Show DESPONDENT PD ND ENT MAN AN DIES WI B Owen of Denver Weary of Commits Sui Suicide S i cide by Shooting v B Owen aged about abou t 30 years yes yesterday afternoon placed laced the barrel of a revolver In his mouth pulled the trigger and killed himself instantly The Tho suicide took place in the brush near the Oregon Short LIne tracks Owen had been employed for the past eight months at the Pacific hotel in Og den as a dishwasher He was subject to epileptic fits which of late h have ve become more frequent and as a result ho he grow grew despondent This is the only reason for his suicide that can be ascertained Yes Yesterday Yesterday afternoon he had given to one of the employee of the hotel to kC keep P for him he went out and purchased a pistoL He exhibited the weapon to several persons to whom he stated that h he was gOing to use it H to kill himself but butas butas as he had made mado the same threat before it was vas not taken seriously One of the employee however took s me stock In what he said and when Owen walked over the railroad tracks toward the brush near the Weber river he informed Special Officer D A Baker who started to follow him The officer stopped at the Southern PacIfic round roundhouse roundhouse house to telephone the police and in the meantime Owen had seated himself on a asmaH small knoll placed gun In his mouth and fir fired d In less than ten minutes laster the patrol wagon with several officers reached the scene to find Owens dead body The body la lay partly on the right side and the pistol lay beneath it itIn itIn In the pockets of the dead man was Wag found a small sum of money and a num number number ber of letters A card bearing the name of Irs Minnie Owen 1131 Welton avenue Denver was also found This Is supposed to be the n nine e and address of the sul sui suicides wife It is stated that he be also had two children who are with their mother Owens parents reside In Pueblo where he formerly lived Jived The remains were re removed removed moved to the Larkin undertaking parlors where they will be held awaiting instructions instructions from the relatives of the dead man |