The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1920-07-02
Ha1nblin Man
Commits Suicide
Ollie Mccartney Ends Life Tuesday
Morning BY PIun9ing Head First
Into Sixty Foot Well

Into Sixty Foot Well
The shocking news reached here
last Tuesday afternoon to the effect
that Ollie N. Mccartney, a prominent
and well known farmer of the Cow
creek country near Hamblin, had COM
mitted suicide,
Mrs. Mccartney accompanied by her
parents Mr.. and Mrs. J. F. Brown,
happened to be in Circle Tuesday and
the sad news was told them here.
The wife was terribly shocked upon
hearing the news as was to be expect
ed.
The details of the tragedy as we
have been able to get them are that
the cause for the rash act is thought
to be brooding over family affairs,
and 1t seems evident, that he decided
to put an end to his life.
On Monday evening Mr.. Mccartney
had left his home and gone over to the
home of his brother Geo., only few
miles away, for the purpose of helping
him the following day to round up
some horses and while there had been
telling of some of his troubles and
also stated his intentions of leaving
the country, but nothing serious was
thought about it. Some time after
midnight Monday night he had left the
home of his brother and at Q A M.
Tuesday had called at the James
Conners place. He told Mr.. Conners
also about his troubles and his inten.
tions of leaving the country but Mr.
Conners tried to persuade him to not
do so and thought he had succeeded.
In their conversation Conners learned
that Mr.. Mccartney had not had any
supper so he called Mrs. Corners who
having retired for the night, got up
and prupsred meal for him, which
he ate. He then left the Conners
home and that was the last that was
ever seen of him alive.
Tuesday morning Mr.. Conners had
gone over to A. M. Paulsons store and
upon his return home had noticed a
saddle horse wandering about, over
near the old Mercier place, and going
over to see whose it was found it to be
McCartney's saddle horse, and the one
he had rode while over to his place
the evening before. He Immediately
went over to Geo. McCartney's and told
MIN about it, and they both came right
back and started to hunt for him, hay
ing suspicion that something had
gone wrong finding the horse alone.
and also from the remarks he had
made when they had last seen him.
Shortly after one o'clock Tuesday
afternoon they went to an old aban-
doned well, which is located about
half or three quarters of mile from
the old Arthur Mercier place and there
found a stone removed which had held
down a cover on the well, and cover
wide open. Upon closer examination
they found that in the bottom of the
well was body of man. Help was I,
secured and also some long ropes and /
with the aid of VIM. Artz and Dean !.
swanson they managed to get the re- |
mains up out of the we'll and found it !
to be Ollie McCartney-he had ended I
it all by committing suicide. Had it
not been for the saddle horse remain
ing there waiting for its rider, it is
doubtful if ever the remains would
have been found.
The task of getting the body out of
the we'll was a difficult one, as the
well was bored we'll ouly two feet !
In diameter and was go feet deep, with
about IA feet of water in it. Mr.. Nc
Cartney had evidently plunged
head first into the we'll, because when i
they dropped a rope with slip knot
on it down into the we'll they accident.
ly managed to get hold of one of his
feet and was thus pulled up.
The remains were taken to the Nc
Cartney home and DR.. Rundle and
county coroner j. j. Moriarty of Circle
we're notified, who went out to view |
he remains and hold an inquest. At
he inquest, the verdict by the jury of I
'ix men, was suicide.
The community is deeply shocked to a
lear the sad news of the death, in I
his manner, of young man only "a +
'ears Of age.
: AS stated above the cause for the +
he rash deed is thought to be brood v
ng over family troubles and worrying q
'ver hard luck in losing considerable a
i've stock last winter. About year Il
80 Mr.. Mccartney had obtained di- e
orce from his wife, and ouly a few q