The Ronan pioneer., 1917-05-11

| Will not permit.
Suffice it to say that although
we were all young fellows at the
time the Tallyho club was organized
in 1898, there is today only one sur
Vlving member-myself. And good
ness knows have had enough hard
luck and sufficient knocks to kill
me. l was born on the 18th of
July, 1876, and the 18th has always
been a hoo-doo. My father left me
an estate including business block
OF 13 rooms. Business reverses over
took me and the sheriff took over
this property on the 18th of October,
1915. If the number 49, could be
| eliminated from life l might get
along we'll, but ! am always run
| ming amuck of that number in some
adverse form.
How the Members Died.
"Tell you of the deaths of the 9th
er boys briefly. you say? Well, I
have already recounted how Captain
Paul Mitchell was crushed to death
by the overturned tallyho.
Hugh Mitchell was taken sudden
ly with typhoid pneumonia in Chica-
go in December, 1893, eand died on
the 23rd of that month.
civilian Mitchell brooded from
the day of the tragic death of Paul
Mitchell, his brother, and was found
dead in Butte in September, 1904.
There has always been a mystery
surrounding his death.
Bee Hensley met death by as
phyxiation i'm a room of the Fisher
block in Butte, in the summer of
] 1893, having gone to bed after Un-
Willingly blowing out the gas.
"William Fishers death was pc
cu]iarly untimely and unfortunate.
He was graduate OF the College of
Montana and was bright man of
many parts. He met death in June,
1904, when he is supposed to have
drank carbolic acid by mistake. The
real circumstances of his death were
never cleared up. He died in Deer
Lodge
Some Tragic Ends.
The death of John Fisher was
also very unfortunate He was
clerk and recorder of Powell county.
During his last days in office his ac-
counts were found to be short. His
frlends-some of them officers OF
the laW-would not believe him gull
ty, but as this seemed hard to prove
they advised him to flee, which he
did. He fled to Canada. At the
boundary line they locked up the car
to fulfill quarantine regulations, but
Flsher took this to mean they were
after him, and he whipped out his
revolver and blew out his brains.
That was in 1898. 1t was later dis
covered his deputy was the guilty
party in the clerk and recorders Of
flee.
Mate Hoss, newspaper man.
dled suddenly in Deer Lodge in 1904.
Bud Brown did his utmost to de-
1eat John Barleycorn in pitched
Dattle, but Brown lost and gave his
Ire as the penalty. That was in
Deer Lodge in June, 1904. Brown
mad been United States land commits
sloner, county treasurer and post
master at different times.
Fred Wildman, who was a natur-
al orator and who, l believe. would
nave had a brilliant career. was
Killed in a railroad wreck out in
washington in August, 1904.
Ed O'Malley also drifted TO
Washington and in 1904 committed
suicide by shooting himself
William E. Coleman became we'll
known in Anaconda banking circles.
put ne too died, the date being
March 6, 1914.
Il have already related the death
of Charlie Renshaw, who took the
death of Captain Mitchell very much
to heart and who committed suicide
in Butte in December, 1904.
AS l before remarked, Captain
Mltchelps death seemed to be the
signal for the others, and most of
them followed him within a year,
Other deaths struggled through the
years.
And here l am alone. AS secre-
tary of the Tallyho club of Deer
Lodge was delegated to record the
dolngs of the members. 1t have done
my duty by giving you the first COM
plete story of the club and the
strange and sudden deaths of all but
one of it's 13 members.
Maybe Providence reserved me
for the last that might fill the du-
ties of the secretary's position. May
be! Who knows?
There's one thing, though, worth
recording. The deaths of my 12
friends have sobered me through
the years. Arthur Menard of today
is not the giddy, head-strong youth
of the early nineties, and when death
knocks at my door to complete the
list of 13 the Grim Reaper will find
me ready to CO."