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Show WHAT COULD HE DO BUT DIE? Uvea His Children Deserted Him, and He Hung Uiuiseir Into Ktcrnlt y. SimNt;nKi.t, Mo. July 30. Mouday evening the dead body of a man was fouud hanging to a tree, about four miles northwest of this city. He appeared ap-peared to bo from 00 to 70 years old. He h id hauged himself, placing mils against the tree ami standing on them to adjust the ropo to a limb and around his ueel, then swinging himself off. Near by were his coat, hat and shoes and a large valise, and on his person was a letter from his brother. W. H. Carpenter of Stoddard, Kan., showing thai his name was John I?. Carpenter. The following' pathetic Idler was found in his hat: .11U.V. tw.O.AVhen t lua come to hand 1 xlill have stil over tho colli, ilark luumiluty. Don't think hard of me. Mv (titlilreiiwoul.tn't do uiiytlilnn for me. When this Is re,wl by Strang rs I shall have iasseil over th'i my-di-r-lous river of ileal h. The lam six years of no-life no-life have K'i'ii Inird to bear. The people of Spriniflield have done iiolh.tiv: fur me. I roultl not jjet a bite to eat in the plare. I have had nothiiiK In eat for four days. I am an old man and eaimot lake raw of myself any loiter. tloiKl-bye to the world. Kefore this shall be read I w ill be comiutmini; wlthUiMl. II is hard to die by one's ow n hand. but. ileal li by utran-filiation utran-filiation is lietter than by starvation. On tho back of an envelope was written: writ-ten: My children nil want me tle.nl. 1 w ill try to please tli"lu. Hiay me decently. Coroner Haxsou hold a a inquest last uight, tho verdict being that deceased eame to his death by his own aet pre-meditatedly. pre-meditatedly. It is said that he was an ex-congressman from Ohio. |