The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-12
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His Death Due to N orphine, but but;
His Purpo ose il 2 y 'alking Il It sl.' 1sg ]; 4.
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q: HisSyVife, in Virginia,
Leaves to- Attend
the Funeral.
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45BIRAi1N CHAM, RI ALA. August Il 81. -.
ID. y Montague a promine ent and wealthy
citizen OF Sheffield, 1, Ala and q lbroth her
sof ex- Governor Montagu !, Of Virginia.. '1
and + a cousin OF & "a. Y. p NJ ontague prcsl- Z
dent q Howard College at Brming ham,
was found dead In his room this morning.
He had been dead for at least twenty
four hours when the body was disco,yi1; Sc J, ";
cred. He was lying across the hed.s:an.dd :a. 9
his body was cold and stiff FL IN 9 I! cath. aIt
His wife and son left some time age & for
al trip ito Virginia to visit relat lives there
and for that reason the body Of Mr.. Mon y
Stague s was not discovered sooner. The
wi e and child, accompanied by other
Sreja tives from Virginia, will arriye at
Shelf cid # to morrow e morning to 81 take
charge 4 OF the remain MS. Is DR.. d Mo tague,
from Birmlng ham, Is also In She field,
doing what lies In his power. Il t III!
Morphine.
sss Is Death v was III caused by morphine.
Wheth s taken wit h N sui cidal intent 4 or
not IL ,unkno own. 3 The roner' sju ~ is
still llinyestigatlng the case, and + at the
last report received tonight had not :
reached any decision In 8the matte r..l Z
sis not believed In Id or ,Ih1 bla,
fnelg ghboring cities, that he committed g. SUI
cid g. 4,55a Nj. Mon tague had not been IN
i pood health 3 For several days u he had
failed to report at the Hattie Ensle Fur
faces, where heE held COMMENT poes,l--f.
tion. ana 4 prev vious to that he had COM n
Ma tiIed not not feeling well Is gen
4 nlly IS elieyed that He ook u the m icine
\ to$ ease pair ors prod ducs 1 sleep
Missing from Dut s8s
The lure 8 4 Mr.: font agueS to eportt;
u Z 5 the furnace ~ az tn az direct s5Sc ause
\ 81 his bod ysA being found. One aof his
4 friend 4 IL the furnaces EXPRESSED vvon-
der That he had u not been 70 swo orlk ana
went to lis house to In YES ga tes ana see a
Sif he3 was Ill. .Ss .S.sS, aS q. I
He found him dead instead \. The de- &c
ceased had made a ecialty q furnace
work He was hi ghly re ected ted IN sheI-
field, and had a large nu rnberS ot Lrlends'
'%1t5 iss pro bable that the remains will be
taken to virginia for tnterment #
II. r. Lynch M on tague recelv lved g teie:
gram late vest terdAy5s a ternoon ~ simply
announcing that his bro thers had died sud SUD
denly. @ vi s,,t.
were 1 in Albemarle county, where Z they
4 had been visiting relatives for three
weeks past III ts 5si 50 81. .f.
&, Mrs. Y Montague yesterday received Z In
formation by wire of the sudden death OF
herS hus band, and left Chariot lie s 4 py
the afternoon train for Sheffield, Ala
D. Montague. :s
Jules Dew Montague. eldest son OF the
ate lieutenant Governor Montague, and
brother OF Ex-Governor Andrew JAG kson
ontague. was born In N ID dlesex county
October, 1853. He graduated at william,
&and Mary College, and In the law sc enc hool
Stised law in Mid dlesex few years /. an and
then went TO charlottesville. where ne
opened a law once. While living In ~ Char:
$slottesvville. he was united In marriage
with Miss Garth, Of p well known be,
marie county family. Z. Mr. Montague re.
moved from Charlottesville ito Baltimore
and then went to Alabama, where ne
spracticed law and engaged sSSextensiyely
Z In real estate. first "a In Il Il B Brmin ham
and then In sheffteld- = " si5 II