The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-08-04
SUICIDE OF A MINER.

ne Takes his vrn LiIc ,rhh Rife--.i
Horrible Sigisf.
+ Ole Oleson, n miner working Mt the
Hollister mine, about three and onehalf
miles northeast of tie city, suicided by
placing the muzzle OF "A gun ON his right
check and pulling the trigger, mt about 2
o'clock Tuesday afternoon. The author
ities were at once notified md a jury inn
panclcd and In rendering ITS verdict the
following language WIS used: - we
the undersigned jurors find by the evi-
dcnce given in the case that the deceased
Ole Oleson came to hs death 10y a gun
shot wound in the head inflicted by his
own hands and we the said Jurors do
hereby exoncrnte each and every other
person from any hand, act or part
in the said act" |Capt. William
III. Morrison, who has charge of the mine,
was interviewed and gave substantially
the following version of the horrible ni-
fair: '''fhe man. who was a quiet and
peculiar sort of a fellow, has been cn-
ployed for some time cutting wood for
the engine house, ON Tuesday morning /
told him to cut some wood Tor the
boarding house aud he went about the
work, going off OF the trail a little way
and falling "A tree which he Sawed into
stove lengths and then taking IL 60 the
house, split il. He continued this work
all morning and appeared Tor dinner, OF
which he partook lightly and went to his
room where he sat reading until the one
o'clock whistle sounded, when lac emerged
from the house withsmy rifle, "A 1910
Marlin, ON his shoulder, went to hs work.
Myself and the miners had gone on ahead
of him. AT two O'Clock / heard the le-
port of gun aud wondered who was
hunting in the locality. The engine
house aud boarding house are about
eixty-fve rods apart and the sound
came from the direction oi the boarding
llIouse. Ititoppud fii, work tld started
\ to ascertain the cause of the shot and
when about midway between the two
buildings or just outside of the clearing
about the mine, ! came upon the body
Of "A mau living upon his face and when
came up 20 the body a fearful sight met
my gaze. There lazy Oleson, dead, the
entire upper portion OF his head
was gone, the right eye was torn out
and the interior OF the skull exposed.
I The gun was still in his hand. can see
no way by which an accident OF that
nature could possibly happen ami tho
/ Jury could do nothing but render "A ver-
/ dict of williu suicide. Oeson had worked
I for me over "A year and was a quiet and
I liluuEttADNN anu ti1t ~ fAtAfti
and went to town only when he had TO.
l lie wits Ia town last Saturday night and
purchased considerable clothing. Hound
S265 in his pocket and lac has money
coming Go him. lie was the last man
from whom l should look for an act oi
that kind. -jThere is considerable spec
ulation asTo the cause OF the actand the
most reasonable explanation given il
/ that the man was suddenly siezcd with n
! fit of insanity and his first thought was
TO destroy himself He was a native ol
Christiana, Norway, where his fatherand
mother and two sisters are now living
! His age was thirty-fvc years and he was
unmarried. The remains were brought
/ TO town on Tuesday evening and ON
! Wednesday afternoon the funeral oc'
CURED.