| Show A Sad Suicide ManySalt Lake people knew John 11 Dwyer and many who did not know him took their meals at Kings cafe Ho was bright energetic manly and too I proud to live unless ho could look every man in the face Had there been any of the sneak in his disposition he would bo alive today John M Dwycr shot himself about midnight mid-night last night and appearances indicate that he died instantly 1 Dyer came to this city about six weeks ago and was manager and one of the owners of the Kings cafe which was closed by the sheriff late yesterday afternoon after-noon noonle had invested considerable of his own money in the enterprise and had borrowed considerable capital from friends with the expectation of returning it very soon His business failed to prove tho success he anticipated and wnen the creditors closed the cafe he could not stand the disappointment dis-appointment and the ridicule ho expected Ito I-to follow Lat esterdsy afternoon ho camo to the office of Murphy OConnell and Painter Bros his attorneys and talkeu over his troubles He was excited and apparently apparonty not himself The melancholy view he took of the situation situ-ation caused 11 Painter to surmise that he might do something desperate so lie advised t vised Mr Murphy privately to tarn tac man home and see if he could not cheer not him up Mr Murpby was an acquaintance and cheerfully followed the advice Dyer accompanied by Mr Murphy went to the latter room at 2J50 Adams avenue about 10 oclock last night Mr Murphy had occasion to come down town and so left Mr Dyer at tho room preparing for bed prepaln bedAt At 11 oclock ho returned hQmo and found it without an occupant Some papers and a note laid on the pillow The note was addressed to Mr Murphy and read You may think this a shabby way to treat a friend Good by teat The receiver of the note instantly recog I nized its purport and started out to hunt tho man After visiting the places frequented fre-quented by Mr Dwyer and failing to jim 1n I any trace of him Mr Painter want over and notified Mublial Mctcalf This wits 1 between 12 and oclock S The chief joiuediri t the htjiitand tho party went through the cemeteries Loatcrrni sand other pluces where it was bupposid SUPPOSll tO man might have gone After keeping up ftc hunt until Ii i oV rand r-and failiiig to liiid lUo failhlg lll tlo missing inai t hunt was tempoiaxly 1an < one lAt l-At 730 this morning some children pass ing the northwest corner of the reform school grounds discovered a man lying on tho ground with a revolver in his right hand Superintendent Barton b of riht I school ified the authorities andsoon 1 I Cornner Ijurkjnjv qn thegrama andsooi 1 The ma was JM Dyer Hu lay By a log onhis righfaide in a 1 I position hat nlic ted he iiud satdown on the log and fired the fatal shot j Tho bau entered the lea just above tho right ear ana a 33 calibre Death lad almost been instantaneous I Thecoroner tookthe reajains to his estab rcmans j lishment f Hospysitisaplain caseof suicide sui-cide and itis hardly probable that an inquest in-quest wily he held Dyer was about SO years old unmarried and is saiS to have been quite abrisrht man At one time he was editor of the North lorth Platto Nlpb Telegram During the past year he has been engaged in thureaLostato business akthatplace He carnS hero tago into business during the csinivalan wh chas ch-as has been mentioned he was unsuccessful unsuc-cessful i aColonel Larkin said afterwards thatan inquest was deemed unnecessary as the bullet wound in his head and the pistol still firmfly grasped in his build plainly evidenced self destination The remains await burral remans I |
