The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-21
Butte Department.
BY THE SAME ROUTE
]. T. Kelly's BOCkkeepsr, 7. L. HOl-
liday, Has Killed Himself.
TWAS ALSO PREMEDITATED
The Unfortunate Was Under the
Influence of Liquor-He Had
Made Threats Against His
Life-He Was single.
TWAS ALSO PREMEDITATED

Following the example of his late en-
ployer Thomas l.. Holiday, who was
bookkeeper for the J. +. Kelly COM
pany, last night blew out his brains at
his room in the Kelly block in East
Park street. AS in the previous in
stance referred to, the suicide was de-
liberate and premeditated, and was the
fulfillment of threats which Mr.. Holli-
day had been making for several weeks
and in fact at long intervals for a year.
Just before he fired the fatal shot he
served notice of his intentions on one
of his friends, and asked him to accom-
pany him into the unknown world by
the suicide route. He declared that he
wanted to kill himself on account of
the death of Mr.. Kelly and the closing
up OF his particular friend, Joe Klaff-
Xxi, by attachment proceedings yester-
day afternoon. He was under the in
fiuence of liquor at the time, but not to
such an extent that he did not know
what he was doing.
The fatal shot was fired at about $3.50
O'Clock last evening. A quarter of an
hour previous Holiday enterd the Kelly
block in company with Sadie McGin-
mis-, an inmate of Blanche McGowan's
house of i'll fame in East Mercury
street, with whom he had been very
intimate for a year or two. They went
directly to Holidays room, which was
No. IA on the first floor Of the lodging
house. This room is on the left hand
side of the hall and four doors back
from the head of the stairs. 81 Marks
has the room at the head Of the stairs
on the right hand side. He was sitting
in his room reading with the door open
and saw Holiday and the woman en-
ter and also saw about everything of
importance that transpired afterwards.
Leaving the woman in his room Holli-
day went back down stairs and was
gone about 10 minutes. While he was
gone. as was learned afterwards, he
borrowed the gun with which he killed
himself from Frank Deyotte's saloon.
at the corner of Park and Arizona
streets. He told the bartender that he
had good deal of money on his per-
son and he wanted something to pro-
tect himself with. The gun which was
loaned him was a Colts double-action
3S-caliber. After securing the gun,
bullet from which was to be his pass
port into the great beyond, he bought
a sack of oranges and fruit for his frail
friend and returned to the room. AS
he passed 81 Marks room on his way
back to his own room Mr.. Marks hailed
him with the remark: Hello, Tom,
you're home early" Holiday stepped
I'm in pretty hard luck
"How's that?" inquired Mr.. Marks.
i've lost the best friend / had on
EARTH" was the reply.
who's that; Kelly?" was asked
WELL" deliberately replied Holiday.
kelly was buried yesterday and this
afternoon Joe Klaffki went broke, and
that ends me. l owe Klaffki a great
deal of money and l wish to God ]
hu 4 70
You had better come with me and we
will shuttle off together"
You'll not shuttle off with me-"
laughingly replied Mr.. Marks. who had
no idea then that Holiday was in
earnest. The next instant the fire
alarm sounded and Marks and Harry
Cammack ran out into the street to-
gether to see the department. go by.
Holiday went on down the hall to his
room. and, according to the woman's
story, he sat down and talked to her
for a few minutes. Then he suddenly
jumped up and said: We'll, Sadie, it's
all up. Get out of the room ana got
out quick. so that no one will think
that you have had a hand in this"
The woman saw that he was desperate
and as he had threatened her life a
year ago and as she was afraid that
he might take 1t into his head to kill
her before he did himself. she ran
from the room and commenced knock
ing at the doors along the hall to sum-
mon assistance. Holiday then laid
down on the bed without taking off his
overcoat placed the gun to his right
temple and pulled the trigger.
Elmer Snavely was aroused by the
McGinnis woman and stepping out in
to the hall inquired what all the trou-
BILE was about. She replied "Oh, do go
into Toms room, I'm afraid of him
and I'm afraid he'll hurt himself" a
few seconds later the pistol shot re-
sounded through the building and the
woman commenced screaming.
81 Marks returned just after the shot
was fired and in reply TO his question
as to what had happened, the woman
replied that Tom had hurt himself"
Mr.. Marks stepped to Holidays room,
opened the door far enough to look In
saw the unfortunate young man lying
fiat on his back on the bed with a
smoking revolver in his right hand and
the blood gushing from the bulle', hole
in his head. Mr.. Marks did not pursue
his investigations farther at that time,
but quickly notified the police and
summoned medical assistance Officers
Sinsel. Anderson and Baldisero were
at the room in a few minutes and Drs
Alvord, Wells and Kress were speedily
in attendance. A hurried examination
convinced the doctors that the case
was one in which their skill could be
OF no avail. IL was found that the
bullet had entered the right temple and
came out at the back OF the head on
the left side. just behind the ear, and
entered the pillow. The bullet must
have severed one OF the large arteries.
for the blood poured from both holes
and quickly saturated the pillows and
mattresses, then formed in large pools
around the head
IL was evident that the pistol had
been held close up to the head when
the shot was fired. When the officers
entered the room they found the young
man in the position described above.