The Mineral argus. [volume] (Maiden, Mont.) 1883-1886, 1885-11-26

A drunken husband had threatened her /
life, and was following her track like a
s!euth- hound. not that he cared for her
but he wanted the boy. From a letter pub
/ li.hed herewith will he found the reason /
I for her determination not to go home
or near the railroad. also that her child
should not fall into hands of William
Davis. her husband. The following letter
was found in her possession. written by
her sister at Cooke Guy. Montana:
Cooke. Montana. Aug, 2lst. 1885.
DEAR SISTER received your letter and
! will answer immediately. IL was the last
thing | expected. most. a letter from you.
Some said you had gone To Missouri to
some OF the folks. Though | had letter
from Van Horne last week he told about
your leaving He said Will had gone
to Red Biuf 10 find you and that
he was going to take Oscar from you,
and that you could go to the devil
/ have heard from Others that he
had gone to N-i.lart and Glendiye. Some
quiet place. away oil the road is where you
want to get or lac will find you. He is
hunting you everywhere. IL you are on
main road somebody will come along that
knows you. | would hate To see him take
Oscar from you. Don't be afraid nybody
will find out where you are through me.
can keep anything. you have got work
you had better stay there awhile, any way,
for times are very dull here, yet We don't
any more than live, and work hard, too
George Arnhalt, was in town last night.
was inquiring about you a> though ! knew
nothing. Everybody is wondering where
you are. You must answer AS soon as you
get this may be by that time can write
more news. This is all this time. Mss
little boy for me and our love and best
| wis Ina. IA. Ever fhp sister.
FgANKIE ALLEN.
Another letter was also found from a
gentleman friend. at that time located in
Virginia City. NJ. I. The letter is too
lengthy for publication. 1t is of the s.. me
: import rs the above warning her II keep
away from Bill" The writer signs him
: self "Charles NJ lie can probably be
identified.
Taking the advice of friends to seek some
place remote from the railroad she e!t for
the Musscshell country, where she had
been employed rs hol,sekeeper. until,lriven
; out in the cold :o seek home elsewher
: Beiore coming here she wrote to William
5 Mcbride inquIrng as to tho chances %! get
: ting work. He wrote back advising her not
;. to come as the show Tor suitable ealloy-
:, ment was not very good. She disresar'Ied
!. his advice and came here, with the heart
y rending finale here related.
THE BLOODY TRAGEDY.
y On SATURDAY las, Constable Wmhhurn
u had talk will, the dishcar;.nei woman
:. relative to her return home ar to ihe rail
J. road. She at first objected. but finally
J. consented to return to Billings. On Sunday
Mr. Washhurn Intended Ia secure the means
to enable her to reach ti,,, place. With
that understanding he left her. Her con
sent to the proposition of Mr.. W@hburi
partially broke the vigilence OF the watch
:. which Mr.. Shuck had been keeping: Ct her,
though not altogether.
She was discovered at the back door %
the Palace restaurant about IL O'Clock
IN looking eagerly toward the m"unta;n side
She was told to come in and close tie dooI
which she did very reluctantly. .Ihe bad
probably located the spot dur IN ~ sta.
Ne at the door, where she and her c.. II wer,
to be found cold in death. From this tim,
until her disappearance she WIS restless
and would not remain in her rom long a
time. About midnight, Mr.. shuck laic
down to get little sleep; there we're other'
In about the building who had not retired
nj whom he told to wake him if hey hear
,is her go out She waited until ir. Shuch
II had dropped asleep aud then viii butcher
or knife in her pocket, which she h,d stealth
rb fully obtained during the evnng. sh'
n grabbed up her child and passd out th'
a. back door. At that time the little fellow
NO was lying sleep on the bed. Tbs was be
n. tween twelve and one o'clock.
in when Mr. Shuck awoke she Wa
it, gone. His first thought w@ to Sc
ri whether Size had taken a revol,er out u
as the office desk. The weapon vas there
IT, Then they went to the kitchen ID scare
es- for the butcher-knives --one was missing
ed This was cause for serious ALARM 1t iii
ell not require inspiration to reveal il where
re- abouts or the desperate use to whidi 1t la
Ia been employed. Alarm was givm and
Ter search made, but AS it was night. nothin
de could be accomplished, bat Sunday NOR,
ire ing the search was continued and kept u
to until p. m. in the afternoon, wien Coz
mi stable Washburn fired three shots rom h
-as revolver-tlie signal of discovery He LA
at found the cor,ses of mother AMI chill
IDS lying close together, with their rhr'ats CT
nd i'm CHASTITY manner-the jIgular ven beii
ats cut in both, in fact the child's head ";
nearly severed from its body. The bodi
nal were found few feet below the Aagnn
INT company's ditch on what is known |
ras Cambria mountain. She had ascenoed III
md mountain about two hundred feet. frs'
ed cuts on the boys hand it is evident he In
IN attempted to shield his throat from 4
,he deadly knife.
Wv When it was learned that the dead bod,
rye of mother and son had been found, quite
|. a number of our citizens hastened to t
he spot. A eoroner's Inquest was 'hihe"late
red summoned and the following vtrdict ~