The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-02
.BUTTE'S DAY
OF TRAGEDY
Eugene Lame Attempts to Muir
der His Mistress and Sends a.
Bullet Through His
Own Heart.
QUARREL ABOUT MONEY
Her Refusal to Meet His De-
mands Results in the
Killing.
WOMAN MAY RECOVER
WOMAN MAY RECOVER

About ths Affair - Woman Is q
French Courtesan,
Eugene Laine lies dead at Sherman's
undertaking rooms, and Josephine
| Biancheau is in precarious condition
in her rooms at 81 East Galena street
as the outcome of an attemp. on
LANES part yesterday morning to re-
move the woman and himself from
the world. Josephine Blancheau is a
French courtesan and Lame was her
lover. The tragedy was the result Of
mis- making a demand on the woman
for money and her refusal to give it
to him. Drawing his gun, he shot the
woman, mortally wounding her, as he
supposed, and turning the weapon up
on himself sent two bullets through
his body and fell to the floor dead
There is chance that the woman may
recover, but the chance is regarded as
very slim.
Lame had been Klondiker, as pa
pers found among his effects show. He
came here from Seattle three weeks
ago. At about the same time the
woman arrived in the city from Mont
real. Whether or not they were ac-
quainted before coming to Butte is not
known, but it is supposed that they
were, for the reason that they at once
assumed the relationship of lover and
mistress. Lame took a room at the
lodging house at AZ East Galena street,
and the woman rented crib at No.
81 on the same street. They do not
appear to have made many acuuaint-
ances, as very little is known con-
corning them among the people of their
class. Lame was supposed by his
landlady to have money, but he does
not appear to have had any funds, as
the facts brought out by the tragedy
would indicate.
Lame occupied his room night be-
fort last. Yesterday morning he got
up about 10 o'clock and about II
O'Clock he went to the house of his
mistress She was still in bed, but
got up and admitted him. He asked
for money, and she refused to give it
to him. There was a quarrel and a
few minutes later the people in the
street heard three shots. Police Off
GERS Gilmore and McGinty were among
those who heard the shots and. run
| ming to the house from which the re-
ports came, they entered.
The place is the regulation crib of
the locality, with front room used
as a parlor and a bed chamber in the
rear. Going into the rear room the
officers saw Laine lying on the floor.
Beside him lay a revolver, still smok-
ing. The woman. clad only in a thin
night robe was running up and down
the room, shrieking and screaming.
Inc o1ncers could see at glance that
the man was beyond all mortal aid,
ana that the woman had also been
shot.
Without making further inquiry than
was suf1lc!ent to satisfy themselves
that the woman was seriously wound
ed' the officers sent messengers for
medical assistance. Dr. Renick re-
sponded very quickly, and few min
utes later DR.. Schwartz Joined him.
Lame was still breathing when the Of
ncers arrived, but was dead when the
DOCTORS came, and they gave their at
tention to the woman. They found
she had been struck by one shot, the
bullet entering the back at the left
side just below the kidneys. 1t had
plowed its way through the body and
was found just under the skin in the
| left groin and removed
| From the investigation made nv
| Coroner Julien, who was soon on the
| ground, and that of the police author
| tiles, 1t appears that when Lame en-
| tered the house and awakened his
| mistress she got UP and during the
quarrel which ensued about LANES de-
mand for money they went into the
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gun, the woman, terrified, started to
run to the rear room and Lame fred.
The ball struck her in the back. When
he turned the gun on himself the first
ball went through the liver and the
second the one which caused death,
passed through the apex of the heart.
The body of Lame was removed to
Sherman's undertaking rooms, where
an inquest will be held by Coroner
Julien this evening.
Scarcely anything is known regard
ing the history of the two people.
Nothing Is known beyond what could
be learned from an examination of the
few effects left by Lame. The wom-
an is not in a condition to be seen.
and none of the French colony seem
to have known either of them prior to
their advent here.
coroner Julien visited LANES room,
but found nothing there but tele-
scope valise containing a few articles
OF underclothing. In the pockets of the
mans clothes Coroner Julien found
few papers and letters, which, howeV-
er, throw very little light on his
identity. Among the papers was a
document showing he had been in the
kiondike, and had a lease on a claim
there, half interest in which he had
SOLD TO Thomas Lamar A miners IL
cense was also found. The lease eX-