Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-20
CAMBLED. HIS
MONEY AWAY
That is the Reason Moore
Killed Himself.
LOST $3.50 SATURDAY
Had Borrowed the Money From a
Friend-Had a Mania For
Suicide.
$3.50 SATURDAY

the well known dairyman, who shot and
instantly killed himself at his ranch near
Rocker Saturday night, committed the
awful deed because of dependency
brought IN by excessive losses at gam
bling during the day preceding the sui
eide.
According to Mrs. Moore, her husband
had frequently threatened to commit
suicide. About a year q fractions
horse struck him on top of the head with
one of it's front feet, f%racturing the skull.
He was at Murray & Freund's hospital for
some time in consequence. Since this ac-
cident he had not been as strong intel
l~ectually as formerly, and his mania for
suicide was, if anything. more apparent.
Joseph McGovern, who conducts the
Palace restaurant on West Park street,
came forward yesterday with a state
nlent which sheds some light on the mys-
terry. He said he had been intimately
acquainted with Moore for years, n
frequently Moore would come to him and
borrow from 500 to $3.50. Moore would
always represent that he wanted the
money to pay some pressing debt, but
McGovern says he knew that the money
was borrowed for the purpose of gam
bling. Saturday Moore called on Me-
Govern and told him he vas in imme-
diate need of a large sum of money
McGovern had drawn $3.50 from the bank
that day with the intention of going
east the next day, and finally let Moore
AVE this money. Then the two men
went into a nearby saloon to get. a drink.
Moore ordered whisky, and said he la
come to the city for the deliberate pur-
pose Of getting drunk. McGovern re-
piled that if such was his intention he
would insist on the return Of the money,
but Moore said he would pay the debt
for which the money had been borrowed
at once, and with this the men sepa-
rated.
Instead Of doing as he had promised,
Moore went to a gambling house and
began to plunge. AT one time has was
$3.50 ahead Of the game, and a short
time later was broke. Then he left for
his home near Rocker.
The supper meal was in progress when
he entered the house. He was appa-
rently Respondent about something, ac-
cording to the statement of his wife, al
though he made a remark to one of the
men about the work. He hurriedly fin
shed his supper and while has wife was
out Of the room disappeared.
Mrs. Moore had been worrying about
her husband because of his frequently
| repeated threats to kill himself. When
! she returned to the dining room and
found he had gone she went at once to
his room to see if his pistol was in the
accustomed place. She could not find
it, and ran back and told a man named
Rodoni that it was gone, and she vas
afraid her husband had taken it and
would do himself some injury. Rodon1
| ran to the horse barn. 1t was quite dark
by this time and When Rodoni arrived at
the door he called to Moore. Moore IN
swered him and told him to keep ava
or he would shoot lin. About this time
the report of a pistol was heard and Mrs.
| Moore and the men came running up. A
lantern was brought and Moore was
! found dead on the barn floor. He had
placed the muzzle of the gun in his
mouth and fired.
Coroner Julien was at once notified
and caused the remain to be removed
to Richards undertaking rooms.
Moore was about 40 years of age. He
| had resided in Butte IA or Is years, was
prominent in a political way, being a
member of the democratic central COM
mittce and was supposed to be in a pros
porous condition financially. Only a few
weeks 6 he was appointed adninistra-
tor of the estate of Louis Raneili, the
milk dealer who committed suicide in a
| very similar manner at the Delmoe
ranch