Martin Smith
Burial Details
Obituaries
Eagle County Blade page 1 - August 7, 1902
SMITH DIES FROM THE EFFECTS OF HIS INJURIES
JOHN RYAN HELD FOR TRIAL
Inquest Held—Death the Result of a Blow Inflicted by Ryan
No Relatives of the Dead Man Found—Burial at Gypsum
Martin Smith , who was injured in a personal encounter with John Ryan at Eagle a week ago Sunday as recounted in The-Blade last week, lingered in semi-unconsciousness until last Sunday when he died. Meantime Ryan had been held in jail on a warrant charging as assault to do grevious bodily harm. On Monday a charge of Murder Was proferred against him before Justice Henry Farnum of Red Cliff . On being arraigned he pleaded not guilty and waived examination. Bail in the sum of $2,000. for his appearance in the the District court was demanded, and in default of which he is lying in jail. Coroner W . H . Furnum held an in quest on the remains of Smith at Gyp-sum-on Monday afternoon . Dr Coffman , assisted by Dr . Smith , performed an autopsy and found that death resulted from an hemorrhage , caused by the rupture of a blood vessel which formed a clot of blood upon the brain . Charles Meier arid Michael Diinn , eye witnesses to tho affray , testified before tho coroners jury and their evidence was substantially the same as the published accounts of the fatal encounte . The jury composed of Messrs . J . E . Borah, George Gerard, C . H . Logan , John McElroy , Jr ., William Henry , and M . F . Mosher , returned a verdict in the usual form—that Martin Smith came to his death from the blow of a stick in the hands of John Rynn . Smith was unable , before his death , give any coherent account of : the affair or anything concering his past his history. He was a stranger to this country. Superintendent McGlochlin, of the poor farm, however , did manage to get from the dying man tho information that he had brothers in Chicago . Telegrams to that city failed to bring a response . The funeral occurred at Gypsum late Monday afternoon under the direction of A. F. Grahami counfy undertaker.
