The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-12-13
From The Daily a Sunday.
THE DEAD CONE 10 LlF1.
SolGmund Wjoobopf Alive. Wen
and Prosperous.

u u not often that . man expert
enees the pleasure II reading biz own
obituary, but this rare privilege has
been enjoyed BY 6ei&naund Wies-
kopf, formerly . well-kn0wn resident
II this city. Last October NJ. Henry
Page arrived here from Missoala,
t'sinGtns the intelligence that Weis-
koik. after winning some four han.
dred dollars In faro game st Thomp-
sons station on The Clarke's Fork
Division of the n. T.. Il. r., had
/, n'ystcriously disappeared, and that
subsequently, u dad i'ody, hearing
unmistakable evidences ~ fowl play.
+, had l,een found In the river below
that town, which had been k)enti-
fied ~ the remains II WeiskopG.
The story caused . good deal Of ex-
element In this city, - the young
man was well-knOwn and generally
liked. lie had been In the employ
and . member Of the family Of Il.
Sabolsky for two years, and Mr.. -
bolsky determined 10 fully investi-
g.te the matter; and II possible bring
the guilty parties to Justice. To this
end he secured the services Of . gem
ilesnAn living In Alissoula, who VS.
tied Thosnpson's station and institu-
ted inquiries, the result Of which was
to confirm in every particular the re-
port brought by Mr.. Page. with the
exception Of the Identification Of the
dead Lody, about which their seemed |
to lie some doubt. A. there was no !
one In that section who knew .
Mr.. Wciskopf well enough to !
identify his effects or to say
whether the now .lecOnlposed re- !
mains Of the bulie] man were his,
the matter was allowed to drop. Mr..
Saboisky had given up ail hope Of
calculating the mystery and was
about communicating the ssd intel
ligence to Wieskopf's family in Eu-
rope, when he was surprised last
Thursday by the receipt IT . letter,
through the mails, In the familiar
handwriting Of Si:mund Wicskolf.
The letter was written more than q
month subsequent I" the murder ut
ThOn,lps.'m's station aud w;ss dated ut
baldwin. N. r., a new town on the
y. y. Il. Il. The tenor of the letter
i indicated that WicskOpf WAS In entire
ignorance Of the man ner In which
he had l'een chopped up and thrown
into the river ~ the asssassins AZ
rl,",''lssSm'* station, ard conveyed
line information that he wa. In prs,s-
l'e'rOt,~ t'ircunss !ant~.s, and the In
rtl'Ne's'ni VI EsxNi position ~ lx,ok- ;
keeper "r clerk In the leading
establishment of the
place. He hat arrived in Thon.p-
cons station only the day before the !
aurler, md as y temporary expe- .
iicnt accepted employment In a ::
'oarlinx house. lie Was an accom-.
plirl'etl lxnkke~rer and . man Of re-
ine'nent: and the occupation was
'istssteful I" him. It h probable
hat finding himself pasessetl Of the !
means to letter his COM ition. !
hrs'lxh the smiles of the tickle god
less Of fortune. he that night LEFT for
without making any cx-
'lanation II his intentions, and his
furnished the link 9
which connected him with the dead Q
'ot)y found IN the river. HIS friends (
'ere have suffered great anxiety aud Il
'"w rejoice at the clearing up of the
mystery in Il manner x, entirely
n
A Challenge. ~
alitOr Isutte MINER: u
I have bccu informed that Mr. ; -
nck Waite wishes To MEET me In =
feet ring with hard gloves. ] will II,
him. will fight him {,
r from $I0O to 81 ,'nN and oil the 81
ste Money, the fight to take place
,is month, for ! have other business
attend to next month. TO show ]
tun business ] forward you 81, y
hich would l'e pleased IL have q,
II. Waite cvver, and notify me h.
hen tn meet him and acttle the pre- q
minaries. SC. DREM. ia
Dillon. Ike. :, I>,:::.
Featherwei9ut Glove Fight. N.
The fesatl,erweight glove fight l,e- -
'een Thomas Davis, of Leadville,
H., and Harry Keats. Of Walker =