The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-08-24
IT WAS SUICIDE.
]. M. Hines, q Former Madison Railroad
Man Takes His Own Life ct
Glasgow, Montana.

Recently TIE DAILY LEADER publish
ed a telegram from Glasgow, Mont, to
the effect that the -decomposed remains
VI J. M. Hines, . former Madison rail-
road man, had been found on the prairie
near that place. We are enabled to give
the following additional particulars from
the Glasgow Gazette Of August IL:
"Found at last. The putrid body of
]. M. Hines found by q party OF hunters.
Killed by his own hand. The decompos-
ed remains OF q man supposed TO- be J..
III. Hines. the well-known freight con
ductor, we're found this afternoon in a
clump of willows at the side OF Cherry
creek, three quarters Of q mile north
west OF town by q hunting party. A
bullet hole in the temple and an empty
gun by his side tell the story. The
cause OF the act will probably forever re-
main a mystery. He has been missing
just two weeks"
In it's issue OF the 10th, the Gazette
says:
.The last sad rites were performed
over the body of j. M. Hines Monday
afternoon at 5 o'clock. He may have
died by his own hand, for the brave fear
not death. He may have been the vic
tim Of a foul conspiracy, for the fair are
the mark the wicked aim at. Which it
was will probably be forever buried
in oblivion as dense as death itself.
Never in the history of Glasgow has
death caused such a cloud Of gloom to
wrap its heavy folds around the com
munity. His name vas a synonym for
all that was good and noble. His heart
beat in unison with the downtrodden
and oppressed and his stringf were
never frightened to the needy. His lib
crafty bordered on to p~rodigality; his
generosity was the subject Of talk. He
lived as a philanthropist and died as an
Anthony. AS the whole community
followed his bier to its last resting place,
as they paid the last tribute OF the living
to the dead, there was many a suppress
| ed sob,many an eye that bore traces Of
tears, many a heart that ached in the
crowd. Among them there was scarce
~ a person that did not remember him
for some kind word or deed done in his
life, which eased their pathway or cheer
ed them when the clouds of vicisitude
lowered about their lives. His name
| will live in the tablets of the
of his host OF friends, his portrait will
ever hang in the picture galleries of their
hearts, a constant reminder OF the sweet
and gentle disposition of that n who
has entered life through deaths portals,
life, where pain or sorrow have no exist
ence.
m. d. Hoyt, George Hayden, John
Gruye, Joseph Conroy, j. III. McKenszie
and Harry Gleason, his associates in life,
acted as p~all-bearers. Being of the
Catholic faith, the Rev. Father Eber-
schweiler conducted the religious SER
vices over the grave. He spoke feeling
ly of the life OF the departed. The O. r.
G. and the X. Of P. orders both took
part in the ceremony. Harry Gleason
Of the former read a prayer over the
grave with such earnestness and pathos
that many turned their heads to hide
their tears. The K. OF P. placed a sprig
of myrtle on the coffin emblematic OF
purity"
Robert I'll. Perrett of Glasgow, in a
private letter to this Office says:
HE evidently committed suicide, as
there are no grounds for murder. AT
the corners Inquest a bit OF paper was
found on him which ran about as
follows:
"'Conroy-Get my two grips from
depot. Am up here taking a little small
Sleep
J His death was a great surprise to all
his associates, and no one appears to
know to what cause to attribute it.
Some say dependency, deep trouble,
and a few insanity"