The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-08-14
meets DEATH
| IN BATH TUB
PECULIAR. DEMISE OF A. G.
MARTLY IN THE OLSON
/. BLOCK.
i
His Body Was Found Almost Entirely
Immersed in Water-An Electric
Light Wire Attached to One
"a Hand and Ankle-Dis-
covered by the Land
! lady-Coroner Will
Investigate.

A death surrounded by mysterious
circumstances and which may have been
suicidal, accidental, or natural. occurred
at the Olsen block in South Butte last
night. The dead man who figures in
the mystery was A. G. Marty, grocer's
clerk.
Hartly went into a bath room on the
first floor of the Olsen block about $40
o'clock last night and at 10:30 the land
lady. Mrs. Hansen. growing suspicious
of the continuous running of the water
in the room, called MIR. Olsen, the owner
of the block. and made an investigation,
which resulted in the discovery that
Hartly was dead IN the bath tub.
He was lying in the tub on his back,
and the water was up to his arm
pits, his head being elevated on the
sloping end of the tub.
His Head Was Above Water.
The position of the body showed that
Marty had not drowned and a close ex-
animation revealed, coiled about one
wrist and ankle the end of wire, the
other end of which was attached to the
wire of an incandescent electric light
suspended from the ceiling. A pin thrust
through the insulation of the electric
light wire connected the other wire.
Thus Marty had received shock which,
it is supposed. ended his life.
The landlady is of the opinion that
Marty had no intention OF suicide but
took the shock simply for the sensation.
She says Marty was of a cheerful dis
position and apparently in good health.
There is no known reason why he
; should commit suicide. He was to have
, gone to work this morning for Mayo &
Co, GRACE and commission men, of
South Butte. and last night he told Mr.
Larsen, grocer near the Butte Ana
+ conda & Pacific depot, for whom he had
worked, that he was going home to taFI
bath and get a good sleep and be
ready for work today in the new place
/ It is not certain that Martyrs death
was caused by an electric shock. There
were, no burns on his body, and the wire
and min attached to the electric light
wire We're removed without shock to the
Person who took them down.
The 1andlady stated today that she was
in the small room adjoining the bath
room, where Marty died and which is
used for sitting room, from the time
he went into the bathroom, until she
grew suspicious about the way the wa
ter ran and that she never heard a
sound from him. She had visitors, how
ever. and their talk deadened other
noises somewhat.
Not Dead When Discovered
When she suspected something wrong
she called Mr.. Olsen and asked him to
look over the bathroom transom. He
saw Marty lying in the tub. Mrs. Han
sen stated that the latters head was
Wabbling when Mr.. Olsen saw him, and
that it was at first thought he was not
: quite dead. When he was examined there
was no evidence of life.
Owing to the uncertainty as to the
cause of Martyrs death, Coroner john
son will hold an inquest over the body
this evening.
The deceased was 80 years old and
single. He had no relatives in Butte. He
had worked for Hall & Harper, grocers,
and was we'll liked.
An incident indicating that Marty did
not intend suicide. is found in the cir
cumstance that Monday he asked Mrs.
. Hansen to take a shock of electricity
! from the light wire in his room.
The landlady declined the invitation.
although Marty told her the shock would
mot hurt her. That would indicate that
he had tried the shock before