Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-22
MAY Be 0 bYRNE
MAN KILLED NEAR THE TUNNEL
LAST SUNDAY.
ACCIDENT At TRAIL CREEK.
A Hard Fought Water Right Suit
Great Park Travel for This
Season.
Livingston, Mont, Feb. q, 1901.

Livingston, Mont, Feb. q, 1901.
Superintendent Horn and other officials
of tine Montana division have been work.
ing steadily for the past two days trying
to discover the identity Of the man who
was killed Sunday evening by westbound
passenger train No. II, at the west end
of the Bozeman tunnel. The inquest held
at BOZeman failed to reveal the identity
of the unfortunate man, and 1t began to
look as if the mutilated body would find
It's last rest in an unknown grave. De-
Velopments in this city this morning,
however, put better aspect on the case
and it looks as if the dead man would
be identified beyond doubt. John Gum,
of this city, was sent - Bozeman yester-
day by the railway officials to see if he
could identify the man, it being thought
that he was William Lafferty, a former
resident of this city. Mr.. Gum returned
this morning, none the wiser for having
looked into the CHASTITY features of the
dead man. A memorandum book found
upon the body, however, furnishes clue
which seems positive. This book was
given to one Stanlaws O'Byrne by G. c.
Fifeld, of this city. The description of
the dead man tallies exactly with that
of O'Byrne. O'Byrne came to Livingston
cry of Mr.. Fifield until "A couple Of weeks
ago, when he left to work for Mart
Boughton on the latter's ranch south Of
the city. He was seen here on St. Valen-
tines day.
O'Byrne was sailor and had been all
over the world. He talked little of him.
self, and hardly anything is known con-
ceHling him. He vouchsafed the infor-
nation that his people were all dead,
however. He came here from Idaho, and
of late spoke much Of returning. He
seemed greatly worried for the last week
he was in the city and said he didn't see
why he didn't hear from Idaho. The fact
that no letter came from that state
seemed to worry him a great deal When
questioned by Mr.. Fifield he made re-
marks which led the former to believe
that O'Byrne had sweetheart in thu
state. and that he was restless because
no word came from her. He said he was
going back there, and he was probably
on his way when he was killed.
O'Byrne was an Irishman by birth, but
was brought up in England. He was
about % years of age. His description
Is as follows: black hair and moustache:
height, five feet, four or six inches;
weight 1876 to 14O pounds; color of eyes,
hazel; wore No. shoe; red undershirt;
fleece-lined drawers; black sateen shirt;
red and black checked trousers; new
overalls and jumper; black cap and dark
brown OVercOat.
The memorandum book found upon his
person was issued by Veit & Co., of this
city, and contains memorandum of
goods purchased from Nolan Bros
O'BYrne worked for Fred Bother of the
Upper Yellowstone, herding sheep. He
had some trouble about the settlement
of his wages, and ended up by suing Bot
tier in Judge Bender's court for $50,
which he claimed to be due him. He
also worked for Ioston Bros, of Flat
head.
l.. l.. Lakel, who was arrested the first
of the week and charged with adultery,
was given a chance to leave town or
marry the woman in Jail. Judge Bender
sentenced him to six months in the coun-
ty Jail and suspended sentence on the
promise that Lakel should make himself
scarce around these parts. Lakel prom
ised, but he didn't go. He was arrested
yesterday and thrown into Jail, where
he will stay for the full term of his SEN
tecce.