Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-01-10 | Page 6 | Brigham Mechanic Commits Suicide

BRIGHAM MECHANIC COMMITS SUI mE Robert Cheeseman I Despondent Despondent Despon Despoil dent Over III Health Takes Own Life I SIJ Special 11 I to The rie U lJ r IIAn ham Brigham City Jan 9 S.-Hobert S. Robert Cheeseman aged CO GO years committed at his home on South Main aln street this afternoon I b by shooting hims himself himself him him- s self lt through th the heart with a shotgun Choe eman who was lit In falling failing health was alone at home his daughter haying hayIng hay hay- hay hay- Ing Just d departed 1 on an errand to town to Taking Hie tho shotgun front from the house U c he lie went vent into a summer kitchen seating himself lt upon a chair with the butt of ot the shot shotgun un l against aln t the wall valL and the breast Cheeseman Cheeseman Cheese Cheese- muzzle against hi his a left lert man mali pressed the thc trigger er with the tho aid of ot A piece of ot broom l handle U Death wasI was I Ins instantaneous ne t an to ta n eo ti Thc The was wan heard b by neighbors neigh neigh- borg bors who ho immediately rushed to the scene well aware aware- C of ot what had bad oc occurred oc- oc curved c for tor It 16 Is said s-ald that Cht Cheeseman I had expressed a desire to die a number r of or times He lie was afflicted with dropsy drops and h heart alt disease ge and this to together ether I with ln ha having lost his speech less than thana a Il year ear ago o brought bro on despondency 1 Cheeseman was considered a first first- class mechanic and had resided in this city man many years ar He lie a L native e of or Jn England I Ho lie Is survived sur h by hy a widow and four tour children three sons and one dau daughter The sons residing In III this olt city arc are John and Cheeseman Coroner HI Higgins gh 8 held an over o the thc body The jury jun cons consisting of ot V. A. A Flack C. C F. F Nelson and John Shelly pronounced the ca case cao o willful S suicide LI I c i I e. e