The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-11-26
HE ENDED TWO LIVES
A. P. Hododitze Kills His Father and
Then Shoots Himself.
The Terrible Tragedy which GDccurr~d Ear
~ Sunday Morning in ~ Little Room
us First ~ r~et-Sers of
the C~ar0uer's Jury.

owned the notion store next door, had left
any Keys there. She said she had tried
the front door hut could not get in. Her
husband had left home the night before
and came down Ia the store to sleep with
his father in IA little room over the store.
No keys had been left with Mr.. Sparrow.
and at the request Of Mr.. lie GOT
n ladder and placed IL at the back window
and went up to see il her husband was
there. The window was fastened and hc
was obliged To break two In,nss of glass i'm
order to reach the catches. He raised the
window and entered the garnet over the
store, which il used as - sort of store
room. Al Inc front of the building IL n
small bed room not more that 1O feet
square. Mr.. Sparrow PASSED through
the garnet and On entering the bedroom
was Mortified to see the two men lying OH
the bed, both covered with blood. The
elder Hofroditze was lying on the front side
of the bed and seemed to he dead while
Sparrow didn't stay To investigates, b,t
hurried down the ladder where Mrs.
HoiIoditze stood: To her ansry as to
answered that they were both there. He
returned tn the drug store where he found
them of the shooting. They went mp the
ladder and after making an investigation
found that the elder Hoifoditze was dead
and that he had been shot in the right ear.
The younger man lay on the INSIDE and
there WAS IL bullet wound i'm his right ear.
Officer Bccannon was summoned and
D's
with two chambers empty.
Hoiros,i,zs came to This city from Hell
smith ly trade and started in business ON
u small scale in IL tent. He afterwards
opened the store ON First street over
which the tragedy occurred. His father
game here. last spring and assisted in the
store. making picture Frames and doing
but was afraid To he alone. as lie was
partly deaf and feared the store might
catch frs: The revolver. a ~ calihre
Smith 4 Wessor. WAS kept under his pill
low. On Saturday "a young man who
had been slecping. in another bed i'm
the same room left the city. and that night
young Hoifotitze came down to sleep with
The junior HoiYoditzc lived ON Oak
street near the corner of Fourth. He was
about I'D years of age, was married and
had one child. "a son about 1S months old.
All day Sunday groups of men gathered
! tragedy occurred. Upstairs i'm the little
room lay the body of the elder Hoifoditze.
while his son lay dying in another bed:
He did not regain consciousness and died
at $50 O'clock Sunday night.
Coroncr Ray was notified but did not
Aspiring summoned ~ jury aud held an in
quest in the ease of the elder Hoifoditzc
yesterday morning.
I. r.. Kirby. w. u. Burrows. A. L. Playtcr.
w. &. Haynes, and ID. c.: Brownell. The
clerk arsl T 4" S.res sg" drug w Store. He r saiG si;a u
shortly after 10 o'clock Sunday morning
Mrs. hoffosiitze, came in the store and
asked IL her husband bad left amy keys
there. She said she had tried the front
door and hut found IL locked. The wit
ness said that there had been no keys
husband was slceping zap stairs aud she
wanted to get in. She asked to go through,
She asked me to get ~ ladder and go up
through u window and see il her husband
w wss, M snsrri found H the Window a a"sf fsr,en anG !
asked Mrs. H~oiroditze il she hadn't better
let them sleep awhile longer as ii was
Sunday morning. she said No, break in
i'm two places and raised the window and
entered the garnet. just inside the bed
front side of The bed. He was covered
with blood and there was ~ wound i'm his
right ear; saw the young mar lying on
lie WAS covered with blood. Both men
were partly uncovered and both were i'm
M"apom "e II any @', dsscrip,i"%. ny Sleep IL
the drug store adjoining. but did not hear
any pistol shots during the night. When
asked me IL they were there. SAID yes
and went into the store. DIR. Mckenzie
and 5nGk s s%;S n %%re IL ,hou ,nS h hn,i;
men were dead. They went up the
ladder and into the room. After Mrs:
H~oiroditzc found out what had happened
she said he would have done il last Mon
day il il hadn't been for her and the baby
He was sickly and wanted to get out al
stf' abN' Sshfss " y sss'a
spoken of all three going at once, meaning
herself and the baby. She asked tn go UP
stairs but was not allowed to do so. She
had expected him home Ia breakfast AT .
O'Clock AS she had told him the night be
fore that IL he did not come at that hour
she would come after him. He said he
would be home maybe.
DIR. t. J. Mckenzie was sworn and testi
fled as follows: l was i'm the drug store
when Sparrow came in aud said Their,
were two men dead up stairs. l went III
the ladder and entered the room. found
two men lying on the bed. the old man
WAS ON the outside and was dead. Their.
was "a bullet hole in his right temple about
half am inch above the nedium line an
terror tai ear. 1 didn't examine him
thoroughly but saw that he was dead.
spoke To the younger man but received
no response. l examined his pulse aro
found il very feeble. dill not cx
am ne his wound very closely. but it seem
ed to be just in anterior of external RICH
ear. Mr.. Brady went up with me. / toll,
him we mad better send for the chief %
police. We went down stairs and sent fo
am officer. Officer Bucartnon came in aut
1 went up stairs with him. On cxamiua
ton VIZ. found ~ :S calibcr Smith x IVES
son double action revolver lying next I,
the wall on the light side of the youu,
man and under the bed clothing. Tw.
chambers we're empty. When we wen
down stairs. Mrs. H~offolitze asked n.
what had happened. l told her the oil.