Samuel Hilligas
Samuel Hilligas, 29, was an auto salesman from Tacoma who worked for the B. H. Kennedy Auto Co. and had come to Seattle to drive a company automobile back to Tacoma. He had been held in a Seattle jail cell since April 29. On May 4, 1925, he was taken from the jail to the city hospital at 5:30 a.m., unconscious, and died about half an hour later. Dr. Calhoun, the attending doctor, said acute alcoholism was in all probability the cause, and an autopsy was to be held, while the coroner, the police chief and the city health commissioner are investigating whether he was left without medical attention in his cell.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose. Dr. Calhoun, the attending doctor, said acute alcoholism was in all probability the cause, while the coroner and police chief are investigating whether he was left without medical attention in his cell.
Reported by: Dr. Calhoun.