the rooming house. kfM They were both intoxicated, he said, kjM to such a degree that they were re- H fused admittance to the Lyceum the- WmjM ,atre. They purchased three bottles H of beer early in the evening and the kjM witness placed the beer in a bureau H drawer in Quigley's room. MM They were invited into the Dawson H living room, he said, by Philbrook. kjM to have some beer, "but he did. not IH like the Idea, believing that both he jH and "the old man" had already taken enough. Quigley, he said, "went im- jH der" after drinking the first glass, MEM which was served by Philbrook. The IH miner was entirely unconscious and j he, the witness, and Philbrook car- kjM ried the miner. bodily to his room, LjM one taking hold of his shoulders and mEM the other his feet. He was breathing LjM when they laid him on the bed and kjM to O'Brien looked as though he had i kjM been drugged. This was about 11 mjM o'clock and the witness went to bed kjM shortly afterward. mmwt About 2 a. m., he was awakened MEM by Philbrook, who said: jH "Whitey, the. old man's dead and we've got to take him out, I want mM you to help me carry him down that MM back stairs and leave him in the al- H Continuing, the witness said, that, MM blindly following the direction of H Philbrook. he assisted the latter in H the gruesome task of removing tho LjM body of Quigley from the house and, H .whlie doing -so, -the two -dropped -the H corpse and it fell nearly to the bot- mM torn of the stairs. After the body H was placed on the snow, 'O'Brien im- km mediately returned to his room, leav- mM Ing Philbrook in the, alley, and went IH to sleep. IH Wednesday night, at the suggestion mfM of Philbrook, he boarded a freight LjM train and went to Montello. Nev., jH where he was arrested. mM Doctor's Examination. jf Dr. A. A. Robinson, county physi- mM cian. has made an examination of the jH skuli and brain of Patrick Quigley MfM who is supposed to have been mur- jH dered In a rooming house Tuesday IH night, and he states that he found no IH fracture nor evidence of hemorrhage. MwM The doctor found the abrasion on Uih H man's head and face to be superficial H and only flesh wounds. In his Judg- H ment none of the wounds would hae H caused death or even unconsciousness H under ordinary circumstances, and H yet he savs, k would he possible, un- ijjH der certain physical conditions, for WwM the man to have been stunned by 'twM some of the blows and to have -died m of exposure before regaining con- H sciousness. jH The doctor is not ready to report on MM his investigation of the man's stom- IjH ach, as to whether it contains poison. H He 'states that ho desires to test the H contents of the abdominal cavity H well as the stomach to determine tin H quantity of poison, if any, there was ' Mm in the body at the time of death. " H There is a possibility that State MMm Chemist Herman Harmes will be re- , , H quested to assist In a complete test H for poison H no- 1 |