Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-23
Verdict of the Jury in the
Murphy Case.
MRS. MAHONEY HAS SUED
Saws She is the Youngest Daughter
of the Dead Man and She Wants
His Remains,

The %coroner's inquest which was held
yesterday over the remains OF John
Murphy, who was found dead near MS
cabin west of the city, on March Il. re-
suited in a verdict of death from natural
causes. The witnesses were J. j. Leven-
good, J. r. Gray, E. Hutchins and T. r.
Grow.
Mr.. Levengood had often heard Mr..
Murphy complain of sinking spells, and
in the opinion of witness it was one OF
these spells that was the cause of his
death.
Mr.. Grow had seen him have one of the
attacks when deceased was it his (wit-
messy house.
Charles Houck testified regarding the
correspondence, property and relatives
of the deceased. This property, so far
as known, consists of a squatters right
to the claim on which he died, an inter-
est in the estate Of a deceased sister in
New Brunswick, valued at $1,S0O: a GER
tificate of deposit on a Minneapolis bank
for 1000, and $2,0 600 that he had loaned
out to some party in Minneapolis.
No will has been found. A daughter,
Mrs. William Thompson, resides at Great
Falls, and has been notified by wire.
my name is Mrs. Edward Mahoney
/ am a daughter Of John Murphy. whose
remains are at Ehret's undertaking
rooms, but l cannot get my fathers re-
mains because some one has started the
report that l am only his S~tepdaughter."
This was the brief statement Of Mrs.
Mahoney, who called at the Inter Noun
tain Office this morning in company with
her husband.
MY father" said She. had four chill
dren, and l am the youngest. The eldest
child is a son, whose whereabouts is un-
lonnyn Tha cnann6 iC Mr. !" N
Thompson Of Great Falls, and the third
is Sister Mary Magdalene, who is a nun
in the Carmelite convent at st. Paul.
My stepmother, who has two children BY
her first husband, was residing at Min
neapolis the last l heard Of her. She
and my father, now deceased, have not
been living together for some time. I am
the nearest relative of my father in Ana
conda, and l cannot understand why his
remains are refused me. The %coroner's
inquest over his remains was conducted
yesterday. The coroner has complied
with the law, and the remains should be
turned over to his children. l ave en-
gagged Undertaken futile to take charge
of the remains and conduct the funeral
but Undertaken Ehret. at whose place
the remains were ordered by the coroner
refuses to give them up"
Later in the day Mrs. Mahoney en-
gagged Attorneys Walsh & James a:
counsel. After consultation, a suit fo1
replevin was made and filed in the dis
trict court. The writ ~recites the case il
detail and sets forth that Mrs. Malone,
is a lawful child of the deceased, and il
therefore entitled to his remains. Unde
the writ Sheriff Conley will take chargt
Of the body and turn it over to who eve
the court orders to have charge of it.
Mrs. Mahoney also wired her siste
in the convent 1t st. Paul., to establish
her relationship with the deceased. Al
answer is expected any m Mean
while Undertaken Ehret has wired Mr.
W. D. Thompson, another daughter, a
Great Falls, and is momentarily expect
ing a telegram from her with instruc
tions to take charge of the remains.
Armed with a writ of replevin in tn
hands of Under Sheriff Morgan, Under
taker Tuttle's dead g was draw
to Undertaken Ehret's about l o'cloc
this afternoon n a demand made 70
the remain of John Murphy to be turne
over to his daughter. Mrs Ed Malone,
Undertaken Ehreit refused to comply. II
produced a telegram from anothe
daughter, at Great Falls, to Corone
H~ardenbrook. dated today at HAS a. M
which read as follows:
Hold the remains until Sunday
The same person sent a telegram I
Mrs. Ed MahOney at 1890 a. M, Whic
read:
Hold the remains until Saturday."
Under Sheriff Morgan consulted wit
Deputy County Attorney Casey and aftt
a short conference they ordered the r,
mains turned over to Undertaken Tuttl
Mr.. Ehret then put up a bond and tt
remains will be held by him until Mr.
Thompson, a daughter at Great Fall
arrives. tonight or tomorrow.
Undertaken Ehret claims Mahoney ar
wife wanted Murphy buried today, b,
he would not consent until word was r.
ceived from the dead mans daught,
at Great Falls.
Mrs. Mahoney was present at the see,
this afternoon and was led away wee,
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