St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-10-27
DRINK, FARO, DEATH,
4 Popular Young Man OF
Butte Kills himself After
q Debauch.
fhe Outlook at CrookSton
Seems 10 Point to a hard
Fight.
souaw Men Getting the Best
Of the Sioux Reservation
Lands.
N1nxI1 Nn1<Ax oP Eopcpn Ar.
Clerk Melton, of Fargo, Ar
rested--Remarkable Per-
jury Case.

Special to the Globe.
BUTTE. Mont. Oct. 26.-M. ". Will
son, who has for the past three years oc-
cupied the position of ticket seller in the
Northern Pacific railway Office here,
committed suicide to-day by first taking
chlorOfOrm and then shooting bullet
through his head. Wilson was very
popular young man in both business
and social circles. He was a
Canadian. His parents reside at
present in Chatham. Ontario, and are
very respectable. In November. 1856.
Wilson came to Montana at the instance
of Major J. E. Dawson, of the Montana
Central. Before coming here Wilson
was Grand Trunk ticket agent at Wind
SOr, Ont. He has also occupied a posi-
ton as ticket agent and station master
at Woodstock and IngersOll. Ont. For
some years he was relieving agent along
the line of the Great Western before its
amalgamatiOn with the grand trunk.
He was a man of unusual ability, and.
until recently, of very correct habits.
but he fell prey to prevailing vices In
this city. Wilson had been drinking
for the past three days heavily, and
while doing so, had gambled at different
places in the city. He had
the entire confidence of General
Agent McCaig, and it was his
habit to take the ticket receipts
from the Office each day and buy drafts
at the bank to remit to the Northern
Pacific at st. Paul. Wilson made his
appearance at the Office every morning
in his usual condition, and McCaig sus-
pected nothing. lie discovered this
morning, however. that for the last
three days Wilson had not RENTED as
usual. Last night Wilson
PLAYED FARO
at Jack Dowds and lost about
Go0. He had played in the
in the house before and his checks were
accepted. This morning Wilson went
70 the Northern Pacific office as 4Isuak
and was at his desk when Nj. NcCaig
came in. Shortly after the arrival of
Met az at thes Office, representative of
the First National bank came in and
told Mr.. McCaig that number of
checks had came in signed by Wilson
in favor of Gambler DOwd and they
had been thrown out. Wilson heard
the remark and turned pale. Mr.. Nc
Calg went to the bank and was in
formed that a number of Wilson's
checks had been thrown out. MIR. Nc
Caig hurried back to the Office and
found Wilson still at his desk. He
asked Wilson to see his remittance
book, which contained the amount Of
ticket sales for each day, which should
have been forwarded to st. Paul. The
memorandum showed that he had
not RENTED for the past three
days, the amount of his shortage being
about $500. McCaig called his attention
to the fact. and Wilson said he would
60 out and buy the drafts at once. This
occurred at 10 o'clock. Mr.. NcCaig
knew Wilson han no money to buy the
drafts. so he went and informed Will
sons friends of the deficit, and they read
liz agreed to indOrse his notes and square
him with the company. p. l.. Foster,
who roomed with Wilson, heard of the
trouble, and went to his room about
O'Clock. The door was locked and VIII
son inside. Wilson evidently thought
the officers were coming to arrest him.
and shot himself through the head and
died in twenty minutes. The jury re-
turns verdict of suicide. The remains
will be sent to Chatham for burial.