Charles Hoag
Charles Hoag was a German man who had worked in Morgan's shop in Sheibina for nearly a year, and his wife and children lived at Leavenworth, Kan. Marshal Sparks locked him up in Sheibina, and he was found dead the next morning. A post-mortem examination noted a concussion and a bruise near his shoulder, and the account said it was supposed he had fallen from the loft to the floor. A coroner's inquest returned a verdict of death from meningitis and excessive use of alcohol. His wife telegraphed that she had no means to bury him, and the citizens of Sheibina gave him a burial.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. A coroner's inquest returned a verdict of death from meningitis and excessive use of alcohol, and the post-mortem examination also noted a concussion and a bruise near the shoulder.
Reported by: coroner's inquest (medical examiner or coroner).