Son of Thomas Edward Lyne Jr and Lavina Van Camp
WELL KNOWN OLD RESIDENT OF VALLEY COMMITTED SUICIDE AT HOME YESTERDAY
Andrew W. Lyne, for 26 years a resident of the Bitter Root Valley, died at his ranch home north of Darby about 10 o'clock yesterday morning from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. That was the verdict of the coroner's jury summoned yesterday afternoon to inquire into the cause of his death.
Alcoholic depression is believed to have been the cause of Mr. Lyne's rash act. He had been drinking for more than a week. He was only a periodical drinker, but while on a spree, he suffered severely.
Lyne shot himself through the heart with a .30-.30 Winchester rifle while sitting on a bunk in the granary near his house. While drinking, he was accustomed to sleep in a tent near the house at night and in the granary in the daytime. The bullet entered the left breast, passed through the heart, and, ranging upward, came out under the left shoulder. After passing through Lyne's body, the soft-nosed bullet perforated the board wall of the granary and sang through the air nearly half a mile distant.
Virgil Moore, who was working for Lyne on the D.D. Nicholson ranch, heart the bullet whiz though the air overhead 60 rods from the house. He was in the road going to the house to see Lyne. Moore went to the granary and called, but receiving no response, he went to the house and saw Mrs. Lyne, who returned with him to the granary. When her husband failed to answer, Mrs. Lyne started to rouse him by shaking him, ut discovered the blood on his clothes, which, with the rifle at his side, told the tale. She had previously heard the report of the gun, but thought nothing of it.
Lyne's suicide was evidently premeditated. The gun with which he shot himself was always kept in the house, but Wednesday night he apparently took it from its accustomed place over the door, although his wife did not miss it.
Coroner R.W. Getty was notified of the suicide yesterday morning and left shortly after 1 o'clock for the Lyne home. He impaneled a jury consisting of A.F. Hobbs, Sam Lowman, John Logan, Dr. L.W. Day, E.W. Akin and S.S. Henault, who, after hearing a number of witnesses, returned the verdict given above.
"Andy" Lyne would have been 41 years of age November 15 next. He ws born in Elko, Nevada, and came to the Bitter Root 26 years ago. D.D. Nicholson brought his family here from Butte through the Big Hole. The family settled at Corvallis and lived there for many years. For the last 10 years, Mr. Lyne has lived near Darby. Of late years, he has engaged in farming, but formerly he worked much of the time as a stationary engineer.
He is survived by a wife and two small sons, aged 6 and 4, and by two sisters, Mrs. Bray Wiley and Mrs. Daisy Krout of Corvallis. The funeral was held at Darby this afternoon.
WELL KNOWN OLD RESIDENT OF VALLEY COMMITTED SUICIDE AT HOME YESTERDAY
Andrew W. Lyne, for 26 years a resident of the Bitter Root Valley, died at his ranch home north of Darby about 10 o'clock yesterday morning from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. That was the verdict of the coroner's jury summoned yesterday afternoon to inquire into the cause of his death.
Alcoholic depression is believed to have been the cause of Mr. Lyne's rash act. He had been drinking for more than a week. He was only a periodical drinker, but while on a spree, he suffered severely.
Lyne shot himself through the heart with a .30-.30 Winchester rifle while sitting on a bunk in the granary near his house. While drinking, he was accustomed to sleep in a tent near the house at night and in the granary in the daytime. The bullet entered the left breast, passed through the heart, and, ranging upward, came out under the left shoulder. After passing through Lyne's body, the soft-nosed bullet perforated the board wall of the granary and sang through the air nearly half a mile distant.
Virgil Moore, who was working for Lyne on the D.D. Nicholson ranch, heart the bullet whiz though the air overhead 60 rods from the house. He was in the road going to the house to see Lyne. Moore went to the granary and called, but receiving no response, he went to the house and saw Mrs. Lyne, who returned with him to the granary. When her husband failed to answer, Mrs. Lyne started to rouse him by shaking him, ut discovered the blood on his clothes, which, with the rifle at his side, told the tale. She had previously heard the report of the gun, but thought nothing of it.
Lyne's suicide was evidently premeditated. The gun with which he shot himself was always kept in the house, but Wednesday night he apparently took it from its accustomed place over the door, although his wife did not miss it.
Coroner R.W. Getty was notified of the suicide yesterday morning and left shortly after 1 o'clock for the Lyne home. He impaneled a jury consisting of A.F. Hobbs, Sam Lowman, John Logan, Dr. L.W. Day, E.W. Akin and S.S. Henault, who, after hearing a number of witnesses, returned the verdict given above.
"Andy" Lyne would have been 41 years of age November 15 next. He ws born in Elko, Nevada, and came to the Bitter Root 26 years ago. D.D. Nicholson brought his family here from Butte through the Big Hole. The family settled at Corvallis and lived there for many years. For the last 10 years, Mr. Lyne has lived near Darby. Of late years, he has engaged in farming, but formerly he worked much of the time as a stationary engineer.
He is survived by a wife and two small sons, aged 6 and 4, and by two sisters, Mrs. Bray Wiley and Mrs. Daisy Krout of Corvallis. The funeral was held at Darby this afternoon.
Son of Thomas Edward Lyne Jr and Lavina Van Camp
WELL KNOWN OLD RESIDENT OF VALLEY COMMITTED SUICIDE AT HOME YESTERDAY
Andrew W. Lyne, for 26 years a resident of the Bitter Root Valley, died at his ranch home north of Darby about 10 o'clock yesterday morning from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. That was the verdict of the coroner's jury summoned yesterday afternoon to inquire into the cause of his death.
Alcoholic depression is believed to have been the cause of Mr. Lyne's rash act. He had been drinking for more than a week. He was only a periodical drinker, but while on a spree, he suffered severely.
Lyne shot himself through the heart with a .30-.30 Winchester rifle while sitting on a bunk in the granary near his house. While drinking, he was accustomed to sleep in a tent near the house at night and in the granary in the daytime. The bullet entered the left breast, passed through the heart, and, ranging upward, came out under the left shoulder. After passing through Lyne's body, the soft-nosed bullet perforated the board wall of the granary and sang through the air nearly half a mile distant.
Virgil Moore, who was working for Lyne on the D.D. Nicholson ranch, heart the bullet whiz though the air overhead 60 rods from the house. He was in the road going to the house to see Lyne. Moore went to the granary and called, but receiving no response, he went to the house and saw Mrs. Lyne, who returned with him to the granary. When her husband failed to answer, Mrs. Lyne started to rouse him by shaking him, ut discovered the blood on his clothes, which, with the rifle at his side, told the tale. She had previously heard the report of the gun, but thought nothing of it.
Lyne's suicide was evidently premeditated. The gun with which he shot himself was always kept in the house, but Wednesday night he apparently took it from its accustomed place over the door, although his wife did not miss it.
Coroner R.W. Getty was notified of the suicide yesterday morning and left shortly after 1 o'clock for the Lyne home. He impaneled a jury consisting of A.F. Hobbs, Sam Lowman, John Logan, Dr. L.W. Day, E.W. Akin and S.S. Henault, who, after hearing a number of witnesses, returned the verdict given above.
"Andy" Lyne would have been 41 years of age November 15 next. He ws born in Elko, Nevada, and came to the Bitter Root 26 years ago. D.D. Nicholson brought his family here from Butte through the Big Hole. The family settled at Corvallis and lived there for many years. For the last 10 years, Mr. Lyne has lived near Darby. Of late years, he has engaged in farming, but formerly he worked much of the time as a stationary engineer.
He is survived by a wife and two small sons, aged 6 and 4, and by two sisters, Mrs. Bray Wiley and Mrs. Daisy Krout of Corvallis. The funeral was held at Darby this afternoon.
WELL KNOWN OLD RESIDENT OF VALLEY COMMITTED SUICIDE AT HOME YESTERDAY
Andrew W. Lyne, for 26 years a resident of the Bitter Root Valley, died at his ranch home north of Darby about 10 o'clock yesterday morning from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. That was the verdict of the coroner's jury summoned yesterday afternoon to inquire into the cause of his death.
Alcoholic depression is believed to have been the cause of Mr. Lyne's rash act. He had been drinking for more than a week. He was only a periodical drinker, but while on a spree, he suffered severely.
Lyne shot himself through the heart with a .30-.30 Winchester rifle while sitting on a bunk in the granary near his house. While drinking, he was accustomed to sleep in a tent near the house at night and in the granary in the daytime. The bullet entered the left breast, passed through the heart, and, ranging upward, came out under the left shoulder. After passing through Lyne's body, the soft-nosed bullet perforated the board wall of the granary and sang through the air nearly half a mile distant.
Virgil Moore, who was working for Lyne on the D.D. Nicholson ranch, heart the bullet whiz though the air overhead 60 rods from the house. He was in the road going to the house to see Lyne. Moore went to the granary and called, but receiving no response, he went to the house and saw Mrs. Lyne, who returned with him to the granary. When her husband failed to answer, Mrs. Lyne started to rouse him by shaking him, ut discovered the blood on his clothes, which, with the rifle at his side, told the tale. She had previously heard the report of the gun, but thought nothing of it.
Lyne's suicide was evidently premeditated. The gun with which he shot himself was always kept in the house, but Wednesday night he apparently took it from its accustomed place over the door, although his wife did not miss it.
Coroner R.W. Getty was notified of the suicide yesterday morning and left shortly after 1 o'clock for the Lyne home. He impaneled a jury consisting of A.F. Hobbs, Sam Lowman, John Logan, Dr. L.W. Day, E.W. Akin and S.S. Henault, who, after hearing a number of witnesses, returned the verdict given above.
"Andy" Lyne would have been 41 years of age November 15 next. He ws born in Elko, Nevada, and came to the Bitter Root 26 years ago. D.D. Nicholson brought his family here from Butte through the Big Hole. The family settled at Corvallis and lived there for many years. For the last 10 years, Mr. Lyne has lived near Darby. Of late years, he has engaged in farming, but formerly he worked much of the time as a stationary engineer.
He is survived by a wife and two small sons, aged 6 and 4, and by two sisters, Mrs. Bray Wiley and Mrs. Daisy Krout of Corvallis. The funeral was held at Darby this afternoon.
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