The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-13
SUICIDE OF JAMES LEE.
Facts in the Case Investigated
by Coroner Julien.
HAD DOMESTIC TROUBLES
His Wife Had Proved Unchaste and Had
Become Dissolute Character.
Brooding. Dependency,
Drink, Suicide.

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front of DR.. Holmes office in West
Broadway. It developed from the tes-
timony of two friends of Lee who tes-
tilted at the inquest, that Lee had do
nestle troubles over which he brooded
which made him respondent Other
evidence was to the effect that he had
been drinking to excess. The two, it
was apparent from still further evidence,
developed suicidal mania, which Gull
minated in the deceased taking his own
life. The jury, after listening to the
evidence, returned a verdict to the
above effect
Police Officer George Wilson was the
hrst witness. He testified that he was
on duty at the corner Of Broadway and
Main at the time of the suicide He
heard shot down the street and hur-
RED to the scene. The deceased laid on
IN me sidewalk in front of DR.. L. E.
Holmes office. Witness. observing what
had occurred, called Murray & Freund'a
ambulance and accompanied the man
to the hospital.
L. II. Merrithew was in DR.. Holmes
office Wednesday morning when a man
| came in and asked Dr. Holmes if he
could do something for a disease which
ne named and said he was afflicted with
Or. Holmes was feeling badly and told
the man to come in an hour and he
would see what he could do for him
| The man turned away and went to a
corner OF the room, where he stood
some minutes fumbling with something
| which witness could not see, as the
man had his back to him. Three times
the FELLOW turned around and remark
ed: Don't be scared; no one will get
lat
Miles came in and the man passed out.
a second or so later witness heard a
shot and went to the door. He saw DR..
homes visitor of a moment before had
shot himself. That man was the de-
ceased. A. j. Lee. While in Dr. Holmes
ONCE Lee did not appear to be in any
mental difficulty, but appeared highly
nervous, ike man getting over a long
spree. When Lee turned around the
thlfd time and said no one would get
hurt, witness thought he must be
cranky. but he did not think of his hay-
ing gun Witness came to the con-
clusion afterward that he must have
been loading his gun
,. +. Miles, carpenter contractor,
met L. y. Miles at Broadway and Acad-
envy streets and stopped to talk with
nm. AS T. o. Miles passed on west
witness stood on the walk a moment.
Wnen he heard a shot, and looking up
saw a man fall to the walk. He fan
tha man ua a. ~ tne illst TO reach
self-infl;o+ad r,eta1, ~ 1917 tile siioI was
Niob+ T,ila, 60 T e1i iii'snI'
cumstances ~ 81 10y leIateo the CIR
iaiI T,1as,1a,, 80 soIilins 70 the clty
locked up saying he had been drinking
ana he didn't know what might happen,
Witness put him in the general corridor
anu an hour or so later he called wit
Wit,aes +n1a 80; o'I oiie was AFTER hlm
ouiafed t;,,, ~ nc was al flsht ana
call and ,,na,o,-.la LIe went INTO
;,,r ~ go uitui esseu 70 the waist. Com
u,ifnass e.. ~ ~ iuol asaih ne asked
ha nho7,i L9i SUI put witness told him
90 tba,, III. .iiiih VI hiiilng nlmself
Wit, tsii s ,,sNt 1 witness TO shoot him.
state and 1" 49, ne was IN pad mental
Aftar 60 e oiiu 81. some Whlskey.
.a,;,,i 800 I Nithess save MN another
,,,a IN a,ii ne seemed TO leel better and
tin,a To- en anasu i,iiiiseIi. from that
Went aff -. t al raght tiil witness
did not saa,, g.. - eioch d. H. put ne |
Day Jailer Th9na a,s Isl +o,s
IT,, at e.d tnoliias boyle told OF Lees
tbo ,,nr go. ne eal,le On duty, During |
,,.it,,a..s 1.a1s. - "eheu loi uflnk ana |
batt1a to IN d 1ittie tnal was IN /
49, ~ LIZ oiiiIe. Later Lee asked to |
,u;tnass t 10y pnysielan sent Tor, but |
e,Innosad ~ ,t+aii 49, - eiiilt1 was not
5;Ioeo - a'teho prisoners Tor private |
,nes,a5 s:,- Apout III o CLOCK Lee said he |
saoe 49, my ~ set out as ne desired to |
Sc uoetor. As ne was not under ar
rest witness released him. In half an
ito III, lie ,ieara OF Lee suicide.
!, oon Siello o. murray d f'reund's
- > , aestlheu TO pelng summoned |
taa1, "eht WIN the ambulance and |
e 80 20 " the hospltal. He was suf-
,,ai.s iioil puliet wound and was
1at ~ a ,,4 iiu,iIail assistance. The bull
a nd ea,,a o1,t gu Tue ielt slue or the head
no IT, out iiear me flght temple. The
NC 9 = al.su aoout an hour.
mo ,taa 80 ,tsso - oflckiayer, was ac-