Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-08
HE USED A KNIFE.
WILLIAM FT1zPATRICK LETS DAY-
LIGHT INTO HIS FARMER.

The Partner Too Frail to Stand the Shock
and Dies After Living About Sixteen
Hsurs-WiIIiam Healey the Victim.
Murderer Arrested at Warm
Springs, Yesterday Afternoon.
The blood of another man, spilled by a
murderer's hand, has stained the ground
OF Silver Bow cousty and another felon
has been added to the long list already
credited to this county. Justice has been
outraged again and cries aloud for revenge.
This latest murder occurred Wednesday
evening at Telegraph gulch. a wood camp
about 13 miles from this city.
William Healey and William Fitzpatrick
we're partners in the housekeeping bust
ness and had been in the camp about two
months. Having some difficulty they dis.
solved partnership and each one began to
l chop for himself.
Wednesday evening they visited Browns
cabin, as it is generally known, for the pur-
pose of settling q grub" bill. They be-
came engaged in q quarrel and Healey, so
it is said, assaulted Fitzpatrick and the
two began to fight. John Sweeny. who oc-
cupied the cabin with Healey, andtseyeral
| others were in the room at the time. After
lighting O. lew minutes Fitzpatrick called
out to Sweeny's brother to take Healey of.
They were separated and Healey walked to
the porch whore John Sweeny had gone and
told him that Fitzpatrick had stabbed him
and then laid down. Sweeny examined
him. and found two wounds, evidently
made by q knife, in Healey's left side, lust
below the short rib.
Healey remained conscious and told
Sweeny that while he and Fitzpatrick were
fighting the latter stabbed him with q large
hunters clasp-knifs which was in the cabin
and which belonged to Fitzpatrick. He
hand.
A messenger was dispatched to this city
who summoned DR.. Murray. As soon as
possible the doctor left for the scene of the
affair and when he arrived there told Swee-
ny and the others that Healey could not
live and advised them to take him to the Sis
ters' hospital in this city where he could be
made comfortable during the short time he
had to live.
Acting upon the suggestion friends of the
wounded man started with him for the CITY
about 5 o'clock yesterday morning, arriv- |
ing here about 10. At 1910 O'Clock
Healey died while being attended by one of
the sisters.
'Doou men were natives OF Canada com. |
ing to the territory from the Province of
Ontario. Healey was q young man about |
years old and unmarried. Fitzpatrick |
is 53 years old and has a wife and four
children who reside neal Ottawa.
In o few minutes after he had done the |
cutting Fitzpatrick left the cabin, after
which he was not seen by any of the men
who were present when the fight was going
on. Il
As soon as Healey was dead Sheriff
Lloyd was notified and Immediately took
steps to capture the murderer. kilograms
were sent in all directions and deputies
began to scour the country.
Under-sheriff Themes started out and at
O'Clock yesterday afternoon was FORUM
ate enough to find his man near Warm
and placed him under arrest. He
back with his prisoner and arriv ed
1ere about 10 o'clock last night and placed
lin in jail.
Coroner Howard began an inquest yes-
'erday afternoon, and after examining
'hree witnesses adjourned until 10 O'Clock
his morning in order chat several more
Witnesses couli he summoned.
The account Of the murder as given
sbove is substantially as it was brought
nut yesterday before the coroner by the
testimony OF the witnesses examined.