Dropped Dead in Astor House While Going to Telephone An inquest was held on Saturday] morning in the U.S. Consular Court before Mr. N. E. Lurton, sitting as coroner, and a jury, over the body of H. M. Gossmayer, recently a second steward on the President Harrison, who dropped dead in the lobby of the Astor House Hotel last Friday night.
The following composed _the jury:—P. S. Crawley, J. Sommers, H. G. Freeman, Jur, G. A. Safer-shaman, T. L, R! Scanion and Wilbur Burton.
The evidence of Dr. William Nance was taken and tended to show that the deceased had died from a common form of heart failure. The body of the. deceased was identified by John Flynn, a baker on the President Pierce, who said that he had known Gossmayer for a several years and had been a shipmate of his.
The evidence of employees of the Astor House was to the effect that Gossmayer was going to the telephone booth and was just entering the place when he collapsed. He never regained consciousness. _At the time of his death he was staying at the Astor House waiting to joi the crew of the President Pierce.
After hearing the evidence the! jury pronounced tie verdict that eceased came to his death through natural causes
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