The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-11
WOMAN THE CAUSE OF IT
Inquest Into the Suicide of
Frank Stewart.
HE LEFT SOME LETTERS
Disappointment in q Love Affair With a
Mercury Street Woman Drove
Stewart Married Man,
to His Death.

i Suctitt VI tnt GtdC Ld~uTdnutdu,
acting for Coroner Tremblay, who was
unable to attend to business. held an
inquest at Richards undertaking
rooms last evening to inquire into the
death OF Frank Stewart. the teamster
who committed suicide Wednesday
evening. The inquiry cleared up the
mystery as to the cause of the suicide,
as 1t developed that although the de-
ceased was a married man and had a
wife living In Oregon he was prompted
In taking his own life by disappoint-
ment in a love affair. A note written
by the deceased and left on a stand
In his room, n which was founda after
his death n read to the coroner's
jury, told the tale. The note was ad-
dressed to a Mercury street woman
named Mrs. Madaline Jensen. and
stated that the deceased took his life
for her. After listening to the testi-
mony the jury returned a verdict that
Stewart came. to- his death by taking
laGdanum with suicidal intent.
Add Williams, the first witness. tes-
tined that the deceased had roomed at
his house, No. 10 West Mercury street,
about a yea and a half. For three or
foui days prior to his death he had not
been home, but after he came home ne
went to bed, drunk. There were other
m in the house. n when Stew
art commenced snoring and grooming
very badly the witness wife called his
attention to the fact and suggested
h should 60 to the a room and
require him to make less noise. After
a time the witness did go to Stewards
room and found him unconcious. His
skin. was blue and he was breathing
very heavily. Witness began looking
und and found the glass and a vial.
which had contained poison. Witness
Immediately summoned a physician.
bu5 the man was beyond help and died
about s o'clock.
The witness was called upon to iden-
tify some of the dead mans effects.
Among them were found two letters or
notes which the deceased had written
after making up his mind to kill him
sell. One of them gave the mans rea-
sons for suicide. IL was dated June 8.
1898. and read:
Mrs. Madeline Jensen, or rather my
darling Babel now take my life for
you. Goodbye, my darling. This is all
/ al write. Come and look the last"
Underneath the note was this nota-
ton to whoever should find the letter:
send these few lines to her. She is
in the Page block. corner Mercury n
Wyoming. Goodbye"
III olItT itlNti was duoitSStu W
Mrs. Williams. whom the deceased had
been accustomed to call aunty, though
no relation of hers. The note was dat
ed June 3, 1898. and read:
"Aunty Williams now leave you
to tell all my friends that i am gone
Goodbye. little Johnny Stewart. Now
/ have done with earth. Goodbye,
aunty. AZ for my people, they
Here the note broke off abruptly. as
though the deceased had been writing
1t when he became unconscious. The
notes were read to the jury, n the
other letters found among the effects
of the deceased were examined, which
showed that Stewart has a brother
named @. II. Stewart at Santa Cruz,
Cal. and a wife living at Oregon City,
Ore.
DIR. Cowperthwaite testified to being
called to attend. the deceased. He
found the man beyond help, but worked
on him until he died. Death was I'M
doubtedly due to opium poisoning.
Sergeant of Police Leyden said he
was called. but knew nothing beyond
the fact that he was notified and called
the coroner and then went To the house
and saw the body.
Mrs. Elizabeth Williams was next
called. She said Stewart came home in
the afternoon of the 9th and went to
beG. Toward evening he began maxi
ing so much noise that she sent her
husband to the room to see what was
the matter. 1t was found he a taken
poison.
Louis III. Ward roomed in the same
house with the deceased. His testi-
mony was practically the same as that
of Mr.. and Mrs. Williams. This COM
pleted the inquiry and the jury re-
tnrnad the yar1irf as given.