Lewis And Clark County MT Archives Obituaries.....Crosby, William February 1902
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Anaconda Standard -- February 19, 1902
Helena, Feb. 18. -- William Crosby, an old-time placer miner and one of the 
pioneers of Montana and California, was found dead this morning in his cabin 
about two miles north of the city. He was well known in Montana and Helena, and 
has lived here since the early '60's. Coroner Brook inquired into the case, but 
came to the conclusion that death had resulted from natural causes.

A Chinaman, one of a number of gardeners who live on the cemetery road, came to 
the city this morning and told W. A. Chessman that he believed that there was 
something wrong at the Crosby shack. Crosby lives on the road opposite the 
Chinaman, and it was his daily custom to go there for water. He had not done so 
for three days, and the Chinaman had not noticed smoke coming from the cabin 
since Saturday.

Being unable to go himself, Mr. Chessman asked J. W. Mitchell, and John Sayre 
to do so. The men found the door of the shack closed by a button on the inside. 
Looking through a window they saw the body of Crosby lying on a bed. The men 
with the aid of a knife opened the door of the cabin and entered. They found 
Crosby dead in bed. He was on his back with his arms folded upon his breast. 
Death had aparently come to him peacefully and without warning as he slept. 
There was no evidence of foul play whatever, and nothing seemed to be disturbed 
about the room.

Mr. Crosby was about 70 years old. He was a native of Pennsylvania. Some years 
after gold had been discovered in California, Mr. Crosby went to that state. He 
located on Woods creek, near Jacksonville, where he mined. From California he 
went to Boise, Idaho, where he mined for a time, afterwards coming to Last 
Chance.

Since then he had been engaged in placer mining. For a number of years he 
worked in the gulch, but about 25 years ago moved to the cabin a few miles 
north of the city, which he has worked and lived ever since. He was an 
eccentric man, a recluse, and made few friends. The dead man was a bachelor, 
and had no relatives so far as known here.

Mr. Crosby's friends will see that his body is interred properly.

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