Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-16
TWO MEN KILLED
IN DYNAMITE EXPLOSION ON TO-
LUCA-CODY BRANCH.
LONG JOURNEY OF A Letter.
Bad Stage Driver Is Arrested-Body
Found Was Not Mrs.
Freischman.
Billings Mont. IAN. 16 1901

/ DR.. James Chapple, who was indicted
into office as coroner. Monday. was called
( upon Thursday to perform his first Off
cial duty by holding an inquest. A cour-
| lei from McShane Bros grazing camp
| OH the Toluca Cody branch. about Is
miles south of the city, came to. Billings
Wednesday night with the information
! that one of the laborers had been killed
! that day at the camp. Coroner Chapple
left the next morning for the camp. and
uron his arrival there found that there
hac been two deaths. another man being
| killed by an explosion on the morning of
his arrival The first man. whose death
was reported, was VIM. Sheen. He had
left the scene of the dynamiting before
the explosive was fired and was quite a
! distance down the hill when rock, dis
lodged by: the explosion. struck him on
the back of the neck. killing him. Sheen
leaves son living In Idaho. His body
was buried near the camp after the jury
had brought in verdict of accidental
death. and that death was caused by his
own carelessness. The last accident was
the killing of James Boalt. who had
charge of the blasting. The last seen of
Eoalt alive was by his fellow workers
that morning as he was noticed going to
pit where he had a fire. A few minutes
/ later they heard an explosion and on
going there found Boalr in a dying con-
dition. death resulting in few minutes.
1t is supposed that he had started to
thaw out some dynamite when it ex-
lodad
Henry G. Lynch OF Billings died in
Forsyth Wednesday night from that
dread disease. pneumonia. The first in
{ ti,,,a fh,,@
IN telegram to his Wife Wednesday
afternoon. stating that he Was sick at
| Forsyth. but conveying no information
that his condition was serious. Mrs.
Lynch at once made preparations to
go down TO Forsyth on the midnight
freight train. accompanied by her
brother. Ed Fraser. While waiting at
home she received another telegram
winch stated that her husband was
dead. The body was brought to Bill
lngs Thursday noon. Mr.. Lynch, who
was freight conductor Oh the North
ern Pacific, left last Saturday on q
\ stock train, his run being between
Billings and Forsyth. He was not feel
ing Well when he took his departure,
but thought little of it,. The slight i'll
ness soon developed into pneumonia
Which caused his death. The deceased
had been a resident Oh Billings for a
number of years, having first come here
+ as brakeman for the Northern Pa
| cific railroad. but for the past two
years has been conductor. He was
native of Alabama, where a mother
and two sisters reside. He leaves !.
Wife and two small daughters to mourn
the loss of husband and father. The
funeral services We're held Friday after
noon from the residence of A. Fraser
falher-in-aw of the deceased conduct
ed by Rev. w. d. Clark pastor of the
Congregational church.
While chaplain Of the First Montana
regiment of volunteers in the Philippine
islands. it fell to the lot of Rev. G. G.
Stull to often write letters for his sick
and wounded soldiers to relatives and
loved ones, On the 10th Of April. 1899.
while on the field of battle one of the
Montana boys. FAMED Metschke was
wounded, and about his last act and re-
quest was to take from his pocket $25
ana ask the chaplain to send it to his
mother, Mrs. julius Metschke, at 675
Ninth street New York City On that
very day the chaplain secured a postof-
flee money order and sent it to the ad-
dress given. together with a short letter
e,i soldier died A few days ago there
was received at the Billings postoffice
a letter addressed to Chaplain Stull. On
opening it he found the letter which he
Fad addressed to Mrs. Metschke in New
York almost two years ago, containing
me money order. The letter had gone
to New York. but had been undeliyered
as the person was ont there Next if
went to the dead letter office and after
remaining there the required time was
forwarded to Chaplain stull. in the Phil
irIine islands, his return card having
been placed upon the envelope before the
litter was sent on it's destination east
ward knowing that the chaplain had
returned OF the United States with his
regiment, the letter was forwarded to
San Francisco. and from that city to
Billings. Chaplain Stull asked Postmas-
ter Babcock what should be done with
the order and was told that it should
be presented for payment and the chap
lain act as custodian of the money until
it was called for.
Charles Dorsey, a stage driver between
v,ts,