Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-08-25
SAD SUICIDE At LAKE CREEK
Tragic Deed Of Harry Irwin, a Popular
Young Pfospector.

Tragic Deed Of Harry Irwin, a Popula
Young Prospector.
From Mondays daily.
We have received the meagre de
| tails of the suicide of Harry Irwin
a young prospector, at Lake creek
Buffalo Hump, on Wednesday, Au
gust 16.
From what we can learn young
Irwin had been drinking for shor
time, and on Wednesday he me
his partner at the store and told
him that he was going up to theil
camp to write some letters, ant
that he was going to take one OF
two drinks more to sober up on and
then was going to quit entirely.
He left and started for the camp,
and the next that was heard was
the shot. He shot himself in the
head with a 44-calibre Colts re-
volver. The young man was 30
years old and was not a hard
drinker. He was universally pop
ular, and was considered good
prospector. He left a letter for his
old partner, A. d. Dorm, the con-
tents of which have not as yet been
ascertained.
He was at one time the owner of
some placer diggings on Newsome
creek, and later worked the coarse
gold diggings on Salmon river.
LATER REPORT.
Harry Shissler, who was the
partner of the late Harry Irwin,
arrived from Buffalo Hump at one
O'Clock today. To a Press repor-
ter he said: 81 was never more
shocked in my life than l was over
the sad death of my friend and
partner. His mind was probably
He had been drink
ing a little and hence was moody.
"You can see in what condition
he was, for he had forgotten the
day of the month, dating the letter
Monday, when it was Wednesday.
Here is the letter: MY mind is
gone and / am a wreck. Any
thing I may have said or done to
you l hope that you will kindly
overlook. l am going to new
country. l wish you would take
my interests and kindly straighten
things up He then went into
some private business. At the
last he says: Il can't write more.
Everything is blank to me. For
get and forgive. y"
Mr.. Shissler continued: "The
of the sad affair are
these: l went up on the hill to
get the horses, that was on Wednes-
lay, and when I was coming down
off the hill / met the deceased
sitting in the grass. He told me
ne would like to talk for little
while. He then told me that he
vas going to a new country, and
to talk about it. We talked |
long time of matters of no inter
est to anyone but ourselves. I
'aid, 'let us go down to camp and
;ook hold of the horse and we went
Town together.
CATER we had been in the tent
short time, he called me to one
'ide and we talked for probably
en minutes, then l went back to
he house to speak to my wife, and
While l was talking to her he got
Up and started up the creek.
'alled to him and asked him where
he was going, and he said, up the
'reek. While / was talking to a
riend at the door my wife called
ne and said, see what / have
ound, and she handed me the
etter quoted from. / asked her
low she happened to find the letter
md she said, i heard shot few
minutes ago, and l went to Harry's
oat to see whether he had his gun
r not and found the letter in his
oat.' l put on my hat and went
p the creek to where we had been
alking, and found him there with
is brains blown OUT
iarpster Mining Excitement.
Il. G. Oliver, of Harpster. in
orms us of great excitement in
hat section consequent upon the
lscovery last week of quartz on
Vail creek, about two miles above
axe Riebold's place, the assay of
re from the new strike showing
alues of $500 per ton in gold. !
hose who have ever been over the ;
Xix City road will have noticed
nat there is an immense outcrop
quartz on Corral hill, and while
has generally been regarded as
ull quartz, there is no reason wby