The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1884-07-11
MURDERED BY HER HUSBAND.
Another Victim of the Green-Eyed Mo.ste.

| Another Victim of the Green-Eyed MoLste.
About 10 o'clock on the night OF July 9th
Alfred Boyer, Jr., aged % years, shot, through
| the breast, and killed his wife, aged Is, a
their home on Peterson creek, four mile
southeast Of Deer Lodge. The cause wa
| jealousy. The parties were married last Jan
uary at Ware village, Mass; have been liv
| ing in Butte until recently, and only removed
| to Peterson creek three days before the trag
sdy. There were only three persons in thu
house-Alfred Boyer, Jr., Alfred Boyer, Sr.
aged 81, and the victim. The murdered wo
man was buried Sunday, July 9Th; the muir
derer was arrested, and his father Is held II
| s., 900 bond to answer as a witness.
Something preliminary may give bsttel
understanding of the tragedy. Alfred Boyer
Sr., has been in Montana since 1865. He hat
shoe shop in Deer Lodge about IL year
ago, and now has saloon in Butte. Part o.
his family-a wife, two girls and one boy
have never come West, and live at Winoosk
Falls, VT. Two sons came West-one o.
them Alfred. Last January, Alfred, Jr.
married Alphonse Romprey, at Ware village
Mass, and the two came to Butte Feb 9th
Alfred, Jr., desired to farm. The old gentle
man went with him to Missoula county and
looked about Frenchtown and the Bitter
Root, but concluded to return to Deer Lodge
On Tuesday, July LIST, they bought and took
possession of John Anderson's farm of 12t
acres, on Peterson creek. The old man re.
NAMED with them few days. The young
people did not get along well and quarreled
were mutually jealous, the old man says.
On the evening Of July 9th they retired to
bed, and quarreled. The old man was lying
on mattress on the floor in an adjoining
room. He says it was so warm he could not
sleep. He says the young wife had con-
cluded not to remain, and was going to leave
the next day can at once my daughter-in-
law spoke, Father, Father, are you sleep
ing2 answered, Il am not sleeping; will
open the door, because it is too hot in here
She came from her room to my room, and
was sitting on chair by the window. My
SON went out through the bedroom window.
She said she did not want to sleep with my
son-that he had revolver. told her to
make no foolishness. / went out Of the
house to find my son-could not find him
he ran away around the house. told her to
20 to bed. She answered she would not &c
until he put away the revolver. She then
told me to light lamp and she would 60 to
bed. / did so. While l was lighting the
lamp my daughter was behind me. / heard
q shot. My daughter fell into the bedroom
at my heels; then she got up and fell again.
/ then went out Of the house. saw my boy
in front of the house, walking, with his
drawers on. told him he shot his woman,
and he might as well shoot me, too. He
said, NO, Father, you have been too good to
remain at the house. / think he was outside
the house when he fred the shot. The front
door was open when the shot was fired. l
had talk with my son on the outside after
the shooting. My boy told me he found his
wife with another man on two occasions and
another man once, and that was the reason
he shot her"
The above extract from the fathers testi-
mony before the coroner's jury tells the story
Of jealousy and murder. The father came to
Deer Lodge. Word was conveyed to Sheriff
Under Sheriff McTague and De-
putty VIM. Courtois, who took teams and
we're at the scene at 1.40. As they entered
he door the guilty husband was found lying
awake on the pallet OF his father, his dead
wife lying on the floor near him. The nip
,ers were slipped on his wrists and So cal.
smith & Wesson pistol, with one barrel
reshly discharged, found on his person. He
the deed to the Sheriff and
Under Sheriff, and seemed to feel no contri- |
ion for his act.
Evidently after the father left he intended |
o kill himself, but weakened. He had re- !
moved the lamp from where his father lit 1t |
o the room where the body lay, sat down at |
table, and tearing a leaf from memoran-
um book, wrote in a firm hand the follow |
NJ, which was still on the table, where |
'herif McMaster found it:
GENTLEMEN: Please give my father his
berry for kid my wife myself and kill my |
elf please don't do anything to father.
ALFRED BOYER, SON.
The father was evidently mistaken about
is son being outside the house when he fired
he fatal shot, as the nightgown Of the MUIR
cred woman was considerably powder
urnsd, showing close proximity of the
reapon.
DIR. c. G. Glass, before the Coroner's jury,
estifed:
July 6, 8 o'clock a. m.-Called to hold post
,ortem examination on the body Of female.
'ound her lying on left side, face downward.
'urning body over found that she had been
hot, ball passing between fifth and sixth
lbs, passing downwards through the back,
ausing instant death; ball remaining In the
ody.
Coroner Thos. Strang, on being notified,
jury, consisting Of Geo. Fits,
!. G. Harris, N. Bonniers, John +. Vaughn,
B.. f. Van Gundy, and Gus. Zosel, who re-
aired to the scene, took the evidence, and
sndered verdict that the deceased "came
, her death by pistol or gun shot, fred by
red. Boyer, feloniously"
The remains of the unfortunate woman
'ere brought to town and buried on Sunday.
he husband, Alfred Boyer, Jr., was called
Or examination before Judge Emerson,
tuesday,, but waived the same and was COM
lifted to Jail. The crime is the most cow
rdly, and in some respects the most afro
ous, that has ever been committed in this
onmunity The murderer of his wife has
onfessed his guilt to several persons, and IL
to be regretted he did not carry out the
God intention in his mind when he wrote
ne note. The father Is entitled to sympathy
the trouble that has come upon him in
to give his children start in
fe. .#a.
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