The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-11-26
THE SECOND INQUEST

Coroner Ray. Of Philipsburg. arrived in
the city at noon and conducted this in
quest ia the ease of A.. r.. HOffO<litze.
which was held i'm the office of Justice
Aspiring. A jury. composed of l.. A. King,
Frank Strickfaden. George Elston, j. w.
Cornelius, VIM. Hilbert and VIM. Hos
ford vicwed the remains. and the taking
of the evidence eGan. Officer Becannon
WAS the first witness. He testified that
he went up in the room 1T about lO:3o
o'clock with DIR. Mckenzie and found the
two men in he'd, the younger on the inside
next to the wall. The old man WAS dead.
He found "a as-ralibre Smith 4 wcsson re-
voivcr under the quilt ON the right side of
young H~ofToditzc, who was still alive,
though unconscious. There were two
empty shells in the revolver. Both men
were covered with blood and there was
blood ON the floor and bed-clothcs. OIL
Ger Bncannon identified the revolver.
DIR; IL testified that he WAS called
young man breathing heavily and in "a
coinatose condition from the effects of u
ear. the ball ranging downwar and for
ward. He probcd for the ball hut did not
find il. The wound was the cause of his
death, and could have been self in
w. A. Boswell, who is II watch rcpairer
that ON his way down town at about lO::O
o'clock Sunday morning he met Mr.. Dunn
who told him of the shooting. He hurried
chamber. He found Huiro,iitze alive and
RroaninR. He seemed To be IN n chill and
was turning in the bed. He had known
times he seemed tn br d~eranged. He had
heard him say that he WAS cinpteti to
with Dyspepsia and complained of ill
health.
George Sparrow was called and gave
substantially the same evidence as IN the
previous inquest. His testimony devel-
optsl nothing new.
DIR. Mckenzie also testified regarding
his visit 10 the room. which WAS Hiven IN
the inquest held i'm the morning.
William Dyas. u ibrotlIcr-ih-law OF the
deceased, WAS sworn and testified that he
went To the room To see about moving the
younger Hoifoditz to- the house, but DIR.
but a few hours to live. Mr.. Dyas said
that about two years ago Mrs. Hoffoditz
came to him aud said she was afraid that
her husband would kill himself and asked
| the witness tn come over Ia the house and
stay all night. The Witness took Hoffo-
ditz out to the mountains where Inc spent
"a month or six weeks and returned much
improved. Hoiloditz had told his wife
that the best thing Inc could do would be
to- kill both her and the child and then
shoot himself. Friday night the deceased
told the witness that lac would go tn Butte
Monday and take "a trip around and get
res ell mp. The witnc s. never knew of any
trouble between the deceased and his fa-
tl,cr. They seemed To think "A great deal
Benjamin Bown said that he was on the
street i'm the vicinity of Hofroditzc's store
mt about 1 O'clock Sunday when MIR. Bus
~sii osb W. 'hbu '" chs
tecrs To remove young HotfOditzc To the
other bed, He went upstairs and helped
move the deceased aI,d:,ssistel IN washing
,ho hion.l fr,,, lis Fac. H. ,c,noip,N1
. ~" - lei - -, ,,hi"h -
CURED at 500 sunday niEht. Inc de-
ceased said nothing during that time.
=. ID. Root testified that he had known
the deceased for about four years. At
times lac claimed tai have trouble. and
said il was something that had happened
before he came to Montana. Tie de-
ceased had told the witness two or three
times not tn he surprised il h. did some
thing desperate. He sometimes talked
about his business in "a way that led the
witness to form the opinion that the de
ceased was sicranyed. DIR. ID. Lesser, being
sworn, said that he had probed the wound
to a tepth of about three inches. In the
opinion of the witness, the wound was
sufficient Ia ca,Is. death and could have,
been scIf-intiictcd.
J., p. Dunn testified that he had known
the deceased for four or five. years and
had noticed that he was Eighty two years
ago.
"A. Rombaurb. who helped move young
Hoiroditzr from one bed 10 the other, was
called. His testimony was in the main
lin, same as that given by MIR. Bswn.
G.. a.. Vineyard. who lives near ths. store
o,,I,picd by Uotro,iitze, WAS called and
testified that about 1:3O o'clock SUNDAY
morniuc he heard two pistol shots fired