Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-03-06
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Papers Found in the EfEects Of the Man
who Died From = Fall in hi Katie
Morris Mine show that He Passed
Unde Two Names-Erorts to Solve .
Mystery.
DR.. Howard, since his election as Coroner
OF Silver Bows onntyahas bad m0re than
the average amount OF work to do, and the
work has proved the office to be anything
but q sinecure and an important one at
that. But amid the responsibility it might
b. expected to impose upon him as to the
cause Of q subjects death, he lever antici-
pated being obliged to unraysl what seems
g mystery of a man with two names and
to be Obliged, before he allowed q corpse
to be buried, to find out which OF two
names is the true one Of the deceased.
Such is the case, however, that arises
out OF the death OF b. Hsn.ey. the miner
| who died in consequences OF a fail down a
| 5O5oot shait in the Katie Morris mine,
Wednesday night. The inquest was held
upon him as b. Hanley, which was the
name he has been knuxn by since coming
TO Butte. although among ths papersfound
hin his pocket were several showing the pos
SCISSORS name to be D.. j. GeFbett. There
was d n ceipt for dues from q man OF this
name by Alturas lodge, No. l3. ]. o. O.
r.. at Ketchum, Idaho, showing him 20 be
in good standing. 1t 10 reported that
he told the folks at the hos
pitai before he died that his
real name was Corbett, and this coming to
THE knowledge OF Henry McMurphey and
George Pascoe OF Ridaely lodge OF Odd Eel
lows here, y telegram was sent to the OH
GERS oil Alturas lodge giving 9 description OF
the dead man and asking ii he wal Corbett,
to which an affirmative reply was returned
yesterday morning, on thestrengthof which
TO ignore the inquest on B. Hanley and
recognise the remains as those Of their de-
ceased brother D. j. Corbett.
The Coroner, however, Was indifferent to
the action of the Odd Fellows, conid MT
that he had held an inquest on the ma
by his right name until yesterday morning,
when some of the effects in the clothes
worn by the deceased were investigated,
and he found two certificates Of deposit
Tor one thousand dollars each fro u the
bank OF Mccormack q Co., HALEY, Idaho,
dated August IL, 1886, to I'D. j. Corbatt."
This put another phase on the subject.
The Coroner had I )und about $3.50 in cash
in the clothes worn by the deceased
when he met with the accident that termi-
mated his life which he naturally supposed
belonged to Hanley. But here was a
couple of thousand dollars belonging to
some one named Corbatt, and if that
really was the name of the deceased it
would be necessary to determine the fact in
order to administer upon the property. Ii
the an was buried as Hanley, all trace of
Corbatt was buried with him. On the
other hand, who was to decide that Han
ley was Corbatt?
So the Coroner has decided to postpone
the funeral until it can be decided whether
it was Hanley o rCorbatt who has lied. In
the course OF the afternoon, however, fresh
evidence turned up to, throw the question
still deeper into mystery. The partner OF
the deceased brought up in a bag to the
Coroner's Office the rest OF the clothes and
papers belonging to the deceased, and
among them were a memorandum
book and some pal ers. The memo
randum boOk was one containing a calen-
dar OF 1888, which had an entry to the
fleet OF the deposit of the $4,000 IN the
HALEY bank on ADJUST IL, 1856, written
in the first person, but as there was no
name in the book it threw no light on the
subject. Among the papers, however,
there was a receipt on a printed form OF
the house OF E. V. Roddln & Co., Chicago,
showing that they had sold to Barney Han
ley Of ketchum, Idaho, a watch which cor
responded with that found on the person
of the DECEASED. on December "a, 1884,
which was TO be iforwafaed toithapaddres
by registered mail. Only B. Hanley could
receipt for anything sent by registered
mail, SO that here was evidence that de-
ceased was identified as B. Hanley in |
Ketchum at that time.
There vas alSaa lttterIated Silver Reef
Utah, in 1882, which had evidently been
kept as a copy Of an original sent to j. E.
Dooley, Salt Lake, signed bs b. Hanley, re.
q~uesting the former TO put al Enclosure on
deposit and return the sender a check for
the same. And on the other side of the
paper was a copy of a blank claim location
signed D. ]. Corbett.
These things served to mix up the
OF the deceased The deceased
had been introduced here last Octo
Der as Hanley by a man named
Hope who had worked with him in
The Bunker Hill mine in the Ceur d'Alenes.
He had been known by no other name here
Ind never mentioned Corbett until the
asst moment OF his life when he said to
one near him that Corbett was his
rue name. II he was Hanley, how did he
become possessed of those effects OF Cor.
Corbett and Hanley seem to have +
,een mixed up as far back as 1882. Could
he man have led a dual existence in places
10 close together as Ketchum and HALEY +?
8 Corbett still living and did the deceased
etain the checks with Corbett's consent or
.ithout it, or is the nam that by which |
1anley was known in HALEY?
The fact that there is no doubt about
,orbett having been q member OF an Odd
Fellow lodge in HALEY, affords the only
lue to the solution Of the mystery. The
and the representatives OF Ridgeiy
Jdge here have telegrapbed for some one /,
to Alturas lodge able to identity +,
he remains as those OF Corbett or to say i
positively that the deceased is not Corbett, I
o come here as soon as possible and solve
he riddle. In the meantime the remains |
ave been embalmed SO as to preserve I
he features from the process OF decay. The I
oroner also intends to have them photo 7
at once so that no future |
nance OF Identification may be lost. He a
Ill %reconyene the jury when d witness from i
lailey arrives should the latter be able TO q
ientify the deceased az Corbett, and then t
uriat will take place. From the means
,und on the person of the deceased the c
int .nds that the expense OF this r
shall be betrayed, SO that the n
ounty will not be at any cost. What may i
'iiow ii the remains do not prove to be d
lose OF Corbett can only then be deter n
lined. n
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