The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-25

Suicide Near Frenchtown-Trisis and sen-
teuccs In the District Court.

suicide Near Frenchtown-Trisl- and SEN
seaccs In the District Cenrt.
special 10 the s. ndard-
MrssovLA, June 2.-Drs. Billengcr,
Panuons and Grain received their commits
sious as pension examiners yesterday.
Deputy Sheriff Lang arrived from the
Flathead country to-day. He brought
Landmarks horses down as far as Rivaili.
He will appear as q witness against the
men under arrest for stealing them.
Grant Swaney, the attorney from De-
mcrsville is I'm the city.
A number OF people wen from here to
F~renchtown to-day TO assist in the cele-
bration of St. Jean Baptiste's day, the
great Canadian holiday.
Posters are out advertising n great
Fourth Of July celebration nj Superior.
The programme for the day will consist
of reading the Declaration OF 1~ndepend-
ence. an Grafton by Hon. Thomas Butler,
music. horse racing, athletic sports, and
In the evening fire works and a grand
ball. Not content with one day the en-
thusiastic people will celebrate the 9th
with a wrestling match between Dan
Fraser Of Butte and George Beaumont OF
Spokane Falls, q trapexe and tight rope
performance, pigeon shooting and a base
Oht EattS -,
teams.
Hiram Richards this afternoon brought
i'm the carcass of n yearling innaUon bear
from Deer creek. sever miles east OF here.
The motion made by Fitzpatrick's attor-
ney yesterday afternoon Tor his acgnittal
having been introduced ny the prosecu-
lion, was o%verrulcd. This morning the
testimony for the defence was heard. The
were made this afternoon and
al about 4 80 o'clock the case was given
TO the jury. Az $40 no agreement had
been reached.
The S of Rutherford VS.. Clure ct al,
for foreclosing OF a lien, was settled this
afternoon. The plaintiff was repre-
sented by Marshall, Reeves a Marshall
and the defendants by Woody * Webster.
BY consent OF the council, Attorney Still
was appointed to preside as judge, as
Judge Marshal was Interested as IN attor-
ney. The case was brought before the
court and in about two minutes the plain
tiff paid the costs and had the case dis
missed.
This morning a man came in from nine
miles below Frenchtown u called the
coroner to go down there n hold an in
quest over the body OF n man found
hanging there. The first report was that
IL was that of n Swedc who had commit
ted suicide. Later il was said To be that
Of the son OF a prominent rancher OF that
neighborhood.
. Ambrose Burke, an attorney from
Council Bllffs, Ia, has come to Missoula
10 engage In the practice OF law.
Officer Houtchens this morning ran in a
drunk who was lying on the sidewalk near
the Rodgers house. The mans nose was
smashed, and he claimed to have been
struck by somebody. B~ystandcrs said he
had fallen down.
Henry Matson, the man who cut Aldo, n
Findlandcr, in "a saloon near the depot
some time AGO. plead guilty and was SEN
fenced To two years n "A half In the peni-
Tertiary. As he cannot speak English and
there was mo Interpreter at the time,
Judge Marshall has permitted him. at his
own request. To change the plea to not
guilty and stand trial. His case m up
tomorrow.
Coroner Myers returned from French
town this evening. The story OF the sui
eide as told by him Is rs follows: Charles
Lunngren, n Scandinavian, II or IL years
old. has been working on the Northern
Pacific and Montana road at Bilicn camp,
about twelve miles below frcnchtown.
On Sunday when the rest Of the men vent
10 work he stayed In the campo and washed
his clothes, n then went fishing. Later
he came back and read his Bible and
catechism. When the men returned In
the evening they joked with him about his
not working and he returned their jokes
and seemed as cheerful as usual. He has
cNpFttSeu DISSATISFACTION WIFI tnis couu-
try and said he would return home when
he got honey enough. Sunday evening
he went up In the woods near the camp.
Monday morning he had not returned aud
"a man was sent % hunt him. In the after
noon three men were sent out
and as they were unsuccessful, aft r.
supper the whole camp turned out and
soon found him hanging Ia a tree. He
had doubled n tent cord, made n loop and
put il around his neck and tied the loose
ends To a branch four or five fee from
the ground. When found he was sitting
ON the ground with the palms Of husbands
bloody from striking them on the ground
in his struggles. The coroner Was notified
by telegraph n "a nan came for him.
An inquest was held and the jury brought
in "A verdict Of suicide. On the person of
the deceased were found a certificate of
deposit for S21 on thc state bank of Du-
luth and "A memorandum of "A Northern
Pacific time check left for collection at
the Western Montana National bank Of
Missoula. four correspondent learned
that he had a satchel at the California
house in this city hut as the house is kept
by "a Chinaman u most OF the guests
are foreigners Of recent arrival, nothing
could he learned concerning his name or
history.
About & o'clock this evening the Jury
in the case of the State VS.. Fitzpatrick
made known that they agreed. Court was
called and they retured "A verdict Of guilty
AS indicted aud liked the sentence AT one
year in the state penitentiary. Notice Of
motion for n new trial was given.