The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-10-05
August e. r. Chamot and His Wife,
rmerly Miss DeiIar, Whom He
Married on Deathbed.

= San Francisco, Oct. 4.-Telegraphing
/ To his relatives that he was on his
/ dcathbed. and asking that they should
/ pay his funeral expenses. August T. f.
/ Chamot the hero of the boxing upris-
/ ing, once wealthy and influential
I trader In Pekin and other places I'm
the Orient. connoisseur. bon vivant
and clubman. who is MORALLY ill., has
laid himself down to die in "A little
country shack In Larkspur.
Here the man of bon mots. hero of
thousand adventures and daredevil
deeds; the man who at imminent per
sonal risk managed by indomltable
WILL pluck and perseverance, to Sc
cure for rs days provisions for 1900 be-
sieged men and women and children
starving within the walls of Pekin.
while myriads of hate-drunk yellow
foes sought their lives. Il slowly await
ing his end In poverty. though but a
Few years ago. as reward for his gal
lantry at Pekln, he was in possession
of prncely fortune.
one out of all his relatives. friends
and companions has remained true and
stays with him to soften the suffer
ings of his dying hours. She is Betsy
Dollar, the former beautiful New York
manicurist, who Is alleged to have been
the cause Of the divorce of Chamot
and Annie Mccarthy, his former wife.
Chamot married Miss Dollar last
week, the ceremony being arranged by
Jean Escalle. countryman and
neighbor of the dying man. and per-
formed by Justice of the Peace w. f.
Magec Of San Rafael.
Though the cottage in which he is
slowly dying is dingy and unattractive.
on the walls beside the bed hangs the
French decoration of the Legion of
Honor. an exquisite cameo likeness of
Pope Leo XIII. and the insignia of IL
Knight of the Rising sun of japan.
These are silent reminders of "A few
al the honors conferred upon him for
his great work during the boxer trnu-
BILE in China.
chamots position as hotelkccper
III Pekin had much to do with the eff
fectiveness of the work ne performed
In succoring the starving Europeans
VII" were being bcsiegcd by the
boxers.
The hotel was located just behind
the British legation. and when the
members Of the foreign settlement
sought refuge there Chamot converted
the hostelry into a fort. Every device
was used to make il imprcgnahle
against the attacks of the Chinese. and
when that was done chnmot further
undertook tn obtain food for all within
the legation walls.
Though his hotel was being riddIcd
with boxer bullets. chamot, with his
courageous wife. whom he married in
1895 as Annie Mccarthy. daughter of
Eugene Mccarthy. IL weil-knoNn San
Francisco real estate man. started out
i'm search of the provisions he had
promised la obtain,
To get the much needed food he and
his wife had tn drive miles through
the streets. and daily as they ap-
preached the legation walls the hostile
chinese would pour n hail Of bullets
from their blunderhusses mt the cart.
The pluck of Mrs. chamot. who fired
irom the rear of the cart at every vel
low Zoe who became visible. had much
To do with spelling the aim of the
boxers and securing their o,ru safe
passage.
These forasing expeditions lasted
nearly three months and were not dis
continued until the legation had been