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Show cr.oitcr. H pr.TrRsoN dead. takes in, on Lite e.1 Cm.heile.nd. Wvo. Our commiimty was shocked Tuesday j when the nens reai lie I line that lieor.-e ; JH. '-lrso, former resident of tins' Uoe, had committed suicide. The new a I 5 -l ilt to lb-relatives W,0 COUld hi- lr Peters i, 11 plovel as night i k't'Ui,m i -;!,r ,.. ,m,t ,....t r-1' l -Mdav night he went into lua e f tn reload his revolver. few miu-'' miu-'' "I'orward a -h.,t Mas heuid and on t)li- into the r-.oi,, the man was found un tlie (loot with a bullet bole through bl) heal aud the revolver Ivillg between kta leel. It is thought that he pot ihe I nnelof the revolver iii hi mth and ilisi the abut that killed him instantly. I -sUe are of the ..piuh.n that be aceideu-! tally drupp.,1 . gnn Hn, ,!,( it I 4l x'.Mchaige,l by the full. Whichever wjiy u li.-ippene l will never la known a no ote.nw the. I I, and the public are led V Judge for themselves. The remains of the dead man were hfrc'glit , (' jiil v i lie Wednesday for hgiial and me funeral was held that ale ih.xin from the stake Tabernacle, Kl.lersW. W. Clnirand Alma Hldredge liiig tlieipeakers. The services were largely attended, Mf. Peterson was for many years a rriidentof thia place and w ae highly re-actcdbvall re-actcdbvall hia iirquaiiitances, Hu bad three wives, all of whom were pron,- .ii,ot in Coalville, lie was the father of twenty-six children, sevenleen ol whom turvive him; bad tilry-one grandchildren and four great grand children. chil-dren. At the time of his death he was about 01 yean obi. One of his w ives, ereral cliildreu and a brother live here aL re-ent. Mr. Peterson'! father w as lie fir-t billion ordained in the Weber valloe. he at that time residing in Petersen, Peter-sen, Morgan county, after w bom that toe 11 was named. Tie ahole community expresa ivm-patliy ivm-patliy lor tlie bereaved relative! In their atfli- a'.ioii. |