The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-03-18
DIED In SAD POVERTY
he Was Once a Man Of Wealth and
Influence.
TERRY MGlNNlS NO MORE
Old Friends Remember Him as He
Was In Days Gone By-His
Latter Years They viii
Forget.
TERRY MGlNNIS NO MORE

Terrence McGinnis died Monday
might at st. AIMS hospital in this city.
His death was caused, in the opinion
of DR.. st. Jean, who attended him, by
excessive indulgence in intoxicating
drink. He had been drinking heavily
up to Saturday night, when about mid
night he was found in an excavation
for a cellar in the rear of the Union
saloon on the corner of Cedar and
Park. Evidently he had fallen in. there
was a scalp wound on his head and the
police took him 20 the hospital, where
the old man received every attention
possible. His condition up to that time
was such that 1t is believed the wound
had nothing whatever TO do with his
death.
About 10 o'clock Saturday evening he
went into the Standard Drug COM
pany's store. where DR.. St. Jean hap
pened to be. Terry was at that time
laboring under a heavy load of liquor
that made 1t impossible for him to
speak, yet he made known his usual
want, money to buy whiskey. DR.. st.
Jean had often befriended him and
took pity on his wretched condition.
and asked him to go to the hospital
and sober up. But the old man shook
his head and said "go-go-going
home
Two hours later he was found in the
cellar and hence was taken to the hos
pbtal. Though tenderly ministered to,
me did not rally nor did his condition
mend. He spent the days staring
blankly in the air with wide open eyes.
When spoken to he answered but brok-
emily and maintained that look in his
eyes which seemed to see no one.
1t was thus he died, sinking into a
comatose state from which he crossed
the dark river calmly and peacefully.
Thus closed a career that Is familiar
to many OF the old time citizens Of
Montana, by whom Terrence McGinnis
will be sincerely mourned. Not for the
poor, pitiable creature whom the later
arrivals have known, not for him
whose only ambition was the price of a
drink, but for the kndhearted, genial
generous, prosperous broker whom
they knew him to be during the days
when Nevada mines made men rich
and poor in a few fleeing hours. In
those times Terrence McGinnis was a
contractor of stone masonry and brick
work. He laid the foundations, that is
they were laid under his supervision,
the corner stones of many Of the great
est quartz mills of the silver state. He
acquired a competence, and then by
Few turns of lucky speculation he in
creased that competence to wealth. He
was worth 100000 in cash. He wore
the finest of clothes, carried a gold
headed cane and the best of earth was
at his disposal. His wealth he shared
with all who appealed to him-no needy
one asked in vain for aid, and he often
failed to investigate the need but re-
sponded with a free and liberal hand
In those days, long ago, he had good
times, went out with the boys" and
INDUCED in seasons of dissipation, but
not to any great extent.
Then came reverses, his gains in the
Ophir stock were lost in a number of
less fortunate speculations. With his
losses the periodicals" came closer to-
gether and he was again reduced to
earning his living by his own hands.
He took up the trade that had been
laid aside and as a stonemason and
bricklayer was known in Anaconda.
where he has lived since the beginning
or the city. In his trade none were
better workmen, but his life was so
broken by the time which drink de-
manded that at last he became only
the wreck of his former self, and IL
has been several years since he work.
ed steadily.
In the depths of his misery he never
forgot what he had been, never forgot
what he was, but all his efforts to re-
form-and he made hundreds of them
ended In failure, and his sober mo-
ments were full of sadness and re-
morse. He took refuge from them in
drink, only to sink deeper in the fate
which ended II ALL
The funeral will be held from Ehret's
undertaking rooms to-day at O'Clock
under the auspices of the Stonemasons'
and Bricklayers' International union.