The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-09
ANACONDA news.
q THIS Time
Schael MCMILLAN Sends a Bullet
r. Through His Brain.
lad A MANIA FOR SUICIDE
fong- Minded Man Shoots Himself
while In Bed-Has Made Half q
- Dczsn Previous Attempts
Co., at Self-Destruction.

Ill., at self-Destruction.
wMichael MCMILLAN, a resident Of Deer
INdge, committed suicide yesterday
Morning by shooting himself through
the head. There seems to be no espe-
ctal cause for the act, except that the
Victim of his own hand has decidedly
marked suicidal tendencies, and has
attempted to kill himself half a dozen
times before.
McMullan has lived in Deer Lodge
tar number of years. He was one
Of the talesmen on the jury panel for
the January term of the district court.
He came to Anaconda on Jan. 16, the
day before the Sheppard murder case.
He was not called as "a juror in that
case because he was one of the wit
nesses therein. Since Jan. 16 he has
remained in. Anaconda and was dis
charged from further service for the
term on Tuesday. together with the
other talesmen.
On Wednesday he and j. A. johnson,
formerly a deputy sheriff here, and
friend of long acquaintance, went to
Butte. They remained in Butte cou-
pie of hours and returned to Anaconda
on the delayed Great Northern through
train which arrived in Anaconda at
about o'clock yesterday morning. Nc
Mullan had intended to go to his home
ia Deer Lodge on the Northern Pacific
train for the West which left this city
at S o'clock Yesterday morning, but
owing to the fact that the Great North
ern train was so much delayed, he ex-
pressed his determination to remain in
Anaconda another "a hours. He ac-
cepted the invitation of Mr.. johnson
to share his bed with him for the night.
The two men went to Mr.. Johnson's
apartments in the rear of No. S21 East
Park avenue. AS soon as they reached
the room johnson undressed and went
to bed. MCMILLAN was somewhat
slower in removing his clothes, and
johnson told him to turn out the light
when he was ready to go to bed, and
to occupy the side of the bed next the
wall.
"A few moments after Johnson's re-
ttrement Mcmillan climbed into bed.
A second later Johnson heard the re-
port of pistol shot, saw the flash and
felt the heat of burning powder. He
asked his bedfellow what was the mat
ter. He received no reply and repeated
the inquiry. Receiving no reply to the
second question Johnson got up, lighted
the lamp and saw Mcmillan in bed in a
half reclining position, with the blood
gushing from a wound in his head. Nc
Mullan died shortly afterwards.
An inquest was held on the body of
Mcmillan by Coroner Hardenbrook
composed Of J. X. Mallory, d. G..
Brownell Dan Rice, John Marchion,
Thomas Parker and VIC. Haynes. TIE
Verdict Of the jury was that Mcmillan
came to his death from gun shot
wound in the right temple, inflicted by
himself with suicidal intent
The first witness at the inquest was
Dr. H. w. Stephens. He testified that
he had been called up by some person
who reported to him that there had been
a man shot. He went to the place IN
dicated and found a man lying in bed
with hole in the right side of the head.
The man was dying when the doctor
reached him, and he expired in about
10 minutes afterwards. The doctor saw
great deal of blood. 1t had soaked
through the mattress and was dropping
down on the floor beneath. The physi-
clan saw at once that nothing could be
done for him, and he made only a sup
CRITICAL examination. He found there
was large hole in the skull, which had
evidently been made by the passage of
bullet.
]. A. johnson was the next witness,
and the most important one. johnson
testified substantially as follows:
I have been rooming in the rear CT
sci East Park avenue for some time.
l have know Mcmillan for the past 10
years. He and I went to Butte yester-
day and returned on the Great Northern
train, which was about three hours late.
We reached Anaconda between and
o'clock in the morning. Mcmillan had
been serving on the jury here, and had
intended to go home to Deer Lodge on
the morning train. Yesterday he paid
his room rent in the Petritz building,
and when we returned from Butte he
had no room. asked him to come down
and sleep with me. He accepted the in
vitation.
when we got on the train at Butte,
! took off my overcoat the pocket of
which contained my gun. 1 threw it
over the back of seat on the opposite
side of the aisle where I intended to sit.
Mcmillan followed me in and sat down
in the seat that had my overcoat on it.
then crossed over and sat down be-
side him. Shortly afterwards I went to
the toilet room where / remained some
time. I think he took my gun out dur
Ing my absence.
I'VE got off the train in Anaconda
about 2:30 o'clock On the way up town
my hands got cold and put them in my
overcoat pocket. then discovered that
my revolver was gone. I asked Nc
Mullan If he had taken it. He said that
he had not. told him to wait for me
at Days saloon until / went back to
the railroad yards and searched the
cars. searched them thoroughly, but
could find no trace of the gun I then