Show I 1 7 OVERDOSE OF OPIUM A 1 from front he the pacific mel with a premature death on saturday another sad demise occurred at the depot the express train that arrived at 9 had among its passengers a young gentleman from san franciaco francisco who was en routs route to meet some of his friends in hamburg germany many ilia his name waa I 1 ec ca 0 of the firm of erzgraber erz raber briggs san francisco lie ile was about 28 years of age educated and wellin well in f formed ormed generally about midnight ou on friday lie e called the porter into the drawing room of the pullman palace car and told him ho lie was suf suffering fiering from palpitation of the heart and gave dim instructions what to do in case it should prove fatal our townsman dr A S cundon condon happening to be on the train hia his attention at oly was w as called and lie did all lie could to I 1 RELIEVE RELIE THE PATIENT on arriving riving lir at ogden drs john D carnahan and E T mitchell also visited lie tile young man I 1 but all efforts to save him hini proved futile about one pm lie succumbed succumb cd to the fell destroyer an overdose over dose of opium opium appears to have been the cause of hia his appears death a th A conon cono yERa ERS was held over the body of which the following fol lowine arc are the particulars coroners inquest held on the body of ofa Q 0 erzgraber Ert graber deceased L sworn in as jurors john jolin 11 II Rc stall J E coolidge W J hancock c 0 C k MR W W row POWELL ELL porter 91 ter of the car occupied by erzgraber being duly sworn testifies as follows last night i about half halt past twelve erzgraber Erze raber called to roe me in the drawing ro room m saying in he cebada had a palpitation of the he artand I 1 should look look after him aa as he was liable to pass away during the night I 1 assisted him to his bed I 1 tried to dispel his fears and told lim him to think of something else he lie said pointing to his vest hanging on the hook there is my pocketbook and valuable papers you take them and my things and satchel sat eliel and lake take care of them telegraph to my brother and take my body back with YOU to san francisci cb db at 4 am I 1 glanced into the bed occupied by erzgraber and noticed he h e was very eick ick 6 1 I 1 called the conductor co n who wh 0 in turn called dr con don who happened to bc be on the train dr cundon condon gave him a hypodermic po injection of whisky in hia his irm arm he was unconscious from the time I 1 first discovered he ile was so sick he lie cried when then I 1 told him not to think of death he ile seemed very uncommunicative during the trip he ile had bad a bottle that contained a liquid that looked like whisky have not been able to find ind f it he ile got off efrat at reno boget to get some medicine in fit a 0 drug store at ogden dr carnahan was called he lie concurred with dr condon that it looked like a case of poisoning by opium at ogden dr condon applied a battery and gave a hypodermic injection of atropia at 11 am dr condon cundon left giving instructions to keep the battery applied for fifteen minutes longer when the time was up I 1 removed the tile battery and five minutes later he lie vomited a small quan of yellowish hand his puke pulse ceased to beat he lie wrote a letter before we got to Palisades which he sealed du do not know whether he be mailed it helped search his body and effects after death turned over the effects etc to mr fell superintendent t C p it 11 n R 11 MK MR EMU being sworn testified as ns follows had my attention called to the fact that a roan man from san francisco waa was dying on the train apparently without any medical attendance went into the car and discovered mr birc C 0 in spasms went and procured dr mitchell bell he looked at the case and said there is 13 no hope for him bim it is 13 a case of poisoning by morphia or wine of opia and he is too far cone gone juss then dr con donaho hid already been attending the case ca e came in and applied the electric battery and gave him a hypodermic po injection of atropia in his right arm dr condon condoli left at 11 am giving instructions to keep the battery applied for fifteen minutes longer and then remove it this I 1 was done and in five minutes he expired I 1 assisted in s searching ear ching his body and anti effects effiec ts and found the following articles which were turned over to the porter who in in turn cave ave them to mr r fell supt bupt of the 11 it it DK DM A 8 codoy CONDON beau being sworn sw orn testified as follow follows early this forenoon a about bout 4 clock I 1 was called by the conductor to attend a roan man who was sick mr powell the porter gave me a history of the case substantially as his testimony n indicates 1 i I 1 tried he the usual remedies reme fie z yet saw from the first that there was no hope opa for his recovery I 1 am a of the opinion that his death resulted from P poison by hplu opium in administered by his own hand nd THE JURY THEN ADJOURNED until march 11 at eight am aan to procure further evidence i DR J D CAR SAHAy being duly sworn deposes and taya says that t the ie deceased diet died from either apoplexy or opium poisoning wib with a fating feting probability of opium poisoning I 1 I 1 PH DR T E MITCHELL beine being sworn testified as follows follos 1 I kaw erzgraber at 1030 10 0 aro am saw paw he lie was alread already ly beyond resuscitation naus citation my opinion is that he was suf suffering fiering from an all overdose over ilose of opium from the of the pupils of the eyes I 1 should not think it was a case of apoplexy we the undersigned undersigner under signed jurors im paneled to inquire into the cause of the death of C 0 Erz erzgraber raber havill liavine g viewed the tle body aadil and heard card the tile e evidence vi find that the deceased came mine to his death from opium poisoning john 11 1 J E coolidge W 5 J hannock J MARK HALL coroner utah mar aar 11 1118 KS 3 PARTIAL LIST OP OF found on the person of the late C 0 erzgraber in billa bills 1175 in gold iu in silver leather pocketbook one ino morocco rocco case containing three small silver pieces one blue velvet quartz case containing brooch and earrings one letter of credit of marks from layard L IL co san francisco on oil a hamburg bank one first elm rails rail road ticket for new yorkie kix let of introduction one ring five ke keys S one silver match box one go gold td watch and chain open face one valise containing conta containing inin various toilet articles and three atles bottles of medicine also various articles of wearing apparel Concern concerning inZ the disposition I 1 of these articles mr I 1 fell has already written to san francisco for instruction THE REMAINS were taken to S M 31 Pre shaws prepared for burial placed in a casket and lat evening were frutto tent to the friends at san francisco the above enumerated personal and other effects are in I 1 the an possession session of A G fell esq supt bupt of the salt sal t lake division of the C P R R that gentleman ia is now awaiting instructions from the friends of t the N deceased at 0 tle c bay city as to the disposal to bo be made of the property |