Salt Lake Herald | 1908-11-01 | Page 23 | Suicide of a Detective

SUICIDE IE OF A n DETECTIVE George Devere Employed by iY Goldfield Gold Goldfield Goldfield field Mining Company Blows mows Out His Brains Special to The Herald a ld Nev Nc Oct 31 With a II cry that he was going to kill himself George Devere a detective in the employ of the Goldfield Consolidated Mines Unea company compan shot himself in the brad bead with nth an n auto mafia malia revolver r shortly after uner 3 J o lock this afternoon In the house of ot Clarence Sage his chief Despite the desperate nature of the wound and that his brains were oozing from his temple Devere Deere was as half hut conscious until he died and kept talking about the deed Devere came to Goldfield from Colorado I and ana was a police officer in Denver for lor ai n a number ot of years e rs He was a man of or pow erful physique and considered one of ot the best men on the detective force in Goldfield during the troublous times About one year ear ago he ho was one olle of a noss posse which attempted the arrest of J l 1 L 1 Kline a Ii prominent r of or Goldfield Gold Goldfield field and Ralph Gipple who lio w were nr ro rob roV robbing bing the mill of or the Nevada cuda Goldfield ld lle ite company of or amalgam In the excitement nt Kline who is said to have shown fight was killed and It is I sup supposed supposed SUPposed posed that brooding over this matter matt r hail had ha something to do with Ith suicide He was intoxicated at atthe the time of Ills ins death and hid had h d been morose for several weeks Dei Devere ere was watchman at t the Hotel Casey Casc for fot a number of or months and well weir lf known to many man Salt Lake men who stopped l at the hotel