The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-21
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His left hand lay across his chest and
a partially smoked cigar which had
dropped from il was found lying on his
vest. The right hand still grasped the
bloody pistol and had fallen downward
and outward. officer Sinsel took pos
session of the gun and afterwards
turned IL over to the coroner.
Death was not so nearly instantane-
Gus as Is usually the case with that
character of wound, and Holiday lived
for nearly an hour, although he was
entirely unconscious from the instant
the bullet entered his brain. His ster-
torious breathing was the only indica-
ton he gave of life. as there was no
pulse. The breathing stopped at 1922
o'clock and the body was removed 10
the Butte undertaking rooms, where
Coroner Richards will conduct an in
quest at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning.
Before being moved, however, the body
was searched and on it were found a
gold watch and chain, a diamond stud
and $l.51 in money, besides a few other
articles or no Importance or value.
Holiday was about 80 years old and
leaves a father and mother and two sis
tiers in Chicago He came to Butte
about seven years ago and was book
keeper for j. e. Oppenheimer up to
Feb. !. last. He went to work for ].
+. Kelly in a similar capacity on April
1, and was in his employ at the time
Mr.. Kelly shot himself. He was very
popular and was a most companionable
young fellow. He was a hard drinker,
however, and had led a fast life ever
since he had been in the city. He had
made repeated threats to kill himself
during the last year, and these threats
had become very frequent lately. About
year ago he went after the McGinnis
woman with a gun and said that he
would kill her and then himself, but
the revolver was taken away from him
before he did any damage. officer
Barnaman took the gun from him, and
Holiday frequently told him his trou-
bles after that
About month ago Holiday went on
a drunk down in South Butte and Bar
naman ran across him and advised him
to go home. Holiday said at that time
that he intended to kill himself. Bar
naman laughed at him and told him
that he was having too much fun to
kill himself, and we replied: That's
just the trouble; I've been having too
much fun. You don't know the mental
anguish l have suffered for the last six
months. There's nothing in this life,
and I've notion to snap Ii out that
as ne SAdDptd llHStIS. bdi
naman told him that he was only talk
ing that way because he was drunk,
and he said: II am not so drunk that
l don't know what / am talking about,
and l will fool you some morning"
Holidays father is a member of the
Chicago board of trade and Informal
ton of his sons death was telegraphed
him last evening.
The McGinnis woman became wildly
hysterlcal after she heard the shot
which ended her friends life and IL was
only with great difficulty that she was
restrained from injuring herself At
ter she had Quilted down she said that
Holiday had frequently, tried to get her
to leave the notorious resort in which
she lives. but that she had refused to
do So she said that he had threatened
several times lately to kill himself. II
went up to his room with him a little
after o'clock last evening" said she.
land he went out and said that he
would be gone about half an hour and
for me to wait for him. He came back
in a few minutes with lot of fruit and
oranges, which he handed to me. We
sat down and talked for few minutes,
and then he said: IT'S all up. Sadie
it's all up. You get out of the room
so that no one will think you had a
hand in It," / hesitated, and then he
said: Get out. and get out quick E"
Then l saw he was desperate and / was
afraid that he might kill me, as he had
threatened to do once before, and l ran
out. / did not see him have a gun, but
1 supposed that he had done"