The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-23
He TOOK HIS OWN LIFE
w. d. Jones Found Drowned in
the Parrot Pond.
HAD BEEN IN I'LL HEALTH
He Evaded the Watchfulness OF His
Relatives and Escaped From the
House Through His Bedroom
Window.

w. ID. Jones, an engineer, formerly
employed in the various smelters of the
city, committed suicide yesterday
morning by drowning himself in the
Parrot pond I'm a fit of delusional in
sanity. Jones vas a native of Wales
and had been in this country several
years, following his profession. For
some time he had been troubled with
pains in his head, and his health be-
coming so poor he could not hold a
position, led to the mental derange-
ment which eliminated in his taking
his own life.
Up to a few months ago ZONES had
been employed at the Heinze smelter.
"A couple of months ago he lost a fin
ger, which laid him up, and owing to
his mental condition., he was not put
back to work. Then he went to Belt
and secured work, but he was roubled
so much with his head he could not
hold the position and he returned to
Butte. Since then he had lived with
his brother-in-law, d. j. Hartnel, en-
gineer for the Butte Consolidated Street
Railway company at I'LL Farrell street.
He grew steadily worse after his return
to Butte, and for the past two weeks
had been under the care of DIR. T. Il.
Moore.
About 10 o'clock night before last,
Jones went to bed, and the family sup
posed he remained there, until they
went to call him between 3 and 6 o'clock
yesterday morning. He was not there
and his sister at once became alarmed
for his safety. Owing to his condition
he had been locked I'm his room, but
he had raised his window and taken
out the screen and crawled out, putting
the screen back in it's place.
Several of the neighbors were sum-
moned as soon as Jones was missed,
and asked to look for him. The neigh
was searched without finding
any trace of the missing man during
the forenoon beyond the fact that he
had been seen in a saloon about mid
showing he could not have re-
in bed long. About 2:30 o'clock
i'm the afternoon. after every other re-
course a been exhausted in the
Mrs. Hartnel asked lose n
Dome, one of the searchers, TO look in
the Parrot pond. He went there, and
sure enough there was the body of the
unfortunate man. floating abou Is feet
from shore. Donne dragged the body
out of the water and with assistance
carried 1t to the Hartnel residence
The coroner vas summoned and after
the body was taken to Richards
Undertaking rooms.
OF late Jones mental trouble had
very serious. He was overtaken
with a religious mania and imagined he
had been called by God to preach the
gospel. Recently a close watch had
been kept on him, but his relatives did
not dream of his escaping from his bed
room window.
The deceased was So years old and
was unmarried. He has a sister, Mrs.
n a brother. ID. j. Jones,
i'm Butte. His parents reside
m Wales. Jones had worked as an
engineer at the Butte Reduction works
md Colorado and Heinze smelters.
Coroner Tremblay empaneled a jury
md held an inquest over the body at
Richards undertaking rooms last
evening. The principal witness was
DR.. Moore. who testified hat he hal
attended Jones. The deceased hal
the time he had attended him
several violent spells and was trou-
Dled with decisions. DR.. Moore con-
'idered that Jones' mind was in tina
that would prompt suicide.
The jury returned a verdict that h
came to his death by drown
ng himself while his mind was tenn
deranged.