Ogden Daily Standard | 1904-07-02 | Page 7 | Knock-out Drops Are Fatal

KNOCKOUT KNOCK OUT DROPS ARE FATAL stranger in san francisco dies under mysterious circumstances which police are invest gating san francisco july 1 john J hill a young man who camo here a few days ago to proceed to manila to an advanced position in the transport service died today under circumstances that are causing a police investigation hill was found in an unconscious condition on the water front early this morning he died at a hospital tonight A post mortem disclosed extensive cerebral hemorrhage and concussion of the brain possibly due to alo lence hill was last seen last night at his hotel when he paid his bill and left with Ws grip his trunk having been sent on the transport sherman which baided bailed today hill came here from washington P C he was transferred from st alph va the police bay it Is possible ho exhibited bamo bomo of his money and waa waylaid and robbed another theory Is that lie died from the effects of chloral given in knock but drops