The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-04
BLEW OUT HIS BRAINS
]. Y. PiXlsy Takes Rk Life Because
His wife Loft Him.
The Last Dark Chapter In q Mis-
Spent life-He Pleads to the
Public to Rescue His
Little Cirl.
ny the Standards Special Wire.

SO much sensational news for the Nom
TAM newspapers, furnished his last item
this morning, and made il the most sensa-
tional Of oil. He committed suicide by
shooting himself through the brain.
Shortly after 12 o'clock to-day william
Arend appeared In Judge Eddy's court
and informed the judge that his services
as coroner were wanted in Lower Main
street, as William Pixley had killed him
self. Asking Joseph Michigan and Con-
stable Lyle to accompany him, the Judge
went to the house occupied by Mrs. Pix
ley, her daughter, Edna, and neice, Min
ME Smith, and found Pixley's body lying
on the foo of the front room. A revolt
yer by the side Of the body,
a CHASTITY hole in the right temple, and n
pool OF blood under the head, told the
story. The body was lying between the
piano and sewing machine, and the re-
voiver with which the deco was commit
ted a little to the right and near the feet.
On a chair rested a rubber overcoat,
drawn over an ordinary wooden under
coat, the two apparently having been
taken off together. The body was dressed
i'm a pair of overalls, q vest, wooden shirt
and coarse shoes. After permitting the
witnesses to view the remains, the cor
oner made the usual search of the CLOTH
ing deceased had OIL. II the inside vest
pocket was found a letter addressed to
Mrs. Pixley. Two pens, q pocket-knife
and two pieces of tobacco were the only
other effects.
manye ndearing terms anil also upbraided
her for refusing to live with him, closing
with remarks not fit for publication. The
letter was not enclosed in an envelope,
and at the foot of the last page was a re-
quest to the finder of the body to seach
the pockets of the clothes for another let
ter which would give reasons for the sui
eide. The letter referred to was found
and was directed to the editor of the
Miner" Following lisa copy:
To the Editor ~ the Butte Miner:
am about to kill myself, ] want You 10 publish
this, the reason. ! do this is to git out Of the
way Of my wife. | cannot stand IL To See another
man win, ,lr her; ! know yh ! am Fitting at ; Gld and shes
blame for M family going in the COmique hut I
nm not. When I found out they were a going
ihiI ame : mo Ioia and aae, so M shev lave r% but eI Il am 1ne not I' To
blame. ! have been 10 work on the u. +. X. II.
ever since ] left here. My wife has known
came here for her TO go there with me but she
will not 20. cannot live without her. ] am "a
going to clear her from me. ! hope she will get
I wish the public would take my little girl out
OF that hell hole, she is not IL years old. have
not got much to say about this matter. let her
Nti It etbIl. ihlS IL ut hirt vi w iitt Y
iished. Yours in haste. wM. 4. PIxLEY.
Under directions from the coroner,
Undertaken Sherman removed the body
TO the morgue and a jury was summoned
who viewed the remains, after which an
adjournment was taken until 4 o'clock, in
order to secure h attendance of wit
nesses.
AT the inquest William Arend, Mrs.
Pixley and her daughter were the only
80 $40. S~A, ,a--
present but ii was not deemed necessary
to examine them, they stating their testi-
mony would be substantially h same as
| already adduced.
Arend testified that he occupied a por-
ton of the house i'm which Mrs. Pixley
il as n long frame building divided into
apartments Of three rooms each. The
building is not numbered and is situated
on South Main street, Immediately below
Lewis woodward. Only an ordinary par.
tition dividing the W tenements, il was
not difficult To overhear what was trans
piring in the other.
At about 3 o'clock this morning the
witness was in his part Of the house with
two women employed as mattresses in the
Comique. He heard Mrs. Pixley and the
two girls enter the house, and q few m N.
and directly Mrs. Pixley and The girls
raped on mis- door and asked to be adj.
mitted. They were in their night clothes
and had been In bis room but a momen,
or SO when Pixley also appeared and
asked Mrs. Pixley to return to her room.
She replied that she would do so il he
would put AVA a revolver he had in his
pocket. This Pixley refused to do and
then returned to Mrs. Pixley's room. Al
he was walking away Pixley said to the
witness:
"Young fellow, when ! do this come
over n search me-"
The witness paid no attention to the re
mark as Pixley appeared to be drunk and
told him to go away. In a few minutes
after thist the witness heard a noIsc In
Mrs. Pixley's rooms AS IL somebody hao
picked up a chair and Allowed il to fall
Mrs. Pixley and the girls remained in the
Witness rooms, and finally went TO bed.
At noon to-day the witness arose and
Wen TO Mrs. Pixley's rooms and found
Pixley lying dead as already described
The evidence of Mrs. Pixley was abouI
of the same tenor. I'm SO far as referring e
suicide. She said that her husband re
turned 10 the city Friday night, having
left her several weeks ago when hs
was out ON bail on n charge o
vagrancy, he FORGETTING his bonds
which were furnished by the witness
When he returned the witness adyiset
him to leave again before the officer,
found out that he was back. He refused
10 do SO unless she would accompany hin
and threatened to kill himself IL she re
fused. The witness then told him that l
he would go away n not drink for 81,
weeks she would go to him. Last nigh
about the same conversation took plac,
Just before the witness and her daugnte
and niece left for the Comique, wbers
they are employed rs wait
resses. As the witness was lcav
ing the house Pixley told he
told her that when she returned il he wa
not home To make up her mind that IA,
had gone to Pocatelio, from which plac,
he came Friday; but IL he were at nom.
he would be dead. When the witness re
turned from the theatre she found Pixie,
lying in bed with all of his clothes on OK
cepting his coat. She kissed him and toll,
him To get up. He arose n as he did 81
the witness saw the barrel of a r~evolve
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