Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-03-06
4 GHAsrLF FIND.

GHxsxLr FIND.
Cabin Near tine Original
An old man named r g. Chambers. sho
has been q resident Of this section OF and
ON for the last twenty-five ears. VAS
found dad in the cabin in .hich he lived
mar the Original nina. Monday alter
noon &c DriscoIi, Who u0rks Ut the
mine, had noticed the old man, Who was
between so and 60 years OF age. lookirs
to his cabin about . week a.. and had
heard that he was very sick Not having
seen him about since. he Suggested to
Thomas Bryant the foreman vi the
mine. that the old man probably
needed assistance. Tie foreman acted on
the suggestion, and about 1 O'Clock yesfer-
day afternoon went TO the cabin With Dris-
coll, and receiviEg no answer 10 his knock
for admission opened the door, which was
unlocked, went m and found him lynn
dead IN bic bunk in one corner OF theroom.
He at once notified the Coroner Who went
and hook charge Of theremains-
An inquest was begun AZ which Ms
Mary keenan,, living in the adjoining cabin.
testified that about midnight OF March 2
she hear q great noise in Chambers cabin
rs If some one was kicking against the vail.
The noise shortly after ceased and she
heard nothing further. As the Keenans
only moved into the house they now occupy
the same Saturday they we're unacquainted
with the deceased and had nerer seen him.
Their little girl vent to the door Of the
Chambers cabin ON Sunday. opened it and
looked IN. and alter shutting the door she
vent to her mother and said the man in
there sas slepinz. Mrs. keenan, b d heard
no voice when she heard the kicking noise
at midnight Saturday and saw NO one su-
ter the cabin since then
The evidence of Thomas Bryant and ].
C. DriecoIl was taken to the effect already
detailed. They called the next door neigh
bors when they made their khastly find,
ard. The hearing OF further testimony was
then adjourned till to-day at 8 a. m.
The Coroner vent to the cabin immedi-
ateiy on being notified and examined the
remains. He found the room in q con-
dition of squaiid neglect. 1t seemed
hardly possible that n human bling
could live q such q neglected
condition. Upon searching the clothes
which the deceased had on, the sum OF
$S02.15 vas found, besides two gold rin&
ON his fingers Further search brought -
light an old cigar hox in which there were
q number of old letters OF various date, old
notes of hand dated about 1870 ,some can
celled, others ~0utlaNed, an old silver watch,
but no other yaluables. The letters we're
chiefly from o. woman who signed herself
Lon j. Fraleigh, dated from Tucson.
Arizona, and whom old citizens remember
as having lived at Helena and In Butte.
When here b passed Tor Chamber
wife, they living together. but she left him
aad disappeared. The letters we're such
as any wife might Srite to an absent
husband. breathing a tom of pure affec-
ton, with not q word or hint amiss. One
yellow with age or constant carrying
about wa without date. signed Lou"
and was evidently kept with special care
by the deceased as the first received by him
since her departure. 1t spoke OF her hay-
ing received sudden word from Salt
Lake OF the illness of q son
named Charlie, when she had
house apparently during bis absence) and
hurried with the proceeds to her SON. She
was in straiehts for money, and constant
appeals for the same occur in the subse-
quentIy written letters, the last dated 10
February, 1883. There was one from a
Mrs. Wagner, which spoke of goin2 to Mrs.
Fraleigh's relief in Salt Lake, where she had
been taken sick, taking her to Tucson at
bis request. He bad also preserved two
old letters sent to Mrs. Fraleigh from a
man in San Francisco without signature or
date, which ended as did Mr.. Blaine's cele-
brated Nulligan letters with the siDce famous
advice. 'Burn this" and like those I'M
fortunate evidences Of Mr.. Biaine's com
plicity in a disrepntable transaction, we're
preserved intact. The writer had more
sense than Mr.. Blaine exhibited in
the celebrated historical blunder alluded to
for he did not append even his initials t o
documents OF very questionable propriety
to say the least. This was evidently the
old mans il it was u gross one,
and one into which his biograpber, unles.
he we're a Boswell in his exactness in omit
tang nothing, would not care to enter
infinitely.
There was also a letter from a brother
named II. z. Chambers, living at BRIGHTON,
Province OF Quebec, Canada. 1t was
dated December 25. 1877, and breathed
a fraternsl anxiety to have the deceased
go and spend the remainder OF his life
among bis only relatives. speaking OF him
bcH anu tue OfCcdcSu dc DCluk tut O0IN Two
living of their family. The writer naively
having beeu told by some friend
that his brother wss independently rich.
and asked for d loan OF $500 to raise a
mortgage that was troubling him come.
The deceased had lived in Deer Lodge
years ago and is ~well-kEown to
many old residents. He was a man OF
peculiar habits. He has been known to
have large sums OF money, which he loaned
out ct interest. He was known to be
OH than he used to represent himself
the assessor and on enc occasion a
grand jury got after him upon some
definite piece of information and it is said
he was severely fined for making false re-
turns. After this he never kept his money
in q bank. One citizen on one occasion
him leave his calm one evening and
an old kettle beneath some
boulders near where he then lived. On
occasion a Well-known citizen
sent Il him to borrow a thousand dollars, |
when Chambers left his cabin and went |
returning with the identical old
Kettle, from which he counted out the |
dollars in $50 pieces. how much
more being in it being unknown.
It is just possible that some of
his means lie buried in the same way at
present in a spot unknown to all but the
the secret OF which mas perlsned
With him.
He has frequented the Silver Bow Brew
ny saloon with faithful regularity every
light for the last two years, and George
oascoe says he has been expecting him to
lie almost any time, he having shown signs
Il rapidly failing of late.
While it was not definitely known what
the cause of his death. it is plain that
occurred from natural caEses. and the
ounds the Keenans heard on Saturday
light were probably the last mortal throes
he breatbed his last. His funeral is
ct for this afternoon to take place from
undertaking roons, lis Utah
treet. at half-past 2 O'Clock, it being ex-
'ected that the inquest will BIZ over before
THE MYSTERY CLEARED.
Coroner's Jury Reconyened i'm the