Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-24
Singular Death Of Professor
Joshua Carlisle.
BODY FOUND YESTERDAY
At the Mouth of a Storm Culvert in
MiSS0ula Gulch--Had Been
Missing Since Friday.

Professor Joshua j. L.. Carlisle, a well
known Butte musician, was found dead
in Missoula gulch about 8 o'clock yester-
day afternoon. The body was found near
the mouth of the Park street storm Gull
vert, and was lying face downward with
the head in the running water, and al
though foul play and suicide have been
suggested, the generally accepted theory
is that the musician, who drank to excess,
while intoxicated fell as he was found
and was stunned, and his face striking in
the water n mud, drowning resulted.
Three young ladies. Miss Shelba Storms
of No. 644 West Park street, Miss Mamie
Twohy and Miss Nellie Mazel, mad the
startling discovery. Miss storms home
is situated or the east side of Missoula
gulch, and from an upper window, facing
he gulch, the bottom can be distinctly
seen. The young ladies were at this
window, and looking at the mout of the
storm culvert saw Carlisle's body. AS
they could see that the body was partly
in the water, they knew that something
serious had happened. and sent two boys
to investigate. The boys came back with
the startling announcement that the man
! was dead. A number of men were also
| told of the find. and Coroner Phil Julien.
who was at Gregson Springs, was noti-
fed. The coroner ordered the BODY re-
moved to Joe Richards undertaking
rooms.
When the mud had been washed from
! the face Of the corpse it was easily iden-
| titled as being that of Professor Carlisle,
| and papers found on the dead mans per-
! son helped to confirm the identification
! On the left cheek was a heavy ~indention,
| and this gave rise to the story of foul
play, but later it was ascertained that
this indention was caused by the face
resting on a sharp stone in the water.
! There were no other marks or bruises on
the body. The man had evidently been
| returning from a professional engage
| ment of some kind when death overlook
| him, as the body was dressed in evening
clothes.
The time of the fatal occurrence seems
to be hard to fix, and in all
was late Friday night or early Saturday
morning. The professor roomed at the
Stevens block, but his room has not been
occupied since Friday night. nor has ne
been seen by any OF his intimate friends
since that time. A bartender at the Ca
sino saloon, on West Park street, con-
tends that he saw Carlisle late Saturday
night, but the professors friends are
of the opinion that the bartender is mis-
taken. as he has not been seen in his
usual haunts since Friday night. The
body was not at all decOmposed, but the
cool weather of last Saturday, and the
further fact that it was partially IN the
cold water. would not be to
decomposition.
TIL dead man had for a number OF
years been a prominent figure in local
musical circles, first coming to Butte IN
1884 from Salt Lake city, and since ina
4;-,~ ,r;th tho nYnant1On or nNo Years
snent on the road and in Salt Lake city
has resided here. He was 81 years OF
age and unmarried. His mother, Mrs. "A
Carlisle, and two sisters, Misses Georgia
and Lizzie Carlisle, reside at No. IL:
| South Arizona street.