The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-11-08
HAD ARTERY OF HIS LEFT WRIST
SEVERED.
JURY SAY IT WAS ACCIDENT
Worker In and Around Railroad Shops
at Livingstond for Many #
Years.

Butte, Nov. 6.-Martin KehOe OF 1
Livingston met his death some time
during Friday night or early Saturday
morning out on the flats, at a point
north of Burlington and about four
miles south of Butte. The body was
found about 10 o'clock yesterday
morning by H. j. Turner about 300 4
yards from the cabin Turner occupies 81
on the Moody and Sankey claim, un-
der circumstances which first led
to the belief that he had killed him
self by severing the main artery OF \
his left wrist with the big blade Of q
penknife. Turner notified some of the
neighbors and messenger was sent
to Butte to notify Coroner Egan, who
went out to the place with Undertaken
Joe Richards.
The jury summoned by Coroner
Egan, not having any evidence that
would sustain the suicide theory, de-
clared that Kehoe came to his death
by accident.
The body was fully dressed, except
for the hat, which lay to one side.SS
Around the hat was a band OF crepe,
in memory of the dead mans father.
The father died few months ago..
About 20 feet from where the body
was lying is a prospect hole, around
which is lot of timbers. Blood
stains on the timbers led the coroner
and the undertaken to investigate. In
the prospect hole they found a pen-4
knife, with the large blade, about
J three inches long, open and covered
7 with blood. In the pockets they found
$2.40 in cash and memorandum
!, book with the name, Martin Kehoe,'
and some notes showing the man had
money on deposit with some one i'm
! South Butte.
From the scene of the accident the
! coroner and the undertaken went to-
Rocker, where Michael Kehoe keeps a
{ saloon, with the idea that there might
! be some relationship between the twors
Michael Kehoe at once said the deal
man was his brother He had not'
heard from Martin for four years, but
last week he heard he was in Butte.s
and was therefore expecting a visit
from him. He surmised that his
4 brother had started out to visit him,
| but that, becoming despOndent over
something on the way took his own
/ life. Martin Kehoe had apparently
/ gone about the work of self-destruc-
tion very deliberately He had lain
down, opened the artery Of his left
wrist by means o. the knife, and then
i thrown the knife away and awaited
/ DEATH The body was brought to
Butte and taken to Richards under
taking rooms, where it was prepared
for burial
The dead man was unmarried, and
! had worked about the railroad in and
around Livingston for many years. Ass
the result OF an accident he lost his
right eye, and has glass substitute.
The brother will take charge of the
funeral
! At the inquest held last evening in
Richards undertaking rooms the testi-
mony was not clear as to how Kehoe
came to get the wound in the wrist.
The stories of the witnesses left the
! jury in doubt as to whether he had w
struggle with some one and was cut
! by his adversary or whether he fell
into the prospect hole and cut his
wrist on one of the timbers and then
got out and crawled away to die, or
whether he inflicted the wound inten-
tiOnally.