The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-25
A CURE FOR SUFFERING
Camille Paumie Was Tired of
Living.
A SHOTGUN THE REMEDY
Disease Had Incapacitated Him to Such
an Extent That He Gould Do
Little-A CHASTITY Discovery
Made by His Wife.

IT am tired of suffering. I am my
own master. Goodbye"
Thus Camille Paumie took leave of
his wife and family and ushered him
self before his Maker. When Mrs.
Paumie arose yesterday morning she
found these words written on a slip
of notepaper. The housband, who had
penned them, lay cold in DEATH He
had committed suicide by shooting
gun.
Camille Paumie was one of the best
known Frenchmen in Butte. He was
matchmaker by trade and some
years ago was in the employ of J. H.
Leyson. For some years he has been
interested with his wife, Marie Paumie,
in the conduct of the Partisan Dye
house, which is now located at the cor
ner of Dakota and Galena streets. For
years Paumie had been a sufferer from
govt and of late had been SO nearly
incapacitated as to be able to accom-
plish but very little. He suffered so
much from his ailment that he had
taken to the use of morphine to obtain
relief and it is thought by his family
that resort to the drug had much TO 70
with his resolve to end his life.
Saturday Mr.. Paumie was feeling
better than he had for some time and
was about with his friends. His man
ner was SO much more cheerful than
usual that they hoped a period Of i'm
provement in his condition had set in.
That night he retired at the usual time
and was apparently in the same cheer
full frame of mind. He and Mrs.
Paumie occupied separate but adjoin-
ing apartments, and as he was alone
no one knows exactly what TRANSFERRED
after he retired 1t is supposed, how
ever that he was taken with a return
of his trouble and resorted to a dose
of morphine to get relief. 1t is thought
that under the influence of the drug, he
resolved to suffer no longer.
Mrs. Paumie ARGOS about O. clock yes
terday morning and as was her custom
stepped into her husbands room to
speak to him. She was surprised to see
that his face wore an unusual pallor,
and then she observed the note lying
on the stand near the bed. Her fears
aroused, she stepped to the bedside
and then the whole truth dawned upon
her. A shotgun lay on the bed and the
coverlet was soaked with blood. The
other inmates of the house We're at
tracted to the room by a piercing
shrek. They found Mrs. Paumte weep
dead husband.
From the position of the body and
the gun, it was apparent that the sui
eide had prepared for the end by lay
ing his shotgun lengthwise on the bed,
had placed a small stick in the trigger
then sitting up in bed. had placed the
muzzle of the gun against his heart
and had pressed the stick against the
trigger with his toe. He had evidently
dropped back and expired instantly
Neither the wife in the adjoining room
nor any of the other inmates Of the
house had heard the report and no one
knew anything of the terrible deed till
the wife entered the room in the morn
ing. Just what time the deed was
done cannot be told, but as the body
was cold, it must have occurred early
in the night.
Camille Paumie was born in France
and was So years of age. He was d
veteran of the Franco-Prussian war,
and it was during his service in the
French army that his health was fur
Their broken and he was never a well
man during his u years residence in
Butte. He leaves a wife and two chill
dren. The latter are Camille, jr., and
Ioonne, a grown boy and a girl. A
pathetic incident in connection with
the suicide was the fact that the young
from the convent in Salt Lake, where
she is being educated, to spend the
holidays with her parents.
Coroner Julien was notified and will
hold an inquest.