Probing Mystery of Meagher Death

Summary

Stub record — a Sun 6 Jul 1913 Anaconda Standard feature "Probing Mystery of Meagher Death." Almost certainly an item about the **death of Thomas Francis Meagher** (1823-1867, Young-Irelander, exile-of-the-58, Civil War general, acting governor of Montana Territory, drowned in the Missouri at Fort Benton 1 Jul 1867 in still-disputed circumstances). The 1913 publication date fits the recurring "Meagher-mystery" centenary-adjacent press treatments. Full transcription pending the post-2026-06-01 vision re-pass. Significance: Meagher is one of the Butte / Montana Irish diaspora's national-canon figures; a 1913 Butte-area press treatment is good colour for the Irish-nationalism layer of the Butte chapters.

Also mentioned

• Thomas Francis Meagher · historical_subject

  Young-Irelander, Civil War general, acting governor of Montana Territory; d. 1 Jul 1867 by drowning in the Missouri at Fort Benton (disputed: accident vs murder). Not family, but a canonical Irish-American Montana figure.

Places

• Montana (primary)
• Anaconda, Montana (origin)

Themes

• irish_nationalism
• montana_territory_settlement
• court_proceedings

Story threads

• Butte Irish-American organisational life — Hibernians, Gaelic League, Erin's Daughters, RELA

Tags

• context_setting
• book_chapter_material

Source type

news_item

Open questions

• Full body content pending the post-2026-06-01 vision re-pass — confirm subject is Thomas Francis Meagher and capture the 1913 specifics.