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Show BODY OF OHO II Fill li BED SI VICTOR HOTEL With a pleco of cotton, from which still issued a faint odor of chloroform, clutched tightly in his right hand, Thomas Waters, formerly of Junction City, Kansas, was found dead in bed this morning at tho Victor hotel, 2210 Lincoln avenue. The gruesome discovery dis-covery was made by Arthur Peterson, an attacho of tho hotel, about 7 o'clock. As soon as he had recovered from tho nervous shock occasioned by his experience, Peterson informed the landlady, Mrs. Ellsworth, and Ser-1 geant T. II. Blackburn of the police , department was called to tho scene. i no investigation made by the sergeant ser-geant revealed a sorrowful series of circumstances that led to Waters' death at a time when he was working his way up from the depths into which he had fallen through failuro to withstand with-stand temptation. Upon arriving at tho hotel, accompanied by Chauffeur Earl Wiggins, Sergeant Blackburn examined tho body and found, with the exceptions of the arms and head, that it was warm. Surprised at this, he applied tho eye test and this assured as-sured him that life was oxtinct. Drug Caused Death. In the meantime, City Physician Walter E. Whalon had been called, but beforo ho arrived at the hotel, tho police sergeant found the cotton in the dead man's hand and a two-ounce two-ounce chloroform bottle under his pillow. pil-low. Tho bottle still contained about one-half ounce of of the anesthetic. Dr. Whalen reached tho scene shortly afterward and after examining the body and noting the surrounding conditions con-ditions Waters appearing to havo fallen peacefully asleep expressed the verdict that tho man came to his death by the use of chloroform Municipal Judge George S Barker, ex-officio coroner, was called into the I case and, after reviewing the clrcum-, Rlances, decided an Inquest would not be necessary. Questioning tho landlady, Sergeant Blackburn learned that Waters was employed at the Hoaly hotel as a furnaco man, and that ho had been rooming at the Victor hotel two days with Joe Gauselln, an employee of tho Ogdon, Logan & Idaho Railway company. Tho men occupied separate beds and Gauselln left the room to go to his work about 5:15 a. m, without being aware that all was not well with his follow lodger. Waters, It was further learned, came to Ogden about four days ago. Last night his second at tho hotel ho asked Mrs. Ellsworth Ells-worth for an extra quilt, stating that ho had felt tho cold tho previous night. Accident, Not Suicide. Tho comforter was given him and before retiring he told the landlady to have him called at 7 a. m., and said that the messenger might have to bo persistent, as when ho did get to sleep, ho was a heavy sleoper. This i statement, it Is thought, indicated that ho was troubled to some extent with insomnia, and at times used opiates in uiui.-i iu uuuuu Hiuup, una manes nis death appear to have been an accident rather than a suicide. In the opinion of the police, the man saturated the cotton with chloroform and held it to his nostrils so long that It caused his i death instead of tho sleep he evidently desired and needed. He was without funds, but was well dressed as a la- I borer, had found employment and had , acted In a straightforward and normal i manner from the time of his arrival in the city. Wife and Child Survive. The night the decedent rented tho room, Mrs. Ellsworth Informed Sergeant Ser-geant Blackburn, he said his wife lived in Ogden, but did not know hje was hero. A letter in ono or his pockets 'gave the wife's local address and sho 'was informed of her husband's death 1 lator in the day. , From her, the sergeant learned, that sho and her husband became I estranged a number of months ago. due to a weakness on his part for strong drink, but that they were not divorced. Sho came to Ogden about two weeks ago, but did not know Mr. Waters was here They havo a son 2 years old. who is now at the home of her parents, Mr and Mrs Lamoni Taylor, at Pros-ton, Pros-ton, Idaho, and the decedent Is also '' '" ' "' Jl lh'r i-'wmwi nil n i n b survived by a brother, Mrs. Clara Shano, and a' brother, Will Waters, both of Junction City, Kansas. Mrs Waters informed her father by telephone tele-phone of the death of her husband and left for Preston this afternoon to confer con-fer with him as to the disposal of tho body, which was given into tho charge of tho Larkin & Sons' under-1 takers. rn |