Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-25
A SUICIDE.
49,, Lammerhart Shoots Herself While
Laboring Under Temporary
Insanity.

Yesterday afternoon Bridget, the late
uife OF George Lammerhart, committed
,r;cide while laboring under temporary
;,sanity, at her late residence on West
cronite street in this city. The lady has
hssn suffering for some time past. Yester.
Jov afternoon in the presence OF several
tsieuds who were at his residence Mr.. Lam
narbart was trying to persuade her to 60
inr the benefit Of her health either to the
Warm Springs or else to the Soda Springs.
ona 20, led to her husband "Oh, lar, I
s,t ab,. to 60" With hat Mr.. Lammer-
AFT a. arose and went into the bedroom.
Mr. NJ. p. Brannan, who vas present at
.Ln last conversation and who was the
smSt TO arrive Oh the scene Of the shooting,
n "rs that lie was sitting in the kitchen Of
:: Lammerhart's residence yesterday and
- h = the last conversation between Mr..
nar,mcrhart and his wife. It was as fol-
LES. He wanted her to go to the Warm
j.. soda Springs. She replied twice, "Oh
Jsar I amt able to go to-day. l will let
utuow in the morning" She also re.
soos,ed him not to leave her to-day.
qw;ss Gedding, a lady companion, told
AZ Iammeriart to go and lie down, as he
t'ad beea wanting to take a nap, and she
' y" talk the matter over with Mrs.
TDnm.rhart. When he left and went into
~ hnlroom his wife followed him. They
ln' II been in there but a short time
nI t,, Miss Gcdding desired to see what
n,o II was. She went inside and when she
' 'no hack she closed the door between the
lining room and kitchen. Shortly, we
hanrI the slow tread OF Mrs. Lammerhart
woIking up and down the floor and, prob
,bly. about fifteen minutes from the time
she Left us we heard the report Of a pistol,
vbsn | rushed into the dining room and
found her lying on the floor with the smok-
ing pistol still in her hand. l asked her
some question but she gave me no reply.
! then went into the other room where
Lammerhart was lying asleep. | said to
him that his wife had committed suicide.
He seemed to be dazed and then began to
roll over again as if to go to sleep. / saw
he did not understand what | had been
saving to him SO | said to him again,
Jump up quick, your wife has shot her.
SELL With that he jumped up and came
into the dining-room, where she was lying,
and began embracing her and saying, my
poor Bridget, what is this for?"
rushed off Tor a doctor and brought DR..
Norcross here. The question being asked
what had become OF the revolver, Brannan
SAID that he had taken it out OF her hand
and had given it to the officer, who had
arrived ii short time afterwards. As near
az be could say, it was Il 44-calibre OF the
English bull-Cog pattern.
Miss Gcdding being present, corroborated
the above story, with the exception that
while seeing what time it was in the bed
room, she "a Mrs. Lammerhart sitting on
the edge OF the bed while he was doing off
TO sleep. ,,,
She was saying somsthing to him but he
~o,le no reply. When / came out I closed |
tLe door and shortly heard the pistol shot
when | rushed into the dining room to see
her living there with the pistol in her hand.
Mr., Lamuarhart, the husban nd of Mrs. |
Lammerhart, was seen at his residence and |
asked as to the probable cause of the |
shooting. He replied / have been want
ing to have Bridget go to some Of the
springs for some time as I knew
she was ail,ng under mental excitement,
but, oh. | did not think it would come to
this. had been trying to have her try
some OF the springs, as told her it would
do her good. She said that she would let
me know tomorrow. but not to leave her
;o.day. ] quoted her and told herI would
tay home, when l fell asleep, and the next
las SHOT herself. Oh, myGod! What have
done! My poor Bridget! She never
would nave done this if she had been in her
light senses. The pistol with which she
herself wal given to me. and / brought
t home about two weeks ago. When /
bowed it to her she was afraid OF it,"
Father Tremblay, her spiritual adviser.
vas seen at the parsonage. The Reverend
Gather was lying on a sick bed, and when
whether he could throw any light on
me suicide, replied that he had quite fire.
visited Mrs. Lammerhart and her
husband at their residence, and had always
,eard her speak very highly Of her husband
md he had taken notice that every desire
she had expressed he had endeayored
fulfil. She had come some time 60 to
him for spiritual advice while laboring
under extreme excitement. She stayed Tor
some time. She went away we'll satisfied
with her visit. | knew then that the woman
was laboring under q arrangement Of the
g,raiu, She has often said that George, her
husband, and her had been married for
twenty years and he was all she could de-
sire.
Doctor Norcross, who was called to the
side of the wounded wife pronounced the
wound fatal. Upon examination it was
found the ball had entered the right temple
ranging slightly upward and coming out OF
the opposite side OF the head. He was in
attenda nee until her death which occurred
1t l1:2O p. m. last evening. The doctor
laving been called upon some time ago
cd Mr.. Latnmerhart that his wife was
affected with extreme and
mental arrangement. The Coroner was
lotified shortly after her death who Will
an inquest this morning when, no
the jury will return a verdict OF
'oiuntary suicide while laboring under a
i OF insanity.