Show an aged laborer succeeds in sell destruction nearly successful attempt about 1 today david mancil an old irishman about io yeara old was found in a dying condition in the vacant lot at the rear of twenty fifth street dr fernlund waa summoned and stated that the man was suffering from an overdose of morphine the man died a abort time afterwards there were a number of other laboring men with mcneil when he was first talc on sick but they were all more or under the influence of liquor and the only one who seems to know mcneil at all is BO overcome by both liquor and grief that it is impossible to get a coherent story from him the facts were elicited however that the mans name is david mcneil that lie has been working with the southern pacific section gang and that he originally igi nally came from iowa in ottumwa 0 which state he is to have a family the body waa taken to under taking and justice P J hall notified an inquest will probably be held on the remains tomorrow morning ANOTHER NEARLY successful sirs ferdinand angelko attempted saturday night and was nearly successful As it is slie is in a vcr critical condition and if complications set in may yet succumb mrs engelke wanted to go to a dance saturday evening but glicr husband who had just returned from a hard dayn work refused to go with lier but told her to go with her sister later he came up ton and ehe soon after hii departure went to another and returning with a four ounce bottle of carbolic acid said to her sister well charlie lias gone and ill go to she then drank half the contents of the bottle and almost immediately lapsed into unconsciousness dr florhea was summoned and after three hours work revived her her condition now is critical and painful her tongue mouth and throat being badly burned mrs engelke is only 19 years old and lias been married montha to mr engelke she has been married before and has a child by the former mar ariage |