The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-12-12
BEAULIEU Isl ISNAME
The Body Found Near Buxton Has
Been Identified.
HE DIED FROM EXPOSURE
A Faithful Dog Guarded lie Dead
Master to the Last-The-In-
quest = He Was
French Cook.
HE DIED FROM EXPOSURE

Deputy Coroner Chance Harris came
up yesterday afternoon with the body
Of the unknown dead man which was
found between Buxton and Feeleys
| station on the Utah Northern on Tues
day evening. The dead man, who is
believed to have been a resident of
Butte, Is supposed to have been frozen
| to death, and II Is expected that his
| identity win be established to-day
The engineer of the south-bound UNI
on Pacific train on Tuesday afternoon
discovered the body of a man lying on
its right side about $50 feet from the
track, a mile and a half this side of
Feeleys. He reported what he had seen
at Feeleys, and Dan Mooney. the Sec
ton foreman, and John Mooney and
Tom Toomey jumped on a hand car
and went back UP the track to investi-
gate. They found the body at the
point described, but were unable to ex-
anime 1t closely on account of the dead
mans dog, a magnificent animal OF the
| shepherd breed, who would not allow
| them to approach the remains. They
then came up to Silver Bow and notd-
fed the coroner's Office tby telegraph.
Mr.. Harris started for the scene
about IL o'clock that night and Dan
Mooney Joined him at Silver Bow. They
drove to where the body was lying,
but as was the case with the first visit
ors, the dead mans dog refused to al
low them to touch THE body. There
| was no place to hitch the horse. and as
they did not hike the idea of shooting
the dog they drove on down to Feeleys
and remained there over night.
AT breakfast yesterday morning Mrs.
fx.RA 4 Q,r~F "a ffl1of
about 4 O'Clock on Sunday afternoon a
Frenchman drove up to her place and
waited for the evening train to meet
lnis wife and two children who he said
were coming down from Butte. He
asked Mr.. Toomey IL a man had ar
rived there the night before and stayed
all night, and the description he gave
of the man he was inquiring about is
identical with that of the dead man.
The Frenchman said that he and this
other man were coming from town
together on Saturday evening and they
got out of the wagon TO walk UP a hill
between Buxton and Feeleys to warm
themselves UP. His companion was
drunk but was able to walk and when
they reached the top of the hill he told
him to jump in the wagon from behind
and roll himself up in some blankets
that were in the box. He did so but
when the Frenchman reached Feeleys
he discovered that the other man was
not in the wagon. He did not know
whether ale had fallen out or jumped
out, and he did not go back to look for
him, as he said he supposed he would
find his way into the station. On
Tuesday a wood hauler named Black
saw the same Frenchman and another
man driving along between Feeleys
and Buxton looking for the dead man,
but they were unable to find him, as ne
a. -
mile away from the wagon road before
lying down to die. { The a-Frenchman
gave the name OF the missing man, who
lis undoubtedly the dead man, but none
of those who heard 1t could remem-
Der IL. @
After breakfast yesterday morning
Harris and Mooney again visited the
body. They found that IL was lying In
the sage brush about so yards back
from the track, and there was a cut
between the track and the body. The
mans under coat was lying on the edge
of the cut nearest the railroad, and his
overcoat was lying on the opposite
bank. The body was in its shirt
sleeves.
The dog showed his teeth at the dep
uty coroner and his party when they
arrived and ran down into the cut and
laid down on his masters overcoat. He
refused TO be driven and when the coat
was pulled out from under him the
faithful brute ran up and crawled In
between the dead mans arms. When
his masters body was placed in the
receiving box he tried to crawl In the
box with the remains and he whined
and cried most pitifully after the box
was placed in the dead wagon, He foa-
bowed the wagon for nearly half a mile
and then returned to the scene of 1ids
three days vigil over the frozen corpse
of his beloved master. He smelled
around all over the ground and then
ran of towards Feeleys where he found
a warm home. FFFfLr
The body was identified last even
ing as that of Prosper Beaulieu, a
French cook and wood chopper, who
had lived in and around Butte for the
last 16 years. He was a single man,
about As years old. and was born in
the CITY OF Quebec. He had worked
round Blacktail for the last eight
years. His peopel are well-to-do and
he has an uncle who Is very wealthy.
Frank Boucher has telegraphed to his
relatives. and II Is expected that the
body will be shipped to Canada.
An inquest was held on Beauieu's
body last evening. The most import
ant witness was Charles Baudin, who
arrived fust before the inquest was
concluded. He testified that on Sun
day night st. George, the Frenchman
above referred to. came into his camp
below Feeley's station. st George was
driving four horses and leading two
more and had his two httle boys in the
wagon. Beaulieu was in the wagon
with the boys. but when they reached
Feeleys ST. George discovered that he
was gone and the boys were unable
to tell whether ne had jumped out or
fell out. st. George could not go back
to look for him. as his horses were
tired out and he could not leave his
boys alone. so he drove on into camp.
Caudin then hNched up his team and
they went back and spent all that
night in an unsuccessful search for
Beaulieu. They also returned and
looked for him the next day. but were
unable to find him. "A verdict OF death
from exposure was returned.
q Child's plate with fork. knife and
spoon. Sl.25 this week