Mr. R. F. Hazelton, the young man who was shot on the night of the 13th instant in the Eldorado Bar, died in the General Hospital at 8.10 o'clock on Saturday morning.
jury, composed of Messrs. Charles "B. Denby, William Swift, Jr., W. B. Lunt, J. Rosenfeld, 0, E, Metz, and Elmer Madsen, was immediately summoned and went, in company with Mr. F. J. Schuhl, Commissioner of the U, S. Court,'to the hospital, where Inv. J. C. H. Ferguson, manager of the firm of Messrs, Gaston, Williams & Wigmore, in whose employ Mr. Hazelton had been, identified the body as that of Mr. Hazel-ton.
The inquest took place later in the day, before Mr. Schuhl, acting Dr, A. Tenney said that received a call late on the previsions Monday night to attend the wounded man at the General Hospital and assist in the operation which was considered necessary. Upon arrival at the operating room, he found deceased already on the table. It was found, upon examination, that there was a bullet wound a little to the right of the centre of the body just below the breast. The patient was conscious and was able to speak though suffering considerably from the shock. Dr. Hiltner soon arrived and the operation was performed. This showed that the stomach and pancreas and _intestines had been pierced, and that the bullet had come out at the back of the right hip. Witness expressed the belief that the injuries and the shock were sufficient to cause. and did cause, the death of Mr. Hazelton.
Drs, Thomas Dunn and Walter B. Hiltner corroborated this evidence, and were of the same opinion.
Mr. Ferguson testified to having identified the body as that of Mr. Hazelton.
Zung Chung-fok, 15, a cloak room boy, who was an' eyewitness, was then called. He narrated the incidents of the night in question as far as he knew. The man with a short moustache had been drinking in the bar and was later led into the cloak room by the tall heavy man, who told him to go home. Hazelton, said witness, was holding the other man round the body from behind, just above the elbows. He broke loose, reached into his pocket, drew a revolver, and shot Hazel-Yon. He was sue that he saw this man pull out the revolver and fire at Hazelton, and could identify him if called upon to do so.
No other witnesses were called, and after they had received their instructions the jwy left the Court room. Twenty minutes later, the following verdict was
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