The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1883-08-29
MONTANA. CHRONICLED.

John Chinnick has gone to his long
home. He passed quietly away about Ii
O'Clock p. m, Monday, August Doth, inst,
about four weeks after receiving the
wound from the accidental discharge Of
q pistol, according to his dying statement.
Hon. G. G. Cox in a long article in the
Miles City Press says: dHe was born in
Cornwall, England, of excellent family
who are well known to several OF our
citizens at an early age came with
them to Canada, where his father pur-
chased farm near Chatham, in the
Province of Ontario, where the family
now resides. When about sixteen years
of age he came to this country, and ever
since has been identified with western
life. In 1873, he, in company with J. B.
Hubbell and George Miles, then and now
two Of our most prominent and respected
citizens, founded our city, Mr.. Chinnick
giving to the company the land upon
which it was built. He has been identi-
fed with its growth and fortunes ever
since. He was a man of generous inn
pulses, Of unshaking fidelity in his friend
shipe-and they were many-of great
strength of will, good business Judgment,
and always maintained his word or bond
bic deeds were such and 50 many that it
was said of him that no man, Of what
ever station in life, who was hungry or
bed and food. During the last two or
three years he attracted exceptional at
tentiOn from the fact that he was engaged
in contest with the Northern Pacific
railroad company, to test the title to his
zns,p At~<N<y - l. A. r.
having been favorable to him. But the
greater contest, and the last in which he
will ever engage, is over, and the once
strong and vigorous man, worn to a
shadow through stress of mortal agony
is at rest. He leaves large circle of
acquaintance and associates whom he
had befriended, to deeply regret his un-
timely endS
Thus is his history perpctuated by a
friend, and his bad deeds passed over
without word. While it is far from our
intentions to publish the true history of
this notorious man, we deem it injudic-
ious to condone his career and present
INN to the young Of our land as a good,
generous and lawabiding citizen. The
people of Montana are prone to over look
the bad deeds Of dead desperadoes and
speak only of the good traits. Is this
right! John Chinnick's career is that of
a bad man, his life and associates was
spent among the worst class of citizens.
His house in Miles City has been the
abode Of lawless men; he has been the
chief of the gang of men who
have infested Miles City, carrying on
high-handed outrages and open lawless-
ness. Let us hope that for his numerous
offenses he has made his peace with God,
but honest men don't want to 60 to eter-
nifty where such men are. If they have
been forced to live in a community,
where man to be prominent must be a
it does not follow that from
,hoice they which to associate with such
,ereafter. Give man his just dues, if
ne has been bad, don't try to palliate his
,fenses to God and man. This world is
zone too good, and if at death we are to
'onslgn every man to that place where
'nly the true, the generous are intended
or, then where is the incentive for
hristian action. Let plain white slab
'e erected to the memory of John Chin
lick on which it will say. "Her lies a
nan, who converted his God given
tributes into evil-doing-a leper in the
ight of man. May God have mercy on
is soul" II