The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-22
CASE Of SELF MURDER
Isaac Moore Deliberately Took
His Own Life.
DETAILS OF THE SUICIDE
Coroner's Inquest Develops Nothing
Further Than Already Known.-Dead
Man Was Very Uneasy in
His Mind.


| the body of Isaac G. Moore, the dairy
man who committed suicide Saturday
night by shooting himself at his ranch
south of Rocker. From the testimony
taken there could be no doubt that the
shooting was a case of self-murder,
and the jury so found in it's verdict
Sebastian Rodoni was the first wit
ness called. He said he had known
Moore nine years and had worked for
him at different times during that pc
| Rod; was employed there at present;
saw Moore come home Saturday even
ing; heard him inquire of Fred Deuch-
Ter what kind of mess of milk the
cows had given and if the cream had
been taken care of. Receiving an an
swer that the cows had given a good
mess of milk and that the cream had
not been taken care of, Moore got up
from the table and went out. The men
were still at the table. They suppos
ed he had gone down to take care of
the cream, as that was his work or
dinarily. He was apparently per-
fectly sober. After witness and the
rest of the men finished supper they
went to their quarters in a cabin not
far from the house. In 5 or 10 minutes
the McQuarrie boy came into the
cabin and told the witness that Mrs
Moore wanted him. Witness went out
and was told by Mrs. Moore that her
husband had left the house with his
gun, and, she feared, with no good in
| tention. She said Moore was not at
the COW barn or milk house, and wit
| ness went to the horse barn. 1t was
| dark and he could not see inside: call
| eel to Moore three times, but got no
answer; started to step inside when
| Moore warned him to keep back or he
would get shot: started in again. but
Moore repeated his threat to shoot
| and witness sprang back and begged
| him not to kill himself. Then the shot
was fired and Moore fell to the floor
dead. Once after Moore was injured
| more than year ago, he told the wit
ness that if he did not get well again
| like other people he would get out of
| the way.
| Manuel Strozzi had worked for
Moore at his ranch for seven years He
| saw Moore when he came home Satur-
| day evening. He seemed preoccupied
and ill-natlred. He sat down al the
table and told of meeting two men on
| the road between Rocker and the
ranch who inquired the way to Butte
He said he told them to keep away
from him or he would knife them
The circumstances of the suicide the
witness related in much the same Ian
guage as the preceding witness. The
witness said he arrived at the horse
barn just as the shot was fired: was
probably 10 feet away, from Moore;
ran up and, light being brought
saw Moore lying on his back in the
doorway, blood was flowing over the
floor and revolver lay near his feet.
He was dead. Witness never heard
| Moore threaten to kill~himsef, though
soon after his injury he had said it
were better to be dead than paralyzed
| or crazy. Soon after Moore's dis
charge from the hospital Mrs. Moore
gave the witness a revolver and ask
| ed him to keep it. She did not make
any explanation, and he did not know
| at the time exactly what her purpose
was. Two or three months after that
she asked him for the gun, and he gave
| it back.
Arthur McQuarrie. hoy who was
| at the ranch. and Fred Deuchler gave
testimony corroborative of the preced-
| ing witnesses and DeuchIer told of A
conversation Moore had with one of the
men few days before the suicide
Moore was doing some hard work about
| the ranch and the man inquired why
| he worked so hard when he had 50
many men around him. Moore replied:
IF I didn't keep busy I would so
crazy" Is
| The testimony of Chris Bilate added
nothing to the inquiry.
| The jury returned the following YER
| dict: THAT the deceased came to his
death in South Butte township, Sill
Yer Bow county, Montana, On Nov.
IS. 1899, from the effects CT gun shot
wound inflicted by the hand of said
deceased with suicidal intent"
| The funeral of the dead milkman
was held yesterday afternoon at 8
o'clock at the residence of Charles NJ.
Brisbin at 1l01 West Broadway The
remains were buried at Mount Moriah
| cemetery.