, 1907-07-01
FROM
LIGHTNING
BOLT STRIKES ARTHUR TERNAN
AS HE WAS RETURNING HOME
FROM TRIP TO THIS CITY.
Accident Probably Occurred Tuesday
Afternoon, Remains Not Being
Found Until Saturday Afternoon
Was Born in India and Parents
Reside Near London, England.

Was Born in India and Parents
Reside Near London, England.
The remains of Arthur Gordon
Breffney-Ternan, a young English
ranchman on Fish creek, were brought
to this city last night and turned ovel
to Undertaken Stryker. who will her
medically seal the body and have il
shipped to England, according to pres
ent plans. Dean Bode this morning
cabled the father of the dead man
Colonel Ternan, of Walton-on-Thames
twenty miles from London, and awaits
a reply from that gentleman before
taking definite action.
Here Tuesday Afternoon.
Mr.. Ternan spent several days in
fore, leaving for home in a buggy
drawn by two horses at Q o'clock Tues
day afternoon. He was an intimate
friend of DR.. and Mrs. Douglas and
was with DR.. Douglas almost at the
last moment of his presence in the
city. Nothing more was heard of him
until Saturday night, when a message
from ]. F. Pierce reached DR.. James
Ballard, the county coroner, that the
body of a man had been found near
Bosler.
Coroner to the Scene.
A second message came yesterday
afternoon, n at 4 O'clock DR.. Bal
lard left for the scene on train No. 8.
He found the remains, which were in
an advanced stage Of decomposition,
twenty-eight miles north of this city
at the end of the Bosler line, near
the Diamond ranch. The body lay
beside the road. The horses had bro.
ken from the buggy n were found
not far away still having the har.
ness on.
Remains identified.
Dir. Ballard was able to identify the
remains as those Of Mr. Ternan by
papers found on his person and among
his belongings in the buggy. He was
also able to determine definitely that
the young man had been struck by
a bolt of lightning, which struck first
his head, following the body downward
and through the e a of the buggy, and
thence to the ground. The buggy
whip, standing in its socket on the
dashboard of the buggy, was stripped
of its covering, and Mr.. Ternan's
watch, some coins and the gold trim,
mings of his watch fob were burned
and the gold melted by the heat. The
watch stopped at 5:17, probably indi-
eating the time of the accident.
Mas Born in India.
Mr.. Ternan is the youngest son OF
Colonel and Mrs. Ternan of England.
He was born in India .twenty-seven
years ago, while his father vas the
military governor of one of the prov.
inces in hat country, and was the
nephew of a number of British army
officers. The father has been retired
and is now living on his estate near
London.
Six Years in America.
Arthur came to this country about
on Fish creek, near Laramie peak.
He was on his way home when the &C
cident occurred. He was spoken of
quite highly by DR.. Douglas and
George Going, who also knew him in
timately, and they say he vas well
educated, moral in his habits. with
every attribute of a gentleman. He
came to this city to see a young lady
to whom he was greatly attached and
who keenly feels his death.
Action Awaits ~CabIegram.
Upon the receipt of cable news from
the father, his wishes will be carried
out. The young man was an attendant
at the cathedral whenever he came to
the city on Sunday, and kept up his
duties to the church. Dean Bode has
interested himself in the matter and
sent the cablegram to the father this
morning. Coroner Ballard found it
would not be necessary to hold an in
quest, the cause of death being plainly
evident, with no witnesses. The body
was in such a state that it vas found
impossible to have it handled by the
railroad company, and so the coroner
secured E. r. Morris and his team to
bring the remains here.
Rode Into a Storm.
Mr.. Ternan was a member of Lar.
annie lodge, Masons, having taken the
third degree a few weeks ago and
been instructed by A. B. Caverly, ap.
pointed by the master of the lodge for
that purpose. When he left here
Tuesday afternoon it was remarked
/ that a storm was raging neal Bosler.
and it must have been about the time
he reached the center of the storm
that death came. He was alone.
Was Modern Woodman.
Sam Wallace, clerk of Wyoming
camp, Modern Woodmen of America,
today received a telegram from F. E.
Scheiet, clerk of Wheatland camp No.
5449, of the order, asking him for in.
formation of the death of A. G. B.
Ternan, who is a member of that
camp. Mr.. Wallace replied that the
man who had been found dead had
been fully identified as Ternan and
advised the camp to take whatever
action it deemed proper in the matter.
Will Be Buried Here.
Dean Bode this afternoon received