Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-12
Things That Contributed to
Lees Mental DisQuietude.
A LETTER FROM ENGLAND
Wife, of the Dead Man Had Aban-
d0ned Her Home For a
Life of Shame,

The inquest over the remains of Albert
James Lee, the suicide, will be held in
Sherman's undertaking rooms by Coroner
Julien this evening and the probabilities
are that one of the witnesses will intro
duce some testimony that will be pathetic
in it's nature and will reveal to the jury
one of the causes that contributed to the
mental disquietude of the man who
sought oblivion in death.
According to the story Lee came of a
good family in England and his father
is now a retired member of the British
navy and resides at the seaport town of
Ramsgate, near Dover, England. Four
teen or fifteen years 6 Lee met the
lady of his choice and the DID. old story
was repeated. The marriage took place
and when their little girl was two or
three years old the young couple started
out to seek their fortune in the new
world. Ten years ago they landed in the
city of New York and that was where
their second child was born.
1t was in that great city that Lee made
the astounding discovery that his wife
was not all that a good wife should be
and he decided that England was a safer
place than New York for her and his little
girls. They made the return trip on the
steamer Majestic and during the voyage
the youngest girl was christened Lena
Majestic Lee. After the arrival in Eng
land the young mothers Maynard pro-
pensities got beyond control and a sep
aration was agreed to. The little girls, the
oldest of which is now 10 years of age,
were placed in charge Of Lees father and
mother and Lee came once more to
America. This was eight or nine years
ago and since that time he has never
looked upon the face of his wife and chill
dren.
Two or three days before last Christ
mas he got a letter from his father, and
it's contents, added to troubles of a per-
sonal nature, made him desperate, and
he sought relief in drink. While some
what under the influence of liuuor, he
went into the Montana Liquor company's
saloon and to several friends read the
contents of the letter he had got from
home! In 1T the writer stated that his
wife had become one of the common wo-
men Of Portsmouth,, and la recently
been making. trips TO- sRamsgate, where
she met and spoke to her children. AS
there had never been any legal separa-
ton between Lee and his wife, the old
gentleman suggested that it would be
well for Lee to return home and see
that matters were Strengthened up. On
the outside of the letter was a note, writ
ten and signed by his oldest daughter.
1t simply said:
Papa, please come home.'
Lee appeared to be much affected, and
said:
"Well, boys, I am going to %straighten
up, and by next Christmas l will be back
here with my children"
The letter was accompanied by a pic
ture of the girls, and they We're as pretty
as any father could wish. One Of them
held a tennis racquet in her dainty
m
Lees good resolution was not put into
practice, for from the day he received
the letter to the day of his death he
continued drinking to excess, and in the
abnormal condition of his mental fac
ulties, his roubles became greater than
he could bear.
The woman who had been his room