The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-14
ANACONDA NEWS.
MYSTERY is CLEARED UP
Nothing in the Suspected Murder
at Carroll.
MRS. M'LlNDEN Local ED
he Supposed Victim or a Murderer's
Weapon Is Alive and Well, at
Dubuque, Iowa-The Skein
Unraveled.

1.-THE mystery of the food-stained
ouse at Carroll" will never be the title
novel. Ihat much Is settled, and,
fact, about everything else in con-
ectipn with tine erstwhile mystery is
kewise settled. Two little kilograms,
is of yellow paper, did the business,
nd it didn't take them long to do it,
Their.
The kilograms that unraveled the
ystery Of the crime of Slum lake are
follows:
Dubuque, Iowa, Jan. 13, 1899.
John Conley, Sheriff. Anaconda,
ont.-Mrs. John McLinden is living
re at No. 266 Dodge street.
CHIEF OF POLICE"
dubuque, Iowa, Jan. Is, 1899.
John Con1ey, Sheriff, Anaconda,
ont-Mrs. John McLinden is here in
uhuque. What is the matter? An
yer at once JAMES CALLAHAN"
These two kilograms were received by
lerifr Conley al o'clock last evening
Id are replies to messages which Mr..
onley sent to Dubuque yesterday, in
hiring about Mrs. McLinden. Now that
e has been found alive, there is no
niger a mystery.
The officers started in bright and
rly yesterday morning to investigate
oreughly the affair of the discovery
the suspicious blood stains in the
cLinden residence at Carroll, the ac-
|unt of which appeared in yesterday
orning's Standard Their first work
as an interview with John McLinden,
no was supected of Knowing sorre
ing of the case, and who was arrested
suspicion Thursday evening. 1t will
remembered that at the time of his
rest McLinden refused positively to
We his wifess present address, telling
EN- to go and find out If they wanted
know. After d night spent in jail,
bweyer, he was willing enough to give
e desired information He told the
ieers that his wife was living at No
s Dodge street, Dubuque, Iowa, with
8 sister, Mrs. James Callahan, and
at she left Anaconda on Tuesday Jan.
ON money of her own and $35 which
e borrowed from Pat Swift. Sheriff
onley at once telegraphed to Dubuque
I'd received the replies given above.
quiry at the railroad station ticket
ice developed the fact that railroad
cket for Dubuque had been sold on
n. 3, but that no baggage had been
secked on the ticket and therefore the
kation officials could not tell whether
had been used or not.
McLinden told the officers that the
alter upon the floors of the rooms came
ere through the bursting of water
pc, which caused flood. AS to the
ood he could give no information; he
lew nothing about it,
rlle officers next interviewed Pat
Wifi. who formerly occupied room in
e McLinden residence, and who was
rested on Thursday evening in Butte
suspicion of being implicated in the
me, II crime there really was Swift
counted for the blood. He said that,
blood came from a. wound in his
ad. Swift was arrested on Dec %
Main street for being drunk and UNI
le to take care of himself He had
deep cut in the back of the head,
hich he received through a fall on
sidewalk. He was locked up in the
y jail over night and was released
xt morning on promise that he would
have himself in the future. He had
IN his pocket when arrested. After
release Swift went to his room at
McLinden residence and slept there
at night. The room where the blood
hs found now turns out to have been
Wits room. That was the only night
slept in the house since the strike.
roll1ng over in bed the wound in his
al broke open and began bleeding
ain That is how the blood came on
pillow cases. When he got up he
IS still drunk and in staggering about
place the blood from his head fell
about every article he came near.
IN the occasion of this visit of Swift's
his room Mrs. McLinden asked him
money. He says he loaned her SIS
$40-he was too drunk at the time to
member which That ha J,~t
pc Swift saw Mrs. McLinden.
With reference to the remark he had
lde to Mr.. Mcdonald. when he said
PIT he could tell some things which
|uld make peoples hair stand on end.
his lips were sealed, Swift said his
marks related solely to the strike at
converters and had no connection
h the McLindens.
30 the blood part was cleared up and
water part was cleared up, and the
TT relating to the whereabouts IF
IS. McLinden was cleared up, and
part respecting the money for the
lroad ticket was cleared up, and
ere remained only few minor de-
Is to be cleared up
ones of these minor details is that
Feral people in Carroll positively say
ey heard a woman's screams issu-
from the McLinden residence on
fday night. Another is that several
rroll people are equally positive that
IS. McLinden was in Carroll week
to-day. which was the 9Th, or three
ys after the date upon which she is
ID to have left Anaconda. OF course,
is entirely possible that Mrs. Nc
1den bought her ticket on the Sd and
not leave till Saturday. She would
u have had ample time to reach
buque. This can be easily deter