An inquest was held on Wena day in the American Consular over the body of Mr. Chan engineer, who drops jury con of apy Messe A. Fit Posner and M. G, Jenson Evidence in the care wae given by J. Charles, W. Houston ant" Hy, Shaw, all of whom were. proxsat when deceased dropped dead. They said that deceased was sitting in a chair, apparently in good health and spirits when he dropped over right wide and emitted a sound from his throat, Mr, Houston caught him before he fell. A fow minutes later he died, None of tio witnesses had heard deceased com: plain of being in poor healtit foe more than three weeks, Dr. T. B. Dunn said that he had examined the body at the docks and had found no external injury. Lis had evidently died from heat failure. The real cause for his death could probably be determined by an autopsy, the physician said, A verdict that deceased had coins to his death from an unknown cats, probably heart failure, was returns!
Mr, Eckman is said to have lived in San Francisco and is survived by a wife and two children, He was a Shriner.
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