The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-07-11
IN THE GORE BLOCK

yH IRE BLOCK Last evening"
isr it a Suicide-WhO
W 9S@HX% Are the Parties.
b. ~ 10. Gallagher Lying Dead
Being Unconscious and
Banning at the Mouth
W. gHB}$SX For Three Hours.
od !, which was, to say the least,
't occurred at the Gore block
light. The apartments in
" 4 q are let by Mrs. Gowan and
ays been considered an emin-
'c vi bctable place.
'sg Saturday evening a man call
j. C. Gallagher arrived with
Nthis y He took the at the end
OF TIE on the first floor. He said he
wa i road man and was looking for
b q Job. h&1t was his wish that his wife
O should (Drk at the house while he was
Of hunting for work. The couple were
v both young. Gallagher is short, has Il
liohf mustache, blue eyes and is very
near q perfect blonde in appearance. His
Z wife, on the other hand had dark eyes
[ and hair and was rather a handsome
woman. The twain had frequent little
spats.
ON LAST EvKNiNG.
Mrs. Gallagher was out until about >
o'clock. Then she entered her room n
was for the last time seen alive n con
scious. a. dispute was heard in the
room and several say blows were struck
This, however, is denied by Mr.. Gala
CHER. Shortly after her entrance he
rushed up to Mrs. Gowan eXclaiming, 81
cant think what ails my wife. She is
frothinr at the mouth and asked that
a doctor be sent for. DIR. Ferguson was
a~ccordingly called in anG treated the
woman in vain. She was past all help
and died about 1870.
II SCENE ~ THE RooM.
The scene in the room when the re-
porter called was a dramatic one. The
husband was seated beside his dead his
eyes fastened upon her face and occa
sionally imprinting foverish kisses on her
lips, which were rapidly growing cold.
He continually muttercd to himself: 81
wish she hadn't died" On the table
were the bottles of medicine and the
goblet used by DIR. Ferguson. On the
stand were several papers and a novel.
At it's feet were placed two wine bottles,
one opened. a tray containing several
pieces of toast, a cup of coffee, and other
articles Of food was on the window. Its
contents had not been examined and
were awaiting the inspection of the cor.
oner.
Those persons who seemed best ac
quainted with the facts were interviewed
by the reporter. Mrs. Gowan proved tc
be a very pleasant middle-aged lady and
talked quite freely.
MRS. GowAN'S STATEMENT.
Mrs. Gallagher and her husband hay,
been at my house since last Saturday
night. / think they have had frequent
spats. Last night she was on the stree
until 8 o'clock and was apparently wei
when she came in They quarreled ant
he struck her. \ short time after h'
came out and was calling for "a doctor
We sent and got DIR. Ferguson, who die
all he could for her. When we frs
went into the room she was in AN awfu
state, writhing and frothing at TN
mouth. At about l2:3O in spite of al
we could do she died. When she died
her husband seemed to take it very hard
saying she could not possibly he dead
They quarrclcd because she went out t.
supper instead of allowing him to brin!
. II 10 her as he wished. He called he
Josephine when addressing her.
WAT GALLAGHER SAID.
Gallagher was also seen, but decline,
to talk further than Ia say his name wa
j. c. Gallagher and that the womaI
lying dead was his wife, He utterly de
MED. that they had had any quarrel
He seemed badly broken up and wa
apparently trying to drown his sorrow
in the flowing bowl.
WHO THEN hEr.
The identity of the parties can not b
told as yet. Gallagher declined to tall
and those who spoke Of him said little t.
his credit. The mar seemed half cfaz.
with grief or something else and TN
may in part excuse him. He HANDED
to the officer a card on which he ha'
written the address of the deceased
father. 1t was William Gordon, Cincin
matt, Ohio, No street was mentioned.
Taken all in all, the case looks like
suicide by poisoning. The corOncr's in